Managing Serial

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Driver COM Ports

Overview

The Serial driver for the communications controller is automatically installed with the Base driver software. The Serial driver emulates COM ports (serial ports) connected to the digital modems on the board, which includes from 12 to 30 digital modems. The Serial driver emulates COM ports on ISDN B channels. It enables systems to use the board’s modems simultaneously with legacy applications that require COM port communications, such as fax software, remote applications control software, and BBS access (Hyperterminal) software.

The Serial driver emulates COM port connections for up to four 5536 communications controllers, provided that sufficient memory and CPU resources are available.

This chapter explains how to do the following Serial driver COM port management tasks:

Set up Serial driver COM ports

Declare Serial driver modems in Windows NT

Verify Serial driver COM ports

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