Moxa V2401-LX [5/61] Application development environment

V2401/2402 WinXP User’s Manual Introduction

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Overview

The V2401 and V2402 come with four RS-232/422/485 serial ports, and the V2401 has an

additional eight RS-232 ports, making them ideal for connecting a wide range of serial devices.

The dual 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet ports offer a reliable solution for network redundancy,

delivering continuous operations for data communication and management. As an added

convenience, the V2401/2402 computers have four DIs, and four DOs for connecting digital

input/output devices.

In addition, the CompactFlash and USB sockets provide the V2400 computers with the reliability

needed for industrial applications that require data buffering and storage expansion.

Pre-installed with Windows Embedded Standard 2009, the V2401/2402 Series provides

programmers with a friendly environment for developing sophisticated, bug-free application

software at a low cost.

Software Specifications

The software features of the V2401/2402-XPE embedded computers are listed below:

Application Development Environment

The V2401/2402-XPE is fully compatible with the XP Professional Development Environment.

The V2401/2402-XPE’s use of Windows Embedded Standard 2009 with SP3 provides the

following common, popular application development features that make programming convenient

and easy.

Every application that runs in Windows XP can be executed in the V2401/2402-XPE, so there is

no migration cost.

Windows Embedded Standard 2009 is based on the same binary files as Windows XP Professional;

Windows Embedded Standard 2009 enables you to rapidly develop reliable and full-featured

connected devices.

y Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5—This component includes the common language runtime

(CLR) and the .NET Framework class library.

y Active Directory Service Interface (ADSI) Core—Provides the basic functionality for ADSI.

This component routes any requests to the corresponding provider according to the path it is

provided.

y Active Template Library (ATL) —Supports ATL applications.

y ASP.NET 2.0—A unified Web application platform that provides the services necessary to

build and deploy enterprise-class Web applications.

y Certificate Request Client & Certificate Auto enrollment—This component includes the

common language runtime (CLR) and the .NET Framework class library.

y COM Base—Component Object Model (COM) includes a programming model and a set of

application programming interfaces (APIs), and does not include a dedicated user interface.

y Common Control Libraries—(Side by Side) the component provides common user interface

(UI) controls.

y Common File Dialogs—Support for common dialog boxes.

y Direct3D—The infrastructure for two-dimensional and three-dimensional graphics.

y DirectPlay—Provides a networking API that can enable any application to operate over both

a peer-to-peer and client/server topology.