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NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual

Fourth Edition, September 2009

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Page 2: ...eserves 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 However Moxa assumes no responsibility for its use or for any infringements on the rights of third parties that may result from its use This product might include unintentional te...

Page 3: ...2 Factory Default IP Address 3 2 NPort Administration Suite 3 2 ARP 3 2 Telnet Console 3 3 Serial Console 19200 n 8 1 3 7 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 Opening Your B...

Page 4: ...or 6 15 Port Monitor 6 22 COM Mapping 6 23 On line COM Mapping 6 23 Off line COM Mapping 6 29 IP Address Report 6 30 Chapter 7 NPort CE Driver Manager for Windows CE 7 1 Overview 7 2 Installing NPort CE Driver Manager 7 2 Using NPort CE Driver Manager 7 2 Chapter 8 IP Serial LIB 8 1 Overview 8 2 IP Serial LIB Function Groups 8 3 Example Program 8 3 Appendix A Pinouts and Cable Wiring A 1 Port Pino...

Page 5: ...t IA5250 2 port RS 232 422 485 DB9 to Ethernet Device Server 8 NPort IA5150 T 1 port RS 232 DB9 RS 422 485 TB to Ethernet Device Server wide temperature 40 to 75 C 9 NPort IA5150I T 1 port RS 232 DB9 RS 422 485 TB to Ethernet Device Server w 2KV Isolation protection wide temperature 40 to 75 C 10 NPort IA5150 M SC T 1 port RS 232 DB9 RS 422 485 TB to Multi mode Fiber Device Server wide temperature...

Page 6: ...ithout modifying the serial COM software applications This excellent feature preserves your software investment and lets you enjoy the benefits of networking your serial devices instantly NPort IA serial device servers support automatic IP configuration protocols DHCP BOOTP and manual configuration via a handy web browser console Both methods ensure quick and effective installation And with NPort ...

Page 7: ...tions NPort IA5150 M SC 5150I M SC 5150 S SC 5150I S SC LAN Ethernet Port 1 100BaseFX port SC connector NPort IA5150 5150I 5250 LAN Ethernet Switch Ports 2 10 100BaseT X ports RJ45 connector Protection Built in 1 5 KV magnetic isolation Optical Fiber Distance Multi mode 0 to 2 km 1310 nm 62 5 125 μm 500 MHz km Single mode 0 to 40 km 1310 nm 9 125 μm 3 5 PS nm km Min TX Output Multi mode 20 dBm Sin...

Page 8: ...zer Real Time Clock Watch Dog Timer Serial Communication Parameters Parity None Even Odd Space Mark Data Bits 5 6 7 8 Stop Bit 1 1 5 2 Flow Control RTS CTS for RS 232 only XON XOFF Transmission Speed 110 bps to 230 4 Kbps Software Features Protocols ICMP IP TCP UDP DHCP BOOTP Telnet Rtelnet DNS SNMP HTTP SMTP SNTP Utilities NPort Administrator Windows 98 ME NT 2000 XP 2003 Vista 2008 XP x64 2003 x...

Page 9: ...ross Weight 5150 series 0 15 kg 0 33 lb 5250 0 16 kg 0 35 lb Environmental Operating Temperature 0 to 55 C 32 to 131 F 5 to 95 RH 40 to 75 C for T versions Storage Temperature 40 to 85 C 4 to 185 F 5 to 95 RH Regulatory Approvals EMC CE EN55022 Class A EN55024 FCC Part 15 Subpart B Class A Safety UL UL60950 1 UL508 TUV EN60950 1 Hazardous Location UL cUL Class 1 Division 2 Groups A B C and D ATEX ...

Page 10: ...50 5250 device servers Software installation is covered in subsequent chapters The following topics are covered Panel Layout Connecting the Hardware Wiring Requirements Connecting the Power Grounding the NPort IA5150 5250 Connecting to the Network Connecting to a Serial Device LED Indicators ...

