NPort Server 5610-8 is an industrial-strength network-based serial device server for connecting 8x RS232 device like CNCs, PLCs, weighting scales, scanners and other devices directly to the 10/100Mbps Ethernet network running TCP/IP. In addition to allowing serial devices to get networked, any host (PC Server or Workstation) without network access can also access remote serial device via adding NPort Server 5610-8 to the existing serial ports. In other word, NPort 5610-8 can be configured over Ethernet and serve as a transparent serial channel without platform and distance limitation.