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Ethernet Serial Server SE5002

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Page 1: ...ABLELink SE5002 Ethernet Serial Server User s Manual Version 1 3 Updated on 2008 02 29 Tel 886 3 5508137 Fax 886 3 5508131 http www atop com tw ...

Page 2: ...o be used for any other purposes and it is not to be reproduced copied disclosed transmitted stored in a retrieval system or translated into any human or computer language in any form by any means in whole or in part without the prior express written consent of Atop Technologies Inc Published by Atop Technologies Inc 2F No 146 Sec 1 Tung Hsing Rd Jubei Hsinchu 30261 Taiwan R O C Tel 886 3 5508137 ...

Page 3: ...ce when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and radiates radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interf...

Page 4: ...ATUS 9 2 1 LAN 9 2 2 Installation Procedures 10 3 SOFTWARE 10 3 1 Configuration by Serail Manager 11 Fig 6 Configuring the static IP with Serail Manager 11 Fig 7 Static IP dialog window 11 Fig 8 SerialManager Auto IP Dialog Window 11 3 2 Configuration by Telnet utility 12 Fig 9 Telnet to the system 12 Fig 10 System main menu 12 Fig 11 System configuring using Telnet 13 Fig 12 Network configuring u...

Page 5: ...P server 22 Fig 26 Com1 setup TCP server 23 3 3 5 Configuring SE5002 as TCP client 23 Fig 27 Com1 setup TCP client 24 3 3 6 Pair Connection Tunneling Mode 24 Fig 28 Com1 setup pair connection 25 3 3 7 Configuring SE5002 in UDP mode 25 Fig 29 Com 1 setup UDP mode 26 Fig 30 Configuration successfully updated 26 Fig 31 Data Transmission in a UDP Master Client Mode 26 Fig 32 Data Transmission in a UDP...

Page 6: ...Fig 39 Configuration Wizard 31 5 SNMP SETUP 32 5 1 SNMP Network Management Platform 32 5 2 Using NetworkView An Example 32 Fig 40 IP address searching 32 Fig 41 Searching progress 32 Fig 42 NetworkView display the devices found 33 Fig 43 NetworkView display device information 33 6 1 Preparing System 34 6 2 Running Sample Program 34 6 2 1 TCPTEST in Visual Basic 34 6 2 2 TCPTEST2 in Visual C 35 TCP...

Page 7: ...n Assignments 40 A 3 3 Ethernet Port RJ 45 Pin Assignments 40 Note Device will not be damage if the polarity is reverse 41 A 4 Buzzer LED Message 41 A 4 1 Buzzer 41 A 4 2 LAN 41 A 4 3 COM Port 41 A 4 4 RUN 41 APPENDIXB UPGRADING SYSTEM FIRMWARE 42 B 2 Critical Issues 43 B 3 Error Messages 43 APPENDIXC RE LOADINGSYSTEM FIRMWARE 44 D 1 SerialManager Introduction 錯誤尚未定義書籤 D 2 Interface 錯誤尚未定義書籤 D 3...

Page 8: ...r RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 without isolation protection built in while the SE 5002 S55is is for RS 422 and RS 485 devices built in isolation protection 1 1 Packaging Check your package to make certain it contains the following items Atop SE5002 SE5002 S55is Ethernet Serial Device Server x 1 5 pins Terminal Block for Serial Connector x 1 3 pins Terminal Block for Power Connector x 1 Wall mounting screw...

Page 9: ... connection with an applications server the host computer After the connection is established data can flow in both directions Fig 2 TCP Client Mode Fig 2 TCP Client Mode UDP Mode UDP is a fast but non guaranteed datagram delivery protocol SE5002 can be configured in a UDP mode on a TCP IP Network to establish a connection using unicast or broadcast data to and from a serial device to one or multi...

Page 10: ... useful when two serial devices are far away because their communication distance is limited to 15 m Fig 4 Tunneling Mode 1 3 Hardware Description NOTE 1 Model SE5002 is for RS 232 422 485 without isolation protection built in SE5002 S55is is for RS422 485 with isolation protection built in See Appendix A 3 1 for full Panel layout 2 Press the reset button to reset to the default values Fig 5 Shows...