Page 11: ...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 12: ...w proper heat dissipation You should heed the following y Use separate paths to route wiring for power and devices If power wiring and device wiring paths must cross make sure the wires are perpendicular at the intersection point NOTE Do not run signal or communication wiring and power wiring in the same wire conduit To avoid interference wires with different signal characteristics should be route...

Page 13: ...0 s 10 100M Ethernet port and the other end of the cable to the Ethernet network If the cable is properly connected the NPort IA5150 5250 will indicate a valid connection to the 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 yellow color when connected to a 10 Mbps Ethernet network y...

Page 14: ...ving 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 Steady on Power is on and NPort IA is functioning normally green Blinking The device server has been located by Administrator s Location function Ready off Power is off or power error condition exists orange 10 Mbps Ethernet connection green 100 Mbps Ethernet connec...

Page 15: ... the device 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 This chapter includes the following sections Initializing the NPort s IP Address Factory Default IP Address NPort Administration Suite ARP Telnet Conso...

Page 16: ...ess Default IP address 192 168 127 254 IP addresses of the form 192 168 xxx xxx are referred to as private IP addresses since it is not possible to directly access a device configured with a private IP address from a public network 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 netwo...

Page 17: ...ttom panel 3 Execute the arp s command from your computer s MS DOS prompt by typing arp s 192 168 200 100 00 90 E8 xx xx xx This is where 192 168 200 100 is the new IP address and 00 90 E8 xx xx xx is the MAC address for your NPort IA5150 5250 Be sure to use the actual IP address and MAC address for your NPort IA5150 5250 4 Next execute a special Telnet command by typing telnet 192 168 200 100 600...

Page 18: ... 127 254 use the correct IP address if different from the default in the Open text input box and then click OK 3 When the Telnet window opens if you are prompted to input the Console password input the password and then press Enter Note that this page will only appear if the NPort is password protected 4 Type 2 to select Network settings and then press Enter ...

Page 19: ...250 Series User s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 3 5 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 20: ...NPort IA5150 5250 Series User s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 3 6 7 Press any key to continue 8 Type m and then press Enter to return to the main menu ...

Page 21: ...he NPort IA5150 5250 Serial Console 19200 n 8 1 You may use the RS 232 console port to set up the IP address for NPort IA5150 5250 We suggest using PComm Terminal Emulator which is available free of charge as part of the PComm Lite program suite to carry out the installation procedure although other similar utilities may also be used ATTENTION The Serial Console is an RS 232 port port 1 for NPort ...

Page 22: ...erminal 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 Communication Parameter page select the appropriate COM port for the connection COM1 in this example and 19200 for Baud Rate 8 for Data Bits None for Parity and 1 for Stop Bits 5 From the Prope...

Page 23: ...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 24: ...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 25: ...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 26: ...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 27: ...ore efficient In UDP mode you can multicast data from the serial device to multiple host computers and the serial device can also receive data from 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 two NPort IA...

Page 28: ... Ethernet Reverse Telnet Mode Console management is commonly used by connecting to Console AUX or COM ports of 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 Tel...

Page 29: ...is chapter Opening Your Browser Basic Settings Network Settings SNMP Settings IP Address Report Serial Settings Serial Parameters 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 As...

Page 30: ...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 IA5150 5250 is not currently password protected ATTENTION If you use other web browsers remember to Enable the func...

Page 31: ...ion groups ATTENTION If you can t remember the password the ONLY way to start configuring the NPort IA5150 5250 is to load factory defaults by using the Reset button located near the NPort s RJ45 Ethernet port Remember to use NPort Administrator to export the configuration file when you have finished the configuration After using the Reset button to load factory defaults your configuration can be ...

Page 32: ..._ Serial No Optional This option is useful for specifying the location or application of different NPort IA5150 5250s Time NPort IA5150 5250 has a built in Real Time Clock for time calibration functions Functions such as Auto warning Email or SNMP Trap can add real time information to their messages ATTENTION First time users should select the time zone first The Console will display the real time...

