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NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual

Initial IP Address Configuration

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Press the “ ` ” key continuously and then power on the NPort IA5150/5250.

NPort IA5150/5250 will automatically switch from data mode to console mode as it receives a

continuous string of “ ` ”.

Input the password when prompted. Note that this page will only appear when the NPort

IA5150/5250 has been set up for password protection.

Start configuring the IP address under

Network Settings

. Refer to step 4 in the

Telnet

Console

section for the rest of the IP settings.

Summary of Contents for NPort IA 5250 series

Page 1: ...s User s Manual Second Edition May 2006 www moxa com product Moxa Technologies Co Ltd Tel 886 2 8919 1230 Fax 886 2 8919 1231 Web www moxa com MOXA Technical Support Worldwide support moxa com tw The Americas support moxa com ...

Page 2: ...itment on the part of Moxa Moxa provides this document as is without warranty of any kind either expressed or implied including but not limited to its particular purpose Moxa reserves the right to make improvements and or changes to this manual or to the products and or the programs described in this manual at any time Information provided in this manual is intended to be accurate and reliable How...

Page 3: ...ctory Default IP Address 3 2 NPort IA5150 5250 Administration Suite 3 2 ARP 3 2 Telnet Console 3 3 Serial Console 19200 n 8 1 3 6 Chapter 4 Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 4 1 Overview 4 2 Real COM Mode 4 2 TCP Server Mode 4 3 TCP Client Mode 4 4 UDP Mode 4 4 Pair Connection Mode 4 4 Ethernet Modem Mode 4 5 Reverse Telnet Mode 4 5 Disabled Mode 4 5 Chapter 5 Web Console Configuration 5 1 Openin...

Page 4: ...ort Configuration 6 12 Monitor 6 13 Port Monitor 6 19 COM Mapping 6 20 On line COM Mapping 6 20 Off line COM Mapping 6 25 IP Location 6 27 Chapter 7 IP Serial LIB 7 1 Overview 7 2 IP Serial LIB Function Groups 7 3 Example Program 7 3 Appendix A Pinouts and Cable Wiring A 1 Port Pinout Diagrams A 2 RS 232 422 485 male DB9 Pinouts A 2 4W 2W RS 485 RS 422 Terminal Block Pinouts A 2 Power Input and Re...

Page 5: ...solation protection 3 NPort IA5150 M SC 1 port RS 232 DB9 RS 422 485 TB to Multi mode Fiber Device Server 4 NPort IA5150I M SC 1 port RS 232 DB9 RS 422 485 TB to Multi mode Fiber Device Server w 2KV Isolation protection 5 NPort IA5150 S SC 1 port RS 232 DB9 RS 422 485 TB to Single mode Fiber Device Server 6 NPort IA5150I S SC 1 port RS 232 DB9 RS 422 485 TB to Single mode Fiber Device Server w 2KV...

Page 6: ...guration via a handy web browser console Both methods ensure quick and effective installation And with NPort IA5150 5250 s Windows Utility installation is very straightforward since all system parameters can be stored and then copied to other device servers simultaneously Package Checklist NPort IA5150 5250 Series device servers are shipped with the following items Standard Accessories y 1 NPort I...

Page 7: ...gle 34 to 30 dBm Multi NPort IA5150 Series Serial Interface Interface RS 232 422 485 No of Ports 1 Port Type Male DB9 for RS 232 5 pin terminal block for RS 422 485 Signals RS 232 TxD RxD RTS CTS GND DTR DSR DCD RS 422 Tx Tx Rx Rx GND RS 485 2 wire Data Data GND RS 485 4 wire Tx Tx Rx Rx GND RS 485 Data Direction Patented ADDC Automatic Data Direction Control Isolation 2 KV 5150I 5150I M SC 5150I ...

Page 8: ...ndows 95 98 ME NT 2000 XP 2003 COM driver Linux real TTY driver Unix Fixed TTY driver Configuration Web Browser Telnet Console Windows Utility or Serial Console Power Requirements Power Input 12 to 48 VDC Alarm Contact Relay output with current carrying capacity of 1A 24 VDC Mechanical Specifications Casing IP30 protection Dimensions W D H 29 89 2 118 5 mm Gross Weight 5150 series 0 15 kg 0 33 lb ...

Page 9: ...evice servers Software installation is covered in subsequent chapters The following topics are covered in this chapter Panel Layout Connecting the Hardware Wiring Requirements Connecting the Power Grounding NPort IA5150 5250 Series Connecting to the Network Connecting to a Serial Device LED Indicators ...

Page 10: ...5250 PWR1 PWR2 RDY P1 Ethernet 1 Ethernet 2 Reset 5250 IA P2 Copper Ethernet LED Indicators Top View Bottom View Front View Reset V1 V1 V2 V2 1 Dual power input and relay output RS 232 422 485 RS 232 422 485 P1 P2 Connecting the Hardware This section describes how to connect NPort IA5150 5250 to serial devices for first time testing purposes We cover Wiring Requirements Connecting the Power Ground...

