Setting Up A Virtual Serial Port - Promax MO-160 Manual De Usuario

4.12.2 Setting up a virtual serial port.

In this section we describe how to remotely access the MO-16X via a virtual serial
connection built over a real Ethernet connection. This involves configuring the network
client on the MO-16X (IP addresses and mask) and opening a serial connection on the
remote computer using the appropriate software tools.
As we explained in the previous section, the default IP addresses of the subnet
the MO-16X belongs to are within the range 192.168.29.x with mask 255.255.255.0. If
the MO-16X is connected to another network (e.g. the Internet) via a gateway, the IP
address of the gateway should be also specified.
In the simplest scenario, the MO-16X can be connected directly to a PC equipped
with a 10/100 Mbps network card using a cross-over CAT5 UTP RJ45 male/male
Ethernet cable. If a LAN network is available, the MO-16X can be connected to the
network using either a hub or, more suitably, a network switch.
The RJ-45 socket on the MO-16X contains two LEDs. The left bi-colour LED
(looking from the rear) is the link LED. When it is off it means there is no link, whereas
when it is amber (green) it means that a 10 Mbps (100 Mbps) connection has been
detected. The right bi-colour LED is the activity LED. When it is off there is no activity on
the Ethernet link. Half-duplex and full-duplex connections are signalled with amber and
green colours, respectively.
Figure 6.- Connecting the MO-16X to an Ethernet network.
A software application called COM Port Redirector (CPR) Manager from
Lantronix can be found on the CD that came with the MO-16X. Alternatively, this tool
can be freely downloaded from the Lantronix website.
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