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NPort Server User’s Manual

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Knowing Your Application

NPort Server is an advanced solution for multiport serial application to fit into today's

networking world. It extends the usage of traditional multiport serial add-on boards -

an isolated machine with restricted ports, to TCP/IP network - easy to expand, and

easy to connect. Through the nature of networking, we can elongate our application to

more ports, distributed, wide area or even Internet.

Since NPort Server is connected through TCP/IP network, you need some network

knowledge in mind before you start up. In this section, we divide the main serial

applications to three types, and provide each application with easy instructions

guiding you through the whole installation and configuration procedures. Thus, read

carefully and define which application you are going to use.

Single-Host Type

Traditional Multiport communication uses the multiport serial boards adding onto

inside slots of the computer. The serial ports on the boards belong only to the host

computer who installs the boards. Communication is made under simple environment

- one host with one to four serial cards and multiple serial devices (shown as in Figure

2-1).

Figure 2-1. Traditional Multiport Serial Communication

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