Page 11: ...02 to the Ethernet network Use a standard straight through Ethernet cable when connected to a hub switch or connect to a PC s Ethernet port via a cross over Ethernet cable However Always make sure ones PC is on the same sub net as the SE5002 Step 3 Connect SE5002 s serial port to a serial device Step 4 Mount SE5002 to a wall panel with the screws included or to a Din Rail rack Require optional Din...

Page 12: ... Static IP dialog window A DHCP server can automatically assign the IP address and all the network settings and SE5002 supports the DHCP client functions By default the DHCP client function on SE5002 is disabled one may activate the DHCP client functions by the following steps Execute SerialManager Fig 6 Click on the IP address of SE5002 Click Config to pop up the static IP Dialog Window Fig 7 Che...

Page 13: ... 50 100 23 The system then prompts for a password the default password is Null Leave it blank Fig 9 Fig 9 Telnet to the system Note One may press the reset button to reset the password 1 Then the following main menu shall appear Fig 10 Fig 10 System main menu Notes 1 If the SE5002 does not receive any command within 1 minute Telnet will be terminated automatically 2 The changes of networking param...

Page 14: ... rights reserved Designed in Taiwan 13 Fig 11 System configuring using Telnet This system overview window gives the general information on IP MAC address SNMP information kernel and AP version and the connection status of the device Select 2 on Input choice and enter 0 5 to enter Networking window Fig 12 ...

Page 15: ...ase note that setting changes will not take effect until the device is restarted Note Press ESC key to return to the previous menu 1 Select 3 on Input choice and enter 0 5 Fig 13 Fig 13 changing password using Telnet 2 Enter the old password on Please input old password Enter in the new password on Please input new password and again on Please verify new password fields Note One may press the Rese...

Page 16: ...al port on Please input local port 1 If one want to enable IP filter Input y on Do you want to enable IP filter y n Input source IP on Please input Filter_IP Double click Enter key 2 If one don t want to enable IP filter Input n on Do you want to enable IP filter y n Double click Enter key Input idle time in Please input idle time to send TCP alive packet 4 10sec 2 the sending TCP keep alive packe...

Page 17: ... Please input idle time to send TCP keep alive packet 4 10sec 2 the sending TCP keep alive packet period is 2 10 sec 2 Enter 2 for Triggering by received COM port data Input idle time to disconnect on Please input idle time to disconnect 0sec 1 255 0 disable the function 2 the serial Inactivity beyond 2 sec will cause disconnect Input error retrying time on Please input waiting time for error retr...

Page 18: ...02 Copyright 2006 Atop Technologies Inc All rights reserved Designed in Taiwan 17 Fig 16 Link Mode TCP client setup In this example the local port is 4660 the destination IP is 10 0 29 254 and the destination port is 666 Fig 17 Fig 17 Link Mode UDP client setup ...

Page 19: ...ection is broken serial data collected from serial device will be emptied on SE5002 once TCP IP connection is resumed the serial data will be sent through Ethernet connection one may disable it if one wish Fig 19 Fig 19 Com port Enabling serial data buffer Packet delimiter is a way of controlling the number of packets in a serial communication It is designed to keep packets intack SE5002 provides ...

Page 20: ... same network as SE5002 2 Open a web browser then Enter in the same IP address as the SE5002 The default user name is admin and the default password is null leave it blank 3 The SE5002 s network link mode and COM ports settings can be configured on different web pages 4 Click Save Configuration to save settings 5 Click Restart button to initial the change To modify settings through the web server ...

Page 21: ...ght 2006 Atop Technologies Inc All rights reserved Designed in Taiwan 20 Fig 22 login the system via Web 3 The following overview screen shall appear Fig 23 Fig 23 Overview 3 3 2 Changing password 1 Click on the Security link and the following screen shall appear Fig 24 ...

Page 22: ...password Note One may press the reset key on the product to reset password to the default value 3 3 3 Networking Click on Networking link and the following screen Fig 25 shall appear Fill in IP information on the TCP IP field Alternatively click on DHCP to obtain auto IP address gateway and subnet mask Enable SNMP by checking Enable fill in network identification information on SNMP and click on t...

Page 23: ...ce IP 2 If not to enable IP filter Don t check IP filter Input idle time on Please input idle time to send TCP keep alive packet sec 2 the sending TCP keep alive packet period will be 2 10 sec Input TCP Inactivity time in TCP Inactivity Time Before Disconnect sec 2 TCP Inactivity beyond 2 sec will cause disconnect Click on Save Configuration button to save the changes Notes 1 One may configure COM...

