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USR-VCOM User Manual

Software version: V3.5.2

File version: V3.5.2

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1 System Instruction ........................................................................................................................3
1.1 Function Description ...........................................................................................................3
1.2 Software Features ...............................................................................................................3
1.3 Software Application ...........................................................................................................3
2 Quick Use ...................................................................................................................................4
3 system function structure...............................................................................................................5
3.1 Virtual Serial Port Management .......................................................................................6
3.2 Network Communication Management ..................................................................................6
3.3 Communication Data Management .......................................................................................7
3.4 Networking Management System..........................................................................................7
3.5 Help ..................................................................................................................................7
3.6 System Management ...........................................................................................................7
4 System interface introduction .........................................................................................................7
4.1 System main interface .........................................................................................................8
4.2 Data Monitor Interface ......................................................................................................10
4.3 System Search and Configurate Networking Devices Interface ............................................... 11
4.3.1 USR-TCP232-T24 Series ......................................................................................... 11
4.3.2 USR-TCP232-E45 Series .........................................................................................12
4.3.3 USR-WIFI232-X series............................................................................................13
5 System installation and use ..........................................................................................................13
5.1 System Installation............................................................................................................13
5.2 Add COM ........................................................................................................................14
5.3 Delete COM:....................................................................................................................15
5.4 Revise the virtual serial port parameters...............................................................................15
5.5 Create a virtual serial port quickly and connect it to USR series devices .................................15
5.6 Synchronize baudrate (RFC2217 similar) .............................................................................15
5.7 Smart VCOM ...................................................................................................................16
5.8 VCOM Packet TimeOut.....................................................................................................18
5.9 Error Notice .....................................................................................................................18
5.10 Run service ....................................................................................................................19

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1 SYSTEM INSTRUCTION

1.1 Function Description

USR - VCOM can map TCP/IP connection and UDP broadcast to be virtual serial port. Application access
it to complete functions such as remote control ,data transmission.
Main usage: combined with our serial to wifi item to extend the serial cable as well as original local serial
control function.

1.2 Software Features

Support multiple virtual serial port mapping (Up to 255)
Supports network protocols as TCP ClientTCP ServerUDP
Receive and send serial port parameters setting multi-threading architecture
Automatic connection, no remote device reset or special treatment for network recover
Real time monitor data transmission of virtual serial port
Integrate devices detection and configuration
Serial data automatically packed to send and receive, transparent transmission
Support synchronous baud rate (RFC2217) function of hardware
Support smart VCOM, virtual serial port is added intelligently according to serial server
Support VCOM packet timeout
11 Free software

1.3 Software Application

Applicable devices: all serial ports mapped by embedded device with TCP UDP data transmission,
which includes serial server, wireless DTU, and other support TCP/IP UDP.
Support our serial server as below:
USR-TCP232-T24 series: USR-TCP232-2/24/300/301/D/S/T/W
-TCP232-E45 series:USR-TCP232- E/ED/401/500/504/52E/52PE
-WIFI232-X series: USR-WIFI232-A/B/C/D/G/G2/L/T/S/2/602/604/610/62E/S12
Connect virtual serial port
Use computer to set one com to be TCP Client, the other TCP server. As below:

Software test and serial transmission imitation:

Use the software to be a serial device for test.

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2 QUICK USE

1. Make sure that you just use one network card, then connect our serial server to the same LAN and power
on.

2. Double click USR-VCOM.exe and click Smart VCOM in the toolbar. Then it search our serial
server within the LAN.

3. Devices searched are listed. If theres no found. Back to confirm the first step.

Click next config the mark the device and create virtual serial ports.

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4. Click finish after created, virtual serial ports list Net State show connected (x) or connected.
Send data to serial port , it can output the same.

5. More details, pls refer to 5.7 Smart VCOM function

3 SYSTEM FUNCTION STRUCTURE

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3.1 Virtual Serial Port Management

1) Add: Add a virtual serial port, the same as the physical serial port, and other software can open it send
the data. Up to 255 virtual serial port.
2) Set: can virtual serial port number
3) Search: If the virtual serial port is in use, the program will not shut it down when exits, and
automatically search and open the last remaining ones when starts.
4) Delete: delete the virtual serial port added.

3.2 Network Communication Management

1) TCP Client: When the virtual serial port receives data, the system will send the data to destination IP
port as TCP Client.
Keep-Alive: Heartbeat packets mechanism, to identify abnormal disconnection of TCP connections, and
ensure to maintain the TCP connection even no transmission during long time.
Automatic connection: If TCP connection failure caused by unopen server or abnormal, the system
automatically tries to connect to the server every 3 seconds, until it is successful.
Register ID: support to send ID package after TCP connection, perfect compatibility with USR - D2D
system, solve the problem of remote data transmission across the network.

