APORT series IP to serial port Converter Owner`s Manual
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1. b TPORTB SYS gt TPORTIOP box driver c TPORTP SYS gt TPORTIOP serial port driver d TPORTRUI DLL gt setup file for TPORTIOP driver e T2KPORT1 INF gt installation file for TPORTIOP box driver f T2KPORT2 INF gt installation file for TPORTIOP serial port driver g TPORT_Search EXE gt APORT box broadcast serach utility h Tinstall EXE gt TPORT driver installation utility Please run tport_ap exe file firstly We can set the target port number of serial ports to be installed in this system totally Currently we can set 1 upto 64 serial ports Then we need to set the target IP address of APORT box and TCP port number of this serial port for each serial port We can use search function to find the IP address of each APORT box available in your network NOTE tport_ap exe will use multicast UDP packet to search APORT box So we can only find the APORT box with same IP sub network If we need to find all reachable APORT box then we need to use tport_search exe utility We will use broadcast UDP packet to find all reachable APORT box Please keep in mind that you must remove old version driver firstly Then you can install our new version driver t eEEKEKE 7 2 How to set APORT as COM port When we need to use TPORT driver to set APORT box s serial port as COM port in Windows system we need to run tport_ap exe firstly When we run tport_ap exe we will see the setup screen for seria2. lt lt or gt gt column to set other serial port In each virtual COM port for Windows system we need to set the map value of target APORT box s IP address and TCP port number assigned for this serial port The PORT column in display will be assigned the TCP port number in APORT box When we had set the information of APORT for each serial port we need to save In next boot procedure we can have virtual COM port available NOTE We must run tport_ap exe with Run As Administaror right So we can save our configuration file to be used in driver installation procedure If we did not run with Run As Administrator right then we will have wrong configuration file to be used 22 8 3 Installation procedure in Windows 7 system a We just need to run tinstall exe to install our driver b After card driver installed each COM port s driver will be installed automatically c After the driver installation procedure is finished we can check Device Manager to find the COM port number for each serial port in TPORT It will be no confliction with other device Because P amp P manager can handle such condition d But we may find the COM port number for each serial port do not have correct relationship with physical location For example we may have 4 serial ports to be specified in tport_ap exe In WIN2000 XP Vista we may have correct relationship for COM3 COM6 in serial port 1 4 In WIN7 system we may have random COM port numb
3. 6 as DATA signal Note In RS485 mode we have 10K ohm pull up and pull low resistor for DATA and DATA signal If user needed 680 ohm pull up and pull low resistor then short pin 7 amp 2 and short pin 1 amp 6 27 Appendix B How to set APORTO04 and APORT008 interface B 1 DIP switch in front panel a In front panel of APORT004 008 box we can see one 4bit DIP switch b In bit 1 location we can use this bit to let serial port 1 of APORT box to be used as console setup port DIP switch ON or normal serial port application DIP switch OFF factory default condition is OFF c In bit 2 location we can use this bit to let APORT box to enter firmware upgrade mode upon power on DIP switch ON or enter normal application mode DIP switch OFF default OFF d In bit 3 location we can use this bit to let all serial port in APORT box to be RS422 interface DIP switch ON or RS485 interface DIP switch OFF We also need to let bit 4 location in ON condition for this application environment default OFF e In bit 4 location we use this bit to let all serial ports in APORT box as RS422 RS485 interface set by bit 3 DIP switch ON Or each serial port in this box can be set in RS422 or RS485 interface independently DIP switch OFF default OFF B 2 DIP switch in PCB a When we need to set each serial port in APORT0O04 APORTO08 to have RS422 or RS485 interface independently We need to set bit 4 location in front panel s DIP s
4. RMA or RA Number Information regarding applicable charges The address to which you will return the products 2 REPAIR CHARGES All RAYON products have a one year warranty Products that are damaged or modified are not covered This limited warranty covers defects in materials and workmanship in your RAYON branded hardware products This limited warranty does not cover problems that result from external causes such as accident abuse misuse or problems with electrical power Servicing not authorized by us Usage that is not in accordance with product instructions Failure to follow the product instructions or failure to perform preventive maintenance Products that are covered under the original warranty and that are found defective by RAYON will be repaired at no cost A standard handling and testing charge will be assessed for products returned for warranty repair that are found to be operating properly Products that are no longer covered under warranty will be repaired if deemed repairable for a flat rate charge regardless of the repair work required Please contact the nearest RAYON Service Center for current pricing information 3 Uy 7 S48 5 USB to Serial Port Converter Support four ports in one box Support two RS232 ports Support two Ground isolated RS422 485 port Powerful and Flexible for redundancy usage a eoBjsezuy JONOT NOT NO Sersul EFIEFMFFINFFIN4423 1 12 CETEL ee RxD SO Ground I
5. 2 wire RS485 application you need to short TX and RX as DATA signal You need to short TX and RX as DATA signal 28 Appendix C How to upgrade firmware in APORT C 1 Procedure in APORT box a prepare one console terminal to connect with console port in APORT serial port 1 connector Set bit 1 of DIP switch in ON location b we need to set this terminal in 115200bps no parity 8 data lstop c set bit 2 of DIP switch in ON location Insert power adaptor to turn on the power for APORT to enter firmware upgraded mode d When you see Enter Wait HG Command Mode message in your console terminal you can start firmware upgrade procedure NOTE If you did not have console terminal to connect you can not confirm APORT is ready in firmware upgraded mode You need to wait about one minutes to enter firmware upgrade mode NOTE APORT is in tftp server mode and wait tftp client device to send firmware image file to APORT NOTE APORT is in tftp server mode with IP 192 168 1 254 Please confirm there are no other device with this IP and your system can reach this IP address C 2 Procedure in Windows environment a Please set your Windows system with IP address in 192 168 1 111 b you may get new firmware image from CD or your supplier It may have file name as aport400_091102 hg c you may have our utility with file name as wftp8 exe in our CD s firmware directory d you just need to run wftp8 exe e you can sp
