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IE-CS(T)-2TX-xRS232/485 

IP Serial LIB 

 

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Summary of Contents for IE-CS-2TX-1RS232/485

Page 1: ...Industrial Serial to Ethernet Converter User Manual for IE CS 2TX 1RS232 485 IE CST 2TX 1RS232 485 IE CS 2TX 2RS232 485 IE CST 2TX 2RS232 485 First Edition June 2011 1243270000 00 06 11...

Page 2: ...serves 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 ac...

Page 3: ...t Mode 3 UDP Mode 4 Pair Connection Mode 4 Ethernet Modem Mode 4 Reverse Telnet Mode 4 Disabled Mode 5 5 Web Console Configuration 1 Opening Your Browser 2 Export Import 5 Basic Settings 5 Network Set...

Page 4: ...gs and Serial Parameters of the COM Group 27 Changing the Serial Port Specified as Signal Port for the COM Group 29 IP Address Report 30 A Pinouts and Cable Wiring 1 Port Pinout Diagrams 2 Ethernet Po...

Page 5: ...1RS232 485 1 port RS 232 422 485 industrial serial Ethernet converter with serial LAN power surge protection two 10 100BaseT X ports 1 IP 40 to 75 C operating temperature IE CS 2TX 2RS232 485 2 port...

Page 6: ...the serial COM software applications This excellent feature preserves your software investment and lets you enjoy the benefits of networking your serial devices instantly The IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 Se...

Page 7: ...Kbps Serial Signals RS 232 TxD RxD RTS CTS DTR DSR DCD GND RS 422 Tx Tx Rx Rx GND RS 485 4w Tx Tx Rx Rx GND RS 485 2w Data Data GND Software Network Protocols ICMP IP TCP UDP DHCP BOOTP Telnet Rtelnet...

Page 8: ...a 5 year warranty on this product in accordance with the warranty terms as described in the general conditions of sale of the Weidm ller company which has sold the products to you Weidm ller warrants...

Page 9: ...ware installation is covered in subsequent chapters The following topics are covered in this chapter Panel Layout Connecting the Hardware Wiring Requirements Connecting the Power Connecting to the Net...

Page 10: ...Connecting the Hardware This section describes how to connect the IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 to serial devices for first time testing purposes We cover Wiring Requirements Connecting the Power Grounding...

Page 11: ...ring in the same wire conduit To avoid interference wires with different signal characteristics should be routed separately You can use the type of signal transmitted through a wire to determine which...

Page 12: ...on PWR1 PWR2 red Power is being supplied to power input PWR1 PWR2 Steady on Power is on and the IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 is booting up red Blinking Indicates an IP conflict or DHCP or BOOTP server did n...

Page 13: ...s to access them To set the pull high resistor to 150 K flip DIP1 to OFF and then set the pull low resistor to 150 K and then flip DIP2 to OFF To set the pull high resistor to 1 K flip DIP1 to ON and...

Page 14: ...32 485 s IP address Select one of the initial IP Address configuration methods to configure the IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 s IP Address For more details about network settings see the Network Settings sec...

Page 15: ...most applications you should assign a fixed IP address to your IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 Factory Default IP Address IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 products are configured with the following default private IP a...

Page 16: ...re generated using IE CS 2TX 2RS232 485 1 From the Windows desktop click on Start and then select Run 2 Type telnet 192 168 1 110 use the correct IP address if different from the default in the Open t...

Page 17: ...5 Initial IP Address Configuration 3 4 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 7 Pres...

Page 18: ...is already installed under Windows XP operating system although other similar utilities may also be used ATTENTION The Serial Console is serial port 1 of the IE CS T 2TX 2RS232 485 and it is the DB9 s...

Page 19: ...nection window 4 Select following Communication Parameter for the console connection 19200 for Bits per second 8 for Data Bits None for Parity and 1 for Stop Bits and None for Flow control Click on OK...

Page 20: ...e password when prompted Note that this page will only appear when the IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 has been set up for password protection 8 Start configuring the IP address under Network Settings Refer to...

Page 21: ...puter 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 T...

Page 22: ...ilable TCP Server TCP Client and UDP Server Client The main difference between the TCP and UDP protocols is that TCP guarantees delivery of data by requiring the recipient to send an acknowledgement t...

Page 23: ...ng the host computer to establish a connection with and get data from the serial device This operation mode also supports up to eight simultaneous connections so that multiple hosts can collect data f...

