5: Configuration Using Web Manager
XPress™ DR Industrial Device Server User Guide
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Remote Port
Enter the remote port number.
Remote Host
Enter the IP address of the remote device.
Common Options
Telnet Com Port Cntrl
This field is available for configuration only when
Active Connect
is set
to
None
. Select
Enable
to permit Telnet communication to the XPress
unit. The
Telnet Com Port Cntrl
feature is used in conjunction with the
Com Port Redirector (CPR) utility. (See the CPR online Help for details.)
Terminal Name
This field is available for configuration only when
Telnet Com Port Cntrl
i
s set to
Enable
.
Use the terminal name for the Telnet terminal type. Enter only one
name. When this option is enabled, the unit also reacts to the end of
record (EOR) and binary options, which can be used for applications
such as terminal emulation to IBM hosts.
Connect Response
A single character is transmitted to the serial port when there is a
change in connection state. The default setting is
None
.
Use Hostlist
If this option is set to
Yes
, the device server scrolls through the host list
until it connects to a device listed in the host list table. Once it connects,
the unit stops trying to connect to any others. If this connection fails, the
unit continues to scroll through the table until it connects to another IP in
the host list.
The host list is disabled for Manual Mode and for Modem Mode. The
unit will not accept a data connection from a remote device when the
host list option is enabled.
LED
Select
Blink
for the status LEDs to blink upon connection or
None
for
no LED output. The default setting is Blink.
Disconnect Mode
On Mdm_Ctrl_In Drop
Set to
Yes
for the network connection to or from the serial port to
disconnect (drop) when
Modem Control In
transitions from an asserted
state to not asserted state. The default setting is
No
.
Hard Disconnect
When set to
Yes
, the TCP connection closes even if the remote site
does not acknowledge the disconnect request.
Check EOT (Ctrl-D)
Select
Yes
to drop the connection when
Ctrl-D
or
Hex 04
is detected.
Both
Telnet Com Port Cntrl
and
Check EOT
(Ctrl+ D)
must be enabled for
Disconnect with EOT
to function
properly.
Ctrl+D
is only detected going from the serial port to the
network. The default setting is
No
.
Inactivity Timeout
Use this parameter to set an inactivity timeout. The unit drops the
connection if there is no activity on the serial line before the set time
expires. Enter time in the format mm:ss, where m is the number of
minutes and s is the number of seconds. To disable the inactivity
timeout, enter
00:00
.