Driver software on the PC maps the RS-232 port of the wireless node as a virtual COM port of the PC . Once this is done, the DNC software takes care of the two-way data transfer.
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A redirector for the Windows operating system is typically configured using a control-panel style graphical user interface for creating virtual COM ports, configuring settings for individual COM ports, and configuring global settings affecting all COM ports.
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A redirector for the Windows operating system is typically configured using a control-panel style graphical user interface for creating virtual COM ports, configuring settings for individual COM ports, and configuring global settings affecting all COM ports.
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The 9555 and Extreme phones connect to computers with a standard USB cable, using an internal USB to serial bridge chip and Windows drivers to emulate a serial COM port for compatibility with standard PPP clients.
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The page also contains links to documents about COM port management for the Palm, problems with the USB version of the HotSync software and Mac OS 9.0 . 4 ., and a host of other platform-related issues.
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Look for a little red-and-blue HotSync icon on your system tray, then open it and check the Setup options in the menu to make sure that you have directed the HotSync program to use an available COM port.
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The page also contains links to documents about COM port management for the Palm, problems with the USB version of the HotSync software and Mac OS 9 . 0 . 4 ., and a host of other platform-related issues.
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When the application opens the virtual COM port, the redirector makes an IP network connection to the device server at the specified IP address and TCP / UDP port number that corresponds to the remote device on the server.
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Each Infoaccess unit looks much like an external modem with a small antenna protruding from its side; it plugs into any of a computer's COM ports and promises a range of 300 feet, twice the indoor range of Homefree's system.
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Assuming that the ankle-biters didn't pour Snapple into it and kill it, you also have to tell each communications program, including AOL, what kind of modem you have and what COM port ( sorry for the geek-speak ) it's located on.