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2) TCP Server: When the virtual serial port receives data, the system will send the data to all connected
clients as TCP Server.
3) UDP: When the virtual serial port receives data, the system will send the data to specified IP and port
as UDP.

3.3 Communication Data Management

1) Data monitoring: monitor virtual serial port and the situation of send and receive data via network, it
can display the packet length, with both hex and ASCII at the same time.
2) Counter management: monitor the virtual serial port and network received bytes.

3.4 Networking Management System

1) Search devices: search and configure device connected to the LAN. Physically, devices within same
LAN can be searched, even IP address of the computer and the device are not in a LAN. But they are
required to be in same LAN and have corresponding relation in real work.
2) Smart VCOM: automatically search our serial port server, and intelligently create the corresponding
virtual serial port (pls refer to 5.7 Smart VCOM function)
3) Synchronous baud rate : like RFC2217 function, the software open and change the virtual serial port
baud rate/data/check/stop bits, which is synchronous to hardware connected as the parameter.

3.5 Help

1) About: show system, version number, contact information.

2) Visit the website: visit company website.

3.6 System Management

1) Language Management: switch languages by changing lang. TXT under program root. System detects
operating language environment when it starts. It automatically switches to English if it isnt Chinese
system.
2) Save Configuration: record the configuration lat time and run it automatically next.
3) Service started: service follow Windows to start, it still work normally even Windows is not landed.
4) Tray display: click minimize, the system run back to the tray. Part function can be realized via right
click.
5) Hide Window: hide the control interface and the tray icon, and double click exe to open it.

4 SYSTEM INTERFACE INTRODUCTION

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4.1 System main interface

Device:

Add COM: click add virtual serial port, add and modify the parameters.
Del COM: delete the selected virtual serial port, or delete the first virtual serial port if no one selected.
Del all COM: Delete all virtual serial port in the interface.
Reconnect: virtual serial port selected reconnected to server only under TCP client
Reconnect All: all virtual serial port in the interface reconnected to server only under TCP client
Reset Count: empty the number of bytes received via serial port or network of selected virtual serial
port.
Reset All Count: empty the number of bytes received via serial port or network of all virtual serial port
in the interface.

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Quit: exit system

Tools:

Monitor: click Monitor and open data monitor interface, to monitor data sending and receiving of
the selected virtual serial port or the first virtual serial port if no one selected.
Search: open the interface, search and configurate devices in the network to add virtual serial port.
Smart VCOM: search all our products within LAN, and configurate virtual serial port corresponding
to the hardware (pls refer to 5.7 Smart VCOM function)

Options:

AutoRun: click to start system automatically and cancel it if click again.

Keep-Alive: click to Identify network abnormal disconnection and maintain the TCP link.
Run as tray icon: click to make the system run automatically minimized and hidden as
tray.

Synchronize baudrate (RFC2217 Similar): click (pls refer to 5.6

Synchronize baudrate (RFC2217 Similar) function)

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Run in background: click then program will hide management interface and the system
tray, double-click the USR - VCOM. Exe , it can open again.
VCOM Packet TimeOut: click then pop-up window,range of 0~1000(pls refer to 5.8 VCOM Packet
TimeOut)

English: click it to swift between English and Chinese.

Help:

About: click it to show system, version number and company contact information.
Website: visit English or Chinese website accordingly
Users guide: click it yo open Manual or find it from software installation directory.

Active Bar: achieve the function commonly used quickly

Virtual serial ports added:

Left-click: choose virtual serial port then can delete, reconnect, reset count and monitor it.
Left double click: modify the network parameters of virtual serial port, and click ok to execute.

Operation interface: can add more virtual serial port, and right click for quick operation.

4.2 Data Monitor Interface

if there is no virtual serial port in the main interface, the window w ill not open. If no virtual serial port is
selected, it will monitor the first one in the data monitor interface.
Start: start data monitor
Stop: stop data monitor
Clear: clear all data in the interface
Save: save the data as txt file
Close: close the window and stop data monitor
Interface: blue words show data received via network, black ones show data received via serial
port.
Show the selected packet information, with both hex and ASCII.

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4.3 System Search and Configurate Networking Devices Interface

4.3.1 USR-TCP232-T24 Series

1500 ports are needed for searching networking devices. Make it sure that 1500 ports are not used.

Search Device:search devices within LAN

Connect virtual COM: connect the corresponding virtual serial port quickly
Set Device: open its window, and set the selected device
Clear: clear the devices list in the interface
Close: close the window
Interface: Double click the selected virtual serial port for configuration, also it can be operated by
right click menu.