6. device name for each serial port in APORT is dev tty 01 16 a p 01 16 is the box number defined in nasd rc file a b is the serial port 1 2 in APORT200 a d is the serial port 1 4 in APORT400 a h is the serial port 1 8 in APORT800 a p is the serial port 1 16 in GPORT116 ex we have one APORT with IP address 192 168 1 3 to be defined in nasd rc file as 1 box number So we have following device name for each serial port in APORT serial port 1 is dev ttyOla serial port 2 is dev tty0lb serial port 3 is dev tty0lc serial port 4 is dev tty0ld We may have following command line in nasd rc file etc nasd 192 168 1 3 1 amp FEE EE EAE EE EE RE HHHH HHEH For more information or problem you can send mail to rayon msl hinet net FEE EE RE EE HAAA RE EE 25 Chapter 11 Utility program to search APORT box 11 1 aport_ap exe usage a aport_ap exe will be used to setup the configuration of virtual COM port in Windows system b We can also use this utility to find the APORT available in the same IP sub network Because we use multicast UDP packet to search APORT box so we can find the APORT box with same IP segment 11 2 aport_search exe usage a Because aport_ap exe can only find the APORT box with same IP sub network When we have one APORT box with unknown IP address Then we may not find such APORT box in aport_ap exe So we will use aport_search to find all reachable APORT box B
7. for this serial port 21 ay Ee GO APORT200 25 Software_driver win2000 Tport Search Toot P Organize v E Open Burn New folder a Fil Name Date modified Me 4 T2KPORT1 11 16 a M T2KPORT2 11 16 2009 2 33 PN Music E Tportap _ 2 n 20n0 4 55 pn iad Pictures Sa TPORT_SEARCH Opar E Videos ia TPORTB sys Run as administrator 8 TPORTP sys Troubleshoot compatibility Homegroup 8 tportrui dll a Scan with Microsoft Security Essen Pin to Taskbar 1M Computer Pin to Start Menu Win C os 3 Restore previous versions c WIN XP D Ji APORT200 25 Send to APORT400 d v Es m Cut L AnANnTANAN ac sayn Copy Tport_ap Date modified 8 20 2009 4 55 PM Date Ci Application Size 232 KB Paste Teorr tele Wa into Sening P Nome a Remote IP Remote port Remote IP Remote post 192 1681264 gpot oida aieiaa SERIALI 192 168 1254 fioo SERIALY 0 SERIAL f1g21681254 fono SERIALIO lo SERIALI figo 1681284 fioooa SERIALI fo SERIAL f92 168 1284 froo SERIALI2 sens f SERIALI3 7 an SERIALS 7 SERIALI4 __ 0 SERIAL io SERIALIS 0 SERIALS fo SERIALIG fo J Search Tota Ports 4 hd gt Seve Exit In the right side of screen is Setting display for virtual COM port in Windows system Here we can set seriall serial64 to map in APORT box Because we can only have 16 serial port information displayed in screen We can use
8. rc stop j You can also let gtstcpd to be run in boot procedure In Linux system it may be put in etc rc d rc sysinit In SCO system it may be put in etc rc2 d A AHAHAHAHAHAHAH HHRHH HHHH For more information or problem you can send mail to rayon msl hinet net FEE EEE RE EE EEE EE 24 10 1 a 10 2 a w b w c d w e w f w g h w 10 3 a b c d Chapter 10 SCO OpenServer real TTY RTTY driver Installation Procedure in APORT we need to set serial port in REALTTY mode and set in COM Procedure in SCO UNIX system you may get rttyl00 tar driver package from CD Please create one directory for this driver ex etc gport please extract rttyl00 tar in this directory tar xvf rttyl00 tar you will have rttyl00 directory in this directory please goto rttyl00 directory and run install to install driver you will be asked to modify nasd rc file In this file you need to specify IP address for each APORT You will have box number for each APORT We can accept 1 16 It means that we can have upto 16 APORT in this SCO UNIX system after driver installation we will have S99nasd process in directory etc rc2 d and it will be run automatically in boot procedure if you did not need to enable REALTTY driver now you can remove above process When you need to enable REALTTY driver later you can run etc nasd rc to activate The device name for APORT the
9. shown only We will show the parameter of serial port with transmit data count TX Char and receive data count RX Char But the data count is not updated in real time basis User need to click status again to update the new data count Wo AARO IAD NAH 0 BaG Sm tam e 2 an Sat CD dB herit 92 1681 199 Eee ae 3 7 Status of APORT system We can check the status of APORT system The displayed information includes version of Firmware Server name of APORT box MAC address IP address IP netmask and default Gateway address W IAD MAHD Qt 1 O DO Sns taar e gt a F Oew SUD E writ 92 1681 19w Ess ws 10 3 8 Reset and restart APORT When we setup and modify some parameter in APORT we will restart APORT to let such value available Sometimes we need to let APORT with factory default parameter setting we will click Reset Default There are one special command in this field We can reset TCP server mode process Due to some user may connect APORT in TCP server mode and there are some problem in application environment So we don t need to reset whole APORT box Because the boot procedure in Linux for APORT box is too long and just need to kill process to restart cys La 3 HO WAY AAPA IAM RAD O 220 Ope hawa SaN OB LD 4B ntperi92 168 1 1997 ngus an system operator Restart Box 3 9 Change user name and password In factory default condition we do not have user name sett
10. software CD 2 2 DIP switch setting We have one 4 bit DIP switch in APORT box bit 1 is used to set serial port 1 connector as console port ON location or normal serial port 1 application OFF location bit 2 is used to set APORT box in firmware upgrade mode ON location or normal operating mode OFF location bit 3 is used to set serial port 3 APORT400 box or 7 APORT800 box with RS422 interface ON location or RS485 interface OFF location NOTE there are other special usage for this bit in APORT004 and APORT008 box Please check appendix B for more information bit 4 is used to set serial port 2 APORT200 box 4 APORT400 box or 8 APORT800 box with RS422 interface ON location or RS485 interface OFF location NOTE there are other special usage for this bit in APORTO04 and APORTO08 box Please check appendix B for more information NOTE In normal operation condition bit 1 amp 2 may set in OFF location 2 3 Installation Procedures One APORT box needs one LAN cable to connect with HUB The installation procedures are as follows 1 remove the power adaptor of your APORT box 2 Plug the LAN cable between APORT and HUB In normal power on condition the LED in LAN connector will light to indicate 10Mbps mode or 100Mbps mode in use 3 Connect console cable between APORT and one terminal The default condition for console port will be 115200bps no parity 8 data bit Console port is shared in serial port 1 If you did