Page 11: ...gnal or communication wiring and power wiring in the same wire conduit To avoid interference wires with different signal characteristics should be routed separately y You can use the type of signal transmitted through a wire to determine which wires should be kept separate The rule of thumb is that wiring that shares similar electrical characteristics can be bundled together y Keep input wiring an...

Page 12: ...e Ethernet in the following ways y The Ethernet LED maintains a solid green color when connected to a 100 Mbps Ethernet network y The Ethernet LED maintains a solid orange color when connected to a 10 Mbps Ethernet network y The Ethernet LED will flash when Ethernet packets are being transmitted or received NOTE NPort IA5150 and NPort IA5250 each have 2 Ethernet ports which can be used to create a...

Page 13: ...er resolving the relay output the RDY LED is still blinking then there is an IP conflict or the DHCP or BOOTP server did not respond properly green Steady on Power is on and NPort IA is functioning normally Blinking The device server has been located by Administrator s Location function RDY off Power is off or power error condition exists orange 10 Mbps Ethernet connection green 100 Mbps Ethernet ...

Page 14: ...server s IP address Select one of the initial IP Address configuration methods to configure NPort IA5150 5250 s IP Address For more details about network settings see the Network Settings section from Chapter 5 Web Console Configuration The following topics are covered in this chapter Initializing NPort IA5150 5250 s IP Address Factory Default IP Address NPort IA5150 5250 Administration Suite ARP ...

Page 15: ...work For example you would not be able to ping such a device from an outside Internet connection NPort IA5150 5250 applications that require sending data over a public network such as the Internet require setting up the server with a valid public IP address which can be leased from a local ISP NPort IA5150 5250 Administration Suite NPort IA5150 5250 Administration Suite consists of some useful uti...

Page 16: ...command a Connect failed message will appear as shown here After the NPort IA5150 5250 reboots its IP address should be updated to the new address and you can reconnect using either Telnet Web or Administrator to check that the update was successful Telnet Console Depending on how your computer and network are configured you may find it convenient to use network access to set up your NPort IA5150 ...

Page 17: ...ial IP Address Configuration 3 4 4 Type 2 to select Network settings and then press Enter 5 Type 1 to select IP address and then press Enter 6 Use the Backspace key to erase the current IP address type in the new IP address and then press Enter ...

Page 18: ...dress Configuration 3 5 7 Press any key to continue 8 Type m and then press Enter to return to the main menu 9 Type s and then press Enter to Save Restart the system 10 Type y and then press Enter to save the new IP address and restart NPort IA5150 5250 ...

Page 19: ...your computer s serial port 1 Connect NPort IA5150 5250 s serial port 1 directly to your computer s male RS 232 serial port 2 From the Windows desktop click on Start Æ Programs Æ PComm Lite Æ Terminal Emulator 3 When the PComm Terminal Emulator window opens first click on the Port Manager menu item and select Open or simply click on the Open icon 4 The Property window opens automatically From the ...

Page 20: ...ill automatically switch from data mode to console mode as it receives a continuous string of 8 Input the password when prompted Note that this page will only appear when the NPort IA5150 5250 has been set up for password protection 9 Start configuring the IP address under Network Settings Refer to step 4 in the Telnet Console section for the rest of the IP settings ...

Page 21: ...e host computer and operation modes that rely on TCP IP socket programming concepts After choosing the proper operation mode in this chapter refer to Chapter 5 for detailed configuration parameter definitions The following topics are covered in this chapter Overview Real COM Mode TCP Server Mode TCP Client Mode UDP Mode Pair Connection Mode Ethernet Modem Mode Reverse Telnet Mode Disabled Mode ...

Page 22: ...by the host computer s bus limitation such as ISA or PCI or lack of drivers for various operating systems In addition to providing socket access NPort IA5150 5250 also comes with a Real COM TTY driver that transmits all serial signals intact This means that your existing COM TTY based software can be preserved without needing to invest in additional software Three different Socket Modes are availa...

Page 23: ...ave access control over the same NPort IA5150 5250 The driver that comes with your NPort IA5150 5250 controls host access to attached serial devices by checking the host s IP address Refer to Accessible IP Settings in Chapter 5 for more details TCP Server Mode In TCP Server mode NPort IA5150 5250 is configured with a unique IP Port address on a TCP IP network NPort IA5150 5250 waits passively to b...

Page 24: ...t In UDP mode you can unicast or multicast data from the serial device to one or multiple host computers and the serial device can also receive data from one or multiple host computers making this mode ideal for message display applications RS 232 422 485 Device TCP IP Ethernet Directly proceed with data transmission no connection required UDP Mode Pair Connection Mode Pair Connection Mode employs...

