VESR424D Serial Server
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network packets, but decrease the amount of time to receive characters. The range is 1 through
65535.
Inter-character Timeout
controls the maximum duration between received characters before
sending the characters to the network. Larger values may decrease the number of network
packets, but increase the amount of time to receive characters. Smaller values may increase
the number of network packets, but decrease the amount of time to receive characters. The
range is 1 through 65535.
IP Address.
Software or hardware attempting to access the serial server via the network must
know the IP Address of the server. In DHCP mode (factory default), the serial server requests
and receives a dynamic IP address from a DHCP server when it first connects to the network. If
there is not a DHCP Server on your network, this device will automatically default to IP Address
169.254.102.39
. If the serial server is unable to connect to your network using this address,
there are two methods to manually configure the IP Address.
1.
Method One:
Change your PC Network to Match the Serial Server.
a. Open the network connection on your PC.
Figure 45. Network IP Properties
b. Click
Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
and then click
Properties
. Change the parameters
to the following:
IP Address = 169.254.102.1
Subnet Mask = 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway = 169.254.102.100
