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User manual Version 1.1 
SE5408/SE5416 Multi-port

 

Serial Server

 

 

Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. 

All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan

   

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Environmental 

Temperature Operational: 

0

o

C ~ 60

o

C, Storage: -40

o

C ~ 85

o

C, 5% ~ 95% RH 

Humidity 

5% ~ 95% Non-condensing 

E.2. Software Specification 

Software  

Utility 

“Virtual COM” Driver “Serial-IP” for Windows 98/2000/XP/2003/Vista 

Configuration Tool 

Web-based, Telnet, LCM, and 

“SerialManager” for Windows 98/2000/NT/XP/2003/Vista 

E.3.  Serial and RJ-45 Connectors Pin Assignments 

Using RJ45-to-Serial Connectors 

 

 

Ethernet

 

RS-232

 

RS-422

 

RS-485

 

 Pin 

Tx+ 

RTS 

 Pin 

Tx- 

DTR 

TX- 

 Pin 

Rx+ 

TXD 

TX+ 

 Pin 

 

SG 

SG 

SG 

 Pin 

 

SG 

SG 

SG 

 Pin 

Rx- 

RXD 

RX+ 

Data+ 

 Pin 

 

DSR 

RX- 

Data- 

 Pin 

 

CTS 

 

Using 9-pin Female D-to-RS-232/RS485/RS422 Connectors 

 

RS-232 RS-485 RS-422 

 

Pin 1 

 

 

 

Pin 2 

RXD 

Data+ 

RX+ 

Pin 3 

TXD 

 

TX+ 

Pin 4 

DTR 

 

TX- 

Pin 5 

SG 

SG 

SG 

Pin 6 

DSR 

Data- 

RX- 

Pin 7 

RTS 

 

 

Pin 8 

CTS 

 

 

 

Pin 9 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for ABLELink SE5408

Page 1: ...ABLELink SE5408 SE5416 Multi Port Serial Server User s Manual Version 1 1 Updated on June 8 2010 TEL 886 3 5508137 FAX 886 3 5508131 http www atop com tw...

Page 2: ...r purposes and it is 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 witho...

Page 3: ...quency energy and while not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to...

Page 4: ...nfigure using Telnet Interface 11 Configure Automatic IP Assignment with DHCP 11 TCP PORT NUMBERS 12 4 DEVICE PROTOCOLS AND OPERATING MODES 13 DEVICE PROTOCOLS 13 PROTOCOLS TCP UDP 13 TCP Transmission...

Page 5: ...k Mode 1 TCP Server 36 Operation Main 3 COM Port Setting 1 16 Select Port 1 Link Mode 2 TCP Client 37 Operation Main 3 COM Port Setting 1 16 Select Port 1 Link Mode 3 UDP 37 Operation Main 3 COM Port...

Page 6: ...ICE SEARCH 54 B 3 FIRMWARE OPTIONS 56 B 4 SECURITY OPTIONS 57 B 5 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS 58 B 6 VIEW OPTIONS 65 B 7 HELP 65 APPENDIX C SNMP BY NETWORKVIEW 66 APPENDIX D FIRMWARE UPGRADING 68 APPENDIX E...

Page 7: ...rough an Ethernet IP network It also has two relay output to indicate the Ethernet link status If the link is down the relay output could be used to signal an operator All ATOP s serial servers can be...

Page 8: ...8 port serial server with dual LAN RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 software selectable with RJ 45 connectors and US power plug SE5408 N2 STD EU 8 port serial server with dual LAN RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 software se...

Page 9: ...ht UTP cable and connect a host PC to your LAN network with another cable The LCM Display shall show LAN1 default IP 10 0 50 100 LAN2 default IP 192 168 1 1 Connect a serial device to one of the seria...

Page 10: ...ses Interface Device IP Subnet mask Gateway IP LAN 1 10 0 50 100 255 255 0 0 10 0 0 254 LAN 2 192 168 1 1 255 255 255 0 192 168 1 254 Note Of the two LANs only one is active at a time depending on whe...

Page 11: ...eset button on the front panel with a paper clip for 5 seconds to restore the server to the factory default settings Device IP Address Assignments Configure using SerialManager First please install ou...

