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Page 1: ...l service in house repair center WE BUY USED EQUIPMENT Sell your excess underutilized and idle used equipment We also offer credit for buy backs and trade ins www artisantg com WeBuyEquipment REMOTE INSPECTION Remotely inspect equipment before purchasing with our interactive website at www instraview com LOOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION Visit us on the web at www artisantg com for more information on ...

Page 2: ...CoBox Universal Thin Server Installation Guide ...

Page 3: ...DDRESS 3 1 PORT NUMBER 3 1 4 CONFIGURATION NETWORK CONFIGURATION 4 1 FACTORY IP ADDRESS 4 1 INITIAL IP ADDRESS SETTING 4 1 SERIAL CONFIGURATION 4 2 CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS 4 3 BASIC PARAMETERS 4 3 Ethernet Interface 4 3 IP Address 4 3 Gateway IP Address 4 3 Netmask 4 3 Telnet Config Password 4 3 CHANNEL SPECIFIC PARAMETERS 4 4 Interface Mode 4 4 Flow Control 4 5 Port Number 4 5 Remote IP Address ...

Page 4: ...ANNEL 2 6 1 CONNECTOR PINOUT RS 422 485 6 2 LINE INTERFACE DESCRIPTION 6 2 First Channel RS 232C 6 2 Secondary RS 232C Interface 6 2 RS 422 485 Interface 6 3 7 APPLICATION EXAMPLES ASCII TERMINAL TO HOST FOR LOGIN 7 1 RS 485 2 WIRE PROLONGATION OVER NETWORK 7 1 TELNET SERVER FOR DEVICE MANAGEMENT 7 2 PRINTER CONNECTION 7 2 Software Handshake 7 3 Printer Ready Signal 7 3 8 LED STATUS DISPLAY YELLOW...

Page 5: ...WEIGHT 9 1 A TOKEN RING SPECIFIC B IP ADDRESSES NETMASK ETC C BINARY TO HEX CONVERSION WARRANTY AND DECLARATIONS ...

Page 6: ...r example terminals time attendance and data collection devices CNC controllers industrial robots data display units instruments printers modems Depending on the model used UTS s have different network interfaces to connect peripherals The UTS connects peripherals through a transparent TCP data channel or a Telnet connection to computers or another UTS Datagrams protocol blocks can be sent by UDP ...

Page 7: ...l 2 up to 115k Baud Figure 2 1 2 2 Network Interface Ethernet models support 10Mbit Token Ring models support 4 and 16Mbit network speed switch or jumper selectable Token Ring Source Bridge routing and administered address is fully supported 2 3 Hardware Address 2 3 1 Network Hardware Address The hardware address of the UTS can be calculated from the serial number and type First three bytes are fi...

Page 8: ...bD9 and RJ 45 Ring speed 4 16Mbit switch selectable from outside of UTS Figure 2 3 2 4 Power Supply Depending on the model the UTS has different power supply needs In Europe 230VAC and USA 110VAC the UTS external models are shipped with an AC power adapter Power consumption varies with connected transceivers phantom current etc Typically the Ethernet version consumes around 250mA with the 10BaseT ...

Page 9: ...base The standard algorithm is optimized for applications where UTS is used in a local environment allowing for very small delays for single characters while trying to keep the packet count low The alternate packing algorithm minimizes the packet count on the network and is especially useful for applications in routed Wide Area Networks Various parameters can be set in this mode to economize the s...

Page 10: ...to one host to the Telnet port however the other peer IP address port number combination must be different In the UTS a different port number for each channel must be configured The UTS uses this port number as the source port in outgoing messages and receives connections or UDP datagrams which are addressed to this number Port 9999 decimal is used for remote configuration ...

Page 11: ...blished 4 2 Factory IP Address The UTS serial servers are shipped with the following default IP addresses Factory IP Address UTS Type 194 039 078 254 Ethernet External Version 194 039 079 254 Token Ring External Version 194 039 078 253 Ethernet Mini Version 194 039 079 253 Token Ring Mini Version Figure 4 1 4 3 Initial IP Address Setting If the IP Address of the UTS is unknown or undefined the fol...

Page 12: ...at step telnet 191 12 3 77 1 c Open a Telnet connection to port 9999 and set all required parameters telnet 191 12 3 77 9999 NOTE The temporary IP address is reverted after every power reset of the UTS Be sure to log into UTS and store the parameters to make the changes permanent 4 4 Serial Configuration An ASCII terminal or PC with a terminal emulation is connected to the first serial port of the...

Page 13: ... address is needed to communicate to other LAN segments The default gateway must be set to address the router that connects these segments This address must be within the local network If in doubt consult the network administrator 4 6 4 Netmask A netmask defines how many bits from the IP address are to be taken as the network section and how many bits are to be taken as the host section reminder S...