Page 25: ...routers switches and UPS units Rtelnet works the same as RAW mode in that only one TCP port is listened to after booting up The system then waits for a host on the network to initiate a connection The difference is that the RAW mode does not provide the conversion function provided by Telnet If the connected devices need to use the CR LF conversion function when controlling then users must choose ...

Page 26: ...vered in this chapter Opening Your Browser Basic Settings Network Settings Serial Settings Operating Settings Real COM Mode TCP Server Mode TCP Client Mode UDP Mode Pair Connection Mode Ethernet Modem Mode Reverse Telnet Mode Disabled Mode Accessible IP Settings Auto warning Settings Auto warning E mail and SNMP trap Event Type Monitor Monitor Line Monitor Async Monitor Async Settings Monitor Rela...

Page 27: ...es click on the Security tab and then select the three Enable options as shown in the figure below 2 Type 192 168 127 254 in the Address input box use the correct IP address if different from the default and then press Enter 3 Input the password if prompted The password will be transmitted with MD5 encryption over the Ethernet Note that you will not be prompted to enter the password if the NPort I...

Page 28: ...llow per session cookies NPort IA5150 5250 uses cookies only for password transmission ATTENTION Refer to Chapter 3 Initial IP Address Configuration to see how to configure the IP address Examples shown in this chapter use the Factory Default IP address 192 168 127 254 The NPort IA5150 5250 homepage will open On this page you can see a brief description of the Web Console s nine function groups ...

Page 29: ... Refer to Chapter 6 for more details about using the Export and Import functions ATTENTION If your NPort IA5150 5250 application requires using password protection you must enable the cookie function in your browser If the cookie function is disabled you will not be allowed to enter the Web Console Screen Basic Settings Server name Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 to 39 characters model name _ ...

Page 30: ...Modify time settings window to input the correct local time Time server Setting Factory Default Necessity IP Address or Domain Name E g 192 168 1 1 time stdtime gov tw or time nist gov None Optional NPort IA5150 5250 uses SNTP RFC 1769 for auto time calibration Input the correct Time server IP address or domain name Once NPort IA5150 5250 is configured with the correct Time server address NPort IA...

Page 31: ...nsole you can still use NPort Administrator to configure NPort IA5150 5250 either locally or remotely over the network Refer to Chapter 6 for more details Reset button protect Setting Factory Default Necessity No or Yes No Optional Options are No and Yes with default No NOTE Select the Yes option to allow limited use of the Reset Button In this case the Reset Button can be used for only 60 seconds...

Page 32: ... number assigned to a network device such as a computer as a permanent address on the network Computers use the IP address to identify and talk to each other over the network Choose a proper IP address that is unique and valid in your network environment Netmask Setting Factory Default Necessity E g 255 255 255 0 255 255 255 0 Required A subnet mask represents all of the network hosts at one geogr...

Page 33: ...t is usually easier to remember A DNS server is a host that translates this kind of text based domain name into the numeric IP address used to establish a TCP IP connection In order to use NPort IA5150 5250 s DNS feature you need to configure the DNS server Doing so allows NPort IA5150 5250 to use a host s domain name to access the host NPort IA5150 5250 provides DNS server 1 and DNS server 2 conf...

Page 34: ...rt IA5150 5250 s new IP address NPort IA5150 5250 Series products help out by reporting their IP address periodically to the IP location server in case the dynamic IP has changed The parameters shown below are used to configure the Auto IP report function There are two ways to develop an Auto IP report Server to receive NPort IA5150 5250 s Auto IP report 1 Use Device Server Administrator s IP Addr...

Page 35: ...er Main Menu on the left side of the browser window Port alias Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 to 15 characters E g PLC No 1 None Optional Port alias is included to allow easy identification of the serial devices that are connected to NPort IA5150 5250 s serial port Serial Parameters ATTENTION Check the serial communication parameters in your Serial Device s user s manual You should set up NPo...

Page 36: ...lt Necessity None Even Odd Space Mark None Required Flow control Setting Factory Default Necessity None RTS CTS DTR DSR Xon Xoff RTS CTS Required FIFO Setting Factory Default Necessity Enable Disable Enable Required NPort IA5150 5250 s serial ports provide a 16 byte FIFO both in the Tx and Rx directions To prevent data loss during communication disable the FIFO setting when your serial device does...

Page 37: ...t of the NPort IA5150 5250 and the Real COM driver on that host will have full control over the port Max connection 1 Allows only 1 host s Real COM driver to open the specific NPort IA5150 5250 serial port Max connection 2 to 4 Allows 2 to 4 host s Real COM drivers to open the specific NPort IA5150 5250 serial port at the same time When multiple hosts Real COM drivers open the serial port at the s...

Page 38: ...mmed IP the host that is not responding will be ignored but the data will still be transmitted to the other hosts Allow driver control Setting Factory Default Necessity Yes or No No Optional If max connection is greater than 1 NPort will ignore driver control commands from all connected hosts However if you set Allow driver control to YES control commands will be accepted Note that since NPort IA ...

