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Figure 21. The VLINX ESP Manager Window
Software Overview
The VLINX ESP Manager window provides the following information:
• Menus (Server, View, Exit, Help)
• Server Icons (Firmware Upgrade, Virtual COM Configuration,
Searching Server, Uninstall Virtual COM, Monitor Port Status)
• Serial Server / Virtual COM Lists
• Software Status (Ready, Updating, Searching, etc)

Menus

Server
• Firmware Upgrade - Used when downloading new firmware to
the Serial Server.
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• Virtual COM Configuration - Selects the Virtual COM List.
Double clicking on any COM port in the Virtual COM List brings
up a window that allows changing the virtual COM settings such
as Flow Control, Protocol, IP address, and Port Number. Virtual
COM settings must match Serial Server port settings.
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• Searching Server - Searches for Serial Servers on the network
and brings back configuration information that will be displayed in
the Server Properties window.
• Uninstall Virtual COM - Allows virtual COM ports to be
uninstalled from the ESP Manager window.
• Monitor Port Status - Brings up a screen that displays the
following information associated with the selected serial port:
o Serial TX: Displays the number of bytes of data sent to
the serial device since the IP connection was established.
o Serial RX: Displays the number of bytes of data received
from the connected serial device since the IP connection
was established.
o DTR/RTS: The DTR/RTS Port Status indicator displays
the current logic state of the DTR and RTS hardware
handshake (output) lines for the selected Serial Server
port (1 = asserted, 0 = not asserted).
o DCD/DSR/CTS: The DCD/DSR/CTS Port Status
indicator displays the current logic state being received on
the DCD, DSR and CTS hardware handshake (input) lines
for the selected Serial Server port (1 = asserted, 0 = not
asserted)
o Status: Indicates whether the client software has made a
connection with the Serial Server.
o IP Address: Displays the IP address of the connected
client when there is a client connection
• Save Configuration File - Allows the user to save the current
configuration information to a file with a .vcom extension.
• Load Configuration File - Allows the user to load a configuration
file.
View
Provides three viewing options for the ESP Manager screen:
• Toolbar – allows the toolbar (directly under the menu bar) to be
viewable or hidden
• Status Bar – allows the Status Bar (at the bottom of the screen to
be viewable or hidden
• Split – allows the position of the split between the Icons pane and
the Virtual COM List / Serial Server List panes to be dragged
horizontally using the mouse