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Documentation Number: LWS40xA-906m 

pn#7009-rev001

Black Box Corporation - 1001 Park Drive - Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 

www.blackbox.com 

-- Tech Support and Ordering: 724-746-5500 - Fax: 724-746-0746 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Summary of Contents for LWS401A

Page 1: ... PA 15055 1018 www blackbox com Tech Support and Ordering 724 746 5500 Fax 724 746 0746 R RS S 2 23 32 2 4 42 22 2 4 48 85 5 W Wi ir re el le es ss s S Se er ri ia al l S Se er rv ve er rs s M Mo od de el ls s L LW WS S4 40 01 1A A L LW WS S4 40 06 6A A L LW WS S4 40 02 2A A L LW WS S4 40 04 4A A ...

Page 2: ...Documentation Number LWS40xA 906m Black Box Corporation 1001 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 www blackbox com Tech Support and Ordering 724 746 5500 Fax 724 746 0746 ...

Page 3: ...FIGURING THE SERIAL PORT 16 CONFIGURING COMMUNICATIONS MODES AND PROTOCOLS 16 CONFIGURING NETWORK PROPERTIES 17 CONFIGURING WIRELESS PROPERTIES 17 MANAGING USERS ACCOUNTS 18 USING DEVICE STATUS INFORMATION 19 ii Table of Contents Documentation Number LWS40xA 906m Black Box Corporation 1001 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 www blackbox com Tech Support and Ordering 724 746 5500 Fax 724 746 0746 CH...

Page 4: ...nal power connectors Introduction 2 Chapter 1 Documentation Number LWS40xA 906m Black Box Corporation 1001 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 www blackbox com Tech Support and Ordering 724 746 5500 Fax 724 746 0746 Features Backward compatibility with 802 11b up to 11 Mbps Multi interface serial ports o The LWS401A features one RS 232 serial port using a standard DB 9M connector o The LWS406A featu...

Page 5: ...s is based on the IEEE 802 standard Some background on the standard follows Introduction 4 Chapter 1 Documentation Number LWS40xA 906m Black Box Corporation 1001 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 www blackbox com Tech Support and Ordering 724 746 5500 Fax 724 746 0746 802 11 Wireless Networking IEEE 802 11 is a set of standards that defines how multiple devices can communicate on a wireless networ...

Page 6: ...s using high gain antennae may achieve line of sight ranges of five miles or more Security is a significant concern for WLAN users Whether security threats originate intentionally or unintentionally wireless systems are more susceptible than wired systems LWS40xA offer several security options including WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy LEAP Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol and others Int...

Page 7: ...ndicate a completed boot sequence f When this sequence starts all of the LEDs will be lit for one half of a second after which they will resume their previous state Figure 2 LWS40xA LEDs Introduction 8 Chapter 1 Documentation Number LWS40xA 906m Black Box Corporation 1001 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 www blackbox com Tech Support and Ordering 724 746 5500 Fax 724 746 0746 4 Set Up PC 1 Config...

Page 8: ...wer LED Red Indicates the device is receiving power from an external source Signal Strength LED Tri color Indicates the connection quality Dark no connection or 0 signal strength Red poor signal represents 1 to 60 signal strength Blue acceptable signal represents 61 to 85 signal strength Green good signal represents 86 to 100 signal strength Link Activity LED Dark no wireless connection is being a...

Page 9: ... power used 24 VAC 1 DC GND Negative side of DC power supply if DC power used Internally the chassis ground of the Server is connected to this terminal 2 DC power supply Positive side of DC power supply if DC power used 12VDC to 30 VDC LWS40xA Hardware 12 Chapter 2 Documentation Number LWS40xA 906m Black Box Corporation 1001 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 www blackbox com Tech Support and Order...

Page 10: ...less access point which is connected to a PC via a wired network Figure 7 Connection via the Wireless LAN Other Hardware Connections Serial tunneling can occur between two LWS40xA serial servers communicating with individual access points and across a wired network Figure 8 Serial Tunneling via Infrastructure LWS40xA Hardware 14 Chapter 2 Documentation Number LWS40xA 906m Black Box Corporation 100...

Page 11: ...ox Corporation 1001 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 www blackbox com Tech Support and Ordering 724 746 5500 Fax 724 746 0746 You can change the Device Name of the serial server by typing in a different name For changes to take effect on this or any other Web Console page you must click the Apply button before navigating away from the page Configuring the Serial Port To configure the serial serve...