Page 39: ...the specified time into the same data frame This parameter defines the time interval during which NPort IA5150 5250 fetches the serial data from its internal buffer If data is incoming through the serial port NPort IA5150 5250 stores the data in the internal buffer NPort IA5150 5250 transmits data stored in the buffer via TCP IP but only if the internal buffer is full or if the Force transmit time...

Page 40: ...re is no serial data activity for the given time After the connection is closed NPort IA5150 5250 starts listening for another host s TCP connection This parameter defines the maintenance status as Closed or Listen for the TCP connection The connection is closed if there is no incoming or outgoing data through the serial port during the specific Inactivity time If the Inactivity time is set to 0 t...

Page 41: ...Ethernet interface Ignore jammed IP Setting Factory Default Necessity No or Yes No Optional Previously when Max connections 1 and the serial device is transmitting data if any one of the connected hosts is not responding it will wait until the data has been transmitted successfully before transmitting the second group of data to all hosts Currently if you select Yes for Ignore jammed IP the host t...

Page 42: ...he data will be transmitted when the Delimiter is received Force transmit Setting Factory Default Necessity 0 to 65535 ms 0 ms Optional 0 Disable the force transmit timeout 1 to 65535 Forces the NPort IA5150 5250 s TCP IP protocol software to try to pack serial data received during the specified time into the same data frame This parameter defines the time interval during which NPort IA5150 5250 f...

Page 43: ...equired The Local TCP port is the TCP port that NPort IA5150 5250 uses to listen to connections and that other devices must use to contact NPort IA5150 5250 To avoid conflicts with well known TCP ports the default is set to 4001 Command port Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 to 65535 966 Optional The Command port is a listen TCP port for IP Serial Lib commands from the host In order to prevent a...

Page 44: ...rt IA5150 5250 will check the connection status between the NPort IA5150 5250 and remote host by sending keep alive packets periodically If the remote host does not respond to the packet NPort IA5150 5250 assumes that the connection was closed down unintentionally NPort IA5150 5250 will then force the existing TCP connection to close ATTENTION The Inactivity time should at least be set larger than...

Page 45: ...imiter function you must at least enable Delimiter 1 If Delimiter 1 is left blank and Delimiter 2 is enabled the delimiter function will not work properly Delimiter process Setting Factory Default Necessity Do nothing Delimiter 1 Delimiter 2 Strip Delimiter Do Nothing Optional Delimiter 1 or Delimiter 2 The data will be transmitted when an additional byte for Delimiter 1 or an additional 2 bytes f...

Page 46: ...and the total length of data must be less than or equal to NPort IA5150 5250 s internal buffer size The serial communication buffer size for NPort IA5150 5250 is 1 KB per port Destination IP address 1 Setting Factory Default Necessity IP address or Domain Name E g 192 168 1 1 None Required Allows NPort IA5150 5250 to connect actively to the remote host whose IP address is set by this parameter Des...

Page 47: ... any character is received from the serial interface and will remain active indefinitely Any Character Inactivity Time A TCP connection will be established when any character is received from the serial interface and will be disconnected when the Inactivity time out is reached DSR On DSR Off A TCP connection will be established when a DSR On signal is received and will be disconnected when a DSR O...

Page 48: ...one Optional Delimiter 2 Setting Factory Default Necessity 00 to FF None Optional Once the NPort IA5150 5250 receives both delimiters through its serial port it immediately packs all data currently in its buffer and sends it out the NPort IA5150 5250 s Ethernet port ATTENTION Delimiter 2 is optional If left blank then Delimiter 1 alone trips clearing of the buffer If the size of the serial data re...

Page 49: ...mits data stored in the buffer via TCP IP but only if the internal buffer is full or if the Force transmit time interval reaches the time specified under Force transmit timeout The optimal Force transmit timeout depends on your application but it must be at least larger than one character interval within the specified baud rate For example assume that the serial port is set to 1200 bps 8 data bits...

Page 50: ...s that have a serial port and the serial device is connected to the RS 232 port of the other NPort IA5150 5250 The two NPort IA5150 5250 device servers are then connected to each other with a cross over Ethernet cable both are connected to the same LAN or in a more advanced setup they communicate with each other over a WAN i e through one or more routers Pair Connection Mode transparently transfer...

Page 51: ...ction Slave Mode When using Pair Connection Mode you must select Pair Connection Slave Mode for the Operation mode of one of the NPort IA5150 5250 device servers In effect this NPort IA5150 5250 will be acting as a TCP server TCP alive check time Setting Factory Default Necessity 0 to 99 min 7 min Required 0 min TCP connection is not closed due to an idle TCP connection 1 to 99 min NPort IA5150 52...

