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Chapter 1
Introduction
Welcome to the NPort IA Series of industrial serial device servers. In this manual, we refer to the
seven products in the series collectively as “NPort IA5150/5250 Series.”
The sixteen models in the NPort IA5150/5250 Series are:
1. NPort IA5150
1-port RS-232 (DB9), RS-422/485 (TB) to Ethernet Device Server
2. NPort IA5150I
1-port RS-232 (DB9), RS-422/485 (TB) to Ethernet Device Server,
w/ 2KV Isolation protection
3.NPort IA5150-M-SC
1-port RS-232 (DB9), RS-422/485 (TB) to Multi-mode Fiber
Device Server
4.NPort IA5150I-M-SC
1-port RS-232 (DB9), RS-422/485 (TB) to Multi-mode Fiber
Device Server w/ 2KV Isolation protection
5. NPort IA5150-S-SC
1-port RS-232 (DB9), RS-422/485 (TB) to Single-mode Fiber
Device Server
6. NPort IA5150I-S-SC
1-port RS-232 (DB9), RS-422/485 (TB) to Single-mode Fiber
Device Server w/ 2KV Isolation protection
7. NPort IA5250
2-port RS-232/422/485 (DB9) to Ethernet Device Server
8.NPort IA5150-T
1-port RS-232 (DB9), RS-422/485 (TB) to Ethernet Device Server,
wide temperature(-40 to 75
◦
C)
9. NPort IA5150I-T
1-port RS-232 (DB9), RS-422/485 (TB) to Ethernet Device Server,
w/ 2KV Isolation protection, wide temperature(-40 to 75
◦
C)
10. NPort IA5150-M-SC-T
1-port RS-232 (DB9), RS-422/485 (TB) to Multi-mode Fiber
Device Server, wide temperature(-40 to 75
◦
C)
11. NPort IA5150I-M-SC-T
1-port RS-232 (DB9), RS-422/485 (TB) to Multi-mode Fiber, wide
temperature(-40 to 75
◦
C) Device Server w/ 2KV Isolation
protection
12. NPort IA5150-S-SC-T
1-port RS-232 (DB9), RS-422/485 (TB) to Single-mode Fiber
Device Server, wide temperature(-40 to 75
◦
C)
13. NPort IA5150I-S-SC-T
1-port RS-232 (DB9), RS-422/485 (TB) to Single-mode Fiber
Device Server w/ 2KV Isolation protection, wide temperature(-40
to 75
◦
C)
14. NPort IA5250-T
2-port RS-232/422/485 (DB9) to Ethernet Device Server, wide
temperature(-40 to 75
◦
C)
The following topics are covered in this chapter: