Serial Port ActiveX Control

Create, open and control serial port

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Build Info
File size:
2.39Mb
Latest build:
3.0.0.143
Release date:
17th July, 2007
Build compiled:
29th July, 2008
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Advanced Serial Port ActiveX Control

Serial Port ActiveX Control is a powerful and versatile ActiveX component that lets you control serial ports, manage them and track their activity. It is a great alternative to complicated WinAPI for serial ports.

In Serial Port ActiveX you will find diverse methods to read/write to and from serial ports, plenty of properties for advanced configuration of serial ports as well as the complete range of events to control them. Integrating Serial Port ActiveX in your own software is quite easy thanks to sample code for major development environments that is bundled with our component. For ASP developers Serial Port ActiveX Control provides array of VARIANTS data type to read from and write to serial port.

connect to serial devices

With Serial Port ActiveX you can:

Communicate with external devices

Serial Port ActiveX Control is designed to communicate with external devices on RS232/422/485 connection, such as modems, bar code readers, PBX, medical instruments, IrDA, Bluetooth and USB serial devices and so on.

control serial port

Fully control serial port activity

Our Serial Port component features a variety of events, methods and properties to let you fully track serial port activity. You will see when a port was opened or closed, which data was sent or received and so on immediately. You can change serial port timeouts, lice and handflow control, line signals and special characters directly from your application.

manage serial port

Manage serial port signal lines

All hardware signal lines (DTR/DSR, RTS/CTS, RING, ERROR, DCD, etc.) are fully supported.

Full features list:

  • Flexible set of ActiveX methods and properties for advanced control of all serial ports
  • Wide selection of supported events
  • Full signal lines support (DTR/DSR/RTS/CTS/Ring)
  • Extensive serial port configuration management (Baudrate, Databits, Parity, Flow Control, StopBits)
  • Ability to set up control characters and timeouts for serial port
  • You can easily receive all the details about the port your application works with: controller type, supported protocols, adjustable settings, etc.
  • Any number of ports can be controlled at the same time
  • Read/write to serial port various types of data: string, binary, byte array of VARIANTS (for ASP), etc
  • Ability to set up serial port settings within a single string (9600-N-8-1)
  • Easily get the list of all available ports in a system and open any
  • Virtual serial ports are also supported
  • Examples for Microsoft VC++ .NET, Microsoft VC++ 6, Microsoft VB .NET, Microsoft VB 6, ASP (VB Script and JavaScript), Borland Delphi, Borland C++ Builder 6 included

Demo version limitations:

  • Nag screen when Open() method is invoked

Interface languages:

English

Compatible with:

  • Windows 95
  • Windows 98 SE
  • Windows Me
  • Windows NT 4.x
  • Windows 2000
  • Windows XP x32
  • Windows XP x64
  • Windows 2003 x32
  • Windows 2003 x64
  • Windows Vista x32
  • Windows Vista x64
  • Windows 2008 x32
  • Windows 2008 x64

COMPANY LICENSE + OEM RIGHTS

for Serial Port ActiveX

Why OEM?
Company License with OEM rights permits you to embed Serial Port ActiveX technology into your own software or hardware products.

This license grants you unlimited rights on utilizing Serial Port ActiveX by all workers of your company worldwide on unlimited number of computers. OEM rights grant you the ability for unlimited redistribution of Serial Port ActiveX as an integral part of your software. OEM license is royalty-free one-time purchase.

Purchasing Company License with OEM rights you get:
A separate OEM installation package with the separate OEM key used for silent registration.

How to evaluate the OEM license
To let you evaluate the OEM license before purchasing, we are ready to send you the OEM Evaluation Kit, so you can try integrating Serial Port ActiveX into your project. The documents will be sent to you upon your request.

Supported IDEs
You will be able to use Serial Port ActiveX Control in the following IDEs: Borland Delphi, C++ Builder, Microsoft VC++, Microsoft Visual Basic, Visual Basic.Net, Visual Studio C#, Visual C.Net, some other "exotic" IDEs which our clients randomly report us about.

SOURCE CODE LICENSE

for Serial Port ActiveX

Ordering Source Code license for Serial Port ActiveX you receive all extensively commented programming source code in C++. In addition, we provide technical and information lifetime support by email, IMs and phone, and high-end consulting services. Our leading developers will help you implement Source codes and understand the advanced part of the product.