Page 52: ...ote Ethernet Modem or PC This is where IP is the IP address of the remote Ethernet modem or PC and TCP port is the TCP port number of the remote Ethernet modem or PC Once the remote unit accepts this TCP connection NPort IA5150 5250 will send out the CONNECT baud signal via the serial port and then enter data mode Disconnection request from local site When NPort IA5150 5250s is in data mode the us...

Page 53: ...marks 1 ATA Answer manually 2 ATD IP Port Dial up the IP address Port No 3 ATE ATE0 Echo OFF ATE1 Echo ON default 4 ATH ATH0 On hook default ATH1 Off hook 5 ATI ATI0 ATI1 ATI2 Modem version reply OK only 6 ATL Speaker volume option reply OK only 7 ATM Speaker control option reply OK only 8 ATO On line command 9 ATP ATT Set Pulse Tone Dialing mode reply OK only 10 ATQ0 ATQ1 Quiet command default AT...

Page 54: ...fault 13 ASCII 5 S4 Line feed character default 10 ASCII 6 S5 Backspace character default 8 ASCII 7 S6 Wait time for dial tone always 2 unit sec no action applied 8 S7 Wait time for carrier default 3 unit sec 9 S8 Pause time for dial delay always 2 unit sec no action applied 10 S9 Carrier detect response time always 6 unit 1 10 sec no action applied 11 S10 Delay for hang up after carrier always 14...

Page 55: ...ll never disconnect Local TCP port Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 to 65535 4001 Optional Each of NPort IA s serial ports is mapped to a TCP port To avoid conflicts with TCP ports set port numbers to 4001 for port1 4002 for port 2 etc like the default values Map CR LF Setting Factory Default Necessity CR LF or CR LF CR LF Optional If data received through NPort IA s Ethernet port is sent using...

Page 56: ... NPort IA5150 5250 is controlled by IP address That is if a host s IP address is in the accessible IP table then the host will be allowed to access the NPort IA5150 5250 You can allow one of the following cases by setting the parameter y Only one host with a specific IP address can access the NPort IA5150 5250 Enter IP address 255 255 255 255 e g 192 168 1 1 255 255 255 255 y Hosts on a specific s...

Page 57: ...1 129 to 192 168 1 254 192 168 1 128 255 255 255 128 Auto Warning Settings Auto warning E mail and SNMP trap Mail Server Mail server Setting Factory Default Necessity IP Address or Domain Name None Optional User name Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 to 15 characters None Optional Password Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 to 15 characters None Optional From E mail address Setting Factory Defa...

Page 58: ...rning message by e mail or send an SNMP trap after booting up Warm start This refers to restarting the computer without turning the power off When performing a warm start NPort IA5150 5250 will automatically send an e mail or send an SNMP trap after rebooting Authentication failure The user inputs a wrong password from the Console or Administrator When authentication failure occurs NPort IA5150 52...

Page 59: ...y can still be informed of the status of devices almost instantaneously when exceptions occur NPort IA supports different methods for warning engineers automatically such as by email SNMP trap and relay output which closes the circuit Users can connect to Monitor Æ Relay Output from the web console to check which event is causing the warning The relay output will be canceled if Ethernet link 1 is ...

Page 60: ... by email SNMP trap and relay output which closes the circuit Users can connect to Monitor Æ Relay Output from the web console to check what event caused the warning You can cancel the relay output status by changing the DSR signal changing to high or by selecting acknowledge event from the web console or Telnet When the Relay Output is issuing a warning the Ready LED will flash in red until the w...

Page 61: ...wo serial ports Monitor Async Click on Async under Monitor to show the current status of each of the two serial ports Monitor Async Settings Click on Async Setting under Monitor to show the run time settings for each of the two serial ports Monitor Relay Output Click on Relay Output under Monitor to display the Relay Output Status for each of the report types Power failure Ethernet1 link down etc ...

Page 62: ...5250 is by using the Reset button on NPort IA5150 5250 s casing to Load Factory Default Remember to export the configuration file using NPort Administrator when you finish the configuration By using the Import function of NPort Administrator your configuration can be re loaded into NPort IA5150 5250 after using Load Factory Default Refer to Chapter 6 for more details about the Export and Import fu...

Page 63: ... chapter Overview Installing NPort Administrator Configuration Broadcast Search Unlock Password Protection Configuring NPort IA5150 5250 Upgrading the Firmware Export Configuration Import Configuration Monitor Port Monitor COM Mapping On line COM Mapping Off line COM Mapping IP Location ...

Page 64: ...ring and IP location server functions Device Server Administrator is an integrated software suite that bundles Device Server Administrator and the IP Serial Library and provides everything you need to manage monitor and modify your NPort IA5150 5250 from a remote location Installing NPort Administrator 1 Once the Setup program starts running click on Next when the Welcome window opens to proceed w...

Page 65: ...0 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6 3 3 Click on Next to install the program using the default program name or select a different name 4 Click on Install to proceed with the installation ...

Page 66: ...NPort IA5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6 4 5 The Installing window reports the progress of the installation 6 Click on Next to proceed with the installation ...

