Moxa Technologies CP-132U Series user manual Serial Programming Tools, PComm Installation

4

Serial Programming Tools

Moxa supports an easy to use yet powerful serial programming library and communication troubleshooting utilities under Windows NT, Windows 95/98, and Windows 2000/XP/2003.You can save a lot of development time by using MOXA’s Serial Programming Tools.

The following sections give details about the installation, the library, and the utilities for various platforms.

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

!A powerful serial communication library for easy programming in the 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 or Windows 95/98. It is a simpler 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.

PComm Installation

To install PComm, run \Setup.exe from the diskette. Note that the PComm diagnostic and monitor utilities are for MOXA boards only. MOXA Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP device drivers, as well as MOXA boards are required. The drivers are installed separately, with details given in the “Software Installation” chapter.

After PComm is successfully installed, click on [Start], select [Program Files], and then PComm Lite group to select a list of utilities and documents.