The EasyCom ActiveX control is a Winsock/Telnet communication component. It is intended for VB and VC++ developers to easily add communication capabilities to their applications. Examples of such communication capabilities might include handling and configuration of remote network equipments and servers, and getting information on such systems.

There is a couple of advantages about using EasyCom in VB or VC++ rather than using terminal emulators built-in scripting tools. First, you get more control on the running conversation: for instance, when reading, EasyCom affords easily detecting different possible answers from the remote system. Second, you can easily get the characters received and handle and process them as required.