Wiki: COM IP

Today I will tell about COM IP software which allows to make serial data available on a TCP/IP network. How it works: the program creates virtual serial ports and redirects all serial data to specified TCP-port of remote IP-address. Any serial communications software can use these virtual COM ports, like typical hardware COM ports to send and receive serial data over a local network or the Internet. COM IP can be used to pass serial data across a local network or over the Internet using the Telnet protocol (with the COM Port Control protocol specified by RFC 2217) and the raw TCP connection protocol as well. The COM Port Control protocol (RFC 2217) is used also for accessing any serial device attached to a serial device server.

Program's general features:

Redirects virtual serial port data to a TCP/IP network
Unlimited number of virtual serial ports can be created simultaneously on a single computer
Telnet protocol (RFC-2217) support
Raw data transmission support
Preset serial port control signals for raw data protocol
Fixed COM port settings for virtual COM port
Broken network connection recovery (auto-reconnect)
Extra strings sending on port opening/closing

The program is compatible with Full Microsoft serial.sys, PnP and WMI technologies, Hyper-Threading Technology, VMware, wide variety of TCP/IP-based serial device servers.

What I liked about the program: user-friendly interface, virtual serial ports can be created and removed without computer reboot, smooth workflow.