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Table C.1: ESP-Install Program Commands

Command

Description

AUTO DEVICE ON|OFF

Enables or disables automatic responses for an unsigned driver. The 
default value is ON.

DEBUG=[0|1]

Enables (1) or disables (0) inclusion of addition debug information in the 
ESPinstall.log file.The default is enabled.

END

Designates the end of the installation/update commands for an ESP hub.

ESP

Designates the beginning of the installation/update commands for an 
ESP hub.

F<

port

>=NOFLUSH ON|OFF

Enables (ON) or disables (OFF) the NOFLUSH feature for the specified 
physical port.

F<

port

>=NOPURGE ON|OFF

Enables (ON) or disables (OFF) the NOPURGE feature for the specified 
physical port.

F<

port

>=SENDCOMMSTATUS 

ON|OFF

Enables (ON) or disables (OFF) the SENDCOMMSTATUS feature for 
the specified physical port.

F<

port

>=SENDMODEMSTATUS 

ON|OFF

Enables (ON) or disables (OFF) the SENDMODEMSTATUS feature for 
the specified physical port.

F<

port

>=TXDRAIN ON|OFF

Enables (ON) or disables (OFF) the TXDRAIN feature for the specified 
physical port.

GATEWAY=<

gateway

>

Gateway address, in dot notation. This command is required when 
installing an ESP hub that does not yet have an IP address and is not 
located on the local subnet.

I<port>=RS-232|RS-485|
RS-485RTS|RS-422

Interface type of the physical port. This command is valid only on multi 
interface units that support the specified interface type. For example, 
ESP-2 MI hubs support the RS-485 RTS interface, but ESP-4 MI hubs do 
not. See the hub’s documentation for more information.

IP=<

ip

>

IP address, in dot notation. This command is required when adding a hub 
or modifying a hub’s configuration.

MAC=<

mac

>

MAC address, in dash notation. This command is required when 
installing an ESP hub that does not yet have an IP address.

MASK=<

mask

>

Subnet mask, in dot notation. This command is required when installing 
an ESP hub that does not yet have an IP address and is not located on 
the local subnet.

ONEPORTOPTION

Enables the one port option. This command is valid only for 
ESP-2 MI hubs.

OPENPERSIST ON|OFF

Enables (ON) or disables (OFF) the persistent open feature for this 
ESP hub.

Summary of Contents for ESP-4 MI

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Page 2: ...GEROUS VOLTAGE This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of ele...

Page 3: ...Avocent the Avocent logo and The Power of Being There are registered trademarks of Avocent Corporation or its affiliates All other marks are the property of their respective owners 2005 Avocent Corpo...

Page 4: ...o communications Operation of this equipment in the residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Cana...

Page 5: ...7 Electrical 8 Installing the Hub 8 Startup 8 Configuring Network Information 8 After startup and address configuration 9 When Changes Take Effect 9 Reinitializing and Resetting the Hub 10 Reinitializ...

Page 6: ...aying Port Statistics 31 Displaying Connection Status 32 Rebooting the Hub 33 Reinitializing the Hub 34 Chapter 5 Configuration Utility 35 Accessing the Configuration Utility 35 Accessing with Telnet...

Page 7: ...irection command 47 Port Telnet Server command 47 Port TCP Server command 47 Port TCP Client command 47 Port Modem Emulation command 48 Dialout Translation command 48 Port Configuration Utility comman...

Page 8: ...vi ESP 4 MI Serial Hub Installer User Guide...

Page 9: ...tems 15 Table 3 5 Modem Emulation Connection Method Configurable Items 16 Table 3 6 Modem Commands 18 Table 3 7 Modem Command Response Codes 20 Table 3 8 Dialout Translation Set 21 Table 3 9 Configura...

Page 10: ...viii ESP 4 MI Serial Hub Installer User Guide Table B 1 ESP View Utility Datascope Window Buttons 53 Table B 2 ESP View Utility Status Display 56 Table C 1 ESP Install Program Commands 61...