Page 33: ...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 IA5150 5250 will request time information from the Time server every 10 minutes Web Telnet Console The Disable option for Web Console and Telnet Console is included for security reasons In some cases you may want to disable one o...

Page 34: ...n be used for only 60 seconds I e 60 sec after booting up the Reset Button will be disabled automatically Network Settings You must assign a valid IP address to NPort IA5150 5250 before it will work in your network environment Your network system administrator should provide you with an IP address and related settings for your network The IP address must be unique within the network otherwise NPor...

Page 35: ...bnet mask represents all of the network hosts at one geographic location in one building or on the same local area network When a packet is sent out over the network the NPort IA5150 5250 will use the subnet mask to check whether the desired TCP IP host specified in the packet is on the local network segment If the address is on the same network segment as the NPort IA5150 5250 a connection is est...

Page 36: ...in 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 configuration items to configure the IP address of the DNS server DNS Server 2 is included for use when...

Page 37: ...eries 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 Address Report function 2 Auto IP report protocol which...

Page 38: ...ain 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 specially designed to allow easy identification of the serial devices which are connected to the NPort s serial port Serial Parameters ATTENTION Check the serial communication parameters in your Serial Device s user s manual You should set up the ...

Page 39: ... be set to 1 5 when Data bits is set to 5 bits Parity Setting Factory Default 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...

Page 40: ...erial ports Real COM Mode TCP alive check time Setting Factory Default Necessity 0 to 99 min 7 min Optional 0 min TCP connection is not closed due to an idle TCP connection 1 to 99 min NPort IA5150 5250 automatically closes TCP connection if there is no TCP activity for the given time After the connection is closed NPort IA5150 5250starts listening for another Real COM driver s connection from ano...

Page 41: ...ace ATTENTION When Max connection is set to 2 3 or 4 this means that NPort IA5150 5250 will be using a multi connection application i e 2 3 or 4 hosts are allowed access to the port at the same time When using a multi connection application NPort IA5150 5250 will use the serial communication parameters set in the console All of the hosts connected to that port must use the same serial settings If ...

Page 42: ...rnet 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 received is greater than 1 KB the NPort IA5150 5250 will automatically pack the data and send it to the Ethernet However to use the delimiter function you must at least enable Delimiter 1 If Delimiter 1 is left blank and Delimiter 2 is enabled the delimiter f...

Page 43: ...ptimal 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 1 stop bit and no parity In this case the total number of bits needed to send a character is 10 bits and the time required to transfer one character is 10 bits 1200 bits s 1000 ms s...

Page 44: ...5150 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 that...

Page 45: ...d received will take precedence Packing length Setting Factory Default Necessity 0 to 1024 0 Optional Default 0 The Delimiter Process will be followed regardless of the length of the data packet If the data length in bytes matches the configured value the data will be forced out The data length can be configured for 0 to 1024 bytes Set to 0 if you do not need to limit the length Delimiter 1 Settin...

Page 46: ...er 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 1 stop bit and no for parity In this case the total number of bits nee...

Page 47: ...ations the user can set the Command port to another port if needed IP Serial Lib will automatically check the Command Port on NPort IA5150 5250 so that the user does not need to configure the program TCP Client Mode TCP alive check time Setting Factory Default Necessity 0 to 99 min 7 min Optional 0 min TCP connection is not closed due to an idle TCP connection 1 to 99 min NPort IA5150 5250 automat...

Page 48: ...connection to close ATTENTION The Inactivity time should at least be set larger than that of Force transmit timeout To prevent the unintended loss of data due to the session being disconnected it is highly recommended that this value is set large enough so that the intended data transfer is completed ATTENTION Inactivity time is ONLY active when TCP connect on is set to Any character Ignore jammed...