Page 14: ... entered in hexadecimal notation Function 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 RS 232C 0 0 RS 422 485 0 1 RS 485 2 wire 1 1 7 Bit 1 0 8 Bit 1 1 No Parity 0 0 Even Parity 1 1 Odd Parity 0 1 1 Stop bit 0 1 2 Stop bit 1 1 Figure 4 2 Common settings RS 232C 8 bit No Parity 1 stop 0x4C RS 232C 7 bit Even Parity 1 stop 0x78 RS 485 2 Wire 8 bit No Parity 1 stop 0x4F RS 422 8 bit Odd Parity 2 stop 0xDD The bit combination can...

Page 15: ...al conflicts although these are unlikely If the UDP Datagram mode is selected the port number is used as the UDP source port number for outgoing datagrams datagrams sent to the UTS with this port number are received to this channel 4 7 4 Remote IP Address If automatic connection mode is selected a connection is made to this IP address and the set remote port number In manual connection mode the pa...

Page 16: ...h any character on serial line 0 0 0 1 start connection with active going DTR line 0 0 1 0 start connection with CR 0x0d only 0 0 1 1 Manual connection startup C address 0 1 0 0 Datagram Mode separate doc 1 1 0 0 Figure 4 3 Please refer to Appendix C on converting values to hexadecimal format 4 7 7 Automatic Connection Address For each serial port an automatic TCP connection can be programmed thes...

Page 17: ... another bit in the disconnect mode UTS can be forced into Telnet terminal mode and the setup for the terminal name can be enabled activate Telnet mode and terminal type setup 40 4 7 10 Buffer Flushing With this parameter it is possible to control line handling and network buffers with connection startup and disconnect Also selection between two different packing algorithms is possible Function 7 ...

Page 18: ...fines the time period after which all accumulated characters are sent regardless of the recognition of send characters In some applications CRC Checksum or other trailers follow the end_of_sequence character In these cases this option helps to adapt frame transmission to the frame boundary If Bit 4 is set UTS interprets the Sendchars as a 2 byte sequence if reset they will be interpreted independe...

Page 19: ...ppears only if terminal type option is enabled by setting Bit 6 in the disconnect mode If set the terminal name used for the Telnet terminal type exchange option can be set here Only one name can be entered If Terminal type option is enabled UTS also reacts to the EOR end of record and binary options which can be used for applications like terminal emulation to IBM hosts contact Lantronix for deta...

Page 20: ...enter xx2 new function with Version 2 05 and later 5 1 Monitor Commands The following commands are available in the monitor mode Many commands have an IP address as an optional parameter x x x x If it is given the command is applied to another UTS with that IP address If no IP address is given the command is executed locally All commands must be given in capital letters only blanks spaces are acce...

Page 21: ...wer while reprogramming will result in a corrupt program image and a nonfunctional UTS The following figure displays a typical screen while programming new firmware After a complete reprogramming the UTS restarts Figure 5 1 5 3 Distribute Firmware To distribute the firmware of one UTS to others the SF command is used After entering Monitor mode on the UTS simply send the firmware with the SF comma...

Page 22: ...Monitor mode and Firmware Upgrade 5 3 NOTE The file to be downloaded must be the ROM binary image and not the hex version File size should be 32768 or 65536 bytes Figure 5 2 ...

Page 23: ...Ground 8 from UTS DCD Data carrier detect 20 to UTS DTR Data Terminal Ready Figure 6 1 NOTE Please make sure that other pins are not connected as there are other signals on the connector Improper wiring of these pins might damage the UTS 6 2 Connector Pinout RS 232C Channel 2 This connector is available on the UTS External Models Configuration is PC like 9pin male DB but the signals are different ...

Page 24: ...ace of the UTS is designed to be used like a standard DCE data communications equipment modem UTS transmits data received from the network to RxD pin 3 and sends data received on TxD pin 2 to the network Hardware handshake is controlled by means of the signals RTS pin 4 and CTS pin 5 UTS driven The DSR line pin 6 is active hardwired If a connection to from the channel is active to a peer on the ne...

Page 25: ...cations selectable by one bit in the IF Mode interface mode Only TxD and RxD signals are available When two wire operation mode is selected the UTS automatically switches the transmitter off after the last data byte and suppresses the echo from the line UTS RS 485 input and output must be connected together externally ...

Page 26: ...onnect feature is disabled 00 7 2 RS 485 2 wire Prolongation Over Network Two UTSes are used for this application one at the local site and one at the remote site Only Channel 1 can be used because Channel 2 supports only RS 232 Assuming that one device initiates the dialog the following shows a sample setting Interface mode can be set based on RS 485 on 4 wire or 2 wire applications See Figure 4 ...

Page 27: ... the network and so connects directly to the serial port It is necessary to either set the port number to 23 the Telnet service standard or to explicitly enable the Telnet functionality by setting bit6 hex 40 in the disconnect mode Recommended settings Connect Mode C0 or 40 if inactive DTR signals that the device is not available Disconnect Mode 40 to enable telnet server Flush Mode 80 Sendchars 0...