Page 11: ...of these connection methods is described in Chapter 3 beginning on page 11 Serial port redirection Telnet server Raw TCP server Raw TCP client Modem emulation Configuration utility Serial port redirec...

Page 12: ...ns See ESP View Diagnostic Utility on page 52 The configuration utility also supports diagnostic features see Displaying and Using Debug Features on page 43 The ESP 4 MI hub supports attended and unat...

Page 13: ...ains the electrical connector For more information see Electrical on page 8 The Ethernet port supports 10 100 auto detect speed and duplex connections The LAN connector accepts 10BaseT or 100BaseT LAN...

Page 14: ...t when the unit is configured for RS 422 as this is a point to point configuration If your configuration includes supplying your own external termination the termination on the ESP 4 MI hub should not...

Page 15: ...ble 2 2 RS 232 Serial Port Pin Assignments Pin Number RS 232 Description Direction 1 DCD Data Carrier Detect Input 2 RxD Receive Data Input 3 TxD Transmit Data Output 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready Output...

Page 16: ...is implemented by using special cables that connect RxD to TxD and RxD to TxD thus providing the 2 wire bidirectional interface In addition pins 7 and 8 should be jumpered together to signal that the...

Page 17: ...ND Ground N C 6 DSR RS 232 Data Set Ready N C 7 RTS RS 232 Request to Send N C 8 CTS RS 232 Clear to Send N C 9 N C N A N C RxD and TxD are both connected to pin 4 of the RJ 45 connector RxD and TxD a...

Page 18: ...it ID to distinguish different ESP hubs on the network Record the MAC address 00 E0 86 _____ _____ _____ 2 Attach a 10BaseT or 100BaseT LAN interface cable to the LAN connector on the front of the hub...

Page 19: ...er use BootP or DHCP Therefore you cannot change the network values using this method The ESP 4 MI hub requires a permanent IP allocation If you are using DHCP it must have an infinite lease on the as...

Page 20: ...utton As the INIT button remains pressed the ON LINE LED will blink at a faster rate After approximately 12 seconds the ON LINE LED will turn off At this point all nonvolatile information will be rese...

Page 21: ...A port may have multiple connection methods enabled with the following exceptions The raw TCP client connection method is exclusive when it is enabled on a port no other con nection methods can be ena...

Page 22: ...Telnet When this method is enabled the Telnet server within the hub will accept a connection from any valid remote IP address There is no filtering of remote addresses The connection will be accepted...

Page 23: ...method on the port This method cannot be enabled if the raw TCP client connection method is already enabled for the port The default value is disabled Local IP port number Specifies the IP port numbe...

Page 24: ...ctivity time out For example a value of 60 indicates the TCP session will be disconnected if there is no activity for a period of 60 seconds The default value is 0 disabled Monitor DCD Valid only on R...

Page 25: ...the length of time before the TCP session is disconnected if there is no activity Valid values are 0 65535 seconds A 0 value disables the inactivity time out For example a value of 60 indicates the T...

Page 26: ...onnection requests See Incoming calls on page 22 for more information The default value is enabled Auto Answer Used only when Allow Incoming Calls is enabled Enables or disables auto answer When enabl...

Page 27: ...with a different value the new value will will be used during that connection but it will not replace this configured value The configured Verbose Response value will be used for subsequent connection...

Page 28: ...es a TCP connection to the specified host A comma period or nothing may be used to separate IP address octets TCP ports may be delimited by a comma or colon For example the following commands are all...

Page 29: ...Response Codes option that is specified when configuring the modem emulation connection method If you issue this command with a value that differs from the configured option value the new value will o...

Page 30: ...SP 4 MI hub that is not listening because it is in command mode In this case the data will be buffered until the port on the intended recipient ESP 4 MI hub returns to data mode Response codes The ESP...

Page 31: ...number an IP address and an IP port You may configure up to eight translation sets for each ESP 4 MI hub serial port When an ATDT command is received the modem emulation code first checks each of the...

Page 32: ...ng their configurable items plus configuring serial port attributes The menu based interface also allows you to configure network parameters download and install Flash images reboot reinitialize and m...

