ATEN Technology SN0108 / SN0116 Virtual Port Management

Chapter 7

Virtual Port Management

Overview

The SN0108 / SN0116 offers Real COM Port support. Devices connected to this type of virtual port appear as if they were directly connected to a COM port on the local computer. Data transmission between the device and the local computer takes place over the virtual COM port to the SN0108 / SN0116.

This mode is useful with serial devices such POS terminals, Bar Code Readers, Serial printers, etc. In addition, this mode can be used with other Altusen management products, such as the PN9108 Power Over the NET™.

Driver Installation

In order to utilize virtual COM port management, the Altusen virtual COM port driver must be installed. To install the driver, do the following:

1.On the software CD that came with your SN0108 / SN0116 package, locate the file: Virtual_Port_vxxx.exe

Note: The vxxx specified above stands for the driver’s version number. The file on the CD will show an actual version number.

2.Double click the filename to start the installation. The Setup screen appears:

Click Next to move on.

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