11. APORT series IP to serial port Converter Owner s Manual APORT 006 Chapter L4 int roduct1 On was s x 5s ranged eet es SASS ee Ce OE SHEET Me 8 1 1 1 An Introduction to the APORT Converter ce eee 1 1 2 Hardware specifications cc cece cece cece cette teenies 1 1 3 Software specifications ccc cece cece cee eee teen teenies 1 1 4 Serial port interface and order information 2 Chapter 2 Configuring Hardware c cece cece cece ence eee ee eeens 5 2 1 System ComponentS ccc ccc ce eee ce eee eee eee nent eee nes 5 2 2 DIP switch SCLIING smiti rottia nea a a cee ewe eee Carola 5 2 3 Installation Procedures reny secur ei a eee ee es 5 Chapter 3 Operating mode setup in APORT ccc cece cece eens 6 Chapter 4 Windows NT Installation APORT mode only 12 Chapter 5 Windows 2000 XP 2003 Vista Installation APORT mode 15 Chapter 6 Windows 7 System Installation APORT mode 17 Chapter 7 Windows 2000 XP 2003 Vista Installation TPORT mode 19 Chapter 8 Windows 7 System Installation TPORT mode 21 Chapter 9 UNIX Linux system fix TTY GVMODEM driver Installation 24 Chapter 10 SCO OpenServer real TTY RTTY driver Installation 25 Chapter 11 Utility program to search APORT box 0000 26 APPENDIX A Pin Assignments and Cable Wiring 00 27 APPENDIX B How to set APORTO04 and APORTO08 inter
12. PORT box to be set in RTTY COM mode will be displayed as COM1 COM16 corresponding to serial port 1 16 in APORT box If you need to setup this APORT box you can click Setting to connect with APORT box via HTTP Then we can modify the serial port mode of each serial port 17 In the right side of screen is Setting display for virtual COM port in Windows system Here we can set seriall serial64 to map in APORT box Because we can only have 16 serial port information displayed in screen We can use lt lt or gt gt column to set other serial port In each virtual COM port for Windows system we need to set the map value of target APORT box s IP address and serial port number 1 16 The PORT column in display will be assigned the serial port number in APORT box In each APORT box we have serial port 1 16 When we had set the information of APORT for each serial port we need to save In next boot procedure we can have virtual COM port available NOTE We must run aport_ap exe with Run As Administaror right So we can save our configuration file to be used in driver installation procedure If we did not run with Run As Administrator right then we will have wrong configuration file to be used 6 3 Installation procedure in Windows 7 system a We just need to run ainstall exe to install our driver b After card driver installed each COM port s driver will be installed automatically c After the driver installatio
13. RT_Search EXE gt APORT box broadcast serach utility h Ainstall EXE gt APORT box driver installation utility Please run aport_ap exe file firstly We can set the target port number of serial ports to be installed in this system totally Currently we can set 1 upto 64 serial ports Then we need to set the target IP address of APORT box and serial port number in this APORT box for each serial port We can use search function to find the IP address of each APORT box available in your network NOTE aport_ap exe will use multicast UDP packet to search APORT box So we can only find the APORT box with same IP sub network If we need to find all reachable APORT box then we need to use aport_search exe utility We will use broadcast UDP packet to find all reachable APORT box NOTE We must use Run As Administrator to run aport_ap exe 6 2 How to set APORT as COM port When we need to set APORT box s serial port as COM port in Windows system we need to run aport_ap exe with Run as Administrator right firstly When we run aport_ap exe we will see the setup screen for serial port In the left side of screen is Info display for all APORT box connected to LAN We can double click Search to find all APORT box connected to LAN We will show all APORT box connected to LAN with IP address and Server name If we selected one IP address and double click we will see the RTTY COM mode in this APORT box The serial port in A
14. TTY mode mode in APORT box For other WIN2000 XP Visa and WIN7 system we may have APORT mode virtual COM driver to work with COM Real TTY mode mode and TPORT mode virtual COM driver to work with TCP server mode TCP mode in APORT box 14 Chapter 5 Windows 2000 XP 2003 Vista Installation APORT mode 5 1 Driver Installation There are two components in APORT mode Windows system virtual COM driver installation One is the driver The other is the configuration file for APORT box In our CD you can find following files under WIN2000 driver directory a APORT_AP EXE gt parameter setting file b APORTB SYS gt APORTIOP box driver c APORTP SYS gt APORTIOP serial port driver d APORTRUI DLL gt setup file for APORTIOP driver e A2KPORT1 INF gt installation file for APORTIOP box driver f A2KPORT2 INF gt installation file for APORTIOP serial port driver g APORT_Search EXE gt APORT box broadcast serach utility h Ainstall EXE gt APORT box driver installation utility Please run aport_ap exe file firstly We can set the target port number of serial ports to be installed in this system totally Currently we can set 1 upto 64 serial ports Then we need to set the target IP address of APORT box and serial port number in this APORT box for each serial port We can use search function to find the IP address of each APORT box available in your network NOTE aport_ap exe will use multicas
15. Then you can see the Enter Network Password dialogue box appeared You can ignore the user name and input the password directly the default password in factory is five one 11111 249 4 192 168 1199 ERSE G TEP coo Lette Heey ets R 3 2 Main setup window When the password is entered and correct the main setup window will appear In the left side of window you can see the function bar there Please click the function bar to enter function setup Z Tree Menu Microsoft Internet Explorer DEE ERO REO RAO ROFE IA WA O 0O AAG ABs ZRH FEO http1192 168 1 1997 Brz T Since 1990 A RAYON APORT 400 a OO 3 3 Connect setup window Generally the first one we need to setup is Connect setup Because we need to setup the dedicated IP address in APORT EZD RD MAV RAMEY IND NAH Ornx O BAG PED ew v192 163 1 1997 Eee tu Server Name UDP to Multiple Serial Port Dynamic IP Obtain an IP address from DHCP server Static IP Use a fixed IP address 1PZ 160 1 197 OK Cancel APORT support two types of IP address One is Dynamic IP mode to get IP address from DHCP server upon power on We don t suggest this one Because you may have different IP address for different condition And it is not easy for you to maintain this condition for your application software The other is static IP mode We can setup the IP address Netmask and Gateway for dedicated value T