Page 33: ...ion Acquire IP address via DHCP When enabled the IP address may be set using DHCP BootP When disabled the IP address must be set using the web interface the configuration utility or the UDP protocol e...

Page 34: ...ce see Displaying or Changing Configurable Features on page 30 Configuration utility see Displaying or Changing Configurable Features on page 41 Configuration file see Configurable Features Commands o...

Page 35: ...bout when changes take effect see When Changes Take Effect on page 9 Accessing the Web Interface The web interface may be accessed using any standard web browser with the IP address of the hub as the...

Page 36: ...tility When using the web interface the password is encrypted by the browser when it is sent to the interface If you reinitialize the serial hub the password is lost You will be required to create a p...

Page 37: ...onnection methods 1 From the Main Menu select Port 1 Configuration Port 2 Configuration Port 3 Configuration or Port 4 Configuration The Port Configuration window for the selected port opens 2 To disp...

Page 38: ...OM configuration is updated immediately The change will take effect during the next connection to that port Sending a Break to a Port The Send Break feature sends a line break to an attached device To...

Page 39: ...up field contains its values The Bootstrap Image section indicates the version number size and internal slot number for the embedded kernel image The previously installed image is maintained as a back...

Page 40: ...from a TFTP server The commands in the file are processed and the configuration is then updated See Chapter 6 beginning on page 45 for more information To download and process a configuration file 1...

Page 41: ...ds since the hub was last rebooted Idle Time Number of days hours minutes and seconds of idle time Idle time occurs when the hub is not performing any active operations such as processing serial or ne...

Page 42: ...tem Description Serial Connection Method Connection method serial port redirection Telnet server TCP server TCP client modem emulation configuration utility or idle If a port is idle no other values w...

Page 43: ...reboot completes the browser will try to reconnect to the hub If this fails or if the web interface does not return within 30 seconds direct your browser to the ESP 4 MI serial hub IP address Table 4...

Page 44: ...d password To reinitialize 1 Click Re initialize from the Main Menu 2 Click the Reinitialize button After the reinitialization completes the browser will try to reconnect to the hub using the predefin...

Page 45: ...e When Changes Take Effect on page 9 Accessing the Configuration Utility The configuration utility may be accessed three ways with Telnet by serial connection to port 1 when the ESP 4 MI serial hub ha...

Page 46: ...dress the administrator may enable the serial configuration utility on port 1 2 3 or 4 When this connection method is enabled the configuration utility will become active if the port is not in use and...

Page 47: ...requires an administration password for access When the hub ships or after it is reinitialized there is no configured password After you create a password you will be prompted for it each time you acc...

Page 48: ...the hub reboots automatically Displaying or Changing Port Interface Attributes and Connection Methods The Port Configuration display includes the serial port interface attributes and connection method...

Page 49: ...prompted to confirm any changes Enter y for yes or n for no 4 To display or change the interface type setting enter 3 from the Port Configuration menu a You are prompted to modify the interface Enter...

Page 50: ...Top Menu enter 0 to select Server Configuration 2 From the Server Configuration menu enter 5 to select Hardware Information Displaying or Updating Flash Memory The Flash Update display includes infor...

Page 51: ...re prompted to enable each feature even if the feature is already enabled Enter y for yes or n for no For example if the SNMP feature is currently enabled you will be prompted to enable that feature I...

Page 52: ...he Reinitialize operation resets all configurable values to their factory defaults including the IP address and password To reinitialize 1 From the Top Menu enter 0 to select Server Configuration 2 Fr...

Page 53: ...control log information run the datascope feature or escape to a shell NOTE Debug menu commands should only be used on the advice of Avocent service personnel These debug operations are not available...

Page 54: ...44 ESP 4 MI Serial Hub Installer User Guide...

Page 55: ...ommand with most of the required and optional parameters for one serial port All lines are preceded by a comment character To use the sample configuration file as a template 1 Select Documentation fro...

Page 56: ...e an equal sign and a value for example Parity Even may not contain any embedded spaces If you wish to enable a connection method that is mutually exclusive of other connection meth ods and one or mor...

