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Serial to Ethernet Converter

STE02W

USER MANUAL

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Summary of Contents for STE02W

Page 1: ...Serial to Ethernet Converter STE02W USER MANUAL V 1 2 ...

Page 2: ... 9 4 1 3 Connection to Power Line 9 4 1 4 Sample Configuration 10 4 2 Configuration Software 11 4 2 1 Software Installation 11 4 2 2 Configuring device with MG Device Wiz 13 4 3 Advanced Configuration 20 4 3 1 System Information 21 4 3 2 Serial Port Basic 22 4 3 3 Serial Port Port Services 23 4 3 4 Serial Port Advanced 25 4 3 5 Serial Port Statistics 25 4 3 6 Network Basic 26 4 3 7 Network Wireles...

Page 3: ...ples 34 5 1 Realport 34 5 1 1 STE02W Configuration 34 5 1 2 Driver Installation 34 5 1 3 System Testing 34 5 2 Serial Bridge 35 5 2 1 STE02W Configuration 35 5 2 2 System Testing 35 6 Reset Procedure 36 7 Technical Support 38 ...

Page 4: ...teristics Supported Protocols IP TCP UDP DHCP SNMP SSL TLS Telnet LPD http HTTPS SMTP ICMP IGMP ARP ADDP Server and Client operating mode Wireless LAN 802 11b up to 11Mbps with data encryption type WEP WEP2 Possibility to connect to infrastructure networks and ad hoc networks Serial Port from 50 to 230 Kbps Supported Serial Signals TXD RXD RTS CTS DTR DSR Data format 5 6 7 8 bit parity even odd ma...

Page 5: ...r serial device To meet different needs you can set the speed of serial interface the parity bits and stop the format of the data and the type of flow control this way you can adapt STE02W to your application quickly and easily STE02W is designed to work in different applications being able to handle in addition to connecting to a PC even communication between two serial devices networked through ...

Page 6: ...6 3 Hardware Specifications 3 1 Connections 3 1 1 Front Panel Power Supply Male connector Figure 2 Module STE02W Front View Power Connector ...

Page 7: ... Figure 3 STE02W Module Rear View Pin Number Signal Description Function 1 DCD Data Carrier Detect 2 RD Receive Data Data Input 3 TD Data Transmission Data Output 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready 5 GND Ground 6 DSR Data Set Ready 7 RTS Request To Send 8 CTS Clear To Send 9 RI Ring Indicator Figure 4 DB9 Serial Connector Pin Out Yellow Link LED Green Link LED Antenna Connector DB9 Serial Connector Power S...

Page 8: ...ted to one of the available wireless networks The converter is able to connect to networks with access point or ad hoc networks If the Link LED does not stop blinking make sure that the device is in an area covered by Wireless Lan or that the network security features are compatible with the security settings of your STE02W Figure 5 STE02W Network connection Access Point WLAN ...

Page 9: ...to be connected to a PC or another device with serial port DTE use a NULL modem cable DB9 F F Figure 6 Link between STE02W and serial device 4 1 3 Connection to Power Line Connect the included power supply to power connector placed on back of device Then connect the power supply to power line Figure 7 STE02W Power Connection Serial Device ...

Page 10: ...10 4 1 4 Sample Configuration Figure 8 Sample Configuration Serial Ethernet Access Point Serial Device WLAN ...

Page 11: ...inked and initialize the main parameters for its proper functioning as well and access to the WEB interface Also optionally installs a third part drivers needed to work in Real Port mode Using this driver a virtual COM port is redirect on ethernet port and physically remoted to STE02W serial port The Java Virtual Machine required to view the configuration interface via browser is included in this ...

Page 12: ...m Start Programs STE02W Management folder or from the directory where you chose to install the program The installation procedure will create a new folder STE02W and MG Device Wiz will be installed You can also automatically install Java Virtual Machine required for viewing browser interface and Real Port driver provided in support Figure 10 Setup Setup completed ...

Page 13: ...13 4 2 2 Configuring device with MG Device Wiz Figure 11 MG Device Wiz Welcome Page Verify that you have followed the steps and press Next or press Cancel to exit the wizard ...

Page 14: ...ress Open WEB Interface to open the advanced configuration page in this case it is necessary that the device is in the same subnet of the computer If your device is not displayed in devices list verify that the device is correctly connected and powered no firewall blocks network access to MG Device Wiz If you want to return to previous page you can press Back button if you want to stop the wizard ...

Page 15: ...ure 13 you can assign to the selected device a static IP address mask and gateway or set up automatic selection of these parameters using DHCP After the selection of options press Next Also in this case you can press Back to return to the previous page or click Cancel to exit procedure ...

Page 16: ...e screenshot in Figure 14 shows the parameters entered on the previous page press Next to send configuration to device Before proceeding verify that values shown are correct After sending the configuration you can run a new configuration to change parameters ...

Page 17: ...z Device configuration The window in Figure 15 show advancement in sending data to STE02W during this process the device is first configured and subsequently restarted Do not disconnect or turn off the device during this phase ...

Page 18: ...t the end of the wizard device has been properly configured with the settings entered by the user You can press Cancel or Finish to exit the configuration program If the device is not visible after the wizard contact your network administrator and check if IP address and Subnet Mask are correct ...

Page 19: ...onfiguration error If while sending the configuration this screen fig 17 appears it means that the parameters previously entered are not correct Re run the configuration by entering appropriate values in IP address and Subnet Mask ...

