Advantech ADAM-4561 user manual Hardware Installation, Network Architecture

Chapter 2 Installation & Setup

2.1 Hardware Installation

2.1.1 Network Architecture

Traditional serial port communication uses a COM port board that slides into one of the slots at the back of your PC. With the ADAM- 4561, you can access the COM port from USB ports. The ADAM-4561 can be inte- grated into the network architecture of any protocol.

Note:	All the operating systems on your host
	mustsupport USB v1.1 standard, such as Win-
	dows 98/ME/2000. USB devices are used in
	“Master-Slave” architecture. Before you use
	ADAM-4561, you must determine the master
	PC

The following illustration shows the network architecture:

Figure 2.1: Network Architecture

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