Mapping Serial Communication Ports

In many industrial applications we find that there are many legacy devices that are still connected through serial. With increasing adoption of Ethernet based systems in the industrial environment we need devices that are capable of converting serial data to Ethernet, The Nport device series is ideal for such applications as it allows customers to communicate with

serial devices over an Ethernet connection.

When using these devices it is important to take note of several factors, such as the serial settings of your end device, the mode that the Nport device is configured to use, and how your software expects the serial data. Moxa's Nport series of serial device servers can act as a "translator" between serial data and Ethernet when used together with Moxa's driver software called "Nport Windows Driver Manager". We use this software to Map the serial communication ports on the Nport device to a computer running Windows or Linux. This allows the user to access the serial end device as if it were connected directly to a serial port on the computer. 

This means that even legacy type software that utilises serial communication ports can still access end devices using the same serial communication method that were used before. For detailed instructions on how to Map your serial communication ports located on the Nport serries of serial device servers to your windows based machine please download the attached Tech-note below.