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Page 1: ...I O Controller 2 Manual HW group www HW group com 1 42 I O Controller 2 MANUAL...

Page 2: ...llowing safety and maintenance instructions The device must not be used in particular under any of the following conditions The device is noticeably damaged The device does not function properly Unfas...

Page 3: ...just like for example COM 5 a Windows XP Vista Windows 7 Server 2003 Server 2008 x64 driver is available free of charge Compatible with RFC2217 100 Mbps Ethernet interface 100BASE Tx RJ 45 Support fo...

Page 4: ...e max 50V to power supply Sampling period 10 ms SW control of inputs and outputs Inputs and Outputs controlled over a NVT based M2M protocol extended RFC2217 short 7 byte binary commands over TCP IP O...

Page 5: ...I O Controller 2 Manual HW group www HW group com 5 42...

Page 6: ...troller 2 Manual HW group www HW group com 6 42 Connectors Connector pinout RS 485 Port Pin Signal A A B B RS 232 Port Pin Signal 1 CD 2 RxD 3 TxD 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 RI Cannon 9 Male Powe...

Page 7: ...Serial port in the RS 232 mode OFF ON Serial port in the RS 485 mode check the R and H parameters recommended R3 H1 LEDs Power green External power connected LINK amber Ethernet interface activity Sta...

Page 8: ...e This can be useful when you want to control a relay from this output O 0 to O 7 8 open collector outputs with common diode overvoltage protection The outputs a realized using 8 open collector transi...

Page 9: ...tab click Find modules The MAC address of the device appears in the left column Click the MAC address and set the required parameters at least the IP address mask and gateway Make sure that Enable TC...

Page 10: ...group com 10 42 Configuring the device over WWW In the UDP Setup tab click the correct MAC address and press Open in the WEB browser You need to log in to access the configuration The default password...

Page 11: ...rs use R for Reboot and press Disconnect to disconnect from the device The device restarts Note TCP Setup can be disabled with the Enable TCP setup option When unchecked the device refuses connections...

Page 12: ...he Hercules utility To invoke the menu right click inside the receiving pane or the transmitting pane At this point click Read in the lower right hand corner to read the inputs 8 switches at the test...

Page 13: ...1 I need to supply power to a RS 232 application If you don t need to control data flow HW handshake but need to power a device connected to the serial port max 5 10 mA power your application from the...

Page 14: ...ercules utility If not enable NVT and save the settings Start HW VSP and find the devices at the UDPsetup tab Select the MAC address of the device and click Use this IP Change to the Virtual SP tab Th...

Page 15: ...data switches to Client mode and establishes the connection The incoming TCP server port is configured at the main Virtual SP tab We recommend using port numbers higher than 1025 Create port on start...

Page 16: ...guration Command description The description of the settings combines WWW based configuration and TCP serial setup Some functions are only available in serial TCP setup TEA security settings QUIT mode...

Page 17: ...I O Controller 2 Manual HW group www HW group com 17 42 Network parameters TCP Setup Mode...

Page 18: ...I O Controller 2 Manual HW group www HW group com 18 42...

Page 19: ...range defined by the converter s IP address and the mask In IP Setup W Address 0 0 0 0 IP address of a network or a computer that is allowed to communicate with the device This value must be the resu...

Page 20: ...This means that if no TCP IP connection is established and the device either receives serial port data even a single byte or the state of its digital inputs changes in the range allowed by the T opti...

Page 21: ...ode 0 Off do not use telnet control codes pass through to serial port 1 On accept telnet control codes Note With NVT off it is not possible to control the digital inputs and outputs and the SETUP does...

Page 22: ...for the serial line Any speed from 50 to 115 200 Bd can be set To set 9600 Bd enter B9600 The resolution depends on the speed Up to about 1000 Bd 1 Bd steps can be used At 10 kBd only 100 Bd steps are...

Page 23: ...rity enter PS V1 space parity variable parity on S Stop bits 2 Number of stop bits for the serial communication As a rule there should be at least 9 bits and at most 10 bits in total excluding the sta...

