Atop ABLELink
®
Serial-Ethernet
Server GW51W-
MAXI
User Manual
Version 1.1
Updated on 2004/08/18
Tel: 886-3-5508137
Fax: 886-3-5508131
www.atop.com.tw
Page 1: ...Atop ABLELink Serial Ethernet Server GW51W MAXI User Manual Version 1 1 Updated on 2004 08 18 Tel 886 3 5508137 Fax 886 3 5508131 www atop com tw...
Page 2: ...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...
Page 3: ...nected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not c...
Page 4: ...BY HYPER TERMINAL CONSOLE UTILITY 29 4 4 CONFIGURATION SET BY WEB BROWSER 31 4 5 VIRTUAL COM MODE 38 4 5 1 Setup of a Virtual COM driver 38 4 5 2 Virtual COM communication 39 5 SNMP SETUP 42 5 1 SNMP...
Page 5: ...BUZZER 53 A 4 1 Detect GW51W MAXI startup 53 A 4 2 Detect GW51W MAXI Signal Strength 53 A 5 LED INDICATOR 54 APPENDIX B UPGRADE SYSTEM SOFTWARE 56 B 1 UPGRADE PROCEDURES 56 B 2 CRITICAL ISSUES OF UPGR...
Page 6: ...from RS 232 RS 485 to TCP UDP port then connects devices to the Ethernet network via a single application program or multiple application programs Many control devices provide the ability to communica...
Page 7: ...User manual Version 1 1 ABLELink Serial Ethernet Server GW51W MAXI Copyright 2003 Atop Technologies Inc 1 2 Application Connectivity All rights reserved Designed in Taiwan 6 63...
Page 8: ...User manual Version 1 1 ABLELink Serial Ethernet Server GW51W MAXI Copyright 2003 Atop Technologies Inc All rights reserved Designed in Taiwan 7 63...
Page 9: ...Connector Antenna Mini Din Pin Assignment Mode Switch Table Mode Switch Figure 2 1 Nomenclature of GW51W MAXI Components 2 2 MODE Switch This sets or initializes the operating mode for the GW51W MAXI...
Page 10: ...y Default Value IP Address 10 0 50 100 Gateway 10 0 0 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 User Name admin Password Null COM 1 9600 None 8 1 No flow control buffer disabled packet delimiter timer 1ms Link 1 Ty...
Page 11: ...fault password null 2 Only TCP IP packet with destination port number 1 will lead GW51W MAXI to reboot and change the IP address 3 3 Auto IP A DHCP server automatically assigns the IP address and netw...
Page 12: ...at comes with the product CD or diskette to configure the network parameters of GW51W MAXI As you can see from the following picture you can change IP address gateway IP address subnet mask user ID an...
Page 13: ...2 After verifying the password the following terminal screen appears Notes 1 If GW51W MAXI does not receive any command within 1 minute Telnet will be terminated automatically 2 The changes of networ...
Page 14: ...GW51W MAXI Copyright 2003 Atop Technologies Inc This page gives you the general information of GW51W MAXI including IP and MAC address SNMP information kernel and AP version and connection status of...
Page 15: ...of the device including IP address subnet mask gateway IP address and SNMP information of GW51W MAXI Please notice that any setting change made on this page won t take effect until you restart the de...
Page 16: ...s The page gives you an opportunity to configure parameters of COM1 setting which includes COM1 working mode port parameters enabling or disabling serial buffer s data and setting packet delimiter LIN...
Page 17: ...1 ABLELink Serial Ethernet Server GW51W MAXI Copyright 2003 Atop Technologies Inc Configure GW51W MAXI as TCP client the destination IP is 10 0 29 123 destination port is 666 All rights reserved Desi...
Page 18: ...Serial Ethernet Server GW51W MAXI Copyright 2003 Atop Technologies Inc Configure GW51W MAXI as UDP client the local port is 4660 the destination IP is 10 0 29 254 destination port is 666 All rights r...
Page 19: ...Type 2 from Input choice and enter 1 4 of COM1 the following screen appears you can then give the COM port alias name set the baud rate and parity determine number of data bit and stop bit and decide...
Page 20: ...d enter 1 4 of COM1 by default COM port serial data buffer is enabled meaning that when TCP IP Ethernet connection is broken serial data collected from serial device will be kept in GW51W MAXI once TC...
