datAxe is a software program designed to convert serial (RS232) data to the TCP/IP packets format and TCP/IP packets to serial data. While running on your PC, datAxe can receive serial data from a COM port of your PC and then send them out to a TCP/IP network through a TCP/IP socket connection on your PC. datAxe can also receive serial data from a TCP/IP network through a TCP/IP socket connection and send them to a serial port on your PC.