Page 24: ... is 10 0 29 11 and the destination port is 4660 Fig 27 On destination IP enter 10 0 29 11 On destination port enter 4660 Input idle time on Please input idle time to send TCP alive packet sec 4 the sending TCP keep alive packet period is 4 10 sec 1 Select TCP Connect On Power on It keeps trying to establish TCP connection after Power on 2 Select TCP Connect On Any Serial Character Any serial chara...

Page 25: ...nc All rights reserved Designed in Taiwan 24 Fig 27 Com1 setup TCP client 3 3 6 Pair Connection Tunneling Mode Pair connection is for two or more serial connections with their own SE5002 s to send data over Ethernet to communicate with each other To do so choose pair connection indicated in Fig 28 ...

Page 26: ...unicast or broadcast data from the serial device to one or multiple host computer Note The configuration is limited by Destination IP and Destination Port Using broadcast data from a serial device to multiple host computers For example for destination IP 10 255 255 255 and destination port 4660 the host computer s IP addresses from 10 0 0 1 10 255 255 254 and listening Port at 666 can receive data...

Page 27: ...es Note If the update is successful the following screen shall appear Fig 30 Fig 30 Configuration successfully updated HUB TCP IP Network Host Computer 1 IP 192 168 1 3 Listening Port 666 Host Computer 2 IP 192 168 1 100 Listening Port 666 Host Computer 3 IP 192 168 1 200 Listening Port 666 Host Computer 4 IP 192 168 1 254 Listening Port 666 Serial Device 1 Serial Line SE5002 IP 192 168 1 1 Destin...

Page 28: ...in a UDP Slave server Mode 3 4 Assigning new IP Address with ARP commands ARP address resolution protocol commands can be used to assign a static IP address on SE5002 using its hardware MAC media access control address The MAC address 0060E9 xxxxxx is printed on the rear side of device The following shows how it works on MS DOS command prompt window Example change IP from 10 0 50 100 to 10 0 50 10...

Page 29: ...irtual COM driver mode for windows converts COM data to LAN data for control of the COM port on SE5002 via LAN By creating virtual COM ports on the PC the Virtual COM driver redirects the communications from the virtual COM ports to an IP address and port number on a SE5002 that connects the serial line device to the network Fig 35 illustrates a Virtual COM connection diagram Fig 35 Virtual Com co...

Page 30: ...n the Virtual COM setup file included in the CD to install Virtual COM driver Select one or two COM port to become the Virtual COM ports 4 1 5 Uninstalling 1 From Windows Start menu select Setting Control Panel Add Remove Programs 2 Select Serial IP in the list of installed software 3 Click the Add Remove button to remove the program or From Windows Start menu select Programs Serial IP for ATOP Un...

Page 31: ...served Designed in Taiwan 30 Fig 37 Enabling Virtual COM port via Telnet 4 2 2 Running Serial IP on PC On Window Start Menu go to program serial IP for ATOP control panel Select Port then select the serial port Then the Serial I P for Atop Control Panel window appears Fig 38 Fig 38 Serial IP for Atop control panel ...

Page 32: ...r enter the TCP port number of the serial server 4 On Server Credentials the default is No Login Required If the serial server does require login by the Virtual COM Redirector the Virtual COM Redirector must provide a username and or password every time an application tries to access the serial server 5 Click the Configuration Wizard button and then click the Start button that shall appear on the ...

Page 33: ...ystem descriptions and NIC information 5 2 Using NetworkView An Example NetworkView is a free compact network management tool from NetworkView Software Inc www networkview com It discovers all TCP IP nodes in a network using DNS SNMP and ports information and documents with printed maps and reports for future use First download and install the tool on ones PC Windows 2000 and Windows XP then start...

Page 34: ...w Fig 42 Fig 42 NetworkView display the devices found 4 Double click on the device icon to display information about the device including IP Address Company SysLocation Max 15 characters SysName Max 9 characters and types etc Fig 43 Fig 43 NetworkView display device information Notes 1 NetworkView is limited to information extracting and viewing only 2 To modify the configurations use the web serv...

Page 35: ...with designated TCP port number 4660 for COM1 5 Check SE5002 running status through SerialManager configuration utility 6 2 Running Sample Program Sample programs written in VB and VC included in the package are provided for your reference their source codes are also included Test program can be found on the product CD in the directory of sample vb_ap and sample vc_ap respectively Two test program...

