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A Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) is software that enhances lab efficiency by automating workflows and simplifying specimen tracking. It is designed to be easily configurable and support a wide range of lab instruments.
Serial to Ethernet Connector SDK can be integrated into the LIMS software and make your solution more flexible. You can easily access remote laboratory instruments.
Communications between complex lab equipment are usually based on serial connections. To optimize laboratory operations, lab experts rely on special laboratory information system software to access serial interfaces remotely. Working over the network, LIMS software redirects data from remote serial devices to a single lab database. To make this possible, the software must support a serial port virtualization feature. You can receive COM port data, convert it to TCP/IP data packets, and forward it to any client computer regardless of its physical location.
The best solution for LIMS connection virtualization
Integration of Serial to Ethernet Connector SDK seems to be the most efficient solution in this case. With the technology, you can provide any client machine with an unlimited number of virtual COM ports. That means, any lab instrument can connect to a remote client computer via a virtual serial interface. This way all data sent by various lab equipment can be collected in a single laboratory database for further analysis and research.
What’s more, integrated into LIMS software, the technology lets emulate any COM port peripheral thus making it easier for lab specialists to diagnose and prevent problems that may occur in a lab communication system.
Integration of Serial to Ethernet Connector SDK into LIMS software offers multiple advantages:
Serial to Ethernet Connector significantly improves LIMS software functionality by adding the ability to manage any serial port instrument remotely.
With the technology, providers of lab data management software get the chance to cover new market segments and attract new customers.
Serial to Ethernet Connector is compatible with all popular OSes and can be easily integrated into any industry-specific solution.
Success Stories
Integrated into a software-based temperature controller (written in C# on Windows 10 OS), the Serial to Ethernet Connector allows emulating any physical serial device (e. g. Eurotherm 3216) that has an RS232 port. Now the controller can emulate various COM port equipment even when operated by other software.
Instron
A laboratory information management solution has a central server accessed from several thousand workstations via Terminal Services or Citrix. The workstations have laboratory devices attached to them. Serial to Ethernet Connector is used for better integration between these devices and the central LIMS instance running on the terminal server.
LabWare
Developers of RS232 chromatographs use the technology to make the machines available for remote access over the network. Serial to Ethernet Connector allows converting serial signals of chromatographs into network protocol data.