16. ct with dedicated server with assigned TCP port number So we need to setup the Destination IP address to connect and the target TCP port number If user need to use standard TELNET negotiation procedure in connection we need to set Telnet mode in setup If user don t need the TELNET negotiation procedure in connection we need to set TCP mode in setup Normally we will use TCP mode for simple TCP connection application program Due to APORT need to connect with dedicated server and different application program may have different requirement So the timing for APORT to connect with dedicated server is important We can select startup mode to let APORT will try to connect with dedicated server upon power on It means that we can transmit and receive data in serial port upon APORT power on and connected Sometimes we may need to know the equipment connected in APORT s serial port ready to receive data or not In this requirement we can set Receiving serial data mode for this serial port It means that we need to wait the equipment connected in serial port send data firstly Then we start to connect with dedicated server After connection dedicated server will send data to APORT s serial port In this condition we can promise the equipment in serial port is ready to receive data from remote server 3 4 4 UDP mode We need to set the UDP port number to receive UDP packet We can also setup the dedicated server to send serial port s data Upo
17. de and TCP mode And we must assign one TCP port number for this serial port The default value is 10001 10016 for serial port 1 16 When we had set the information of APORT for each serial port we need to save In next boot procedure we can have virtual COM port available 7 3 Installation procedure in WIN2000 Vista system a We just need to run tinstall exe to install our driver b After card driver installed each COM port s driver will be installed automatically c After the driver installation procedure is finished we can check Device Manager to find the COM port number for each serial port in APORT It will be no confliction with other device Because P amp P manager can handle such condition If the COM port number assigned value did not meet our target we can also modify such value in RAYON TPORT IOP Driver setup 7 4 Installation procedure in WIN XP system a We just need to run tinstall exe to install our driver I have already connected the hardware b After card driver installed each COM port s driver will be asked to install one by one c After the driver installation procedure is finished we can check Device Manager to find the COM port number for each serial port in APORT It will be no confliction with other device Because P amp P manager can handle such condition If the COM port number assigned value did not meet our target we can also modify such value in RAYON TPORT IOP Driver setup 7 5 Sp
18. driver installed each COM port s driver will be asked to install one by one c After the driver installation procedure is finished we can check Device Manager to find the COM port number for each serial port in APORT It will be no confliction with other device Because P amp P manager can handle such condition If the COM port number assigned value did not meet our target we can also modify such value in RAYON APORT IOP Driver setup 5 5 Special consideration in Windows Vista system a Because Vista system may have firewall to block IP access to APORT box We can use the search function in aport_ap exe to find APORT box The firewall will ask us to enable APORT IP address access or not We must enable APORT IP access Then our APORTIOP driver will be run without problem 16 Chapter 6 Windows 7 System Installation APORT mode 6 1 Driver Installation There are two components in APORT mode Windows system virtual COM driver installation One is the driver The other is the configuration file for APORT box In our CD you can find following files under WIN2000 driver directory a APORT_AP EXE gt parameter setting file b APORTB SYS gt APORTIOP box driver c APORTP SYS gt APORTIOP serial port driver d APORTRUI DLL gt setup file for APORTIOP driver e A2KPORT1 INF gt installation file for APORTIOP box driver f A2KPORT2 INF gt installation file for APORTIOP serial port driver g APO
19. e we will use TCP packet to communicate between PC and APORT box In this mode you need to install driver in UNIX and LINUX system to have fixed virtual terminal port ttyp Because we can not modify the serial port parameter in virtual terminal port So user need to set the serial port parameter in APORT firstly NOTE Our driver will use TCP port number 516 for GVMODEM Real TTY mode User need to allow this TCP port number packet to transmit in firewall setting 3 4 2 TCP Server mode TCP server mode will let the serial port in APORT box to be accessed via Telnet or Socket connecting program We must assign unique TCP port number for each serial port If user need to use standard TELNET negotiation in connection procedure we need to set Telnet mode in setup If user don t need the TELNET negotiation procedure in connection we need to set TCP mode in setup Normally we will use TCP mode for simple TCP connection application program We also support TPORT mode virtual com driver in Windows system to work with TCP Server mode and TCP mode Then each serial port in APORT box will be same as standard COM port in PC From firmware version 080318 hg later we can support RFC2217 function in TCP server TELNET mode User can set serial port configuration baud rate flow control based on RFC2217 We had tested in Tactical Software COM redirector and CKermit 8 0 3 4 3 TCP Client mode TCP Client mode will let APORT to conne
20. ecause we use broadcast UDP packet to serach APORT box so we can find all reachable APORT box b Then we can modify IP address of such APORT box with same IP segment as this PC So we can use this APORT box in our application 11 3 tport_ap exe usage a tport_ap exe will be used to setup the configuration of virtual COM port in Windows system b We can also use this utility to find the APORT available in the same IP sub network Because we use multicast UDP packet to search APORT box so we can find the APORT box with same IP segment 11 4 tport_search exe usage a Because tport_ap exe can only find the APORT box with same IP sub network When we have one APORT box with unknown IP address Then we may not find such APORT box in tport_ap exe So we will use tport_search to find all reachable APORT box Because we use broadcast UDP packet to serach APORT box so we can find all reachable APORT box b Then we can modify IP address of such APORT box with same IP segment as this PC So we can use this APORT box in our application 26 Appendix A Pin assignements and Cable Wiring A 1 APORT serial port DB9 male connector Pin Assignment Pin RS232 mode RS422 485 mode 1b DD input 1 PUL 21 RDG 1 RXR 3 1 TXD output 1 TR 4 1 DIR Goutput 1 XD 5 1 GD l isolated GND 6 1 DRG 1 XD O7 1 RS output PUA 8 1 SG Ee 9 1 RE Ga Note In RS485 mode we need to short pin 2 amp 3 as DATA signal and short pin 4 amp