Page 12: ...e Windows HyperTerminal program Go to Windows Start All Programs Accessories Communications HyperTerminal A Connection Description dialog will pop up Fill in Name ATOP_device and choose your favorite...

Page 13: ...rights reserved Designed in Taiwan 12 TCP Port Numbers The default TCP port numbers in this manual TCP port number TCP local port number and TCP logical number are synonymous are 4660 4667 for the SE5...

Page 14: ...serial devices each connected to each SE5408 SE5416 Multi Port Serial Server device are connected back to back as if they were physically connected through a serial tunnel Protocols TCP UDP The SE5408...

Page 15: ...g Mode utilizes two server ports one acting as a server one acting as a client working back to back to establish a simulated serial connection TCP Server Mode The SE5408 SE5416 Multi Port Serial Serve...

Page 16: ...rt of 4660 This means the host computer requests the serial connection to the device connected on COM1 port of the device server Note that the TCP port 4660 is the default port number for the connecti...

Page 17: ...eb based program Telnet Serial Console and SerialManager can be used The configuration of the device server is explained in more details in the next chapters Fig 8 SE5416 in TCP Client Mode requesting...

Page 18: ...he other must be configured as a client As shown in Fig 10 to configure a tunnel connection first assign a TCP server with Maximum Connection set to 1 The Client IP address is 10 0 50 101 and the Dest...

Page 19: ...00 through 10 0 100 200 with the port number 4680 As opposed to TCP mode you need to specify the client s local port in UDP mode for example COM1 in this case is assigned with the local port 4660 When...

Page 20: ...ver device is equipped with a built in Web server in the firmware Therefore it can be accessed by using a web browser to configure device s parameters While on a Web browser enter the device IP for ex...

Page 21: ...configure the network information for the SE5408 SE5416 Multi Port Serial Server device using our web based configuration Click Network on the menu to pop up the network information page LAN 1 and LAN...

Page 22: ...Read Community simply check the Enable SNMP box and fill in Public_viewers in Read Community field If you wish to allow a group of people called Power_users to change the information enter Power_users...

Page 23: ...esponding when the port is transmitting data If you select Reply to requester only the port will keep other hosts request data in the buffer and continue data transmission to the request host only If...

Page 24: ...ion IP s Destination Port number The example in Fig 21 states that COM1 will actively seek connections to Destinatiion 1 10 0 55 201 Destination Port 5660 and Destination 2 10 0 111 202 Destination Po...

Page 25: ...signed for efficiently delivering data to the designated IP addresses The SE5408 SE5416 Multi Port Serial Server supports up to 8 sets of Destination Addresses Fig 22 is an example to deliver data to...

Page 26: ...cation parameters include UART mode baud rate parity data bit and flow control UART Mode Select RS 232 RS 485 or RS 422 mode of communication Baud rate 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 11...

Page 27: ...ata in a serial communication It is designed to keep packets in track Serial device server provides three patterns in parameter setting 1 packet delimiter by 1 Interval timeout 2 Max Byte and 3 Charac...

Page 28: ...queue has reached the set size 3 By Character The device will transmit the data when it sees the set character If one or more of the delimiters are selected data would be transmitted when any of the...

Page 29: ...the IP address of the mail server and the username and password for authentication Fig 26 Notification Mail Server Setting Web Configuration Alert Event There are seven anomaly events cold start warm...

Page 30: ...The System Configuration allows you to set up the miscellaneous parameters of the SE5408 SE5416 Multi Port Serial Server device There are six categories of System configuration Link State Time Securit...

Page 31: ...The Security Setting allows users to configure the security of the device including the administrator or root password and the access control of the device configuration options To change the administ...

Page 32: ...ity Configuration Web Configuration Import Export After you have configured the device you may want to backup the configuration on your personal computer You may use Export function to save the config...

Page 33: ...k on the Set to Default and Restart button to restore all device settings to the factory defaults as shown in Fig 33 Fig 33 Set to System Defaults Web Configuration Restart When the system fails to re...

Page 34: ...he device is connected to LAN1 port as shown in Fig 35 The system will prompt for Username and Password After the valid username and password are entered the main menu shall appear in Fig 36 It shows...

