ReMapPro Version 1.2
Date: 13 January 2003
Labtam is pleased to present a new software Product known as ReMapPro.
It is the second major release for this product and the first for the 2003
year.
The main utility, the Comport, is included in the ReMapPro package makes
serial (RS232) data from your PC available on TCP/IP-based networks and
makes TCP/IP data available on serial ports on your PC. This makes it
possible for any other computer on the same network to send and receive
serial data through a remote serial port on the PC where the Comport is
running. You can connect to the remote serial port by connecting to a TCP/IP
port. The Comport can also be used to pass the serial data across a
corporate intranet or over the Internet. The Comport allows multiple
sessions to run simultaneously but each with a different serial port.
The Comport supports full two-way I/O for full control of serial instruments
(i.e. any instrument that you can plug into the serial port (RS232, RS422 or
RS485) of your PC). Typical devices include most serial devices like gauges,
scales and balances, sensors, micrometers, calipers, bar code scanners,
densitometers, laboratory instruments, electronic balance or electronic
measuring instrument, RF equipment, communication systems, etc...
New Features on this release include:
1. The following enhancements have been made :
1. Both Comport and Comserv :
- the "Enable Reconnection" setting was implemented for the Client
TCP/IP mode;
- the COM port extra strings (for TCP/IP connection and disconnection)
may be filled with necessary bytes sequences for each COM port;
- "pools" (sets) of COM ports may be specified for use in the Server
TCP/IP mode;
- the "Set" button was implemented to change the COM port number
associated
with a TCP/IP Server or Client;
- the "Ignore TCP/IP connections exceeding the limit" setting was
implemented
to toggle between rejecting or delaying the TCP/IP connection requests
when there are no free COM ports;
- the max number of available COM ports may be changed;
- the "Start All"/"Stop All" buttons wasimplemented for one-touch
start/stop actions;
2. Both Comport and Comserv under Windows 2000/XP :
- virtual COM ports generation and usage was implemented;
2. The following bugs have been fixed :
1. Both Comport and Comserv :
- sometimes data leaks took place.
Undocumented Features
1. Both Comport and Comserv :
- the "TCP/IP settings"->"Enable Reconnection" check box initiates
periodical attempts to reconnect the closed TCP/IP Client connection;
the "Reconnection period" setting specifies the frequency of these
attempts;
- the COM port's "Extra string"->"Connection" field
may be filled with necessary bytes sequence to be sent to COM port
when the TCP/IP connection gets established;
- the COM port's "Extra string"->"Disconnection" field
may be filled with necessary bytes sequence to be sent to COM port
when the TCP/IP connection gets closed;
- in the TCP/IP Server mode, the following buttons can be used
to add/delete a COM port to/from the "pool" (list) of COM ports of the
TCP/IP Server:
"Add", "Add all" and "Delete";
- the "Set" button changes the COM port number associated
with TCP/IP Server or Client;
- disabling of the "Ignore TCP/IP connections exceeding the limit";
this setting provides immediate closing of TCP/IP connection requests
that cannot be satisfied because of the absence of free COM ports
instead of enqueueing;
- the "Start All" button starts all the connections that are specified;
- the "Stop All" button stops all the connections that are started
(running);
2. Comport :
- the "Number_of_COM_ports=..." line may be added into the "[COMPORT]"
section of the "xwp.ini" file to change the default (8) max number of
processing COM ports.
3. ComServ :
- the "Number_of_COM_ports=..." line may be added into the "[COMSERV]"
section of the "xwp.ini" file to change the default (8) max number of
processing COM ports.
4. Both Comport and Comserv under Windows 2000/XP can create
"Virtual COM ports" which may be used to supply any application
with COM ports as it is real. For example, this is vitally necessary
on some modern notebooks which do not have physical COM ports at all.
This feature is available after installation of the corresponding
driver included in the package.
Known problems
1. Uninstallation :
- the uninstallation procedure does not remove components
which were installed in additional (non-first) installation
sessions. Such additional components should be removed manually.
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