21. ecial consideration in Windows Vista system a Because Vista system may have firewall to block IP access to APORT box We can use the search function in tport_ap exe to find APORT box The firewall will ask us to enable APORT IP address access or not We must enable APORT IP access Then our TPORTIOP driver will be run without problem 20 Chapter 8 Windows 7 System Installation TPORT mode 8 1 Driver Installation There are two components in TPORT mode Windows system virtual COM driver installation One is the driver The other is the configuration file for APORT box In our CD you can find following files under TPORT driver directory a TPORT_AP EXE gt parameter setting file b TPORTB SYS gt TPORTIOP box driver c TPORTP SYS gt TPORTIOP serial port driver d TPORTRUI DLL gt setup file for TPORTIOP driver e T2KPORT1 INF gt installation file for TPORTIOP box driver f T2KPORT2 INF gt installation file for TPORTIOP serial port driver g TPORT_Search EXE gt APORT box broadcast serach utility h Tinstall EXE gt TPORT driver installation utility Please run tport_ap exe file firstly We can set the target port number of serial ports to be installed in this system totally Currently we can set 1 upto 64 serial ports Then we need to set the target IP address of APORT box and serial port number in this APORT box for each serial port We can use search function to find the IP addres
22. ecify to download the new firmware image file aport400_091102 hg and start to send NOTE our APORT in this firmware upgraded condition always have IP address in 192 168 1 254 So it is good for this environment just APORT and Windows system in LAN C 3 Procedure in UNIX LINUX environment a Because APORT is in tftp server condition so we just need to run tftp client procedure b tftp 192 168 1 254 tftp gt binary tftp gt put aport400_091102 hg C 4 How to confirm you have new firmware version a We can enter WEB setup the new firmware may have default IP address 192 168 1 254 and password 11111 b In system status you can see the firmware version display c Or you can see in console setup mode FEE EA AE EH AEE RE EE EE RE EE EEE EE EE EE For more information or problem you can send mail to rayon msl hinet net FEE EE EE RE EEE RE HEHEHHE 29 Appendix D Troubleshooting procedure for APORT Please confirm your APORT with correct power input We can check the POWER LED in front panel turned ON upon power on We can only use 5VDC switching power adaptor For other voltage power adaptor may damage APORT PCB and IC Please connect one terminal to console port Because APORT box is based on Linux system So we can see the console out message for Linux boot procedure You can enter setup screen in normal condition Please confirm the LAN connection is reachable Generally we will use ping function to con
23. er for serial port 1 4 It is not easy for user to know which COM port number is which serial port Fortunately we have SETUP in TPORT IOP s driver to set COM port start number for serial port 1 4 In control panel device manager you can select TPORT IOP in multi port serial adapters and double strike mouse to enter Properties SETUP screen Then you can modify COM port start number to other value So we can have serial port 1 4 with corresponding COM port sequentially E 2h Device Manager ice fe RAYON TPORT IOP Driver Properties Es File Action View Help e9 E H m RE a a WIN7 PC Port Setting 7 Computer General setup Driver Details w Disk drives E Display adapters Start Port T E DVD CD ROM drives ea Floppy disk drives ig Floppy drive controllers ca IDE ATA ATAPI controllers Total Ports 4 amp Keyboards FA Mice and other pointing devices E Monitors F Multi port serial adapters 1 RAYON TPORT IOP Driver rg Network adapters Ei Portable Devices a J Ports COM amp LPT Y Communications Port COM1 YE Printer Port LPT1 YI RAYON TPORT Seriall COM21 Y RAYON TPORT Serial2 COM22 YI RAYON TPORT Serial3 CO 1 RAYON TPORT Serial4 COM24 Cancel B Processors X m You can have extra COM port with correct COM port number in next boot 23 Chapter 9 UNIX Linux system fix TTY GVMODEM driver Installation 9 1 Procedure in APORT box a we need to set serial port
24. face 28 APPENDIX C How to upgrade firmware in APORT 040 29 APPENDIX D Troubleshooting procedure for APORT 30 APPENDIX E RAYON REPAIR PROCEDURE cis enaasccesecescs ws cwlicdlwrace wdie eee 31 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 An introduction to APORT Converter APORT series Converter is one box to support 2 4 8 serial ports to be accessed via one IP We can have different operating mode for each serial port to be accessed It can be virtual COM port in PC server It can be TCP IP or UDP IP device in network environment For different model we can have RS232 RS422 RS485 interface with ground isolated feature or not in serial port 1 2 Hardware specification CPU 100MHz 32bit MIPS CPU Flash 8MByte SDRAM 16MByte Serial port 1 2 4 8 with DB9 male connector Ethernet port 10 100Mbps Console port RS232 share with serial port 1 Power input S5VDC power adaptor UP110 UP220 1 3 Software specification Virtual COM driver for WIN NT 2000 XP 2003 Vista amp WIN 7 system real TTY RTTY driver for SCO Openserver system fix TTY GVMODEM driver for Linux SCO UNIX and other UNIX system support TCP server mode to be connected support RFC2217 function in TCP server TELNET mode support TCP client mode to dedicated server support UDP send mode to upto four dedicated server support UDP receive mode to get from multiple host support WEB setup mode support TELNET setup
25. firm The serial port data transmission is correct or not In each serial port we have LED display to indicate data transmit or receive condition In WEB setup screen we can check the serial port data transmission condition Q When we use Hyperterm as console port terminal we can not have correct display A Please use Hyperterm as following setting Function arrow amp ctrl key gt Terminal keys Backspace Key gt Ctr1 H VT100 emulation ASCII sending gt no special setting ASCII receiving gt no special setting In our CD you can find Teraterm terminal emulation program in utility directory Please install this software to run Teraterm for termianl application 30 Appendix E RAYON REPAIR PROCEDURE 1 RETURN MATERIAL AUTHORIZATION RMA or RA RAYON requires that you provide the following information Model number RAYON serial number The reason for returning the products EHEHEHEH HEHEHEH HEHEHEH HEHEHEH H HEHEH HEHEHEH HEHEH EEEE EHEHE EHEHE EAE AEH E EH EHEHEHEH We strongly suggest that you can check with RAYON by E_mail before you can confirm the reason for returning the products Because some problem may be due to wrong software usage or setup only rayon ms1 hinet net FREE A A A E A A A A AA AAA RAAHAA HHEH Your purchase order number You will be given the following information from your RAYON Service Representative Your Return Material Authorization Number
