SRedirect

SRedirect creates a server for ONE local serial communications (COM) port. SRedirect allows connection of a client application. SRedirect transfers data in both directions between the connected client and the local COM port.

SRedirect-Pro allows multiple servers each with a COM port to be created on the same computer. For multiple servers purchase SRedirect-Pro.

SRedirect and SRedirect-Pro include SBridge for FREE.

How does SRedirect work?

SRedirect is a command line utility. SRedirect creates a TCP/IP server that can be connected to from any TCP/IP client. Serving a serial port for connection by a TCP/IP client is simple. Edit the configuration file to enter the details of the COM port to serve and the port for SRedirect to listen on. Then start SRedirect.

What can SRedirect do?

SRedirect will :

• Expose a local serial port for multiple TCP/IP client connections.
• Route all serial port data to and from the connected clients.
• Allow connection to another serial port using SBridge. NOTE: SBridge is included for FREE with SRedirect and SRedirect-Pro!

What can SRedirect-Pro do?

SRedirect-Pro will :

• Do everything that SRedirect can do.
• Expose multiple local serial ports by allow multiple instances of the SRedirect server to run on the same computer.

What options are available for SRedirect and SRedirect-Pro?

The SRedirect command has the general form:

sredirect

where configuration of the SRedirect server is provided in the SRedirect configuration file. The configuration file contains the information for specifying the COM port the SRedirect server exposes, as well as configuring the TCP/IP port the SRedirect server listens on. The SRedirect configuration file is a text document easily edited with Notepad or any other text editor.

Other SRedirect options are:

• -b : enable saving of all data as binary data to file. All data transferred to and from SRedirect are logged.
• -l : enable logging of data in printable form. Vaious options are no logging, screen only, disk only and screen and disk together.

Installation

There is no installer for SRedirect. Installation is a simple process:

1. Download the file.
2. Unzip the downloaded file to any directory (location) on your hard drive. Note: in WindowsXP unzipping is natively supported. In other Windows versions you may need to obtain an unzip program (Google: unzip program).
3. Add the installation directory to your PATH environment variable.

License

All downloads of SRedirect (demo and full version) are subject to the SRedirect End User License Agreement.

Minimum System Requirements

• Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
• 64 MB RAM
• PII (266MHz)