Page 49: ...ip 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 for Delimiter 2 of data is received after receiving the Delimiter Strip Delimiter When the Delimiter is received the Delimiter is deleted i e stripped and the remaining data is transmitted Do nothing The data will be transmitted when the Delimite...

Page 50: ...0 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 Address E g 192 168 1 1 None Required Allows the NPort IA5150 5250 to connect actively to the remote host whose address is set by this parameter Destination IP address 2 3 4 Setting Factory Default Necessity IP add...

Page 51: ... 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 52: ...hes the configured value the data will be forced out The data length can be configured for 0 to 1024 bytes Set to 0 if you do not need to limit the length Delimiter 1 Setting Factory Default Necessity 00 to FF None 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 c...

Page 53: ...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 54: ...be used to remove the 15 meter distance limitation imposed by the RS 232 interface One NPort IA5150 5250 is connected from its RS 232 port to the COM port of a PC or other type of computer such as hand held PDAs 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 ...

Page 55: ...01 by default Note that you must configure the same TCP port No for the device server acting as the Pair Connection Slave Pair Connection 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 Defau...

Page 56: ...aud command to the serial port in which baud represents the baud rate of NPort IA5150 5250 s serial port After that NPort IA5150 5250 immediately enters data mode Dial out NPort IA5150 5250 accepts the AT command ATD IP TCP port from the serial port and then requests a TCP connection from the remote Ethernet Modem or PC This is where IP is the IP address of the remote Ethernet modem or PC and TCP ...

Page 57: ...a the serial port and then return to command mode The following tables give the additional parameters that can be configured for TCP Client Mode Refer to the table below the figures to see details of the meaning of each parameter Ethernet Modem Setting Value Notes Necessity TCP port Valid port No The TCP port that other devices must use to contact this device To avoid conflicts with standard TCP p...

Page 58: ... default ATQ0 11 ATSr n Change the contents of S register See S registers 12 ATSr Read the contents of S register See S registers 13 ATV Result code type ATV0 for digit code ATV1 for text code 0 OK 1 connect default 2 ring 3 No carrier 4 error 14 ATZ Reset disconnect enter command mode and restore the flash settings 15 AT C Serial port DCD control AT C0 DCD always on AT C1 DTE detects connection b...

Page 59: ... 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 unit 1 10 sec No action applied 12 S11 DTMF duration and spacing always 100 ms No action applied 13 S12 Escape code guard time default 50 unit 1 50 sec to control the idle...

Page 60: ...1 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 the NPort IA5150 5250 s Ethernet port is sent using the enter command the data will be transmitted out the serial port with an added 1 carriage return line feed if you select the CR LF option i e the cursor will jump to the next line and return ...

Page 61: ...rameter Only one host of 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 Hosts on the specific subnet can access the NPort IA5150 5250 Enter IP address 255 255 255 0 e g 192 168 1 0 255 255 255 0 Any host can access the NPort IA5150 5250 Disable this function Refer to the following table for more details about the configuration ...

Page 62: ...t Necessity IP 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 Default Necessity 1 to 63 characters None Optional E mail address 1 2 3 4 Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 to 63 characters None Optional ...

Page 63: ...is refers to starting the system from power off contrast this with warm start When performing a cold start the NPort IA5150 5250 will automatically issue an Auto warning message by e mail or send an SNMP trap after rebooting Warm start This refers to restarting the computer without turning the power off It s the opposite of cold start When performing a warm start the NPort IA5150 5250 will automat...

Page 64: ...s by email or relay output which closes the circuit Users can connect to Monitor Æ Relay Output from the web console to check what event causes the warning The relay output will be canceled after the power recovers or by selecting acknowledge event using the web console or Telnet When the Relay Output is sending a warning the Ready LED will flash red until the warning event ceases Ethernet1 link d...

Page 65: ...nitor Æ Relay Output from the web console to check what event caused the warning You can cancel the relay output status by changing the DCD 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 warning event ceases DSR changed A change in the DSR Data Carrier Detect signal indica...