Page 24: ...PDA and the serial device is connected to the RS 232 port of the other IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 The two IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 units are then connected to each other with a cross over Ethernet cable bo...

Page 25: ...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 Telne...

Page 26: ...port Basic Settings Network Settings SNMP Settings IP Address Report Serial Settings Serial Parameters Operating Settings Real COM Mode RFC2217 Mode TCP Server Mode TCP Client Mode UDP Mode Pair Conne...

Page 27: ...n over the Ethernet Note if the IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 is not password protected you will not be prompted to enter a password ATTENTION If you use a web browser other than IE remember to enable the al...

Page 28: ...t enable the cookie function in your browser If the cookie function is disabled you will not be allowed to enter the Web Console screen Quick Setup streamlines the configuration of your IE CS T 2TX xR...

Page 29: ...el and to go back to main menu and choose Operating Settings to select suitable settings 3 In the Step 3 3 you can modify the serial settings 4 Review your settings on the Finish Settings page If you...

Page 30: ...xport Import Export Import allows you to back up and recover your settings Click Export to store all configuration data into a default file Servername txt Click the Import button to upload a configura...

Page 31: ...sable both the Web console and Telnet console you can still use the SE Converter Administrator to configure the IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 either locally or remotely over the network Refer to Chapter 6 fo...

Page 32: ...P 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 the network hosts at one...

Page 33: ...DNS feature you need to configure the DNS server Doing so allows the IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 to use a host s domain name to access the host The IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 provides DNS server 1 and DNS ser...

Page 34: ...ort function There are two ways to develop an Auto IP report server to receive the IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 s Auto IP report 1 Use the SE Converter Administrator s IP Address Report function 2 Use Auto...

Page 35: ...ameters in your Serial Device s user s manual You should set up the IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 s serial parameters with the same communication parameters being used by your serial devices Baudrate Setting...

Page 36: ...IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 s serial ports provide a 16 byte FIFO in the Tx and Rx directions To prevent unexpected communication disable the FIFO setting if your serial device does not offer FIFO Interfa...

Page 37: ...meter of the firmware s settings and not those of your application program AP Application software that is based on the COM driver will receive a driver response of success when the software uses any...

Page 38: ...onal If left blank then Delimiter 1 alone trips the clearing of the buffer If the size of the serial data received is greater than 1 KB the IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 will automatically pack the data and...

Page 39: ...attached to the IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 should send that series of characters during a time interval that is less than the Force transmit timeout of the IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 and the total length of d...

Page 40: ...col 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 the IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 fetches the serial...

Page 41: ...ter 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 t...

Page 42: ...st group has been successfully transmitted If you select Yes for Ignore jammed IP hosts that are not responding will be ignored but the data will still be transmitted to all the other hosts Allow driv...

Page 43: ...ng through the serial port the IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 stores the data in the internal buffer The IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 transmits data stored in the buffer via TCP IP but only if the internal buffer i...

Page 44: ...tivity during this given time Inactivity time Setting Factory Default Necessity 0 to 65535 ms 0 ms Optional 0 ms TCP connection is not closed due to an idle serial line 0 65535 ms The IE CS T 2TX xRS2...

Page 45: ...data will still be transmitted to the other hosts 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...

Page 46: ...timeout The optimal Force transmit timeout depends on your application but it must be at least larger than one character interval within the specified baudrate For example assume that the serial port...

Page 47: ...default A TCP connection will be established on startup and will remain active indefinitely Any Character None A TCP connection will be established when any character is received from the serial inte...

Page 48: ...ately packs all data currently in its buffer and sends it out the IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 s Ethernet port ATTENTION Delimiter 2 is optional If left blank then Delimiter 1 alone trips clearing of the bu...

Page 49: ...0 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 50: ...communicate group membership information between hosts and routers on a LAN IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 supports IGMP version 2 You could key in the IP ex 239 1 1 1 that multicast group assigned into the c...

Page 51: ...the port No 4001 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 you select Pair Connection Slave...

Page 52: ...485 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...

Page 53: ...tings 15 AT C Serial port DCD control AT C0 DCD always on AT C1 DTE detects connection by DCD on off default 16 AT D Serial port DTR control AT D0 recognize DTE always ready AT D1 AT D2 reply DTE when...