Page 21: ...way of controlling packets within serial communication It can prevent packets from being cut thus keep the packets complete GW51W MAXI provides two ways of parameter setting as inter character timer a...
Page 22: ...User manual Version 1 1 ABLELink Serial Ethernet Server GW51W MAXI Copyright 2003 Atop Technologies Inc All rights reserved Designed in Taiwan 21 63...
Page 23: ...ght 2003 Atop Technologies Inc You can also choose character pattern as the packet delimiter indicated in the following figure Accessing Wireless LAN setting Select 5 from Input choice and enter 0 5 t...
Page 24: ...tion about GW51W MAXI wireless configurations including the access point it connects to the current channel and transmitting rate it communicates with the other wireless devices topology it uses and w...
Page 25: ...gy You can choose either infrastructure or ad hoc mode for GW51W MAXI as indicated in the following figure Wireless LAN Transmission Rate You can set GW51W MAXI transmission rate as 1 Mbps 2Mbps 5 5Mb...
Page 26: ...Server GW51W MAXI Copyright 2003 Atop Technologies Inc Wireless LAN Ad hoc channel You have to select the same channel for two wireless devices to talk to each other as indicated in the following fig...
Page 27: ...SSID extended service set identification is used to identify all of the computers in the wireless LAN system it is different from BSSID basic service set identification which contains a single access...
Page 28: ...ss point it detects regardless of SSID of the access point However if there are two access points within the coverage of GW51W MAXI it will not connect to either of them in this case you have to speci...
Page 29: ...ies Inc Wireless Encryption Protocol or Wired Equivalent Protocol WEP Setting For security reason GW51W MAXI can set up to use WEP key of 40 bits or 128 bits to securely communicate in the wireless ne...
Page 30: ...XI 2 Set the MODE switch SW1 to OFF and SW2 to ON 3 Use a PC to connect to GW51W MAXI s console with RS 232 cross over cable 4 Power on GW51W MAXI 5 Open a hyper terminal program from your computer St...
Page 31: ...cation RS 232C parameters of your computer COM port and GW51W MAXI must be the same 6 Once hyper terminal is connected type in username and password then the following hyper terminal window appears 7...
Page 32: ...rver interface To do so please follow the steps below Log in to the system 1 From web browser type in the IP address of GW51W MAXI in the URL Example http 10 0 50 100 2 The following authentication sc...
Page 33: ...and the following screen appears 2 Please input the old password in the Old Password field input the new password in the New Password and the Verified Password fields Then click on Save Configuration...
Page 34: ...ld Alternatively you can do the configuration by putting a check on DHCP to obtain auto IP address gateway and subnet mask information Enable SNMP by checking Enable fill in network identification inf...
Page 35: ...XI Copyright 2003 Atop Technologies Inc COM1 Setup Click on the COM1 link and the following screen appears Fill in COM1 parameter information under COM1 field then click on Save Configuration button t...
Page 36: ...is disabled by default if IP filter is enabled only source IP 10 0 29 11 can connect to GW51W MAXI Configure GW51W MAXI as TCP client the destination IP is 10 0 29 11 destination port is 4660 Pair Con...
Page 37: ...P client the destination IP is 10 0 29 11 destination port is 4660 Configure GW51W MAXI as UDP mode Local port is 666 destination IP is 10 0 50 100 and destination port is 4660 2 Click on Save Configu...
Page 38: ...s LAN parameters through web pages the following page gives you the information of the access point GW51W MAXI is connected to it also allows you to configure GW51W MAXI s wireless topology ESSID and...
Page 39: ...OM3 Virtual COM Port COM4 Virtual COM Port COM5 Virtual COM Port COM6 Virtual COM Port OS Driver Level COM256 Virtual COM Port PC HUB TCP IP Network Serial Line Serial Device 1 Serial Line Serial Devi...
Page 40: ...Virtual COM ports Uninstalling 1 From Windows Start menu select Setting Control Panel Add Remove Programs 2 Select Serial IP for ATOP in the list of installed software 3 Click the Add Remove button to...
Page 41: ...1 as TCP server and type in the local port number for COM1 then enable virtual COM as shown in the following figure 4 5 2 2 Run Serial IP for ATOP program on monitoring PC In the Window Start Menu sel...