26. hen it is easy for us to maintain in application software 3 4 Mode setup window There are six operating mode for each serial port in APORT Different application environment may use suitable mode to meet their requirement APORT support GVMODEM Real TTY mode COM Real TTY mode TCP Server mode TCP Client mode UDP Send Receive and UDP Multi Serial mode atecast Exploce fanko IAD RAW HG Pue Haat e o O E t eTCP Client ofo 0 UDP 1 IP to Multiple Serial Port K Carcel 3 4 1 Real TTY mode There are two types of Real TTY mode The first one is COM Real TTY mode In this mode we will use UDP packet to communicate between PC and APORT box In this mode you need to install APORT mode virtual COM driver in Windows system or RTTY driver in SCO Openserver UNIX system The serial port in APORT to be set in this mode will as be standard COM port in Windows system and standard TTY device in SCO UNIX system The serial port operation parameter baud rate data bit and stop bit parity bit flow control mode will be set in application program as normal serial port in PC server The application software in Windows system and SCO Openserver system will be used in serial port of APORT box without modification NOTE Our driver will use UDP port number 519 for COM Real TTY mode User need to allow this UDP port number packet to transmit in firewall setting The second one is GVMODEM Real TTY mode In this mod
27. in REALTTY mode and set in GVMODEM b we need to set serial port protocol for application 9 2 Procedure in UNIX amp LINUX system a you may get gvymodem_ tar driver package from CD It is gymodem_linux tar for Linux system directory It is gymodem_sco tar for SCO UNIX system directory b Please create one directory etc gtstcpd for this driver c please extract gvmodem_ tar in this directory tar xvf gvmodem_ tar it may be gvmodem_linux tar for LINUX d Now we need to modify gtstcpd cf file This is the most important thing in driver Because we need to fix every pseudo TIY device to its IP address and serial port number for APORT box e You need to input all data as following format R dev ttyp GPORT_IP GPORT_SERIAL_PORT_NUMBER For example you need to set the serial port number 1 4 as device name dev ttyp 1 4 and your APORT with IP 192 168 1 3 So you may have following text line in gtstcpd cf file R dev ttypl 192 168 1 3 1 R dev ttyp2 192 168 1 3 2 R dev ttyp3 192 168 1 3 3 R dev ttyp4 192 168 1 3 4 f Now you can run following command to enable gvmodem daemon to fix the pseudo TTY for each serial port gtstcpd rc start g Then you can use following command to confirm every process enabled ps ef grep gvmodem h So you can modify etc inittab to add ttyp device and enable i If you did not need to run such driver you can run following command to stop it gtstcpd
28. ing and password is five one 11111 We can setup the user name and password for APORT Next time you will need to use such value to enter setup screen F Tree Mezu Microwft Internet Exploze ED BED HAO HAFA IAD NEGE Ot O DAG Hw HRA E SEED E naic 3 10 Check network connection When we need to check the LAN connection in APORT we will use ping command to known IP server for diagnosis When such IP server is reachable we will show ping success Or we may have ping failure to show 11 Chapter 4 Windows NT Installation 4 1 Driver Installation There are two components in Windows system virtual COM driver installation One is the driver The other is the configuration file for APORT In our CD you can find following files under NT4 driver directory a APORTP SYS gt APORTIOP driver for APORT400 box b APORT_AP EXE gt parameter setting file c APORTRUI RAY gt setup file for APORTIOP driver d OEMSETUP INF gt installation file for APORTIOP driver Please run aport_ap exe file firstly We can set the target total port number of serial port need to be installed in this system Currently we can set 1 upto 64 serial ports Then we need to set the target IP address of APORT box and serial port number in this APORT for each serial port We can use search function to find the IP address of each APORT box available in your network NOTE aport_ap exe will use multicast UDP packet to serach APORT b
29. l port In the left side of screen is Info display for all APORT box connected to LAN We can double click Search to find all APORT box connected to LAN We will show all APORT box connected to LAN with IP address and Server name If we selected one IP address and double click we will see the RTTY COM mode in this APORT box The serial port in APORT box to be set in RTTY COM mode will be displayed as COM1 COM16 corresponding to serial port 1 16 in APORT box If you need to setup this APORT box you can click Setting to connect with APORT box via HTTP Then we can modify the serial port mode of each serial port When we need to use TPORT mode virtual COM driver we need to set in TCP server mode and TCP mode Please remember the TCP port number assigned for this serial port 19 In the right side of screen is Setting display for virtual COM port in Windows system Here we can set seriall serial64 to map in APORT box Because we can only have 16 serial port information displayed in screen We can use lt lt or gt gt column to set other serial port In each virtual COM port for Windows system we need to set the map value of target APORT box s IP address and TCP port number assigned for this serial port The PORT column in display will be assigned the TCP port number assigned in APORT box NOTE When we need to use TPORT mode virtual COM driver in Windows We must set serial port mode in APORT box as TCP Server mo
30. mode support CONSOLE setup mode 1 4 Serial port interface and order information For different model we may have RS232 Ground isolated RS232 and Ground isolated RS422 RS485 interface We may have following model name to specify different interface APORTxyz x is port number of RS232 interface y is port number of Ground isolated RS232 interface Zz is port number of Ground isolated RS422 RS485 interface RQ lowing model is for APORT100 box APORTIOOP is 1 RS232 serial port with one pass through RS232 port APORTO1OP is 1 Ground isolated RS232 serial port with one pass through RS232 port RQ lowing model is for APORT200 box APORT200 is 2 RS232 serial port APORTO20 is 2 Ground isolated RS232 serial port APORT101 is 1 RS232 serial port and 1 Ground isolated RS422 RS485 serial port serial port 2 iLOG101 is RS232 serial port 1 to Ground isolated RS422 RS485 serial port 2 converter with two virtual COM port to monitor APORT201 is 1 Ground isolated RS422 RS485 port 2 with 1 pass through RS232 port 1 and two remote IP access RS485 port Ethernet aaron Console ane es Fseriat 1 amd T famo aaas _ DNINYYM IGAS RQ lowing model is for APORT400 box APORT400 is 4 RS232 serial port APORT040 is 4 Ground isolated RS232 serial port APORT202 is 2 RS232 serial port 1 amp 2 and 2 Ground isolated RS422 RS485 serial port serial port 3 amp 4 APORT301 is 3 RS232
31. n procedure is finished we can check Device Manager to find the COM port number for each serial port in APORT It will be no confliction with other device Because P amp P manager can handle such condition d But we may find the COM port number for each serial port do not have correct relationship with physical location For example we may have 4 serial ports to be specified in aport_ap exe In WIN2000 XP Vista we may have correct relationship for COM3 COM6 in serial port 1 4 In WIN7 system we may have random COM port number for serial port 1 4 It is not easy for user to know which COM port number is which serial port Fortunately we have SETUP in APORT IOP s driver to set COM port start number for serial port 1 4 In control panel device manager you can select APORT IOP in multi port serial adapters and double strike mouse to enter Properties SETUP screen Then you can modify COM port start number to other value So we can have serial port 1 4 with corresponding COM port sequentially You can have extra COM port with correct COM port number in next boot 18 Chapter 7 Windows 2000 XP 2003 Vista Installation TPORT mode 7 1 Driver Installation There are two components in TPORT mode Windows system virtual COM driver installation One is the driver The other is the configuration file for APORT box In our CD you can find following files under TPORT driver directory a TPORT_AP EXE gt parameter setting file