Page 54: ...Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 to 65535 4001 Required The TCP port that other devices must use to contact this device To avoid conflicts with standard TCP ports the default is set to 4001 Revers...

Page 55: ...the data will be transmitted out the serial port with an added carriage return line feed if you select the CR LF option i e the cursor will jump to the next line and return to the first character of t...

Page 56: ...a specific IP address can access the IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 Enter IP address 255 255 255 255 e g 192 168 1 1 255 255 255 255 Hosts on a specific subnet can access the IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 Enter IP...

Page 57: ...d 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 Defau...

Page 58: ...ator When authentication failure occurs the IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 will immediately send an e mail or send an SNMP trap IP address changed The user has changed the IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 s IP address...

Page 59: ...h in red until the warning event ceases DCD changed The DCD Data Carrier Detect signal has changed also indicating that the modem connection status has changed For example a DCD change to high also me...

Page 60: ...nally compare your IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 firmware to the version currently available at the Weidm ller website www weidmueller com If there is a new firmware version you can download it and click Imp...

Page 61: ...Web Console Configuration 5 36 Monitor Async Click Async under Monitor to show the current status of the serial port Monitor Async Settings Click Async Setting under Monitor to show the run time setti...

Page 62: ...ssword boxes blank to erase the password If the password is erased then IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 will not have password protection ATTENTION If you forget the password the ONLY way to configure IE CS T...

Page 63: ...ault This function will reset all of IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 s settings to the factory default values Be aware that previous settings will be lost Save Restart Click Save Restart will save the current...

Page 64: ...ware Export Configuration Import Configuration Monitor Port Monitor COM Mapping On line COM Mapping Off line COM Mapping COM Grouping Creating a COM Group Deleting a COM Group Adding a Port to a COM G...

Page 65: ...n is an integrated software suite that bundles SE Converter Administrator and the IP Serial Library and provides everything you need to manage monitor and modify your IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 from a rem...

Page 66: ...3 4 Click Install to proceed with the installation 5 The Installing window reports the progress of the installation 6 Click Next to proceed with the installation 7 Click Finish to complete the instal...

Page 67: ...the right section The activity Log which displays messages that record the user s processing history is shown in the bottom section Broadcast Search The Broadcast Search function is used to locate al...

Page 68: ...RS232 485 s are the ones you wish to configure To configure an IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 place the cursor over the row displaying that IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 s information and then double click the left...

Page 69: ...king terminology Lock The IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 is password protected Broadcast Search was used to locate it and the password has not yet been entered from within the current Administrator session Un...

Page 70: ...2 485 In this section we illustrate how to access the IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 s configuration utility You should first make sure that you can connect over the network from your computer to the IE CS T...

Page 71: ...Start Programs Weidm ller SE Converter Administration S E Converter Administrator 2 Unlock the IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 you wish to configure if it is password protected Right click a specific IE CS T 2...

Page 72: ...rom a file into one or more of the same model IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 To import a configuration first select the target servers click the right mouse button and then select Import Configuration Follow...

Page 73: ...er Function use Broadcast Search to locate all IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 on your LAN 2 Next click Monitor Add Target and select your targets from the list and then click OK Once the Monitor function is r...

Page 74: ...rrowhead buttons to move all items in one box to the other 6 Select a Refresh Rate the default is 3 seconds on the General Settings page 7 On the Advanced Settings page select Display warning message...

Page 75: ...485 list section and select Go to start Monitoring the IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 9 For this example the IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 shown in the list will be monitored 10 When one of the IE CS T 2TX xRS232 4...

Page 76: ...s now Alive 13 The IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485s that were reconnected and are now Alive will be shown in black color Port Monitor The process described here is the same as in the previous Monitor section T...

Page 77: ...he IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 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...

Page 78: ...Settings to modify COM No default setting etc 6 Select the COM Number COM ports that are In use or Assigned will also be indicated in this drop down list If you select multiple serial ports or multip...

Page 79: ...more time on the order of several hundred milliseconds than a native COM1 because it needs to work via Ethernet That s why the native COM ports on the motherboard can work fast with this function cal...

Page 80: ...computer will not have the ability to use the COM port until after Apply Change is selected 9 Select Discard Change to tell Administrator NOT to save the COM Mapping information to the host 10 To sav...

Page 81: ...M Grouping function is designed to simulate the multi drop behavior of serial communication over an Ethernet network COM Grouping allows you to create a COM Group and redirect data from it to several...

