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Control RS232 equipment through WiFi

Hello

 

I need to develop an application to remotely control an equipment with RS232 communication port.

 

The idea is connect a WiFi to serial adapter (http://www.usconverters.com/serial-rs232-wi-fi-adapter) to the equipment and access to it through WiFi network. 

 

According to adapter's manufacturer (U.S. Converters), the adapter has a software utility which creates a virtual COM port in Windows. The virtual COM port can then be used almost as if it was a regular native serial COM port.

Can I use LabView to access to this virtual COM? How can I make it? Or someone have another solution that I can use.

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

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If the Wifi-Serial adapter can show up as a COM port, you should be able to select that port from the VISA resources control and use it as a regular serial device and all other translation over WiFi be taken care of by the manufacturer's driver

Santhosh
Soliton Technologies

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Hello

 

Thanks you Santhosh for your help.

 

 

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