Page 20: ... name and password respectively admin and admin You must wait a few seconds before the configuration window appears The Java Virtual Machine required for procedure is available on the included CD and can be downloaded also at http java sun com or installed automatically during the installation of the provided programs Figure 18 Loading java applet WARNING do not close this window while running con...

Page 21: ...arameters 4 3 1 System Information Figure 20 System Information In this section in General tab you can view some information related to device such as MAC address or Firmware version used In the Network tab you can see some statistics on Internet Protocol IP TCP UDP and ICMP connections ...

Page 22: ...rom its menu the speed of serial port by choosing a value from 50 bps to 230 4 Kbps Also you can change the number of bits transmitted by setting a value between 5 and 8 the type of parity bit none odd even mark space the stop bits 1 or 2 and the type of flow control none software hardware The values set by default are respectively 9600 8 none 1 none ...

Page 23: ...nnection is enabled Always connection to the TCP Server is established regardless of the serial interface When data present on serial line connection to the TCP Server is enabled in presence of data on serial interface It is possible to specify a particular character string activation of TCP connection that can be deleted from the real informational content transmitted by activating the check box ...

Page 24: ...tional content transmitted by activating the check box Strip sequence before sending After the following number of idle milliseconds activating this check box you can postpone sending data through the time out setting You must specify in this field the waiting time before sending data that have been stored via serial interface The allowed values range from 1 to 65535 milliseconds After the followi...

Page 25: ...n content For a communication session with the TCP protocol it is also possible to define the signal with which transmission receiving data ends with the selection of its check box This can happen after a time of inactivity on serial port that you set or for shutdown of serial DCD and or DSR policy Figure 24 Serial Advanced Settings 4 3 5 Serial Port Statistics In the Statistics tab there are some...

Page 26: ...Also in this section you can set the parameters for wireless network to which the device is connected and configure security parameters such as encoding type and access keys ATTENTION if you assigne an IP address that is not compatible to the local network configuration you can no longer access the configuration pages In this case in order to log in again to STE02W you need to rerun the configurat...

Page 27: ... a specific network identified by SSID or network name You can set the nation in which the apparatus is used in order to adapt the transmission frequency and the preferential channel to connect Figure 26 Wireless Security Attention if the network parameters of the device STE02W are set incorrectly this will not be able to connect to network as well as to connect to any network that is not equipped...

Page 28: ...the value of the latter You can set four security keys they must be expressed in hexadecimal characters Note for security reasons the device does not show the previous value of the four previously set encryption keys Figure 27 Security settings for wireless network Attention if network security parameters of STE02W device were set incorrectly this will not be able to connect to network as well as ...

Page 29: ...gh serial port protocol default port 2001 In this way you can also configure STE02W through appropriate command strings sent with a session of Telnet communication using in this case logical port 23 Press the Save button to confirm changes Figure 28 Network Services The default settings for services are the following TCP Serve Port 2101 Enabled Secure TCP Server SSL Port 2601 Enabled UDP Server Po...

Page 30: ...you can set the priority high normal to give to the message by choosing from the options menu In the Trigger Mode menu there are two options Serial Signals and Sequence Detection In the first case the device performs a status monitoring high or low of interface serial signal while in the second case alarm situation is connected to detection of a particular string of characters in transit on the se...

Page 31: ... is active simply by activating check box Enable reminder notications with a settable interval in Reminder Interval field Alarm on Pattern Match Selecting this control mode Pattern field is enable In this field you must enter a string of maximum ten characters that will trigger the alarm condition when it transits on the serial port of STE02W According to this type of configuration the following o...

Page 32: ...ation file by selecting it through the Browse button To load the configuration file click Restore button Figure 31 Backup Restore Configuration Default dcd file in Configuration folder inside CD supplied contains the configuration settings of factory defaults Note after loading the configuration file you must press the Restart button in the main menu to activate the new configuration giving confir...

Page 33: ...33 4 3 12 Reboot From this window you can restart the device making actual previously configured settings Figure 32 Reboot ...

Page 34: ...llation As already mentioned above in software installation you can install a Real Port driver of third parties that is not running the full installation of driver but merely copy on your PC the files needed to install this driver The installation procedure is described in the ReadMe file inside the installation folder in the provided CD At the end of procedure you will be asked an IP address and ...

Page 35: ...n interface of STE02W to connect to PC or other device that needs to communicate with remote serial device Verify that the IP address of the device is different from that previously configured device e g 192 168 100 101 Select the menu on the left Serial Port select Port Services tab as explained in section 4 3 3 of this manual Enable TCP Client set the Server IP address 192 168 100 100 choose the...

Page 36: ...ody touching a metallic object discharging the static accumulated electricity for example the case of a personal computer Extract the STE02W motherboard from the cover by removing screws A and B removing the back panel and removing the board with care PAY ATTENTION disconnect device from power supply and remove power connector from STE02W remove antenna to facilitate disassembly procedure Figure 3...

Page 37: ...k pause 5 fast blink pause Remove jumper P1 software reset without removing power to STE02W wait about a minute Turn off STE02W and enter the motherboard inside the device case paying attention to proper positioning close all screws and carefully place the antenna for the Wireless connection Jumper P1 Software Reset Reset Position ...

Page 38: ...38 7 Technical Support MG Hardware Software Engineering Email mg mg eng com Web http www mg eng com Tel 39 0337 376568 Fax 39 0331 379549 Upd 01 2012 ...

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