Page 24: ...00 Bd or 5 7 ms at 19200 Bd G Char Transmit Delay 0 Off When controlling devices with a small RS232 buffer it is sometimes advantageous to keep a relatively high baud rate but insert delays between in...

Page 25: ...embedded into the TCP IP data stream along the serial port data However these commands only appear in the Ethernet communication they never pass through to the serial port In recent firmware versions...

Page 26: ...mode Passive mode is used and the connection is closed nothing happens If the connection is open data are send through the open connection Note Even if the input states are not transmitted to the rem...

Page 27: ...ge of digital output values that can be influenced by the states of inputs retrieved from the remote side after RESET D Power Up XOR mask 0 The binary XOR function is suitable inverting individual out...

Page 28: ...t states from a PC because the I O Controller supports only one TCP connection at a time As long as a TCP connection to the other I O Controller is established the I O Controller cannot be accessed fr...

Page 29: ...essible in the menu K1 H0 enables periodic state transmission only when nothing else is sent e g data from the serial port K1 H1 enables periodic state transmission approximately every 5 seconds regar...

Page 30: ...tates to corresponding outputs at a specified remote device The inputs to mirror are defined by the edge mask I O edge mask R Rise edge mask 255 Defines the inputs that will be monitored for rising ed...

Page 31: ...4024 When the UDP GPIO Control mode is enabled I O Controller sends the state changes to the specified address and port V GPIO control from COM Off When enabled I O Controller inputs and outputs can b...

Page 32: ...tores settings from slot 2 2 Stores current settings to slot 1 3 Stores current settings to slot 2 R Reboot Software restart Necessary e g when the IP address is changed Recommended after changing par...

Page 33: ...oller 2 Manual HW group www HW group com 33 42 UDP IP mode settings When T IP mode UDP is chosen the device will communicate with the remote party using UDP packets Also the following menu appears in...

Page 34: ...tern 58 0 0 0 Start trigger condition for packet transmission Four bytes are set however only the number of bytes specified in L Trigger Length is considered M Start Trigger Mask 255 0 0 0 Mask of the...

Page 35: ...ast 4 bytes to the displayed value use K3 0D 0E 0F 10 The key is used to verify one time passwords OTP when authenticating the remote side Other device parameters Q Quiet Batch mode Quiet mode is usef...

Page 36: ...W group com 36 42 What s new in the WEB interface IO Control Read inputs and control outputs Outputs can be controlled either by entering a decimal value 0 255 corresponding to the output states or by...

Page 37: ...I O Controller 2 Manual HW group www HW group com 37 42 Firmware upgrade Upgrades the current device firmware This operation may change some settings...

Page 38: ...riable Parity Off S Stop bits 1 C Flow Control None R RTS Output continuously asserted 8V A DTR Output unasserted 8V T Serial Line Timeout 0 Off G Char Transmit Delay 0 Off H Tx Control Tx FULL duplex...

Page 39: ...H Tx Control Tx FULL duplex Security Setup A TCP autorisation Off K TEA key 0 01 02 03 04 1 05 06 07 08 2 09 0A 0B 0C 3 0D 0E 0F 10 S TCP IP setup On I O Control Setup T Trigger AND mask 255 A Power U...

Page 40: ...at both devices If security is an essential requirement and the device should only communicate within the local network use the following settings In this case only communication within the LAN segmen...

Page 41: ...t pins of the I O Controller Our extension is not standardized however when we implemented this extension in 2001 no such standard was known to us How does it work The commands are control sequences i...

Page 42: ...icited response without a matching request Theoretically this command can be used in NVT communication too It differs from sub option 51 in that the value sent to the port is modified with X Y Z W I O...

Page 43: ...set one output bit to logic LOW without changing other output bits Outgoing sequence FF FA 2C 32 25 FF F0 I O Controller returns FF FA 2C 97 DF FF F0 where DF is the actual output port value also depe...

Page 44: ...ection To keep the connection alive and avoid the 50 second inactivity timeout use the K Keep connection option in the device setup NVT must be enabled for this to work The connection is kept alive by...

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