Software developers can access various devices by utilizing the Windows API. When using an API, you gain access to a full spectrum of available features, but API programming is a very tough and time-consuming task. You have to study the documentation and you have to create all the high-level functionality based on the low-level API functions from scratch. This is OK if you develop a specialized application. However, in most cases, you just want to get a certain device working in your program with the least effort possible.
One of the system devices that you often need to support is a Serial Port. There are numerous lab instruments, protection gadgets and other inventory that can be connected via a COM port. Instead of spending weeks or even months for API coding, you could use a ready-made ActiveX component in your program. We recommend you give Serial Port Control from FabulaTech a try.
Serial Port Control is an inexpensive, royalty-free, ActiveX component. You can use it with any ActiveX-enabled development environment, such as Visual C++, Visual Basic, Delphi, etc. Just put it on a form and you have all the functionality you need to access a serial port, either physical or virtual.
Serial Port Control automatically enumerates all the ports available in the system. You just need to select the port name you wish to work with. The event driven architecture of this component is a snap to use. You don't have to check ports periodically in order to find if there is new data available for reading from a port. Simply define a function in your program that will be triggered automatically by the appropriate event and process the data.
Despite its low cost, the component is royalty-free. There are no hidden fees and you are free to distribute it together with your own software.
Share Serial Ports 1.0
Share serial port with bidirectional data transfer between multiple applications Share Serial Ports is an advanced utility, the purpose of which is to share real serial ports between multiple applications in the way, that all applications will receive same data from real serial port simultaneously. Shared Serial Ports can be used ...
Virtual Serial Port Driver XP4.5 4.5
Creates virtual serial ports and connects them to each other for data transfer. Virtual Serial Ports Driver XP creates two pure virtual serial ports in your system which are virtually connected to each other. For other Windows applications, virtual ports will be seen exactly as two real serial ports connected via null-modem cable ...
AlarIT Net Serial Driver 2.0
Gives you the possibility to give the remote access to serial port via TCP/IP. The developers of the given facilities very often face with such a necessity. For instance, during the debugging in a remote machine or when different people with the help of different machines (which are nevertheless connected to one machine) maintain ...
Look RS232 4.3
Look RS232 is a monitor for debugging serial data transfers between devices Look RS232 is a tool for debugging computer connection with peripheral devices using COM port, such as modem, mini-ATS, projector etc. Its easy to use interface guarantees an easy work with Com-port. Look RS232 can send data through COM port, receive ...
ITM Virtual Serial Driver (ITMVSD) 2.0
ITMVSD is appointed for emulation of one, two or more (up to 200) serial streams. ITM Virtual Serial Driver is appointed for emulation of one, two or more (up to
200) serial streams. Hardware devices are not necessary. This product is
based on Windows XP DDK and doesn't require using devices of other
manufacturers. The whole product ...
NewAge USB Virtual Driver 2.0
Organize a remote control of any equipment, which is connected to a USB. There is a number of the equipment controlled through a serial port from a PC or a terminal. Also there is a lot of the technologies in the market allowing to operate remotely the consecutive devices through the network TCP/IP. These solutions contain ...
AlarIT Virtual Serial Driver (AVSD) 2.1
AVSD is appointed for emulation of one, two or more (up to 200) serial streams. AlarIT Virtual Serial Driver is appointed for emulation of one, two or more (up to
200) serial streams. Hardware devices are not necessary. This product is
based on Windows XP DDK and doesn't require using devices of other
manufacturers. The whole ...
AVSD 2.1
AVSD is appointed for emulation of one, two or more (up to
200) serial streams. Hardware devices are not necessary. This product is
based on Windows XP DDK and doesn't require using devices of other
manufacturers. The whole product is created with ...
ITS Net Serial Driver (ITSNSD) 2.0
Gives you the possibility to give the remote access to serial port via TCP/IP. While the operation of different facilities, which are connected to a computer via serial port, there may appear the necessity to start up utility program (for these facilities) not in the machine, to which the facilities connect directly, but in the ...
AlarIT Virtual Serial Driver .IP (AVSD.IP) 2.0
Gives you the possibility to give the remote access to serial port via TCP/IP. While the operation of different facilities, which are connected to a computer via serial port, there may appear the necessity to start up utility program (for these facilities) not in the machine, to which the facilities connect directly, but in the ...