Page 36: ...inary data in hex format with a leading character can also be sent For example 00 and FF represent ASCII code 0 and 255 respectively A modem can also be used to connect to the serial server Command AT Od sends standard AT command to the modem which in return responds with OK 0D 0A message to the host application Always use then Enter key to exit the program 7 Diagnostics There are several ways to ...

Page 37: ... and TCPTEST2 EXE can be used to check the status of SE5002 Refer to chapter 6 2 for running the sample programs Appendix A Specification A 1 Hardware Specification Specifications CPU 16 bit Embedded CPU 100MHz Flash Memory 512K Bytes SDRAM 512K Bytes EEPROM 512 Bytes Host Communication IEEE802 3 base band TCP IP UDP SNMP HTTP Telnet ARP BOOTP DHCP ICMP Reset Built in default key to restore factor...

Page 38: ... Odd Mark Space 3 Data bits 7 8 4 Stop bits 1 2 5 Packet Delimiter by inter character timeout by characters delim 6 Flow Control None Hardware CTS RTS Software Xon Xoff LED indication RUN x 1 LAN x 1 COM port x 4 Power Requirement 9 30VDC Jack or DC 9 30V Terminal Block 2 8 Watt Max Temperature Operation Storage 0 to 60 20 to 70 Humidity 20 90 non condensing Housing 90mm L x 45mm W x 63mm H ...

Page 39: ...guration information for both TCP IP and serial ports is written in the EEPROM Configuration utilities of Windows 98 2000 NT XP 2003 are provided Internal Buffer Size TCP receiving buffer size 8K bytes TCP transmitting buffer size 16K bytes RS 232 or RS 485 RS 422 receiving buffer size 4K bytes RS 232 or RS 485 RS 422 transmitting buffer size 4K bytes A 3 Panel Layout and Connector Pin Assignments...

Page 40: ...ents The pin assignments of DB9 connector on SE5002 are shown in the following table Pin RS 232 Full Duplex for SE5002 Model RS 485 RS422 2 wire Half Duplex for SE5002 Model RS 485 4 wire Full Duplex for SE5002 Model 1 DCD N A N A 2 RXD N A reserved TXD 3 TXD DATA RXD 4 DTR N A N A 5 SG Signal Ground SG Signal Ground SG Signal Ground 6 DSR N A N A 7 RTS DATA RXD 8 CTS N A reserved TXD 9 N A N A N ...

Page 41: ... For SE5002 S55is 1 T NC 2 T NC 3 R Data 4 R Data 5 SG Signal Ground SG Signal Ground A 3 3 Ethernet Port RJ 45 Pin Assignments 1 Category 5 UTP cable 8 core wire 2 RJ45 Connector 3 RJ45 Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 568A Definition 568B Definition Pin1 Green White Orange White Pin2 Green Orange Pin3 Orange White Green White Pin4 Blue Blue Pin5 Blue White Blue White Pin6 Orange Green Pin7 Brown Wh...

Page 42: ...age Description LED Off Ethernet Disconnected LED blinking with Green Data is transmitting on Ethernet for 100Mbps LED blinking with Orange Data is transmitting on Ethernet for 10Mbps Table 2 LAN LED Message A 4 3 COM Port Message Description COM1 2 TX LED off No data is transmitting on COM port COM1 2 TX LED on blinking state Data is transmitting on COM port COM1 2 RX LED off No data is receiving...

Page 43: ...am to verify their availability 2 Prepare the download tool and press any key to edit the configuration file dapdl cfg 3 Edit dapdl cfg to fit the system requirements the contents of the file shall look like the following window Be sure to save your modifications Remote_IP 10 0 50 100 Load U5002 hex The first line identifies the IP address of SE5002 the second line identifies the firmware Hex file...

Page 44: ...h memory and the buzzer beeps 6 times before restarting It takes around 10 seconds to complete the programming process If an error occurs during the programming process SE5002 will clear the corresponding memory and the system remains the same before the process B 3 Error Messages Firmware upgrade may not be successful if errors occur during the process Error Cause Message Comments Illegal Hex fil...

Page 45: ...ht top corner of the main board to disable the current AP firmware 3 Turn SE5002 power on 4 Download the correct AP firmware 5 Open pin1 and pin2 on jumper JP1 to enable AP firmware 6 Close the case and continue operations Appendix D Using SerialManager D 1 SerialManager Introduction SerialManager developed by ATOP is a special tool for device management and configuration and can realize the daily...