Page 66: ... Trap checkbox ATTENTION SNMP can detect when DCD or DSR changes from to and when DCD or DSR changes from to but SNMP cannot detect whether it was the DCD signal that changed or the DSR signal that changed For this reason a change from to of either DCD or DSR is indicated by link up and a change from to of either DCD or DSR is indicated by link down Monitor Monitor Line Click on Line under Monitor...

Page 67: ...rial 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 Change Password Input the Old password and New password to change the password Leave the password boxes blank to erase the password If the password is erased then NPort IA5150 5250 will not have password protection ...

Page 68: ... 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 function Load Factory Default This function will reset all of the NPort IA5150 5250 s settings to the factory de...

Page 69: ...ter Overview Installing NPort Administrator Configuration Broadcast Search Unlock Password Protection Configuring the NPort IA5150 5250 Upgrading the Firmware Export Configuration Import Configuration Monitor Port Monitor COM Mapping On line COM Mapping Off line COM Mapping IP Address Report ...

Page 70: ...cess allow off line COM mapping and provide monitoring 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 ...

Page 71: ...ual Configuring NPort Administrator 6 3 2 Click on Next to install program files in the default directory or select an alternative location 3 Click on Next to install the program using the default program name or select a different name ...

Page 72: ...NPort IA5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6 4 4 Click on Install to proceed with the installation 5 The Installing window reports the progress of the installation ...

Page 73: ... IA5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6 5 6 Click on Next to proceed with the installation 7 Click on Finish to complete the installation of NPort IA5150 5250 Administration Suite ...

Page 74: ...t and online help area Windows NT does not support this chm file format The five Administrator function groups are listed in the left section 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 The activity Log which displays messages that record the user s processing history is shown in the bottom section ...

Page 75: ...h function searches by MAC address and not IP address all NPort IA5150 5250s connected to the LAN will be located regardless of whether or not they are part of the same subnet as the host 1 Position the cursor in the right middle section of the Administrator window and then click the right mouse button 2 The Broadcast Search window will open and display the Model IP Address MAC Address and Progres...

Page 76: ...re an NPort IA5150 5250 place the cursor over the row displaying that NPort IA5150 5250 s information and then double click the left mouse button ATTENTION Before modifying NPort IA5150 5250 s configuration use Broadcast Search to locate all NPort IA5150 5250s connected to the LAN or use Specify by IP Address to locate a particular NPort IA5150 5250 Unlock Password Protection If the NPort IA5150 5...

Page 77: ...ck status click the right mouse button and then select Unlock 2 After inputting the correct password the Administrator will display an Unlock ok message 3 The Lock status will change to Unlock and the Administrator utility will keep this NPort IA5150 5250 in the Unlock status throughout this Administrator session ...

Page 78: ...adcast 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 session Unlock Fixed The NPort IA5150 5250 is password protected Specify by IP addre...

Page 79: ...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 80: ...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 81: ... the NPort IA5150 5250 you wish to configure if it is password protected Right click on a specific NPort IA5150 5250 and select the Upgrade Firmware function to start upgrading the firmware 3 Select the correct ROM file to download 4 Wait while the Upgrade Firmware action is processed ...

Page 82: ...en selecting an additional NPort IA5150 5250 or hold down the Shift key to select a block of NPort IA5150 5250s Export Configuration To export the configuration of an NPort IA5150 5250 right click on the NPort IA5150 5250 select Export Configuration and then follow the onscreen instructions The Export Configuration function is a handy tool that can be used to produce a text file containing the cur...

Page 83: ...ctions to locate the configuration file and start downloading the file ATTENTION You can simultaneously import the same configuration file into 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 a block of NPort IA5150 5250s Monitor Use one of the fol...

Page 84: ...tor 6 16 2 Next click on Monitor Æ Add Target select your targets from the list and then click on OK 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 ...

Page 85: ...NPort IA5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6 17 3 Click on Rescan 4 Select your targets from the list and then click on OK ...