Page 35: ...s will take effect after the device is restarted Fig 38 Network Telnet Operation Main 2 Networking 1 LAN 1 Settings You may configure the device networking information of LAN 1 and LAN 2 interface Ent...

Page 36: ...or DNS2 secondary DNS server servers manually If the DHCP option is selected the DNS server addresses will be obtained automatically Fig 40 DNS Settings Telnet Operation Main 2 Networking 4 SNMP Setti...

Page 37: ...mode is the default Link mode of serial communication In the TCP Server mode the device will listen for a client to establish a TCP connection Once the connection is established data can flow in both...

Page 38: ...nfigure the designated computer hosts On Destination IP and Destination Port enter the expected server IP address and its port number The SE5408 SE5416 Multi Port Serial Server supports up to two dest...

Page 39: ...2 Com Settings In the COM port settings one may configure baud rate parity data bit stop bit flow control and UART mode for each Serial port of the SE5408 SE5416 Multi Port Serial Server device Fig 4...

Page 40: ...n you need to configure the mail server s IP address If your mail server requires a sending authentication please select Require Authentication to Yes and enter correct Username and Password Fig 47 E...

Page 41: ...49 System Settings Telnet Operation Main 5 System 1 Link State Link State displays the link status of each serial port in the different modes of operation TCP Server TCP Client or UDP mode Fig 50 Link...

Page 42: ...to protect against unauthorized access You can configure to allow the configuration access via Web and or Telnet console You can also protect the device from using LCM configuration or from using Rese...

Page 43: ...aiwan 42 Fig 53 Changing Password Telnet Reset to Factory Defaults Operation Main 6 Set to Default Here one can restore all settings to the Factory Default Settings by using this menu Fig 54 Reset to...

Page 44: ...User manual Version 1 1 SE5408 SE5416 Multi port Serial Server Copyright 2010 ATOP Technologies Inc All rights reserved Designed in Taiwan 43 Fig 55 Restart System Telnet...

Page 45: ...then push Down to scroll down to 1 Static and push SEL to save the selection Push SEL Down to enter 2 IP Address Use Up Down to increase or decrease the Digital of IP Address and then push Menu to ret...

Page 46: ...splay Change static IP 1 IP config 2 DHCP Display dynamic IP or enable DHCP 2 IP address Display Change LAN2 IP 3 Net mask Display Change Net mask 2 Lan 2 4 Gateway Display Change Gateway IP 3 DNS ser...

Page 47: ...r Change UART delimiter by character 1 Disable Disable the UART Delimiter 1 Timer Change UART delimiter by timer 6 Delimiter 2 Serial to net 2 Enable 2 Char Change UART delimiter by character 1 232 Di...

Page 48: ...P client 4 Apply to all 2 Yes Apply Link mode Settings to all serial port 1 Local port Display or Change Local Port 2 Dest IP1 Display or Change Destination IP 1 3 Dest port 1 Display or Change Destin...

Page 49: ...le Web console 1 Web console 2 Enable Enable Web console 1 Disable Disable Telnet console 1 Console 2 Telnet console 2 Enable Enable Telnet console 1 No Disable LCM console password protection 1 LCM c...

Page 50: ...ports appear on the screen each can be assigned to a physical serial device Since we have only four serial devices four virtual COM ports COM3 COM6 are used each of which correspond to one of the fou...

Page 51: ...r a Virtual COM to function one must enable the COM port on the device via the Web or via Telnet so the Local port TCP port in this case for each COM port can be assigned Then in the Serial IP V_COM p...

Page 52: ...g 58 Virtual COM Mode Web Configuration Activate Virtual COM using Telnet Console First you need to log onto the device Telnet server See Section Telnet Configuration The login window shall appear as...

Page 53: ...l in the IP Address and the TCP Port Number to be mapped as shown in Fig 61 Fig 61 Serial IP Control Panel On User Credentials the default is No Login Required If checked the Virtual COM Redirector Ra...

Page 54: ...User manual Version 1 1 SE5408 SE5416 Multi port Serial Server Copyright 2010 ATOP Technologies Inc All rights reserved Designed in Taiwan 53 Fig 62 Serial IP Configuration Wizard Window...