Page 46: ...earch devices in the network The user can use four ways to search devices They are search by broadcast search by special IP addresses search by special MAC addresses and rescanning devices by using the current search way The user can select his required search way by clicking the Search option on the main menu shown as below Or select by clicking a button on the toolbar as below Broadcast Search R...

Page 47: ...arch Once Broadcast Search is selected a box will pop up as below The user may type in or select different broadcast address based on his her own requirement D3 1 2 Search by IP address Once Search by IP Address is selected an interface will pop up as below Here user may have two options Select an IP address to search or Search device in the range of IP address ...

Page 48: ...3 Search by MAC Address If Search by MAC Address is selected another box will pop up as below Here the user may search in two ways Search a MAC address to search or Search devices in the range of MAC address D3 1 4 Rescan Once the user click the Rescan button on the toolbar the SerialManager shall re search devices by using the current search way ...

Page 49: ... Ethernet Serial Server SE5002 Copyright 2006 Atop Technologies Inc All rights reserved Designed in Taiwan 48 D3 2 Firmware This function is applied to downloading a firmware into a selected device Upgrade from disk Upgrade from disk ...

Page 50: ...evice and then selecting the submenu option Upgrade from disk in the main menu option Firmware or directly clicking the button Upgrade from disk And then the user can select and download the required firmware from the disk as shown in the figure below The user can also select several same devices at one time and realize the firmware updating for them by selecting Apply for all selected devices hav...

Page 51: ...details as the figure below Note Some of old firmware version did not support SerialManual firmware upgrade function Please refer to appendix Upgrade System Software for detail D3 3 Security This function is applied to the security protection for the network devices so as to supply some necessary protection to a device for configuration modifying configuration leading in and leading out and some o...

Page 52: ... same time by selecting Apply for all selected devices D3 3 2 Logout This function is applied to the logout from any network device as the user should always carry out a logout after he she has finished the operating action to any important device shown as the figure below The user can also select several devices at one time and log out them at the same time by selecting Apply for all selected dev...

Page 53: ...iguration This function is applied to the configuring import and export of work parameters for any network device and here are mainly supplied with Network COM Port Locate Reset Erase Flash Import Setting Export Setting Virtual COM Config by IE and Options and some other application functions The user can carry out a configuration operating through menu or by clicking the corresponded button on th...

Page 54: ...dify the IP address of any selected device shown as the figure below D3 4 2 COM Port ATOP has developed various network products and some of the ATOP devices are specially supplied to some serial port servers while this function is applied to the configuration of COM port parameters Note This function can be realized only after a successful login shown as the figure below ...

Page 55: ...erated automatically according to the COM port number of the device If a device has 4 COM port there will be 4 tags respectively COM1 COM2 COM3 COM4 and the like 2 Connecting mode it means the connecting mode between the serial port server and other network devices Each COM corresponds to a connecting mode through which the transferring data will not be interfered by that in another connection The...

Page 56: ...now its position If a device is selected the device will appear with singing by which the user can locate the device through the submenu option Locate or clicking the Locate button on the toolbar D3 4 4 Reset The device should be restarted after a successful modification of parameter configuration And the user can carry out a restart through the submenu option Reset D3 4 5 Erase Flash Some devices...

Page 57: ...ices in the network one by one while the user can import the parameter information of a standard parameter file directly into all the devices of the network through the submenu option Import setting or clicking the Import setting button on the toolbar thus the work procedures can be largely reduced shown as the figure below The user can also select several devices at one time and lead the paramete...

Page 58: ...through the submenu option Export setting or clicking the Export setting button on the toolbar thus the parameter information can be led in over again from this parameter file when the user is to carry out a configuration for any other device shown as the figure below The user can also select several devices at one time and save the parameter information of these selected devices into a designated...

Page 59: ...E shown as the figure below D3 4 10 Option The option is mainly applied to setting some common work rules of SerialManager such as search for the time interval of a network device or whether to display any device indication and so on shown as the figure below D3 5 View The user can select a display mode of the network device according to his her own requirement through the menu option View such as...

Page 60: ... Ethernet Serial Server SE5002 Copyright 2006 Atop Technologies Inc All rights reserved Designed in Taiwan 59 D3 6 Help This function is mainly applied to displaying some help information of the SerialManager shown as the figure below ...

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