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EKI-6333AC-4GP User Manual
RFC-2217 defines general COM port control options based on telnet protocol. With
the RFC-2217 mode, remote host can monitor and manage remote serially attached
devices, as though they were connected to the local serial port. When a virtual serial
port on the local serial device is being created, it is required to specify the IP address
of the remote hosts to establish connection with.
Figure 3.122 Field Communication > Bus & Protocol > Virtual COM
When
Edit
button is applied, a screen similar to this appears.
Figure 3.123 Field Communication > Bus & Protocol > Virtual COM
The following table describes the items in the previous figure.
Item
Description
Serial Port
It displays the serial port ID of the serial port. The number of serial
ports varies from the purchased model.
Operation Mode
Select
RFC-2217
mode.
Listen Port
Indicate the listening port of RFC-2217 connection.
Value Range: 1 ~ 65535
Trust Type
Select
Allow All
to allow any clients to connect. Otherwise select
Specific IPs
to limit certain clients.
Connection Idle Timeout Enter the idle timeout in minutes. The idle timeout is used to
disconnect the TCP connection when idle time elapsed. Idle
timeout is only available when
On-Demand
is selected in the
Connection Control
field.
Value Range: 0 ~ 3600 seconds.
Alive Check Timeout
Enter the time period of alive check timeout. The TCP connection
will be terminated if it doesn’t receive response of alive-check
longer than this timeout setting. Alive check timeout is only
available when
On-Demand
is selected in the
Connection
Control
field.
Value Range: 0 ~ 3600 seconds.
Enable
Check
Enable
checkbox to activate the corresponding serial port
in specified operation mode.
Save
Click
Save
to save the settings.
Undo
Click
Undo
to cancel the settings.
