WCSC APRIL 2003 NEWSLETTER

• Introduction
• New Product
• Revamped Website

• Suggestions
• Reliable DOS communication under Windows XP, 2000, or NT.

Introduction

It has been five months since our last newsletter. We promise not to wait this long before the next one. We are cognizant to the fact that many are overwhelmed by mailboxes filled with worthless clutter. In that light we will only send our newsletters when we have a substantial change in our products, an addition to our product line, or information we think is of great relevance to your software and/or hardware development.

Please review our newsletter in detail. We are sure you will find useful information for both your present and future projects.

New Product

WCSC released Comm-Logger on April 8th, 2003. This product was developed specifically based on your request. Comm-Logger logs data from 1 to 32 serial ports concurrently to 1 to 32 files. Please <CLICK HERE> to view this new product.

We are offering a 50% special on Comm-Logger that expires on April 30th, 2003. Click to take advantage of this special . You must order from this page to get the special price.

Suggestions

We are very interested in hearing from you with regards to products you would like to see us develop. Please email your suggestions and requests to CustomerService@wcscnet.com. Are you developing with .NET? What types of products are you developing? Are you interested in libraries for application to application communication or application to server communication over the Internet? Are you interested in generic TCP/IP libraries? If so, what functions would you want?

We continue to cherish your suggestions and intend to tabulate your suggestions to ensure that our products continue to meet your technical requirements.

Revamped Website

Visit our revamped website at http://www.wcscnet.com. We made it easier to navigate along with a much cleaner look. Technical support and product information is easy to find.

Reliable DOS Serial Communication Under Windows (XP, 2000, & NT)

Extend the life of that DOS application with minimal investment in time or engineering.

Many MSDOS serial communication applications can be made to work reliably under Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows NT with our high speed kernel driver/DLL COMM-DRV/NT with minor modifications to the application. In fact we have tested applications that ran effectively at 460 KBaud successfully with a combination of our PCI multiport cards and COMM-DRV/NT.
Modifying a 16 bit MSDOS application to effect COMM-DRV/NT usage is rather simple. The basic steps for a C/C++ MSDOS application are:
 

1. Isolate all serial communication calls. These could be calls to some other third party library or your own.

2. Map isolated calls to COMM-DRV/NT calls. Our API supports a myriad of calls that will easily map to the previous calls.

3. Recompile and re-link the application.
    

Modifying a DOS extended 16 or 32 bit application requires, COMM-DRV/Dos in addition to COMM-DRV/NT. After installation of the drivers, the same steps listed for 16 bit MSDOS applications apply.

Note that these tools can also integrate with your QuickBasic 4.x, Professional Basic, and Visual Basic for DOS applications as well as all of your Windows applications.

Send email to support@wcscnet.com if you need additional information on leveraging your products by integrating them with our offerings.