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Serial-Ethernet Server

STE-601C

User’s Manual

Version 1.3

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Page 1: ...Serial Ethernet Server STE 601C User s Manual Version 1 3...

Page 2: ...is to be used for any other purposes and it is not to be reproduced copied disclosed transmitted stored in a retrieval system or translated into any human or computer language in any form by any means...

Page 3: ...ent is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and radiates radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interf...

Page 4: ...ARE CONFIGURATION 12 4 1 CONFIGURATION SET BY MONITOR EXE UTILITY 12 4 2 CONFIGURATION SET BY TELNET UTILITY 12 4 3 CONFIGURATION SET BY HYPER TERMINAL CONSOLE UTILITY 22 4 4 CONFIGURATION SET BY WEB...

Page 5: ...3 Power terminal block connector 42 A 4 BUZZER LED MESSAGE 42 A 4 1 Buzzer 42 A 4 2 LAN LED 42 A 4 3 COM Port LED 43 A 4 4 RUN LED 43 APPENDIX B UPGRADE SYSTEM SOFTWARE 44 B 1 UPGRADE PROCEDURES 44 B...

Page 6: ...control program run in STE 601C transforms whatever data received from RS 232 RS 485 to TCP UDP port then connect devices to the Ethernet network via a single application program or multiple applicati...

Page 9: ...ent factory settings Figure 2 1 Nomenclature of STE 601C components 2 2 MODE Switch This sets or initializes the operating mode for the STE 601C The factory default setting is that Switch 1 SW1 and Sw...

Page 10: ...dress 10 0 50 100 Gateway 10 0 0 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 User Name admin Password Null COM 1 9600 None 8 1 No flow control buffer disabled packet delimiter timer 2ms Link 1 Type TCP Server Listen...

Page 11: ...and default password null 2 Only TCP IP packet with destination port number 1 will lead STE 601C to reboot and change the IP address 3 3 Auto IP A DHCP server automatically assigns the IP address and...

Page 12: ...11 3 4 TCP IP Port Number Port number 4660 is default of STE 601C and is associated with serial port COM1 respectively After your application program connects to the TCP port 4660 of STE 601C data be...

Page 13: ...password of STE 601C from the utility For more details of the utility please refer to Appendix D Configuration Utility 4 2 Configuration set by Telnet utility You can use Telnet utility to change con...

Page 14: ...c All rights reserved 13 NOTE 1 If STE 601C does not receive any command within 1 minute Telnet will be terminated automatically 2 The changes of networking parameters will take effect only when you e...

Page 15: ...Technologies Inc All rights reserved 14 This page gives you the general information of STE 601C including IP and MAC address SNMP information kernel and AP version and connection status of the device...

Page 16: ...ase notice that any setting change made on this page won t take effect until you restart the device Change the password 1 Select 3 from Input choice and enter 0 4 the following screen appears 2 If you...

Page 17: ...ers of COM1 setting which include COM1 working mode port parameters enabling or disabling serial buffer s data and setting packet delimiter LINK1 Setup Type 1 from Input choice and enter 1 4 of COM1 t...

Page 18: ...ual Version 1 2 Devolinx Serial Ethernet Server STE 601C Copyright 2007 Aaxeon Technologies Inc All rights reserved 17 Configure STE 601C as TCP client the destination IP is 10 0 29 123 destination po...

Page 19: ...al port is 4660 the destination IP is 10 0 29 254 destination port is 1234 COM port setting Type 2 from Input choice and enter 1 4 of COM1 the following screen appears you can then give the COM port a...

Page 20: ...a buffer Type 3 from Input choice and enter 1 4 of COM1 by default COM port serial data buffer is enabled meaning that when TCP IP Ethernet connection is broken serial data collected from serial devic...

Page 21: ...ket delimiter Packet delimiter is a way of controlling packets within serial communication It can prevent packets from being cut thus keep the packets complete STE 601C provides two ways of parameter...

Page 22: ...l Version 1 2 Devolinx Serial Ethernet Server STE 601C Copyright 2007 Aaxeon Technologies Inc All rights reserved 21 You can also choose character pattern as the packet delimiter indicated in the foll...

Page 23: ...ssories Communication Hyper Terminal set COM2 parameters as follows Baud rate 9600 bps Data bit 8 bits Parity None Stop bit 1bit Flow control None Note At present time baud rate is fixed at 9600 8 n 1...

Page 24: ...interface To do so please follow the steps below Log in to the system 1 From web browser type in the IP address of STE 601C in the URL Example http 10 0 50 100 2 The following authentication screen ap...

Page 25: ...e default key of product to reset password to the default value Network setup Click on the Networking link and the following screen appears Fill in IP information under TCP IP field Alternatively you...

Page 26: ...in COM1 parameter information under COM1 field then click on Save Configuration button to save the changes LINK1 Setup 1 Click on the COM1 link and the following screen appears you can configure STE...

Page 27: ...601C as TCP client the destination IP is 10 0 29 11 destination port is 4660 Pair Connection In the case of the serial connection is established with two or more STE 601C to send data over Ethernet ne...

