NPort 5200 Series User’s Manual
Configuring NPort Administrator
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COM Mapping
Windows Administration Suite comes with Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP Real COM drivers.
After you install NPort 5200 Administration Suite, there are two ways to set up the NPort 5200
serial port as your host’s remote COM port.
The first way is with
On-line COM Mapping
. On-line COM Mapping will check to make sure
that the NPort 5200 is connected correctly to the network, and then install the driver on the host
computer.
The second way is with
Off-line COM Installation
, without first connecting the NPort 5200 to
the network. Off-line COM Mapping can decrease the system integrator’s effort by solving
different field problems. Via off-line installation, users can first process software installation for
the host, and then install the NPort 5200 to different fields.
Use the following procedure to map COM ports:
1.
On-line COM Mapping:
Connect NPort 5200 to the network
Æ
Set NPort 5200 to the proper IP address
Æ
Map
COMs to your host
Æ
Apply Change.
2.
Off-line COM Mapping:
Map COMs to your host
Æ
Apply Change
Æ
Connect NPort 5200 to the network
Æ
Configure NPort 5200’s IP address.
On-line COM Mapping
1.
Broadcast Search
for NPort 5200s on the network.
2.
Select the
COM Mapping
function group.
