Does this vbscript version behave same (vbscript has better COM support) ... it appears to on my end ...

 Code:

Dim bcReader 
Dim port
Dim password
Dim text

port = 12
password = "1234"

Set bcReader = CreateObject("BCP5Ctrl.BCP5Controller")

bcReader.OpenBCP password, port

WScript.Echo "Opened = " & bcReader.Opened

text = bcReader.DownloadData()

WScript.Echo "text = " & text

bcReader.CloseBCP