Page 86: ...nning 1 The NPort IA5150 5250 list will appear on the Monitor screen 2 Right click the panel and select Settings 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 ...

Page 87: ...ngs page 5 On the Advanced Settings page select Display warning message for new event and or Play warning music for new event In the 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 ...

Page 88: ...ist 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 monitored 8 When one of the NPort IA5150 5250s loses connection with the Monitor program a warning alert will display automatically The warning music will be played at the same time ...

Page 89: ... 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 11 The NPort IA5150 5250s that were reconnected and are now Alive will be shown in black color ...

Page 90: ...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 91: ... 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 the NPort IA5150 5250 to the ne...

Page 92: ...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 93: ...port is on the network rather than physically attached to the PC host there can be some lag when communicating with the serial device The Network Timeout field allows you to set the number of milliseconds before an operation will time out The default value is 5000 milliseconds and between 500 and 20000 milliseconds can be entered Fast Flush only flush local buffer We have added one optional Fast F...

Page 94: ...e 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 the optional Fast Flush function is disabled If you would like to enable this function from the NPort Administrator double click on the COM ports that are mapped to the NPort and then select the Fast Flush checkbox You should find that...

Page 95: ...5150 5250 is powered on However the program can redefine the serial parameters to different values after the program opens the port via Win 32 API 9 After setting the 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 ...

Page 96: ... Discard Change to tell Administrator NOT to save the COM Mapping information to the host 11 To save the configuration to a text file 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 ...

Page 97: ...ual Configuring NPort Administrator 6 29 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 2 Modify the port settings as needed ...

Page 98: ...must spend more time with IP management tasks To make things easier the NPort IA5150 5250 can periodically report its IP address to the IP location server in case the address has changed The IP location server is the host PC on which you installed the NPort Adminustration Suite 1 Configure the NPort IA5150 5250 with Dynamic IP settings DHCP BOOTP or DHCP BOOTP Assign the remote Auto IP report serv...

Page 99: ...1 2 Select the IP Address Report and click the right mouse button to select Settings 3 Configure the Local Listen Port to be the same as the NPort IA5150 5250 s Auto report to UDP port setting 4 Click Go to start receiving the Auto IP address report from the NPort IA5150 5250 ...

Page 100: ...7 7 Chapter 7 NPort CE Driver Manager for Windows CE The following topics are covered in this chapter Overview Installing NPort CE Driver Manager Using NPort CE Driver Manager ...

Page 101: ...000 will be treated as if they were attached to your PC s own COM ports Installing NPort CE Driver Manager 1 Copy NPortCab cab to Windows CE and start to install driver by double clicking on it 2 Click on OK to complete the installation when the following screen appears 3 Driver installation is now complete and the NPortCab cab icon disappear from the screen This is normal when installing drivers ...

Page 102: ...5150 5250 Series User s Manual NPort CE Driver Manager for Windows CE 7 3 1 Go to Start Æ Programs Æ NPort CE Driver Manager 2 Click on the COM Mapping page and then the Search button to scan for NPort servers ...

Page 103: ...rt CE Driver Manager window Click on the server whose COM ports you would like to map to and then select the port index Note that multiple selections are allowed 4 Select the port s at the Port Index and then click on the Add button to map to the COM Port s 5 Return to the COM Setting page You should be able to see the newly mapped COM Port s ...

Page 104: ...mmediately issues a Tx Empty response to the program Under Classical mode the driver will not send the Tx Empty response until after confirmation is received from the NPort server s serial port This causes lower throughput Classical mode is recommended if you want to ensure that all data is sent out before further processing FIFO If FIFO is disabled the NPort server will transmit one byte each tim...

Page 105: ...8 8 Chapter 8 IP Serial LIB The following topics are covered in this chapter Overview IP Serial LIB Function Groups Example Program ...

