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User’s Guide

   

   

 

 

   

UT-6301

   

   

   

   

RS232/RS485/422 To TCP/IP Converter Module 

 

   
   
   
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

   
   
   

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Summary of Contents for UT-6301

Page 1: ...User s Guide UT 6301 RS232 RS485 422 To TCP IP Converter Module 2003 1 ...

Page 2: ... Fixed IP Addresses Configuration 7 2 3 3 Configure your UT 6301 9 3 UT 6301 Configuration Setup 10 3 1 Operation mode 3 2 IP Configuration 12 3 3 Serial Type 14 3 4 Dynamic DNS 15 4 UT 6301 Management Setup 16 4 1 Device Admin 4 2 Device Status 18 4 3 E Mail Alert 18 4 4 Backup and Restore 19 4 5 Upgrade Firmware 4 6 Ping 20 5 Troubleshooting 21 Appendix B DDNS Appendix C Glossary 28 Appendix D F...

Page 3: ...uipment to be accessed and controlled via Intranet or Internet By integrating RTOS Real Time Operating System and complete TCP IP protocol stack capability UTEK s UT 6301 provides not only a robust and high performance system to make your device connecting to Network but also ease installation and Internet access The UT 6301 Web Configurator is a breeze to operate and totally independent of the op...

Page 4: ...er Backup and Restore configuration This feature allows you to backup system configuration to a file and restores it for the security issue the file which backup from system is an encryption format Alarm Generation With SMTP client support you can set system to trigger alarm message via e mail or SMS Short Message System to your mobile phone 1 3 Applications for UT 6301 4 Figure 1 Standalone UT 63...

Page 5: ...ED status LED Color s Activity Desc Off Power OFF Red Blinking Booting System Self Test PWR Red Red On Device Ready Off No Ethernet Link LAN Link Yellow Green On Ethernet Link established RXD Yellow ON Signal indication data receive TXD Green ON Signal indication data send ...

Page 6: ...ble if both connect to hub switch should be with straight through Ethernet cable 2 3 1 Installing the TCP IP Protocol If you are not sure whether the TCP IP Protocol has been installed follow these steps to check and if necessary install TCP IP onto your PCs Step 1 Click the Start button Choose Settings then Control Panel Double click the Network Connections icon Your Network window should appear ...

Page 7: ...ndow click the Properties button then your Network window will appear There are two tabs General Support in the Network window Step 3 Check whether the TCP IP Protocol has already been installed onto your computer s Ethernet card Note that TCP IP Protocol can be installed for a computer s Dial Up Adapter as well as for the Ethernet card If yes go to section 2 3 2 If no click the Install button Ste...

Page 8: ...For Windows 98 and Millennium Step 1 To set up computers with fixed IP Addresses click the Properties button The TCP IP Properties window consists of several tabs Choose the IP Address tab as shown below Step 2 Select Specify an IP address and enter 192 168 168 xxx the default value of UT 6301 is 192 168 168 125 in the IP Address location where xxx is a number between 1 and 254 used by the High Pe...

Page 9: ...Specify an IP address and enter 192 168 168 xxx the default value of 450M is 192 168 168 125 in the IP Address location where xxx is a number between 1 and 254 used by the High Performance UT 6301 to identify each computer and the default Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Note that no two computers on the same LAN can have the same IP address Click OK to complete the TCP IP installation 9 ...

Page 10: ...nd typing admin default password in the Password field Click OK The setup screen will then appear Step 3 It is highly recommended you change the default username and password when you login successfully first time Step 4 Setup the Operation Mode for TCP IP connection and Serial Type for connecting with your device Note Don t forget click Apply button to save your changing when you complete your co...

Page 11: ...Server Listen Port Number default 50000 range 0 to 65535 If your device is acted as passive to accept commands from remote and the data be guaranteed to be received by peer is your concern then you can set UT 6301 as TCP Server Be sure the value of item Listen Port Number is same as your remote control application using Close Connection When Remote Idle second default 300 range 0 to 32768 If you w...

Page 12: ... value of item Remote Connection Port Number is same as your remote control application using and set the correct value of Remote Host IP Address UDP Server Listen Port Number default 50000 range 0 to 65535 If your device is acted as passive to accept commands from remote and the data be guaranteed to be received by peer is not your concern then you can set UT 6301 as UDP Server Be sure the value ...

Page 13: ...01 support three IP connection types Static IP DHCP and PPPoE These types are listed in the drop down menu for the IP Configuration setting Each setup screen and available features will differ depending on what kind of IP connection types you select Default is Static IP Static or Fixed IP IP Address default 192 168 168 125 Subnet mask default 255 255 255 0 Gateway default 192 168 168 254 Primary D...

Page 14: ...CABLE service from your ISP you can set IP configuration to DHCP to get a dynamic IP address The Host Name is an optional item depending on your DHCP Server setting Note 1 to gain CABLE service you also need to change the MAC address of UT 6301 to the MAC address of register in ISP Please refer to Chapter 4 Device Admin Mac Address Change PPPoE 14 ...