Page 12: ...atic addressing parameters Figure 11 The Web Console Device Network Settings Page Configuring Wireless Properties To view or change wireless properties click Wireless on the Web Console banner The Wireless Interface Configuration page appears Web Console 18 Chapter 4 Documentation Number LWS40xA 906m Black Box Corporation 1001 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 www blackbox com Tech Support and Ord...

Page 13: ... The Web Console Users Page Using Device Status Information To view or change device status properties click Status on the Web Console banner The following page will appear Figure 14 The Web Console Status Page Web Console 20 Chapter 4 Documentation Number LWS40xA 906m Black Box Corporation 1001 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 www blackbox com Tech Support and Ordering 724 746 5500 Fax 724 746 0...

Page 14: ...it would flood the network with all of the Ethernet overhead In this case the device would be better to wait for a moment and send a full Ethernet packet rather than a packet for each byte of data There are a number of different conditions that your LWS40xA can be configured to watch for when dealing with the data coming in through it s serial communication port s Polling Strings Timeouts Data Qua...

Page 15: ...t was found on A typical scan would look something like this After completing a network scan use the IP Address to browse to the Web Server to configure the device Device Communication Ports 24 Chapter 6 Documentation Number LWS40xA 906m Black Box Corporation 1001 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 www blackbox com Tech Support and Ordering 724 746 5500 Fax 724 746 0746 VCOM Port Setup To install a...

Page 16: ...s Supported TXDB TXDA RXDB RXDA and GND RS 485 Interface Lines Supported Data B Data A and GND Serial Data Rates 110 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 14400 19200 28800 38400 57600 115200 230400 bps LWS40xA Technical Data 26 Appendix A Documentation Number LWS40xA 906m Black Box Corporation 1001 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 www blackbox com Tech Support and Ordering 724 746 5500 Fax 724 746 0746 Pa...

Page 17: ... Serial server port 1 Baud Rate 9600 Data Stop 8 1 Parity None Flow Control None TCP UDP Protocol TCP Serial timeout 0 seconds TCP alive timeout 0 minutes Connection Mode Server TCP UDP port LWS401A 402A 404A 406A Port 1 4000 LWS402A 404A Port 2 4001 LWS404A Port 3 4002 LWS404A Port 4 4003 Serial port mode LWS40xA all ports RS 232 Max connection 1 Remote IP Address 255 255 255 255 LWS40xA Technica...

Page 18: ...Tech Support and Ordering 724 746 5500 Fax 724 746 0746 Figure 17 Dimensional Diagram of the LWS402A Figure 18 Dimensional Diagram of the LWS404A LWS40xA Technical Data 30 Appendix A Documentation Number LWS40xA 906m Black Box Corporation 1001 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 www blackbox com Tech Support and Ordering 724 746 5500 Fax 724 746 0746 ...

Page 19: ...DATA A 5 Signal Ground GND GND GND 6 Data Set Ready DSR In 7 Request To Send RTS Out 8 Clear To Send CTS In 9 Ring Indicator RI In Figure 19 DB 9 Pin outs for RS 232 422 485 RS 232 422 485 Connections 32 Appendix B Documentation Number LWS40xA 906m Black Box Corporation 1001 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 www blackbox com Tech Support and Ordering 724 746 5500 Fax 724 746 0746 Terminal Block Pi...

Page 20: ...0746 1 2 3 4 Signal Name Terminal AC Power Supply 24 VAC 1 AC Power Supply 24 VAC 2 DC Gnd 3 DC Power Supply 12 VDC to 30 VDC 4 Figure 21 Terminal Block Pin out for LWS40xA Power Supply Connection RS 232 422 485 Connections 34 Appendix B Documentation Number LWS40xA 906m Black Box Corporation 1001 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 www blackbox com Tech Support and Ordering 724 746 5500 Fax 724 746...

Page 21: ...rnet connector However this port is intended for direct connection to a PC for configuration purposes only and is not to be connected to a network A standard Ethernet cable can be used to connect the PC to the Configuration Port RJ 45 Pin Signal Wire Color RJ 45 Pin 1 TX White Green 1 2 TX Green 2 3 RX White Orange 3 4 Not used Blue 4 5 Not used White Blue 5 6 RX Orange 6 7 Not used White Brown 7 ...

Page 22: ...CONFORMITY Model Numbers LWS401A LWS406A LWS402A LWS404A Description Wireless Serial Servers Type Light industrial ITE equipment Application of Council Directive 89 336 EEC Standards EN 55022 EN 61001 6 1 EN 61001 4 1 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 6 4 8 4 11 Declaration of Conformity 38 Documentation Number LWS40xA 906m Black Box Corporation 1001 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 www blackbox com Tech Support and...

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