Page 106: ... 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 serial device servers use 2 TCP ports for communication between the NPort IA5150 5250 and host computer s Real COM driver The NPort IA 5150 5250 uses a data port and command port to provide pure data transfer without decode and encod...

Page 107: ..._write nsio_SetWriteTimeouts nsio_lstatus nsio_data_status nsio_break nsio_break_on nsio_break_off nsio_breakcount Example Program char NPortip 192 168 1 10 char buffer 255 int port 1 int portid nsio_init portid nsio_open NPortip 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 IP Ser...

Page 108: ...Cable Wiring In this appendix we cover the following topics 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 109: ...4 48 85 5 2 2 w wi ir re e R RS S 4 48 85 5 1 1 D DC CD D T Tx xD D A A 2 2 R Rx xD D T Tx xD D B B 3 3 T Tx xD D R Rx xD D B B D Da at ta a B B 4 4 D DT TR R R Rx xD D A A D Da at ta a A A 5 5 G GN ND D G GN ND D G GN ND D 6 6 D DS SR R 7 7 R RT TS S 8 8 C CT TS S 9 9 4W 2W RS 485 RS 422 Terminal Block Pinouts 1 2 3 4 5 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 ...

Page 110: ...d DC Power input 1 DC Power input 1 Relay output Relay output DC Power input 2 DC Power input 2 Cable Wiring Diagrams Serial Cables Female DB9 to Male DB9 NPort IA s n i p 9 s n i p 9 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 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Female DB9 Male DB9 Male DB9 Female DB9 ...

Page 111: ...uts and Cable Wiring A 4 Female DB9 to Male DB25 NPort IA s n i p 5 2 s n i p 9 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 112: ...hose from 1024 through 49151 The Dynamic and or Private Ports are those 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 http www iana org assignments...

Page 113: ...d 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 Call Sunrpc...

Page 114: ...rrors IcmpInTimeExcds SysName ifMtu ipInAddrErrors IcmpInParmProbs SysLocation ifSpeed ipForwDatagrams IcmpInSrcQuenchs SysServices ifPhysAddress ipInUnknownProtos IcmpInRedirects ifAdminStatus ipInDiscards IcmpInEchos ifOperStatus ipInDelivers IcmpInEchoReps ifLastChange ipOutRequests IcmpInTimestamps ifInOctets ipOutDiscards IcmpTimestampReps ifInUcastPkts ipOutNoRoutes IcmpInAddrMasks ifInNUcas...

Page 115: ...atagrams tcpMaxConn snmpInBadCommunityNames UdpLocalAddress tcpActiveOpens snmpInASNParseErrs UdpLocalPort tcpPassiveOpens snmpInTooBigs tcpAttempFails snmpInNoSuchNames Address Translation MIB tcpEstabResets snmpInBadValues AtIfIndex tcpCurrEstab snmpInReadOnlys AtPhysAddress tcpInSegs snmpInGenErrs AtNetAddress tcpOutSegs snmpInTotalReqVars Address Translation MIB TCP MIB SNMP MIB AtNetAddress t...

Page 116: ... Group rs232Number rs232PortTable rs232AsyncPortTable rs232PortEntry rs232AsyncPortEntry rs232PortIndex rs232AsyncPortIndex rs232PortType rs232AsyncPortBits rs232PortInSigNumber rs232AsyncPortStopBits rs232PortOutSigNumber rs232AsyncPortParity rs232PortInSpeed rs232PortOutSpeed The Input Signal Table The Output Signal Table rs232InSigTable rs232OutSigTable rs232InSigEntry rs232OutSigEntry rs232InS...

Page 117: ... period of time 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 Client 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 what IP address the NPort is using y...

Page 118: ...3 MAC Address 6 6 bytes MAC address If the MAC address is 00 90 E8 01 02 03 the MAC 0 is 0 MAC 1 is 0x90 hex MAC 2 is 0xE8 hex and 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 Ta...

Page 119: ...ay cause undesired operation FCC Warming 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...

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