Page 67: ... The top section contains the function list and online help area Windows NT does not support this chm file format y The five Administrator function groups are listed in the left section y A list of NPort IA5150 5250 serial device servers each of which can be selected to process user requirements is displayed in the right section y The activity Log which displays messages that record the user s pro...

Page 68: ...ator window and then click the right mouse button 2 The Broadcast Search window will open and display the Model IP Address MAC Address and Progress of the search for that particular device 3 When the search is complete the Broadcast Search window will close and the NPort IA5150 5250s that were located will be displayed in the right pane of the Administrator window If you found more than one server...

Page 69: ...50 Unlock Password Protection If the NPort IA5150 5250 is password protected indicated by Lock for Status you will receive the following error and you will not be able to use the right click method to open the configuration page In this case proceed as follows to Unlock the device server 1 Select the NPort IA5150 5250 with Lock status click the right mouse button and then select Unlock 2 After inp...

Page 70: ...ng the server password Blank The NPort IA5150 5250 is not password protected and Broadcast Search was used to locate it Fixed The NPort IA5150 5250 is not password protected and Search by IP address was used to locate it Lock Fixed The NPort IA5150 5250 is password protected Specify by IP address was used to locate it and the password has not yet been entered from within the current Administrator ...

Page 71: ...150 5250 and select Configure to start the configuration 3 The progress bar shows that Administrator is retrieving configuration information from the specific NPort IA5150 5250 4 Refer to Chapter 5 for each parameter s function definition To modify the configuration you must first click in the modify box to activate the parameter setting box For example click on the middle modify box ...

Page 72: ...of multiple NPort IA5150 5250s that are of the same model To select multiple NPort IA5150 5250s hold down the Ctrl key when selecting additional NPort IA5150 5250s or hold down the Shift key to select a group of NPort IA5150 5250s Upgrading the Firmware Follow these steps to upgrade the firmware of an NPort IA5150 5250 1 To start NPort Administrator click on Start Æ NPort Administration Suite Æ NP...

Page 73: ...mware function to start upgrading the firmware 3 Select the correct ROM file to download 4 Wait while the Upgrade Firmware action is processed ATTENTION You can simultaneously upgrade the firmware of multiple NPort IA5150 5250s that are of the same model To select multiple NPort IA5150 5250s hold down the Ctrl key when selecting an additional NPort IA5150 5250 or hold down the Shift key to select ...

Page 74: ...ool that can be used to produce a text file containing the current configuration of a particular NPort IA5150 5250 Import Configuration The Import Configuration function is used to import an NPort IA5150 5250 configuration from a file into one or more of the same model NPort IA5150 5250 To import a configuration first select the target servers click the right mouse button and then select Import Co...

Page 75: ...old down the Ctrl key when selecting an additional NPort IA5150 5250 or hold down the Shift key to select a block of NPort IA5150 5250s Monitor Use one of the following two methods to start the Monitor function Broadcast Search Æ Monitor Æ Add Target 1 With Configuration selected under Function use Broadcast Search to locate all NPorts on your LAN 2 Next click on Monitor Æ Add Target and select yo...

Page 76: ...s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6 14 Monitor Æ Add Target Æ Rescan 1 Click on Monitor under Function 2 Click on Monitor Æ Add Target from the menu bar or click the right mouse button and select Add Target 3 Click on Rescan ...

Page 77: ...l Configuring NPort Administrator 6 15 4 Select your targets from the list and then click on OK Once the Monitor function is running 1 The NPort IA5150 5250 list will appear on the Monitor screen 2 Right click the panel and select Settings ...

Page 78: ...6 3 Select or de select Monitor Items Use the single arrowhead buttons to move highlighted items from one box to the other Use the double arrowhead buttons to move all items in one box to the other 4 Select a Refresh Rate the default is 3 seconds on the General Settings page ...

Page 79: ... second case you must enter the path to the WAV file that you want to be played New event means that one of the NPort IA5150 5250s in the monitor is Alive or Not Alive or has lost connection with the Monitor program 6 Right click in the NPort IA5150 5250 list section and select Go to start Monitoring the NPort IA5150 5250 7 For this example the NPort IA5150 5250s shown in the list will be monitore...

Page 80: ...itor program a warning alert will display automatically The warning music will be played at the same time 9 In the Monitor screen you can see that the NPort IA5150 5250s that are Not Alive are shown in red color 10 If the NPort IA5150 5250 gets reconnected a warning will be displayed to remind the user that the NPort IA5150 5250 is now Alive ...

Page 81: ...Port Monitor The process described here is the same as in the previous Monitor section The only difference is that you can select more items under Port Monitor than under Monitor Select or de select Monitor Items Use the single arrowhead buttons to move highlighted items from one box to the other Use the double arrowhead buttons to move all items in one box to the other ...

