Use Serial Port component to easily communicate with external devices on RS232 connection - as modems, bar code readers, PBX etc. Serial Port introduces properties for serial port setting, methods to write/read from port, events for monitoring port.
Active Port Pro is an ActiveX control which allows to read/write data directly in/out any hardware port on Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP.Also Active Port Pro effectively disables Windows I/O ports protection mechanism.