n
Link LED
: (green) On: Physical network detected.
n
Power LED
: (green) Steady blinking: seeking or waiting for an IP address.
n
CD/ACT LED
: (yellow) Modem carrier detect; modem is online.
n
ACT LED
: (yellow):
l
ON: Bad Initialization
l
OFF: Ready
l
BLINKING: network activity
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Download required software
Digi provides several utilities that discover devices present on a network. You will need to download the
Device Discovery Utility
.
1. Navigate to:
www.digi.com/support/portservertsmmei
2. Scroll down and click
Product Support
.
3. Click
Utilities
.
4. Under
Operating System Specific Utilities
, select your operating system. A list of available drivers appears.
5. Download and run
Device Discovery Utility
.
If you will use Digi's RealPort software to manage the serial ports for your products, download the RealPort software.
1. Navigate to:
www.digi.com/support/portservertsmmei
2. Scroll down and click
Product Support
.
3. Click
Drivers
.
4. Under
Operating System Specific Drivers
, select your operating system. A list of available downloads and release notes appears.
5. Download the RealPort driver and the release notes.
Note
For Windows operating systems, unzip the download package and run the executable. For Linux or Unix operating systems, follow instructions in the release notes.
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Configure the serial ports
1. Navigate to
www.digi.com/support/portservertsmmei
.
2. Download and install the
Digi Discovery Utility
.
a. Click
Product Support > Utilities
.
b. From the
Operating System Specific Utilities
list box, select your operating system.
c. Click
Device Discovery Utility for Windows
to download the utility.
d. Click the downloaded utility to install it.
3. Use
Digi Discovery Utility
to discover devices on your network and open the web interface:
a. In the list of discovered devices, select the PortServer TS M MEI device. Configure the IP address, if necessary.
b. Click
Open web interface
.
c. A login prompt for the web interface appears. Enter the default user name:
root
. The default password is printed on the device label. If a password is not on
the device label, the default password is
dbps
. If neither password works, the password may have been changed. Contact your system administrator.
4. Configure serial port settings using port profiles. Port profiles are a defined set of serial port parameters for a particular use. For PortServer TS M MEI products, Digi
recommends the RealPort port profile. To configure ports to use the RealPort port profile:
a. In the web interface, under
Configuration
, click
Serial Ports
.
b. On the
Serial Port Configuration
page, click the port to be configured and click
Change Profile
.
c. In the list of profiles, select the
RealPort
port profile, then click
Apply
.
d. For EIA-232 devices that will be connected using 8-wire cables, configure the
Altpin
setting. The default for this setting is off; it must be enabled as needed
for each serial port. For each applicable serial port, click
Advanced Serial Settings
and select the
Enable DCD on 8-pin RJ45 connectors (Altpin)
setting,
then click
Apply
.
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Pinouts