Page 42: ...that COM port Note When you change settings for a COM port the changes are effective immediately There is no separate confirmation dialog to confirm or cancel your changes Configuring Virtual COM Por...
Page 43: ...or Connection Protocol the setting must match the TCP IP protocol that the serial server supports The Configuration Wizard is usually able to determine the correct setting 7 For COM Port Options the s...
Page 44: ...uments with printed maps and reports for future use You may visit their web sites and get a free download To use NetworkView you will need to download and install the tool on your PC Windows NT and Wi...
Page 45: ...ound in the main window as shown in the following diagram 5 Double click on the device icon to display information about the device including IP Address Company SysLocation Max 15 characters SysName M...
Page 46: ...ng the running status through monitor exe configuration utility 6 2 Running The Sample Program Sample programs written in VB and VC included in package are provided for your reference source codes are...
Page 47: ...you to connect to a TCP server of IP address 10 0 50 100 and port number 4660 the received data is displayed on the screen and the data typed in is sent to the TCP server of the designated port number...
Page 48: ...played otherwise it will indicate Request timed out 7 2 Use monitor exe Configuration Utility Program Use monitor exe configuration program that comes with the product CD or diskette to check on the s...
Page 49: ...hat COM1 is server mode and is not connected 7 3 Use TCPTEST EXE or TCPTEST2 EXE Sample Program Use sample programs TCPTEST EXE and TCPTEST2 EXE that comes with the product CD or diskette to check on...
Page 50: ...ower failure threshold 4 75V Serial Port Communication One RS 232 or RS 485 selectable RS 232 EIA RS 232C standard Full Duplex 8 pins Mini DIN or 5 pins terminal block RS 485 2 4 wires Half Full Duple...
Page 51: ...both TCP IP and serial ports is kept in the EEPROM Configuration utilities of Windows 95 98 2000 NT XP 2003 are provided for configuring settings Internal Buffer Size TCP receiving buffer size 8K byte...
Page 52: ...8 CTS N A CTS T 9 N A N A reserved for Atop devices N A Atop provides Mini DIN connector to DB9 connector cable the pin assignments of DB9 connector is shown in the following table Pin RS 232 Full Dup...
Page 53: ...ht 2003 Atop Technologies Inc 2 Terminal Block Connector RS 485 only uses RTS R and TxD R for data communication while RS 232 or RS 422 uses RTS R TxD R CTS T and RxD T for communicating data A 3 2 Po...
Page 54: ...pend on the released time and how many times of keeps do you heard State 1 When startup after some beeps there are 3 clear beeps and then silence If key is released here it will stay in the kernel No...
Page 55: ...there are 4 clear beeps The action is the same as State 4 in startup time State 5 After 4 for 3 seconds there are 5 clear beeps The action is the same as State 5 in startup time State 6 After state 5...
Page 56: ...D on blinking state Data is transmitting on COM port Table 3 COM Port LED Message RUN LED Message Description LED on Jumper JP7 and JP8 are short to disable AP firmware in the flash memory LED blinkin...
Page 57: ...NT 2000 and GW51W MAXI you wish to upgrade the firmware in the same TCP IP network Use command ping or monitor exe utility program to verify their availability 2 Prepare the download tool Execute the...
Page 58: ...1 1 ABLELink Serial Ethernet Server GW51W MAXI Copyright 2003 Atop Technologies Inc 5 GW51W MAXI will automatically restart each time the firmware is successfully downloaded All rights reserved Desig...
Page 59: ...y and buzzer beeps 6 times then restarts Normally it takes around 10 seconds to complete the programming process If an error occurs during the programming process GW51W MAXI will clear the correspondi...
Page 60: ...of firmware that caused the system crashed To disable the current version of firmware and prevent it from executing please do the followings 1 Turn the power off open the case of GW51W MAXI 2 Short th...
Page 61: ...available on the network 1 Start monitor exe utility program 2 Select an item from the Broadcast IP list 3 Specify a number in the Wishes box 4 Click on the Invite button This will display all the de...
Page 62: ...Inc 3 After you click the Configure Now button the target device will return an ACK message indicating the modification is successful as shown in the following Please note monitor exe version 2 3 and...
Page 63: ...r of devices this utility program detected Retry Specify the number of times that an Invite request is re sent Locate Locate the specified device Reset Reset the selected device Config Configure the s...