32. n receiving the data from serial port we can send UDP packet to upto four dedicated server So we can get data from multiple host and send to serial port But we can only get serial port data and send to upto four dedicated host User can assign the dedicated server s IP upto four host and left blank for unused server 3 4 5 UDP Multi Serial mode In traditional UDP mode we need to set unique UDP port number for each serial port We can not have different serial port in APORT box to have same UDP port number Because each serial port may have dedicated process to handle the UDP packet If we had same UDP port number in different serial port then we can not confirm which serial port s process will get such packet When we set in UDP Multi serial mode we can let multiple serial port to have same UDP port number The data from host can be transmitted in multiple serial port simultaneously In this mode we will set HOST IP address and UDP port number in connect setup window 3 5 Serial port parameter setup We can assign the serial port parameter in serial setup window This setup value will be used in GVMODEM Real TTY mode TCP Server mode TCP Client mode and UDP mode KP WHE VAD AAR IAD MAH Ot k 0 BOS lee taat e 8 5 N DLD SET E hep 190 168 1194 oK ene 3 6 Serial port connection status We can check the connection status for each serial port We only show the connected serial port status The disconnected port will be
33. not need console port then you have serial port 1 in normal application We have DIP switch bit 1 in ON location for console application and OFF location for normal serial port application for serial port 1 connector 4 Connect serial port cable between APORT and RS232 422 485 equipment 5 Set DIP switch bit 3 and bit 4 for RS422 RS485 interface in serial port 3 7 and serial port 2 4 8 ON is RS422 interface and OFF is RS485 interface APORTO04 and APORTOO8 need to check appendix B 6 insert the power adaptor of APORT box 7 We can see the console out message in console terminal and the status LED flash in APORT NOTE user can only use UP110 UP220 power adaptor for SVDC power supply If user used wrong power adaptor for higher voltage power supply will destroy APORT Chapter 3 Operating mode setup in APORT Because each serial port in APORT box can be used in different operating mode to meet application environment So we need to setup operating mode in each serial port firstly 3 1 Enter setup window APORT support three types of method to setup the operating mode of each serial port in APORT We can use WEB to setup We can use Telnet method to setup We can use console terminal to setup We will have detail description in following paragraph for WEB setup The procedure for other setup method is similar When you open your browser and type in the IP address of APORT the default IP address in factory is 192 168 1 254
34. only have 16 serial port information displayed in screen We can use lt lt or gt gt column to set other serial port In each virtual COM port for Windows system we need to set the map value of target APORT box s IP address and serial port number 1 16 The PORT column in display will be assigned the serial port number in APORT box In each APORT box we have serial port 1 16 hfo P Name P 192 168 1199 gport PORT 1 192 168 1 199 192 168 1 199 192 168 1 199 192 168 1 199 When we had set the information of APORT for each serial port we need to save In next boot procedure we can have virtual COM port available 5 3 Installation procedure in WIN2000 Vista system a We just need to run ainstall exe to install our driver b After card driver installed each COM port s driver will be installed automatically c After the driver installation procedure is finished we can check Device Manager to find the COM port number for each serial port in APORT It will be no confliction with other device Because P amp P manager can handle such condition If the COM port number assigned value did not meet our target we can also modify such value in RAYON APORT IOP Driver setup 5 4 Installation procedure in WIN XP system a We just need to run ainstall exe to install our driver I have already connected the hardware b After card
35. ox in same IP sub network So we can not find the APORT box in different IP sub network We need to use aport_search exe to find all reachable APORT box Because we use broadcast UDP packet Now we can start to install our driver in control panel We will choose Network and add adaptor Please don t choose add Software Then we can put our driver diskette or CD to install our APORTIOP driver Please use lt other gt requires disk from manufacture and specify correct path for our driver Follow the normal procedure we can install the driver successfully Now you can find extra COM port in your system But you must reboot your system to let such COM port available Please keep in mind that you must remove old version driver firstly Then you can install our new version driver t eeEEKEKE 12 4 2 How to set APORT as COM port When we need to set APORT as COM port in Windows system we need to run aport_ap exe PORT P 1 192 168 1 199 192 168 1 199 192 168 1 199 192 168 1 199 When we run aport_ap exe we will see the setup screen for serial port In the left side of screen is Info display for all APORT box connected to LAN We can double click Search to find all APORT box connected to LAN We will show all APORT box connected to LAN with IP address and Server name If we selected one IP address and double click
36. s of each APORT box available in your network NOTE tport_ap exe will use multicast UDP packet to search APORT box So we can only find the APORT box with same IP sub network If we need to find all reachable APORT box then we need to use tport_search exe utility We will use broadcast UDP packet to find all reachable APORT box NOTE We must use Run As Administrator to run tport_ap exe 8 2 How to set APORT as COM port When we need to set APORT box s serial port as COM port in Windows system we need to run tport_ap exe with Run as Administrator right firstly When we run tport_ap exe we will see the setup screen for serial port In the left side of screen is Info display for all APORT box connected to LAN We can double click Search to find all APORT box connected to LAN We will show all APORT box connected to LAN with IP address and Server name If we selected one IP address and double click we will see the RTTY COM mode in this APORT box The serial port in APORT box to be set in RTTY COM mode will be displayed as COM1 COM16 corresponding to serial port 1 16 in APORT box If you need to setup this APORT box you can click Setting to connect with APORT box via HTTP Then we can modify the serial port mode of each serial port When we need to use TPORT mode virtual COM driver in Windows 7 system we need to set APORT s serial port mode in TCP server mode and TCP mode Then we will assign one TCP port number