Page 28: ...ght 2007 Aaxeon Technologies Inc All rights reserved 27 Configure STE 601C as UDP mode Local port is 4660 destination IP is 10 0 29 254 and destination port is 1234 2 Click on Save Configuration to sa...

Page 29: ...n IP address and port number on a STE 601C that connects the serial line device to the network The following figure is Virtual COM connection diagram 4 5 1 Setup of a virtual COM driver Pre installati...

Page 30: ...all Virtual COM for your operating system In the end of the installation please select one or two COM ports to become the Virtual COM ports Uninstalling 1 From Windows Start menu select Setting Contro...

Page 31: ...echnologies Inc All rights reserved 30 For the users of Mitsubishi A Series PLC it may be recommended to enable Mitsubishi A Series PLC in the case of some connection problems occurred Or you can enab...

Page 32: ...Inc All rights reserved 31 local port number for COM1 then enable virtual COM as shown in the following figure 4 5 2 2 Run Serial IP program on monitoring PC In the Window Start Menu select the Seria...

Page 33: ...COM port as follows 1 Select a COM port in the list 2 For IP Address of Server enter a numeric IP address for the serial server 3 For Port Number enter the TCP port number that the serial server uses...

Page 34: ...tocol the setting must match the TCP IP protocol that the serial server supports The Configuration Wizard is usually able to determine the correct setting 7 For COM Port Options the settings must matc...

Page 35: ...y popular SNMP Network management platforms such as HP OpenView and SunNet Manager to conduct monitoring on the device Depending on the network management tools you are using device STE 601C informati...

Page 36: ...rly configure the parameters of STE 601C including connection type IP address gateway IP address and network mask accordingly see chapter 3 Hardware Installation section 3 Configure STE 601C as TCP Se...

Page 37: ...ablished the Reply messages are displayed otherwise it will indicate Request timed out 7 2 Use monitor exe Configuration Utility Program Use monitor exe configuration program that comes with the produ...

Page 38: ...User s Manual Version 1 2 Devolinx Serial Ethernet Server STE 601C Copyright 2007 Aaxeon Technologies Inc All rights reserved 37 For example s means that COM1 is server mode and is not connected...

Page 39: ...d hardware auto reset y Power failure threshold 4 75V Serial Port Communication y One RS 232 or RS 485 selectable y RS 232 EIA RS 232C standard Full Duplex 8 pins Mini DIN or 5 pins terminal block y R...

Page 40: ...y Configuration information for both TCP IP and serial ports is kept in the EEPROM y Configuration utilities of Windows 95 98 2000 NT XP 2003 are provided for configuring settings Internal Buffer Size...

Page 41: ...DB9 connector is shown in the following table Pin RS 232 Full Duplex RS 485 2 wire Half Duplex RS 485 422 4 wire Full Duplex 1 DCD N A N A 2 RXD N A reserved TXD 3 TXD DATA RXD 4 DTR N A N A 5 SG Sig...

Page 42: ...while RS232 or RS422 uses RTS R TxD R CTS T and RxD T for communicating data A 3 2 Ethernet Port RJ 45 1 Category 5 UTP cable 8 core wire 2 RJ45 Connector 3 RJ45 Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 568A De...

Page 43: ...al of a UTP cable A 3 3 Power terminal block connector A 4 Buzzer LED Message A 4 1 Buzzer Beep twice Beep off Message Description 1sec Watchdog problem return service is required Memory problem retur...

Page 44: ...LED Message Description LED off No data is transmitting on COM port LED on blinking state Data is transmitting on COM port Table 3 COM Port LED Message A 4 4 RUN LED Message Description LED on Jumper...

Page 45: ...m to verify their availability 2 Prepare the download tool Execute the utility program download bat and press any key to edit its configuration file dapdl cfg dapdl cfg file can be found in the produc...

Page 46: ...e upgrading process finishes STE 601C will program the flash memory and buzzer beeps 6 times then restarts Normally it takes around 10 seconds to complete the programming process If an error occurs du...

Page 47: ...User s Manual Version 1 2 Devolinx Serial Ethernet Server STE 601C Copyright 2007 Aaxeon Technologies Inc All rights reserved 46 Configuration file Remote IP not found Open configuration file failure...

Page 48: ...hat you downloaded a wrong version of firmware that caused the system crashed To disable the current version of firmware and prevent it from executing please do the followings 1 Turn the power off ope...

Page 49: ...ional Devices You may do the following steps to detect devices currently available on the network 1 Start monitor exe utility program 2 Select an item from the Broadcast IP list 3 Specify a number in...

Page 50: ...ll rights reserved 49 Figure D2 Configuration dialog box 3 After you click the Configure Now button the target device will return an ACK message indicating the modification is successful as shown in t...

Page 51: ...this utility program detected Retry Specify the number of times that an Invite request is re sent Locate Locate the specified device Reset Reset the selected device Config Configure the selected devi...

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