Released on: October 21, 2008, 12:51 am

Press Release Author: Olga Ritchie

Industry: Computers

Press Release Summary: Enhanced user interface and software update will provide the
most reliable and affordable serial to ethernet conversion.

Press Release Body: UK - Liverpool - FabulaTech today launched COM Port Redirector
update version 1.7.1 With minor bug fix, the enhanced version has been successfully
tested and is ready for download. The new version represents the most complete and
reliable serial to ethernet conversion.
COM Port Redirector creates virtual serial ports and redirects all serial data to
specified TCP-port of remote IP-address. Any serial communications software can use
these virtual COM ports, like typical hardware COM ports to send and receive serial
data over a local network or the Internet. COM Port Redirector can be used to pass
serial data across a local network or over the Internet using the Telnet protocol
(with the COM Port Control protocol specified by RFC 2217) and the raw TCP
connection protocol as well. The COM Port Control protocol (RFC 2217) is used also
for accessing any serial device attached to a serial device server.
"COM Port Redirector can also be used to access remote serial devices connected to
serial device servers. COM Port Redirector creates virtual serial port COM3
configured to use IP address of the serial device server and TCP-port corresponding
to the specified serial device. When the serial communications application opens
COM3, Serial Port Redirector initiates connection to the serial device server.Serial
device server accepts the incoming connection and forwards the data stream to the
serial device corresponding to the TCP-port of the incoming connection. So, serial
communications application accesses the remote serial device via virtual serial port
over a local network or the Internet", says Alan Rurke, one of the software
developers. Greg Gordon, FabulaTech senior software developer adds: "COM Port
Redirector can be used to connect usual serial communications software with TCP/IP
software. TCP/IP application is installed on the remote computer and listens on the
specified TCP-port. The serial communications application is installed on the local
computer and uses virtual serial port COM3 created by Serial Port Redirector. This
virtual serial port is configured to use the remote IP address and TCP-port which
the TCP/IP application listens on. When the serial communications application opens
COM3, Serial Port Redirector initiates connection to specified TCP-port of the
remote computer. Remote TCP/IP application accespts incoming connection and now
serial communications application exchanges data with the TCP/IP application over a
local network or the Internet".
The OEM License benefit allows that COM Port Redirector functionality can be easily
integrated into any application. So one can create and configure virtual COM ports
from one's own application directly. General program's features are: unlimited
number of virtual serial ports can be created simultaneously on a single computer,
Telnet protocol (RFC-2217) support, raw data transmission support,preset serial port
control signals for raw data protocol, fixed COM port settings for virtual COM port,
overlapped virtual COM ports support (virtual serial ports can have the same names
as existing physical COM ports), broken network connection recovery (auto-reconnect)
and many more. COM Port Redirector is developed for WinNT
4.x,WinXP,Windows2000,Windows2003,Windows Vista Starter,Windows Vista Home
Basic,Windows Vista Home Premium,Windows Vista Business,Windows Vista
Enterprise,Windows Vista Ultimate,Windows Vista Home Basic x64,Windows Vista Home
Premium x64,Windows Vista Business x64,Windows Vista Enterprise x64,Windows Vista
Ultimate x64 compatible with PnP and WMI technologies, Hyper-Threading technology,
VMware and wide variety of TCP/IP-based serial device servers.

Web Site: http://www.serial-port-redirector.com

Contact Details: FabulaTech
Unit 150, Imperial Court,
Exchange Street East,
Liverpool,
L2 3AB, UK
+44 (0)151 324-3249
submit@fabulatech.com
Andrew Scott, general manager
http://www.fabulatech.com