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16-Port RS-232/422/485 to Ethernet Server   

 

STE-516C 

 

User

s Manual 

 

 

 

Version 1.0a 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for STE-516C

Page 1: ...16 Port RS 232 422 485 to Ethernet Server STE 516C User s Manual Version 1 0a...

Page 2: ...Device Server User Guide 2 Revision History Revision Date Document Version Pages Description May 28 2010 1 0a All Initial release...

Page 3: ...ents 8 Technical Support 9 Chapter 2 Getting Started 10 Overview 10 Product Features 10 Package Check List 11 Applications 12 Chapter 3 Hardware Layout 15 Panel Layout 15 LED RESET 16 Chapter 4 Instal...

Page 4: ...k Command 42 Serial Command 44 User Setup 47 System Command 47 Chapter 7 Setting via LCD 48 LCD and Key Control 48 Main Menu 48 Network Setup 49 Port Setup 50 Status 51 System 52 Verification 53 Chapt...

Page 5: ...Device Server User Guide 5 Troubleshooting 63 Firmware Update via FTP 64...

Page 6: ...s status monitoring firmware update and other administration work To Reader This manual is intended for device server users and administrators It is strongly recommended to read carefully before using...

Page 7: ...o connect between WiComm 1 serial and network and how to start the system initially and inspect the system status Ch 5 Setting via Web provides menu by menu guide for setting up this device serv er vi...

Page 8: ...ion User Guide Integration configuration and management tasks are explained for the administrator PortView User Manual Guide for this device server management application Portview COM Port Redirector...

Page 9: ...Device Server User Guide 9 Technical Support Please find the FAE of product channel for technical support...

Page 10: ...data printing devices industrial metering devices etc This device server supports RS232 RS422 and RS485 serial communication standards under various communication speeds Also it automatically senses...

Page 11: ...ial Device Server x1 Direct LAN Cable x1 Power Adapter x1 CD Manual and Utility x1 Notify your sales representative if any of the above items are missing or damaged A Class Device Product This device...

Page 12: ...er to network you can use serial equipments connected to this serial device server from remote PCs Serial Communication Tunneling You can extend the serial cable between PC and serial device to networ...

Page 13: ...Device Server User Guide 13...

Page 14: ...e Warehouse rails Medical instruments inspection equipment controllers alarming units Home Appliances Electronic Devices Power controller Gaming machines Scales Gas detection units Water pollution met...

Page 15: ...face and is possible to set up via web or telnet 2 LAN Port As a secondary network port it works through DHCP Server and assigns IP address to a device connected to this device server 3 WAN Port As a...

Page 16: ...On Sub network activated Serial Tx Rx Green Blink Serial data transmission Orange Blink Serial data reception WAN LAN Left Green On 100BastT network activated Off 10BastT network activated WAN LAN Rig...

Page 17: ...erver User Guide 17 Serial Port Pin Specification SG 1161 M3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DCD RXD TXD DTR GND DSR RTS CTS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TXD RXD RXD TXD GND 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TRXD TRXD GND RS422 RS485 RS232 PIN def...

Page 18: ...an input voltage supplied to the device server is in accordance with module s specification If power supply is in a normal condition turn on the device server and check the PWR LED is white then boot...

Page 19: ...nect serial console port to PC s serial port and set it to 115 200 bps for connection 3 Search the assigned IP using Detector application in Utility Documents CD WAN Default IP Address 192 168 0 223 T...

Page 20: ...please refer to PortView manual If user clicks search button on the upper left in Detector program it lists up this device server on network If user wants to connect through web browser or Telnet cho...

Page 21: ...detailed information refer to Chapter 5 Setting via Web 2 Setting by Telnet A user can carry out the environment setting for the device server by Telnet For detailed information refer to Chapter 6 Se...

Page 22: ...s device manger to access t he web manager Once you are successfully connected the following front page will show up You need to enter appropriate username and password to login Please note that this...

Page 23: ...device server Network Settings Configure network connection settings Serial Settings Configure detailed operation environment for serial communication SNMP Settings Configure detailed operation envir...