Page 28: ...nnect the RTS and CTS wires It may be advisable to jumper the inputs to always active 7 4 2 Printer Ready Signal If a DTE printer has a ready signal paper installed etc it can be used to deny the connection if not ready In this case this signal must be connected to the UTS DTR signal and the connection setup should be set to accept only with active DTR ...

Page 29: ...olor Channel idle no connection Blinking 1 sec cycle Connected over the network 8 2 Red LED If the red LED is on or blinking the green LED will give a diagnostics code There is a fatal error and the UTS is not working Red LED stable on green LED blinking 1x EPROM checksum error 2x RAM error 3x Network controller error Token Ring 4x E PROM checksum error or bad 5x IP address already used on network...

Page 30: ...lectable 300 to 115k baud Software selectable RS 232C or RS 422 485 Second channel RS 232C interface 9 3 Network Interface 15 pin AUI interface External Ethernet only for transceiver connection to Thick Wire Ethernet Thinner Ethernet fiber optics Integrated 10 BaseT port RJ 45 connector 9 4 Power Supply Power Plug supplied or 15 30 Volt DC max 800mA 9 5 Power Consumption max 9 Watt 9 6 LEDs Three ...

Page 31: ...ring master If there is no other device in the ring it may take up to 30 seconds until the ring insertion process is completed and the red LED stops blinking A 2 Network Interface The Token Ring version of UTS has a standard D Shell 9pin female connector STP to be connected to standard Token Ring drop cables and an RJ 45 connector UTP to be connected to an UTP Token Ring MAU The used connector wil...

Page 32: ...Token Ring specific A 3 Token Ring Simulator The following schematic defines a simple Token Ring simulator that can be used to test the NTS Network interface without a MAU Figure A 1 ...

Page 33: ... network In the following x stands for the host part of the IP address B 2 Class A Network IP address 1 x x x to 127 x x x Only 127 different networks of this class exist These have a very large number of potential connected devices up to 16 777 216 Example 10 0 0 1 network 10 host 0 0 1 B 3 Class B Network IP address 128 0 x x to 191 255 xxx xxx These networks are used for large company networks ...

Page 34: ...dcast addresses must not be used as a host address e g 192 168 0 0 identifies the entire network 192 168 0 255 identifies the broadcast address B 7 IP Netmask The netmask is used to divide the IP address differently from the standard defined by the classes A B C A netmask defines how many bits from the IP address are to be taken as the network section and how many bits are to be taken as the host ...

Page 35: ...If your network is not connected to the Internet and there are no plans to make such a connection you may use any IP address you wish If you are not connected to the Internet and have plans to connect or you are connected to the Internet and want to operate your NTSes on an Intranet you should use one of the sub networks below These network numbers have been reserved for such networks If you have ...

Page 36: ...g IP addressing see the following documents These can be located on the World Wide Web using one of the directories or indices RFC 950 Internet Standard Subnetting Procedure RFC 1700 Assigned Numbers RFC 1117 Internet Numbers RFC 1597 Address Allocation for Private Internets ...

Page 37: ...n chart bin dec hex C 1 Bin DEC Hex Table Decimal Binary Hexadecimal 0 0000 0 1 0001 1 2 0010 2 3 0011 3 4 0100 4 5 0101 5 6 0110 6 7 0111 7 8 1000 8 9 1001 9 10 1010 A 11 1011 B 12 1100 C 13 1101 D 14 1110 E 15 1111 F Figure C 1 To convert a binary value to a hexadecimal representation the upper and lower four bits are treated separately resulting in a two digit hexadecimal number ...

Page 38: ...oftware revisions required hereunder cover supply of distribution media only and do not cover or include any installation The customer is responsible for return of media to Lantronix and Lantronix for freight associated with replacement media being returned to the customer Lantronix shall have no obligation to make repairs or to cause replacement required through normal wear and tear of necessitat...

Page 39: ...ny special indirect incidental or consequential damage or loss of equipment plant or power system cost of capital loss of profits or revenues cost of replacement power additional expenses in the use of existing software hardware equipment or facilities or claims against the user by its employees or customers resulting from the use of the information recommendations descriptions and safety notation...

Page 40: ...4 2 1995 Electro Static Discharge Test IEC 6100 4 3 1996 Radiated Immunity Field Test IEC 6100 4 4 1995 Electrical Fast Transient Test IEC 6100 4 5 1995 Power Supply Surge Test IEC 6100 4 6 1996 Conducted Immunity Test IEC 6100 4 8 1993 Magnetic Field Test IEC 6100 4 11 1994 Voltage Dips Interrupts Test L V D Directive 73 23 EEC Supplementary Information The product complies with the requirements ...

Page 41: ...l service in house repair center WE BUY USED EQUIPMENT Sell your excess underutilized and idle used equipment We also offer credit for buy backs and trade ins www artisantg com WeBuyEquipment REMOTE INSPECTION Remotely inspect equipment before purchasing with our interactive website at www instraview com LOOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION Visit us on the web at www artisantg com for more information on ...

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