37. serial port 1 amp 2 amp 3 and 1 Ground isolated RS422 RS485 serial port serial port 4 APORTO31 is 3 Ground isolated RS232 serial port 1 amp 2 amp 3 and 1 Ground isolated RS422 RS485 serial port serial port 4 APORTO22 is 2 Ground isolated RS232 serial port 1 amp 2 and 2 Ground isolated RS422 RS485 serial port serial port 3 amp 4 APORT004 is 4 Ground isolated RS422 RS485 serial port as Ethernet to QUAD Serial Port HMI MODBUS t IP Network HMI MODBUS APORT100P RQ lowing model is for APORT800 box APORT800 is 8 RS232 serial port APORT602 is 6 RS232 serial port 1 6 and 2 Ground isolated RS422 RS485 serial port serial port 7 amp 8 APORT620 is 6 RS232 serial port 1 6 and 2 Ground isolated RS232 serial port serial port 7 amp 8 APORTO80 is 8 Ground isolated RS232 serial port APORT044 is 4 Ground isolated RS232 serial port 1 4 and 4 Ground isolated RS422 RS485 serial port serial port 5 8 APORTO08 is 8 Ground isolated RS422 RS485 serial port NOTE user can use DIP switch to set in RS422 or RS485 mode Ethernet to Eight wm e t Gen 4 ants 9 EH CTS vox IP Network Remote PC RS232 lt gt RS422 485 RS485 Device Local PC iLOG101 Chapter 2 Configuring Hardware 2 1 System components An APORT Converter includes following components One APORT box One UP110 UP220 power adaptor for APORT box User manual and
38. solated RXD D m TXD Na UTS485 ULOG485 LO QUAD Serial Port f a hr GSA dd Odd Odd RS485 ON ON ON OFF Support USB2 0 device controller 512 Bytes FIFO for data transfer Support LED display for each port two RS232 for local connection two Ground Isolated RS422 and RS485 selectable port for remote connection Auto Data Direction Control on RS485 mode Support screw terminal in RS422 485 port Support bus powered mode Use MOSCHIP MCS7840 chip UTSO004 USB to Serial Port Converter F Support four ports in one box Support four ground isolated RS422 485 port Powerful and Flexible for redundancy usage Support USB2 0 device controller 512 Bytes FIFO for data transfer Support LED display for each port four ground Isolated RS422 and RS485 selectable port for remote connection Auto Data Direction Control on RS485 mode Support bus powered mode Use MOSCHIP MCS7840 chip APORT Box Support 1 Port Series APORT100P APORT010P 2 Port Series APORT200 APORT101 APORT020 ILOG101 APORT201 4 Port Series APORT400 APORT004 APORT040 APORT022 8 Port Series APORT800 APORT620 APORT080 APORT602 APORT008 APORT044
39. t UDP packet to search APORT box So we can only find the APORT box with same IP sub network If we need to find all reachable APORT box then we need to use aport_search exe utility We will use broadcast UDP packet to find all reachable APORT box Now we can start to install our driver in control panel Please keep in mind that you must remove old version driver firstly Then you can install our new version driver eeeEREKE 5 2 How to set APORT as COM port When we need to set APORT box s serial port as COM port in Windows system we need to run aport_ap exe firstly When we run aport_ap exe we will see the setup screen for serial port In the left side of screen is Info display for all APORT box connected to LAN We can double click Search to find all APORT box connected to LAN We will show all APORT box connected to LAN with IP address and Server name If we selected one IP address and double click we will see the RTTY COM mode in this APORT box The serial port in APORT box to be set in RTTY COM mode will be displayed as COM1 COM16 corresponding to serial port 1 16 in APORT box If you need to setup this APORT box you can click Setting to connect with APORT box via HTTP Then we can modify the serial port mode of each serial port 15 In the right side of screen is Setting display for virtual COM port in Windows system Here we can set seriall serial64 to map in APORT box Because we can
40. we will see the RTTY COM mode in this APORT box The serial port in APORT box to be set in RTTY COM mode will be displayed as seriall seriall6 corresponding to serial port 1 4 in APORT400 box Info P Name P 192 168 1 199 gport PORT 192 168 1 199 192 168 1199 192 168 1 199 192 168 1199 If you need to setup this APORT box you can click Setting to connect with APORT box via HTTP GPORT INFO Server Name gport IP Address 192 168 1 199 RTTY COM COM1 COM2 COM3 COM4 In the right side of screen is Setting display for virtual COM port in Windows system Here we can set seriall serial64 to map in APORT box Because we can only have 16 serial port information displayed in screen We can use lt lt or gt gt column to set other serial port In each virtual COM port for Windows system we need to set the map value of target APORT box s IP address and serial port number 1 16 in APORT The PORT column in display will be assigned the serial port number in APORT box PORT P 1 192 168 1199 192 168 1199 192 168 1 199 192 168 1199 se CE When we had set the information of APORT for each serial port we need to save In next boot procedure we can have virtual COM port available NOTE In Windows NT system we can only work with COM Real
41. witch in OFF condition We need to open the cabinet of APORT box In APORTO04 PCB we can have one 4bit DIP switch in SW3 location We can set serial port in RS422 interface DIP switch ON or RS485 interface DIP switch OFF In APORTO08 PCB we can have one 4bit DIP switch in SW3 location to set interface type for serial port 1 4 And there are another 4bit DIP switch in SW2 location to set interface type for serial port 5 8 If we needed to set each serial port s interface type independently we must set bit 4 location in front panel s DIP switch in OFF If we needed to set all serial port s interface in same condition we can set bit 4 location in front panel s DIP switch in ON And we can use bit 3 location in front panel s DIP switch for target interface type b w c w d w B 3 Factory default condition a In factory default condition we have all bit OFF in front panel s DIP switch So we will let DIP switch in PCB to define each serial port s interface type b In factory default condition we have all bit OFF in PCB s SW2 and SW3 location So we will have RS485 interface type for each serial port c So we will have all serial ports in RS485 application environment For other application environment user may need to set DIP switch to meet target application environment B 4 How to use serial port in RS485 environment a We have TX TX RX RX GND signal in each serial port DB9 connector b When you need to use
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