Moxa Technologies CP-118U user manual Moxa PComm, Installing PComm, PComm Programming Library

CP-118U User’s Manual Serial Programming Tools

MOXA PComm

PComm, a professional serial comm tool for PCs, is a software package that runs under Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/95/98. PComm provides:

!A powerful serial communication library that simplifies serial programming tasks for most popular programming languages. The serial communication library is useful for developing applications for data communications, remote access, data acquisition, and industrial control under Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/95/98, and is a simpler programming solution compared to the more complex Windows Win32 COMM API.

!Useful utilities such as diagnostic, monitor, and terminal emulator.

!Illustrative sample programs.

!Comprehensive on-line documentation.

Installing PComm

To install PComm, run \Setup.exe from the Documentation and Software CD. Note that the PComm diagnostic and monitor utilities are for Moxa boards only. To use these utilities, you must have a Moxa board and the appropriate Windows (95/98/NT/2000/XP/2003) device driver installed in your system. See the “Software Installation” chapter for instructions on how to install the drivers.

After installing PComm, click on Start, select Program Files, and then the PComm Lite group to select from the list of utilities and documents.

PComm Programming Library

The serial communication library helps you develop serial communications programs for any COM port that complies with the Microsoft Win32 API. This library facilitates the implementation of multi-process, multi-thread serial communication programs, and greatly reduces the time required to develop applications.

For a complete description of the library functions and sample programs for Visual C++, Visual Basic, and Delphi, check the help file and the sample programs in the PComm directory.

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