Page 55: ...ts all ATOP s wireless servers as well but it can configure only the functions related to serial communications The SerialManager is best used for locating ATOP s Serial Servers on your LAN while the...

Page 56: ...using the 255 255 255 255 IP address Please make sure that your switch is allowed a device to broadcast to that address If not you need to use Search by IP Address or Search by MAC address function a...

Page 57: ...dress range The program will sequentially make a contact to each MAC address in the range You may find the MAC address of our product on the sticker that is attached on the back of the device Fig 67 S...

Page 58: ...D for Firmware Upgrading for more details As shown in Fig 68 the device is selected as the highlighted line and select from the menu Firmware Upgrade from Disk Then the dialog as shown in Fig 69 Fig...

Page 59: ...Icons Login The default User Name is admin and the default Password is Blank Fig 71 Login Window Logout This function is for the network manager to know that your have completed your session Change P...

Page 60: ...n 59 Fig 72 SerialManager Configuration Functions and the Icons Network Setting The user can manually assign an IP address to the device using SerialManager program You may also configure to utilize D...

Page 61: ...h IP address 10 0 55 200 is allowed to access COM1 of the serial server Fig 74 TCP Server Mode with up to Four Clients TCP Client Link Mode In the TCP Client mode you may specify up to two computer se...

Page 62: ...ecify the parameters of serial communications for each COM port Once you have finished setting one COM port you may use Copy to other COMs to copy your setting of the current COM port to other COM por...

Page 63: ...e to apply a saved device settings to the rest of the network One may do so by exporting an existing setting xxx adm file from the device onto the computer s hard disc and then importing back from the...

Page 64: ...port settings to configure several devices at a time by holding Ctrl key while clicking on each device For instance we apply the saved xxx adm file to both 10 0 50 100 and 10 0 154 82 devices shown in...

Page 65: ...b browser Fig 83 Web based Configuration Page by Clicking Config by Browser Options There are two options available here First is the SerialManager refreshing time period which must be greater than 5...

Page 66: ...r device series in a sorting order by Model IP Address MAC Address Host Name Kernel version and AP version The display can be arranged by one of these five View Options The following dialog shows all...

Page 67: ...ed by NetworkView Software Inc www networkview com SNMP discovers all TCP IP nodes in a LAN using DNS SNMP and ports information and documents with printed maps and reports for future use First downlo...

Page 68: ...t 2010 ATOP Technologies Inc All rights reserved Designed in Taiwan 67 Fig 89 NetworkView Display of Device Properties Note The freeware NetworkView is limited to information extracting and viewing on...

Page 69: ...nce you have downloaded the updated firmware for your device click the firmware file to unzip it to any directory The firmware file uses bin as the file extension Fig 90 The bin file for Firmware Upgr...

Page 70: ...on Protocol ICMP TCP IP UDP HTTP Telnet DNS DHCP Client SNMP SMTP NTP ARP Serial Serial Interface RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 Software Selectable Default RS 232 Serial Protection 15KV ESD Serial Connector RJ...

Page 71: ...8 2000 XP 2003 Vista Configuration Tool Web based Telnet LCM and SerialManager for Windows 98 2000 NT XP 2003 Vista E 3 Serial and RJ 45 Connectors Pin Assignments Using RJ45 to Serial Connectors Ethe...

Page 72: ...Pin 8 CTS Using RS232 RS422 to RJ 45 Cross over Connection RJ45 A RJ45 B RS422 RS232 RS232 RS422 RTS Pin 1 Pin 8 CTS TX DTR Pin 2 Pin 7 DSR RX TX TXD Pin 3 Pin 6 RXD RX SG Pin 4 Pin 5 SG SG Pin 5 Pin...

Page 73: ...Booting up Ready Blinking Green In Activity Blinking Green Serial Port Transmission TX 1 16 Light Off No Data Transmission Blinking Green Serial Port Data Reception RX 1 16 Light Off No Data Receptio...

Page 74: ...thorized RMA number from ATOP before shipping the goods to be repaired to ATOP When in normal use a sold product shall be replaced with a new one within 3 months after purchase The shipping cost from...

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