Page 24: ...ment and network management After changing values you need to click Submit button Then you will see the same page with modified values Please note that you have to Save Reboot in order to see these ch...

Page 25: ...IP manually enter an appropriate subnet mask When line type is DHCP current subnet mask is displayed but it is not editable Gateway 192 168 0 254 Current default gateway of this device server is assig...

Page 26: ...Device Server User Guide 26 Lease End Address 10 10 1 30 If DHCP server is enabled end address of the DHCP scope for leasing Lease Time 180 DHCP lease time...

Page 27: ...address for DDNS service DDNS service used in this device server is supported by http ddns nu default ID is admin and default password is 1234 if you want to use this you should register your own in h...

Page 28: ...Submit button Then you will see the same page with modified values Please note that you have to Save Reboot in order to see these changes in effect Changes will be discarded if you do not save curren...

Page 29: ...socket and the serial port is transferred untouched after the socket connection is established TCP Client This device server acts as a socket client in this mode It tries to connect to the server IP a...

Page 30: ...serial port The data input from the serial port is put into UDP packets which eventually are sent to the client UDP Client When the data is input to the serial port UDP packets are sent using the pre...

Page 31: ...ven serial port If the mode is set to Data Only only Txd Rxd and Gnd signal lines are used in inter device communication If the mode is set to Modem Signals all modem signals except RI Ring Indicator...

Page 32: ...Only applies to TCP Client TCP Server TCP Broadcast and TCP Multiplex operation modes Latency Time 0 This needs to be set when consecutive data from the given serial port needs to be transmitted to s...

Page 33: ...t value is large for high speed communication while small for low speed communication FIFO Size 128 Linking with Trigger Level Tx it sets the output size to FIFO Option 1 128 Terminat ion Disable If s...

Page 34: ...on environment for the SNMP Agent After changing values you need to click Submit button Then you will see the same page with modified values Please note that you have to Save Reboot in order to see th...

Page 35: ...rite by SNMP Agent In order to read attributes only change the feature to ReadOnly In order to read and write attributes change the feature to ReadWrite Options ReadOnly ReadWrite V3 Username Password...

Page 36: ...fter changing values you need to click Submit button Then you will see the same page with modified values Please note that you have to Save Reboot in order to see these changes in effect Changes will...

Page 37: ...is device server Set the location of the firmware file to update using the Browse button The selected firmware will be transferred to this device manager when you click Start Update After the transmis...

Page 38: ...tory default values Clicking on Restore Factory Defaults button will delete all current settings and restore settings to the initial status This device server will automatically reboot You cannot turn...

Page 39: ...e place in the operation Main features for Save Reboot are as follows Menu Descriptions Save Reboot Save Reboot reboots this device server after saving changes to Flash memory Reboot Only Reboot Only...

Page 40: ...ion It records and gives you a view of system s start and ending time each port s connection and ending time and other environmental setting time It shows an accurate time when power is supplied to RT...

Page 41: ...ange username and password on web or telnet you should also use the changed one on telnet or web Default Username admin Default Password 1234 def command Check or change this device server s setting d...

Page 42: ...device manager s MAC address def line ip dhcp Static IP Set up IP acquisition method for network connection def ip IP Address 192 168 0 223 Express current IP address In case of Line Type being Static...

Page 43: ...does not allow connection to telnet def web enable disable Enable If this device server s web is set disabled it does not allow connection to browser def ssh enable disable Disable If this device ser...

Page 44: ...address of server TRAP data will be sent def trapoprt Socket No 162 Set up port number of server that TRAP data will be sent def trap_reset enable disable Enable Notify reset of system def trap_conne...

Page 45: ...TCP Multiplex TCP Broadcast UDP Server Pair_Slave mode def port x name name Port 1 Assign name to port Max 16 bytes def port x speed 150 300 600 120 0 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 576 00 115200 23040 0...

Page 46: ...om the serial port at a time def port x txtrigger auto 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 96 128 Set up txtrigger of each port def port x rxtrigger auto 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 96 128 Set up rxtrigger of each port def port x...