Page 15: ...this PPPoE connection If your ISP can provide you fixed IP address when PPPoE connection established each time you can select PPPoE with Fixed IP Address as ENABLE and enter the IP address given from ISP 3 3 Serial Type The UT 6301 support three serial types RS232 RS422 and RS485 These types are listed in the drop down menu for the Serial Type setting Each setup screen and available features will ...

Page 16: ... for DDNS service at www dyndns org or www tzo com two DDNS service provider This service default is disabled If your DDNS service is provided by DynDNS org then select DynDNS in the drop down menu If your DDNS service is provided by TZO then select TZO The features available on the DDNS screen will vary depending on which DDNS service provider you use Detail sees Appendix B Dyndns org User Name n...

Page 17: ... Device DNS Name of the service you set up with TZO Registry IP Address The UT 6301 s current Internet IP Address is displayed here Because it is dynamic this will change Status The status of the DDNS service connection is displayed here 4 UT 6301 Management Setup This chapter will show you how to manage UT 6301 s access setting as well as configure E mail alert and firmware upgrade 4 1 Device Adm...

Page 18: ...ult maximum length 15 characters To describe the location of UT 6301 for manage purpose Administrator Password User Name default admin Password default admin To ensure the UT 6301 s security you will be asked for your password when you access the UT 6301 s Web based Utility User Name Enter the user name to one of your choice Password It is recommended that you change the default password to one of...

Page 19: ...P Address the current setting of management IP Ethernet Status the UT 6301 s IP Configuration MAC address IP address subnet mask default gateway IP address primary DNS IP address and current connection status Serial Status the UT 6301 s setting in serial type Statistic the transmission and receive bytes and packets count in Ethernet and Serial port separately 4 3 E Mail Alert The UT 6301 allows yo...

Page 20: ...ccount you want to reach or notice in the field of E mail Alerts To Enter the e mail account you want to return in the field of Return Address 4 4 Backup and Restore This function allows you to save UT 6301 s configuration as backup or retrieve the configuration file you saved before to turn the setting back Backup Click Backup button save the current configuration as a backup file in your hard di...

Page 21: ...ou saved on the PC You can choose Browse to view the folders and select the firmware Upgrade After you enter or select the path click Upgrade to start the firmware upgrade process Note don t power off the router during the firmware upgrading otherwise the incompletion of firmware upgrading will cause serious damage to the integrity of the UT 6301 s firmware that will lead to fail to boot the UT 63...

Page 22: ...your device Verify that the UT 6301 setting of Serial type is same as your device and make sure the hardware jumper is in the correction position Appendix B DDNS Internet actually runs on IP Addresses which are numerical order for example 63 208 196 100 These IP Address identify the location of each device connected to Internet However the human brain does not easily remember this numbering system...

Page 23: ...How to register from Dyndns org Step 1 Enter the web side www dyndns org in Browser click the tab of Account Step 2 click Create Account 23 ...

Page 24: ...Fill the field of Username E mail and Password You will receive an e mail containing instructions to activate your account Step 4 Once you receive the confirmed e mail login with your Username and Password 24 ...

Page 25: ...Step 5 Click the tab of Services then click Dynamic DNS Step 6 select Add Host in the left side of screen 25 ...

Page 26: ...ter the Hostname you want to use and select dyndns org from the drop down menu click the button of Add Host to finish register Step 9 now you should enter the Username Password and Hostname named Device DNS Name in UT 6301 into UT 6301 to enable this function 26 ...

Page 27: ...r from TZO com Step 1 Enter the web side www tzo com in Browser select the Order Renew from top screen Step 2 You can choice what s kind of service you need here we suggest the Standard TZO with 1 year of service 27 ...

Page 28: ...Continue button Step 4 Enter the TZO name you want to register such as UTEK tzo com and your E mail address which can reach you If you don t have a TZO name yet please check the box under the field of E mail address click Continue with order 28 ...

Page 29: ...xample Ethernet 10 100 cards hubs and switches can determine the highest speed of the node they are connected to and adjust their transmission rate accordingly Browser A browser is an application program that provides a way to look at and interact with all the information on the World Wide Web or PC The word browser seems to have originated prior to the Web as a generic term for user interfaces th...

Page 30: ... the Internet needs a unique IP address When an organization sets up its computer users with a connection to the Internet an IP address must be assigned to each machine Without DHCP the IP address must be entered manually at each computer and if computers move to another location in another part of the network a new IP address must be entered DHCP lets a network administrator supervise and distrib...

Page 31: ... Resource Locator you requested or in the e mail address you re sending a note to At the other end the recipient can see the IP address of the Web page requestor or the e mail sender and can respond by sending another message using the IP address it received IPCONFIG A utility that provides for querying defining and managing IP addresses within a network A commonly used utility under Windows NT an...

Page 32: ...r set of protocols for communications over a network developed specifically for the Internet TCP IP defines a suite or group of protocols and not only TCP and IP Telnet A terminal emulation protocol commonly used on the Internet and TCP IP based networks It allows a user at a terminal or computer to log onto a remote device and run a program TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol A version of the TCP...

Page 33: ...Figure E 1 MAC Address Physical Address 33 ...

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