Page 82: ...one of the ports already assigned to a member of the COM Group However once the COM Group is configured all of the original COM number s within the group will be released simultaneously ATTENTION The...

Page 83: ...o set Signal Status in order to control the data transmission with specified control signals e g DTR RTS You can assign one serial port whose signals will be taken into account by the COM Group 5 Clic...

Page 84: ...ly to apply the settings 6 Finally click Yes to confirm Deleting a COM Group Follow the steps below to delete a COM Group and then auto assign COM numbers for each port in the Group 1 Select all seria...

Page 85: ...the Auto enumerating COM number for selected ports to use the COM number you select as the first starting COM number and then click OK 3 You will be able to view the serial ports that were assigned to...

Page 86: ...elect the serial port that you are adding and right click to select COM Settings 2 Select the COM number of the COM Group you are adding and check mark the Grouping selected port s together check box...

Page 87: ...to confirm Removing a Port from a COM Group Follow the steps below to remove a serial port from a COM Group 1 Select a serial port in the Group and right click to select COM Settings 2 Select a COM n...

Page 88: ...he Group Click Apply to apply the settings 4 Finally click Yes to confirm Modify Ports in a COM Group In the following subsections we examine three ways in which the serial ports in a COM Group can be...

Page 89: ...COM number that is not in use or assigned to a Group 3 Select the Grouping selected port s together checkbox and then click OK 4 You will be able to view the serial ports that were assigned to and rem...

Page 90: ...ly click Yes to confirm Changing Advanced Settings and Serial Parameters of the COM Group 1 Check the port specified on the COM Grouping page as the signal port 2 Select the Signal Status controlled p...

Page 91: ...IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 IP Serial LIB 6 28 3 The Advanced Settings and Serial Parameters pages will be available for modification...

Page 92: ...IP Serial LIB 6 29 Changing the Serial Port Specified as Signal Port for the COM Group 1 Selecta serial port in the Group and then right click and select COM Settings 2 Check the Grouping selected por...

Page 93: ...in a dynamic IP environment users must spend more time with IP management tasks IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 products help out by periodically reporting their IP address to the IP location server in case th...

Page 94: ...IP Serial LIB 6 31 3 Configure the Local Listen Port to be the same as the IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 s Auto report to UDP port setting 4 Click Go to start receiving the Auto IP address report from the I...

Page 95: ...Port Pinout Diagrams Ethernet Port Pinouts RS 232 422 485 male DB9 Pinouts RS 422 485 5 contact terminal block Pinouts for the IE CS T 2TX 1RS232 485 Power Input and Relay Output Pinouts Serial Cable...

Page 96: ...B 4 DTR RxD A Data A 5 GND GND GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Note The IE CS T 2TX 1RS232 485s DB9 ports only support RS 232 signals RS 422 485 5 contact terminal block Pinouts for the IE...

Page 97: ...IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 Pinouts and Cable Wiring A 3 Serial Cable Wiring Diagrams Female DB9 to Male DB9 Female DB9 to Male DB25 IE CS IE CS...

Page 98: ...IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 Pinouts and Cable Wiring A 4 Ethernet Cables...

Page 99: ...wn 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 know...

Page 100: ...ol 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 We...

Page 101: ...s ifPhysAddress ipInUnknownProtos IcmpInRedirects ifAdminStatus ipInDiscards IcmpInEchos ifOperStatus ipInDelivers IcmpInEchoReps ifLastChange ipOutRequests IcmpInTimestamps ifInOctets ipOutDiscards I...

Page 102: ...snmpInBadValues AtIfIndex tcpCurrEstab snmpInReadOnlys AtPhysAddress tcpInSegs snmpInGenErrs AtNetAddress tcpOutSegs snmpInTotalReqVars Address Translation MIB TCP MIB SNMP MIB AtNetAddress tcpRetrans...

Page 103: ...32PortEntry rs232AsyncPortEntry rs232PortIndex rs232AsyncPortIndex rs232PortType rs232AsyncPortBits rs232PortInSigNumber rs232AsyncPortStopBits rs232PortOutSigNumber rs232AsyncPortParity rs232PortInSp...

Page 104: ...receiving it But the IE CS T 2TX xRS232 485 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 IE CS T 2TX...

Page 105: ...se undesired operation FCC Warning 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 pro...

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