CS400
System
Hardware Manual, Rev. 1.0, Sep 2021
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6.1.2 LED Indicators
There are LEDs display the power status, network status, and serial communication status located on the front
panel of the Serial RS485 / RJ45 Ethernet Converter, each of them has its own specific meaning as shown in the
table below.
Table 6-1: LED Indicators
LED
Color
Description
P1
Green
Off
Power 1 is on.
Power 1 is off, or power error condition exits.
P2
Green
Off
Power 2 is on.
Power 2 is off, or power error condition exits.
Status
Orange
Off
Blinking: System is ready.
Steady on: the device has been located by utility’s location function.
System is not working.
Ethernet
Orange
Green
Blinking: Ethernet port is transmitting or receiving data.
Steady on: Ethernet has the good link for 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps operations.
On: 100 Mbps Ethernet connection
Off: 10 Mbps Ethernet connection
Serial
Orange
Green
Off
Serial port is transmitting data.
Serial port is receiving data.
No data is transmitted or received through the serial port.
6.1.3 Driver Installation
The following procedure describes the way to install a virtual COM port on the CS computer by using the
Configuration Utility Software. The virtual COM ports work like standard Windows COM ports, so the CS software
sees no difference between both.
Note
Please reserve TCP/UDP port 5048 and 5058 in your Ethernet network, Configuration Utility Software will use
these ports to communicate with the Serial RS485 / RJ45 Ethernet Converter! Make sure that a possible firewall
does not block these ports!
Installation procedure
1. Power on the Serial RS485 / RJ45 Ethernet Converter!
2. Insert the Advantech driver utility
DVD
for the Serial RS485 / RJ45 Ethernet Converter into the DVD
drive (e.g. E:\) on the host PC.
3. Use the Windows explorer to execute the setup program, the path for the setup program on the DVD
should be:
E:\Utility& Driver\SerialDeviceServerConfigurationUtility\Serial_Device_Server_Config
uration_Utility_[Version]_Release_[date].exe
4. After the installation is finished, open the Serial Device Server Configuration Utility from the Windows
Start Menu by clicking <Start> <All Programs> <Advantech eAutomation> <Serial Device Server
Configuration Utility>. The Serial Device Server <XXXSYSCS210CON> will appear in the sub-tree of
Device Server List area as shown below (may take several seconds).
