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Equinox ESP-2 MI Serial Hub Installation Guide

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Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Statement

WARNING: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible 
for compliance could void user’s authority to operate the equipment.

NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital 
device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable 
protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial 
environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not 
installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to 
radio 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.

Canada

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions from 
digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of 
Communications.

Le présent appareil numérique n ´émet pas de bruits radioélectriques dépassant les limites 
applicables aux appareils numériques de la classe A prescrites dans le Règlement sur le 
brouillage radioélectrique édicté par le Ministère des Communications du Canada.

European Union

WARNING; This is a Class A product. In domestic environment, this product may cause radio 
interference in which case the use may bequired to take adequate measures.

Summary of Contents for ESP-2 MI

Page 1: ...ESP 2 Multi Interface Serial Hub Installation Guide 590 298 001C June 2003...

Page 2: ...0 8 Open Server 9 UnixWare 10 Linux 11 AIX 12 Using the Web Interface 13 About the Web Interface Window 13 Displaying or Changing Network Configuration Values 14 Displaying or Changing Port Configurat...

Page 3: ...onfiguration values are set during driver installation The ESP 2 MI can also be managed by using a standard web browser to access the embedded web server interface Any browser that supports frames may...

Page 4: ...tializing and Resetting Interfaces Each port supports the standard RS 232 DTE serial signals via a male DB 9 connector with the exception of RI Each port can be configured independently to support the...

Page 5: ...ating wires could cause unbalanced noise shorten overall distances and degrade performance Table 4 lists the pin assignments for the RJ 45 shielded Ethernet connector Pin Signal 1 Transmit Data 2 Tran...

Page 6: ...Place the ESP 2 MI unit on a flat surface 2 Use the Phillips screwdriver to loosen the two screws on either side of the unit total of four screws Remove the screws 3 Lift the cover up and off the uni...

Page 7: ...sable termination remove the jumper entirely 6 When the RS 485HD interface is enabled in hardware you will be able to select the transmitter receiver mode during startup For more information on these...

Page 8: ...le Then use your screws and washers to attach the unit to the wall You may install the unit with the back against the wall using the two flanges on the back of the unit In this case you can remove the...

Page 9: ...ide the unit During software installation and configuration the current settings for each port are displayed if you have the one port option enabled the display includes only port 1 If a port s hardwa...

Page 10: ...warning message is displayed To continue the installation read the warning and then click Yes If you click No the installation will terminate and the ESP will not be installed on your server 11 Once a...

Page 11: ...penServer ESP Installation Diskettes on OpenServer 1 Be sure the mkdev cdrom command has been run 2 Mount the CD ROM volume using the following command mount f ISO9660 lower device mount _point For ex...

Page 12: ...rm 0555 nmconv c r dev cdrom c0b0t110 mnt 2 Run the following commands cd mnt or other mount point makeunix sh 3 Follow the on screen instructions to build an installation diskette for UnixWare ESP 4...

Page 13: ...file for detailed instructions drivers esp linux readme txt Creating Linux ESP Installation Diskettes on DOS 1 Load the Equinox SuperSerial Software CD into your CD ROM drive 2 Set your default drive...

Page 14: ...Installation Diskettes on AIX 1 Mount the CD ROM volume using the following command mount v cdrfs o ro dev cd0 mnt 2 Run the following commands cd mnt makeunix sh 3 Once the AIX installation diskette...

Page 15: ...than one uninitialized ESP 2 MI on the network After the unit s web interface is accessed you must configure an IP address before the unit becomes operational After the IP address is configured the un...

Page 16: ...The Port Configuration window displays the interface type for each port The interface type is set with jumpers inside the chassis it cannot be configured in software If a port is configured for RS 48...

Page 17: ...umber and size of the bootloader image 2 To update the application image a Click the Update Application button The Application Image Update window appears b Enter the IP address of the TFTP server and...

Page 18: ...General Statistics window displays the following items Uptime Number of days hours minutes and seconds since the unit was last rebooted Idle Time Number of days hours minutes and seconds of idle time...

Page 19: ...on has been dropped Connect Time Number of days hours minutes and seconds server has been connected Timeout Period UDP time out value that is amount of time before a connection is dropped if no heartb...

Page 20: ...See Reinitializing and Resetting the Unit for more information Changing the Password The Change Password window allows you to change the password To change the password 1 Select Change Password from t...

Page 21: ...y EN 60950 UL 60950 3rd Ed CAN CSA C22 2 No 60950 00 EMC EN 55022 1998 Class A EN 610003 3 EN 55024 1998 FCC Part 15 Class A Supplementary Information The products herewith comply with the requirement...

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Page 23: ...limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio freque...

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