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4 • Serial port configuration
compliant Telnet client program. (Refer to section
“Serial port parameters”
on page 63 for more detail
information about serial parameters)
Usually this option is used with the RFC2217-compliant COM port redirector so that user can control
parameters of serial ports of Model 2285 using his serial port application program.
For this purpose, Patton OEM version of Serial/IP from Tactical Software, LLC is bundled with Model
2285. Refer to documentations of Serial/IP for more detail information about using the COM port redi-
rector. (Refer to appendix G,
“Using Model 2285 with Serial/IP”
on page 116 for more
detail information)
Max. allowed connection
The Model 2285 supports up to 8 multiple connections from external host(s) to the serial port. If there are
remote host connections by the remote host list configuration already, possible number of connection will
be reduced (Max. allowed connection - remote host(s) connected already). For example, if user set Max.
allowed connection as 8 and if there are 3 connections from Model 2285 to remote hosts, which are con-
figured in the remote host list, then maximum number of connection from external hosts to a serial port
will be reduced to 5. For more detailed information on remote host list configuration, refer to section
“Remote host configuration”
on page 58.
Cyclic Connection
If Cyclic Connection function is enabled, the Model 2285 will make an attempt to connect to the user-
defined remote host(s) at a given interval even if there’s no incoming serial data from the device connected
to that serial port. If there is data on the remote host(s) to be sent to serial device, it can be transferred to
the serial device via Model 2285 serial port after the connection is established. Eventually, users can moni-
tor the serial device periodically by making the remote host send the serial command to the Model 2285
whenever it is connected to the remote host. This option is useful when users need to gather the device