Page 82: ...tion without first connecting the NPort IA5150 5250 to the network Off line COM Mapping can decrease the system integrator s effort by solving different field problems Via off line installation users can first process software installation for the host and then install the NPort IA5150 5250 to different fields Use the following procedure to map COM ports 1 On line COM Mapping Connect NPort IA5150 ...

Page 83: ...dd the target to which you would like to map COM ports 4 The NPort IA5150 5250 list that appears is the list generated by the previous Broadcast Search Select the NPort IA5150 5250 to which you would like to map COM ports 5 Select COM Settings to modify COM No default setting etc ...

Page 84: ... out from the NPort IA5150 5250 this mode will cause lower throughput If you want to ensure that all data is sent out before further processing classical mode is recommended Enable Disable Tx Rx FIFO If disabled NPort IA5150 5250 will send one byte each time the Tx FIFO becomes empty and an Rx interrupt will be generated for each incoming byte This will result in a faster response and lower throug...

Page 85: ... default this function is disabled To begin with make sure there are some PurgeComm functions being used in your application program In this kind of situation you might find that your NPort exhibits a much poorer operation performance than when using the native COM1 port Once you have enabled the Fast Flush function you can check to see if there has been an improvement in performance By default th...

Page 86: ... COM Mapping remember to select Apply Change to save the information in the host system registry The host computer will not have the ability to use the COM port until after Apply Change is selected 10 Select Discard Change to tell Administrator NOT to save the COM Mapping information to the host ...

Page 87: ...ile select Export COM Mapping You will then be able to import this configuration file to another host and use the same COM Mapping settings in the other host Off line COM Mapping 1 Add a target by inputting the IP address and selecting the Model Name without physically connecting the NPort IA5150 5250 to the network ...

Page 88: ...NPort IA5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6 26 2 Modify the port settings as needed 3 Right click in the NPort list section and select Apply Change ...

Page 89: ...ut by periodically reporting their IP address to the IP location server in case the dynamic IP has changed 1 Configure NPort IA5150 5250 with Dynamic IP settings DHCP BOOTP or DHCP BOOTP Assign the remote Auto IP report server s IP address and UDP port 2 Select IP Location Report and click the right mouse button to select Settings 3 Configure the Local Listen Port to be the same as the NPort IA515...

Page 90: ...NPort IA5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6 28 4 Click Go to start receiving the Auto IP address report from the NPort IA5150 5250 ...

Page 91: ...7 7 Chapter 7 IP Serial LIB The following topics are covered in this chapter Overview IP Serial LIB Function Groups Example Program ...

Page 92: ...luding it in your VB C or Delphi programming environment you can program your own TCP IP application with the ability to control serial communication parameters NPort IA5150 5250 uses 2 TCP ports for communication between the NPort IA5150 5250 and host computer s Real COM driver NPort IA5150 5250 uses a data port and command port to provide pure data transfer without decode and encode Compared to ...

Page 93: ...eTimeouts nsio_lstatus nsio_data_status nsio_break nsio_break_on nsio_break_off nsio_breakcount Example Program char NPort IA5150 5250 Nip 192 168 1 10 char buffer 255 int port 1 int portid nsio_init portid nsio_open NPort IA5150 5250ip port nsio_ioctl portid B9600 BIT_8 STOP_1 P_NONE sleep 1000 nsio_read port buffer 200 nsio_close portid nsio_end data buffer 255 chars 1st port port handle initial...

Page 94: ...able Wiring The following topics are covered in this appendix Port Pinout Diagrams RS 232 422 485 male DB9 Pinouts 4W 2W RS 485 RS 422 Terminal Block Pinouts Power Input and Relay Output Pinouts Cable Wiring Diagrams Serial Cables ...

Page 95: ...XD TxD B 3 TXD RxD B Data B 4 DTR RxD A Data A 5 GND GND GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 4W 2W RS 485 RS 422 Terminal Block Pinouts PIN RS 422 RS 485 4W RS 485 2W 1 TxD B 2 TxD A 3 RxD B Data B 4 RxD A Data A 1 2 3 4 5 5 GND GND Power Input and Relay Output Pinouts V1 V1 V2 V2 1 V2 V2 V1 V1 Shielded Ground DC Power input 1 DC Power input 1 Relay output Relay output DC Power input 2 DC Power input 2 ...

Page 96: ...DTR GND DSR RTS CTS RS 232 Device DCD TxD RxD DSR GND DTR CTS RTS Cable Wiring 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Female DB9 Male DB9 Male DB9 Female DB9 Female DB9 to Male DB25 NPort IA 9 pins 25 pins DCD RxD TxD DTR GND DSR RTS CTS RS 232 Device DCD TxD RxD DSR GND DTR CTS RTS Cable Wiring 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 3 2 20 7 6 4 5 Female DB9 Male DB25 Male DB9 Female DB25 ...

Page 97: ...rts range from 1024 through 49151 The Dynamic and or Private Ports range from 49152 through 65535 The Well Known Ports are assigned by the IANA and on most systems can only be used by system processes or by programs executed by privileged users The following table shows famous port numbers among the well known port numbers For more details please visit the IANA website at http www iana org assignm...

Page 98: ...0 reserved 2 Management Utility 7 Echo 9 Discard 11 Active Users systat 13 Daytime 35 Any private printer server 39 Resource Location Protocol 42 Host name server names server 43 Whois nickname 49 Login Host Protocol Login 53 Domain Name Server domain 69 Trivial Transfer Protocol TETP 70 Gopler Protocol 79 Finger Protocol 80 World Wide Web HTTP 107 Remote Telnet Service 111 Sun Remote Procedure Ca...

Page 99: ...mpInMsgs SysObjectID ifIndex ipDefaultTTL IcmpInErrors SysUpTime ifDescr ipInreceives IcmpInDestUnreachs SysContact ifType ipInHdrErrors IcmpInTimeExcds SysName ifMtu ipInAddrErrors IcmpInParmProbs SysLocation ifSpeed ipForwDatagrams IcmpInSrcQuenchs SysServices ifPhysAddress ipInUnknownProtos IcmpInRedirects ifAdminStatus ipInDiscards IcmpInEchos ifOperStatus ipInDelivers IcmpInEchoReps ifLastCha...

Page 100: ...mpReps ipAdEntReasmMaxSize IcmpOutAddrMasks IpNetToMediaIfIndex IcmpOutAddrMaskReps IpNetToMediaPhysAddress IpNetToMediaNetAddress IpNetToMediaType IpRoutingDiscards UDP MIB TCP MIB SNMP MIB UdpInDatagrams tcpRtoAlgorithm snmpInPkts UdpNoPorts tcpRtoMin snmpOutPkts UdpInErrors tcpRtoMax snmpInBadVersions UdpOutDatagrams tcpMaxConn snmpInBadCommunityNames UdpLocalAddress tcpActiveOpens snmpInASNPar...

Page 101: ...pOutNoSuchNames snmpOutBadValues snmpOutGenErrs snmpOutGetRequests snmpOutGetNexts snmpOutSetRequests snmpOutGetResponses snmpOutTraps snmpEnableAuthenTraps RFC1317 RS 232 MIB objects Generic RS 232 like Group RS 232 like General Port Table RS 232 like Asynchronous Port Group rs232Number rs232PortTable rs232AsyncPortTable rs232PortEntry rs232AsyncPortEntry rs232PortIndex rs232AsyncPortIndex rs232P...

Page 102: ...ual SNMP Agents C 4 The Input Signal Table The Output Signal Table rs232InSigTable rs232OutSigTable rs232InSigEntry rs232OutSigEntry rs232InSigPortIndex rs232OutSigPortIndex rs232InSigName rs232OutSigName rs232InSigState rs232OutSigState ...

Page 103: ...ime after receiving it but the NPort will send a DHCP request again to the DHCP Server Once the DHCP Server realizes that this IP address is to be released to other DHCP Clients the NPort then will receive a different IP address For this reason users sometimes find that the NPort will use different IP addresses not a fixed IP address In order to know which IP address the NPort is using you need to...

Page 104: ... so on 4 Serial Number 4 DWORD Little endian 5 IP Address 4 DWORD Little endian 6 Netmask 4 DWORD Little endian 7 Default Gateway 4 DWORD Little endian 8 Firmware Version 4 DWORD Little endian Ver1 3 4 0x0103040 9 AP ID 4 DWORD Little endian AP ID Hardware ID Mapping Table AP ID Hardware ID Product 0x80005000 0x0504 NPort 5410 0x80005000 0x0534 NPort 5430 0x80005000 0x1534 NPort 5430I 0x80000312 0...

Page 105: ...on This appendix shows you how to contact Moxa for information about this and other products and how to report problems In this appendix we cover the following topics MOXA Internet Services Problem Report Form Product Return Procedure ...

Page 106: ...customers receive the full benefit of our products Moxa Internet Services has been set up to provide technical support driver updates product information and user s manual updates The following services are provided E mail for technical support support moxa com tw World Wide Web WWW Site for product information http www moxa com or http www moxa com tw ...

Page 107: ...NPort IA5150 M SC NPort IA5150 S SC NPort IA5150I NPort IA5150I M SC NPort IA5150I S SC NPort IA5250 2 Serial Number _________________ Problem Description Please describe the symptoms of the problem as clearly as possible including any error messages you see A clearly written description of the problem will allow us to reproduce the symptoms and expedite the repair of your product ...

Page 108: ...ment PRA from the sales representative or dealer Fill out the Problem Report Form PRF Include as much detail as possible for a shorter product repair time Carefully pack the product in an anti static package and send it pre paid to the dealer The PRA should be visible on the outside of the package and include a description of the problem along with the return address and telephone number of a tech...

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