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February 14, 2007

97088101C

Kit Installation Instructions

Series B Alpha Ethernet Adapter II

(pn 10881114B)

About the Series B Alpha Ethernet Adapter II Kit

The Series B Alpha Ethernet Adapter II connects a sign’s RS232/RS485 port to a 10/100BASE-T Ethernet 
network.

Typical use

Item

Part #

Description

A

1088-8621

3-foot serial cable, RJ11-to-RJ11

B

1088-1114

Alpha Ethernet Adapter Kit

C

TCP/IP cable (10/100BASE-T)

Ethernet port (RJ45)

Sign port (RJ11 serial port)

MAC address label

Left LED (D1)

Right LED (D2)

RJ45 Ethernet port (front)

Alpha sign

Alpha sign

Alpha sign

Ethernet

B

A

C

C

A

B

(Detail)

RJ11 Serial port, 
labeled “Sign”.

RJ45 Ethernet port, 
labeled “Ethernet”.

Summary of Contents for B series

Page 1: ...7088101C Kit Installation Instructions Series B Alpha Ethernet Adapter II pn 10881114B About the Series B Alpha Ethernet Adapter II Kit The Series B Alpha Ethernet Adapter II connects a sign s RS232 RS485 port to a 10 100BASE T Ethernet network Typical use Item Part Description A 1088 8621 3 foot serial cable RJ11 to RJ11 B 1088 1114 Alpha Ethernet Adapter Kit C TCP IP cable 10 100BASE T Ethernet ...

Page 2: ... following signs The Alpha Ethernet Adapter II does not work with the following signs 215C 215R 210C 220C shipped after February 1 2000 220C all shipped prior to February 1 2000 300C series 420 4000C 4000R series using RS232 jumper and jack 790i 7000C series using RS232 jumper and jack Solar Alpha Big Dot AlphaPremiere 9000 series AlphaVision FS AlphaVision CM FM 1 4 2 1 BetaBrite one line display...

Page 3: ...u may not be at the location of the Ethernet Adapter 2 Disconnect all power to the sign at the power source 3 Connect the Alpha Ethernet Adapter II as shown in Typical use on page 1 4 Turn on the sign 5 Check the Network side of the adapter and make sure the green LED is flashing Install and setup the Alpha Ethernet software 1 Insert the Alpha Ethernet Setup Software CD ROM into the computer s CD ...

Page 4: ...ee the sign and whether it can reply back to you To ping the sign from the DOS prompt 1 To open the DOS prompt select Start Run and type cmd in the text field 2 In the DOS window type the following ping your sign s IP address example ping 207 46 232 182 If this message appears Then do this Setup IP address is successful reboot adaptor to take effect When the Test IP Address window appears unplug t...

Page 5: ...AlphaNET Diagnostics The Diagnostics window opens 2 Select TCP IP and click Setup The TCP IP Setup window opens 3 In the TCP IP Setup window set the following 4 Click Ping Address If this message appears Then do this Reply from The test was successful go to the next test Request Timeout The test failed Contact your network administrator IP Address Set this to the sign s IP address Port Set to 3001...

Page 6: ...ll the signs on the network Once the message is sent you will physically check the signs for the message 1 In the Diagnostics window click the Broadcast Message button The Broadcast Message window opens 2 In the Broadcast Message window select Send Message to All Signs and click Send The message should appear on the sign If the message does not appear on the sign contact Adaptive Technical Support...

Page 7: ... connection right LED is off no activity right LED is blinking amber one way communication right LED is blinking green two way communication 1 5V 2 RS485 3 RXD 4 TXD 5 RS485 6 GND 1 6 RJ11 Serial port 1 TX 2 TX 3 RX 4 RX 5 not connected 6 not connected 7 not connected 8 not connected Shield Chassis ground 8 1 RJ45 Ethernet port Some Alpha products have 5 volt jumpers for RJ11 power Refer to your s...

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