Set Device: same with the above

Connect virtual COM:

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Confirm: send configuration to a target device, the device will automatically restart, click search
device and refresh, then you will find the device.
Cancel: cancel the settings and close the window.

4.3.2 USR-TCP232-E45 Series

Device:

Connect virtual COM: quickly add virtual serial port with corresponding information according
to the interface.
Port: Click to view configuration of different ports.
Device List: show online devices within LAN
click one device to view its configuration
Search Device: click to see all devices within LAN
Open Web: open the selected devices web for configuration

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Read config: read device configuration information

Read temporary: read device temporary configuration information
Device Reset: reset
Save config: save
11 Default config: info changed to default configuration
12 Base Save: click Base Save to send configuration to the device then click Save COM for
normal save. Otherwise, it is temporary.

4.3.3 USR-WIFI232-X series

Search Device: serch devices within LAN

Connect virtual COM: click then pop up add virtual serial port interface.
Close:close the window
Device list: show devices searched and its status.
Add virtual serial port: add virtual serial port interface pops up.

5 SYSTEM INSTALLATION AND USE

5.1 System Installation

Please close the anti-virus software and firewalls before installation. Otherwise it will cause the failure of
driver installation or the main program was mistakenly deleted. This is to certify, the program has no virus.

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Double click USR-VCOM_V3.4_Setup.exe, then double click USR-VCOM.exe after installation.

5.2 Add COM

Click , the below interface pop up:

Virtual COM: select the virtual com to be added. *real after COM reveals the real serial port of the
computer. Click ok to cover the real serial port.

Net Protocol: select work mode then ok to add virtual serial port. (Remote IP and Port are needed under
TCP Client, and Local IP is needed under TCP Server.)

Remarks: for users identification

Register ID: Click Advanced. This function is limited to TCP Client. It sends registered package after
TCP connection, perfectly compatible USR - D2D system, and remote transmission across network
between data and serial port server fulfilled. Scope: 0 ~ 65535. 0 is closed.

Note: if there is failure after click OK. It resulted from the failure of driver installation or the main
program was mistakenly deleted. Please close the anti-virus software and firewalls before installation.

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5.3 Delete COM:

Select the COM and click

5.4 Revise the virtual serial port parameters

Double click the COM then revise in the pop-up window.

5.5 Create a virtual serial port quickly and connect it to USR series devices

Quick method:
Connect the device to LAN, click search and choose USR-TCP232-T24 in the pull-down menu.

Click : Search Device in the pop-up window. The list will show online devices within LAN.
Click device to be connected to virtual COM and click Connect Virtual COM , then choose COM # and
OK.
Note: if the device is under TCP Client UDP, Remote IP should be computer IP. Then normal transition
with virtual COM will be.

5.6 Synchronize baudrate (RFC2217 similar)

Function Brief:
Software open and change the virtual serial port baud rate/data/check/stop bits, and the hardware connected
to virtual COM automatically synchronous to be its parameter.

How to achieve:
Open Synchronize baudrate function
Click Option then Synchronize baudrate (RFC2217 similar)
Ensure that your T24 series items firmware version is 4.13 or higher, E45 series firmware version
is 2013 or higher. only the two series is compatible with this function. If it is of low version, please
upgrade to the latest firmware.
Operation:

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Pls refer to 4.3 System Search and Configurate Networking Devices Interface

5.7 Smart VCOM

Function Brief:
Intelligently and quickly build a serial port connected to our serial server.

How to achieve:
This function adopts our inherent searching and configuration protocol, therefore, it must be used with
serial port server, which supports the T24 series E45 series and WIFI series.
T24 series require hardware version 4.13 or higher
E45 series require hardware version 2013 or higher
WIFI series require hardware version 4.02.10.usr12 or higher

Operation:

Click , pop-up window will show you devices searched within LAN.

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Click next to crate virtual serial port for selected device.

It is same as below after configuration

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Rules and features:

Automatically modify segment of device IP and gateway, to make sure TCP/UDP communication.
Automatically identify device working mode and configure the network parameters.
TCP Client: modify device target IP and port
TCP Server: no configuration
UDP: modify device target IP ,port and local port
E45 series works under DHCP mode (dynamic IP) should be set to the TCP Client mode, then
TCP/UDP communication is not effected by changing device IP.

5.8 VCOM Packet TimeOut

Function Brief:
After virtual serial port received data from serial port, it will waiting for some time. In this period, if no
data received it will send the data to serial server or net port; if received, it will wait for some time again.
This function can resolve the virtual serial port breaking data packets problem.

5.9 Error Notice

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Driver is intercepted by antivirus software or firewall so the installation fails. please close the anti-virus
software and firewalls to reinstall.

5.10 Run service

Find and run under installation directory .

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