Page 57: ...e PORT port ALL REDIRECT ENABLE DISABLE BUFFERING hsec Port Telnet Server command The Port Telnet Server command enables or disables the Telnet server connection method on a serial port See Table 3 2...

Page 58: ...set_number NUMBER translate_string IPADDR ip_add IPPORT dest_port Port Configuration Utility command The Port Configuration Utility command enables or disables the configuration utility connection met...

Page 59: ...wnloading a Configuration File on page 41 Completion Status To verify the completion status of a configuration file download If the web interface or the configuration utility was used to initiate the...

Page 60: ...50 ESP 4 MI Serial Hub Installer User Guide...

Page 61: ...wer 5 VDC Safety and EMC Approvals and Markings ANSI UL 60950 1 CAN CSA C22 2 No 60950 1 EN 60950 1 EN 55022 1998 Class A EN 61000 3 3 FCC Part 15 Subpart B Class A EN 55024 1998 Application of Counci...

Page 62: ...of the web interface select Diagnostic Utility The ESP View utility will launch and the Datascope will open To exit the ESP View utility From the ESP View utility menu select File Exit Datascope The...

Page 63: ...amples are being collected How it works A data request is sent to the ESP 4 MI hub The response may contain either receive or transmit data but not both it will also contain status If data is availabl...

Page 64: ...state of the control signals is checked and compared to the previous sample If the control signals have changed a sample bucket will be filled with zero data and the new state of the control signals...

Page 65: ...the statistical results of the tests Port port number Tx Bytes number of data bytes transmitted Rx Bytes number of data bytes received Errors number of verification errors Rate calculated throughput...

Page 66: ...B 2 ESP View Utility Status Display Field Description Remote IP IP address of the connected remote client in network order If not connected 0 0 0 0 is displayed Connection Method Current connection me...

Page 67: ...ored To use the status function 1 Launch the ESP View utility 2 Click the Diagnostics tab or From the ESP View utility menu select Diagnostics 3 In the Settings area a Select the ESP 4 MI hub port num...

Page 68: ...ds to install one hub at a time espinstall exe During this process you may access help information by entering espinstall help You may generate a current list of port mappings by entering espinstall l...

Page 69: ...re all required if the ESP hub does not yet have an IP address and the hub is not located on a local subnet You may specify an address even if it is not required For example if you are updating inform...

Page 70: ...cript file that also contains ESP END command blocks that install update hubs To update a driver without having to reboot the computer you may remove information about all previously installed ESP hub...

Page 71: ...r disables OFF the TXDRAIN feature for the specified physical port GATEWAY gateway Gateway address in dot notation This command is required when installing an ESP hub that does not yet have an IP addr...

Page 72: ...1 The following command removes information about the ESP hub at IP address 10 0 0 116 remove 10 0 0 116 P p_port COM l_port Physical port number p_port and unique logical port l_port mapping The log...

Page 73: ...ss 10 0 0 115 esp type esp 2 mi ip 10 0 0 115 mac 00 80 7d 94 54 00 p1 com30 p2 com40 i1 rs 485 i2 rs 232 rate 10 timeout 80 end The following commands update driver information for the ESP 4 MI seria...

Page 74: ...product If an issue should develop follow the steps below for the fastest possible service To resolve an issue 1 Check the pertinent section of the manual to see if the issue can be resolved by follow...

Page 75: ...n status 43 displaying general statistics 42 displaying hardware information 40 displaying port statistics 42 downloading a configuration file 41 rebooting 42 reinitializing 42 setting configurable fe...

Page 76: ...rfaces network 4 physical 4 setting in a configuration file 47 IP address 35 how to set during startup 8 predefined 25 setting in a configuration file 48 setting in the configuration utility 37 settin...

Page 77: ...interface 34 Reset Reboot in hardware 10 in the configuration utility 42 in the web interface 33 Response codes 20 RS 485 transfer mode setting in a configuration file 48 setting in the configuration...

Page 78: ...n the web interface 27 W Web interface about 25 accessing 25 displaying connection status 32 displaying general statistics 31 displaying hardware information 28 displaying port statistics 31 downloadi...

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