Page 47: ...te def password password 99999999 Set up password for use in Web telnet ftp Max 16 byte System Command Command Explanation def default Delete the current setting and get back the default To save the s...

Page 48: ...l Graphic LCD is 16 Character 2 Line and 4 keys enable Device Server s operating environment setting The followings are each key s operating function Key Function 1 Function 2 ESC Go back to upper men...

Page 49: ...ls setting screen Clicking ESC always leads to upper menu and if there is any change made by user it asks whether to save in flash memory For details of each menu please refer to Ch 5 and Ch 6 Menu Op...

Page 50: ...s to details setting screen Clicking ESC always leads to upper menu and if there is any change made by user it asks whether to save in flash memory For details of each menu please refer to Ch 5 and Ch...

Page 51: ...and move to next menu Keepalive 0 65535 0 Remote IP 0 0 0 0 Remote Port 4000 Terminatio n Enable Disable Disable Select Option Enter Temporarily save current option and move to next menu Status Check...

Page 52: ...ways leads to upper menu Menu Option Default Description Port Reset Cancel Yes Cancel Select Option Enter If select cancel it moves to next menu If select yes it executes the selected operation Factor...

Page 53: ...se key to move the cursor and key to change line If registration of firmware name is done press Enter and move to input IP address of PC that firmware will be sent to T F T P I P A d d r e s s 1 9 2 1...

Page 54: ...er If select cancel it moves to next menu If select yes it executes the selected operation RS232 Signal RS422 Loopback RS485 Loopback Testing WAN Port Testing LAN Port Testing MMC Testing Reset Testin...

Page 55: ...est and prints out the result on LCD T e s t I n g R S 4 2 2 O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O If there is no problem with the related port it marks O otherwise X RS485 Loopback Change all the serial po...

Page 56: ...here is no problem it displays OK otherwise Failed Testing MMC It tests whether device server s memory card can read and write For this SD card should be inserted into a device server If select yes it...

Page 57: ...s loopback test and prints out the result on LCD T e s t I n g C o n s o l e OK If there is no problem with the related port it marks O otherwise X Testing RTC It tests RTC interface which functions a...

Page 58: ...ort as PC s COM port for use Install Com Port Redirector and do the following For Redirector installation please refer to Com Port Redirector manual in CD The attached image shows 192 168 0 247 as Dev...

Page 59: ...s socket program The first port s waiting socket number is 4001 by default so it should try to connect to th e device server s IP address and socket number 4001 As described below change operation mo...

Page 60: ...om the device server to PC s socket program via TCP IP Since it is a connection from Device Server to PC it requires a change in operation mode to TCP_Client and registration of socket number and IP a...

Page 61: ...nd it needs an extension this method of pairing two DeviceServer is suitable DeviceServer 1 Setting In order to carry out master function set Pari_Master to Operation Mode Check communication speed of...

Page 62: ...Device Server User Guide 62 DeviceServer 2 Setting To wait for connection of Master set Pari_Slave to Operation Mode and register socket number on local Socket Port...

Page 63: ...e connection of another device to the cable may help you analyze the cause of the problem Check if all IP addresses and port numbers are correctly entered If a hub is being used check if hub ports are...

Page 64: ...mask In addition check if the default gateway is set correctly If an incorrect IP address is assigned find the DHCP server and check if the DHCP server assigned incorrect IP address to this device se...

Page 65: ...nager it locates to default directory where firmware is so a user can update right off Register firmware name which is downloaded using upgrade command and save in the devic e server s flash memory Up...

Page 66: ...Device Server User Guide 66...

Page 67: ...Type RS232 RS422 RS485 Serial Communication Speed Max 921 6Kbps LED Front Power Ready WAN LAN Serial TX RX Back Serial TX RX LAN Link Dimension 240 W 150 L 50 H mm Power 100 240 VAC Universal Power Co...

Page 68: ...Device Server User Guide 68 Configuration Telnet Web Windows Application Program Com Redirect PortView TestView...

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