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NPort IA5150/5250 Series User`s Manual v4

1. NPort IA5150 Series Top View Front View Bottom View I a s Oral Opwe Ov On Or Indicators __ i eI 2 I Reset ch S a Reset Fiber optic RS 422 485 Ethernet Dual power input Por IA RS 232 and relay output qc NPort IA 5250 Top View Front View Bottom View M qA N Qr Ow Ow z On LED On i Indicators amp 8 Reset T aS Bhemet RS 232 422 485 Reset Copper Dual power input Ethernet eg and relay output TL Connecting the Hardware This section describes how to connect NPort IA5150 5250 to serial devices for first time testing purposes We cover Wiring Requirements Connecting the Power Grounding NPort 1A5150 5250 Series Connecting to the Network Connecting to a Serial Device and LED Indicators 2 2 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Getting Started Wiring Requirements A ATTENTION Safety First Be sure to disconnect the power cord before installing and or wiring your NPort IA5150 5250 Series Wiring Caution Calculate the maximum possible current in each power wire and common wire Observe all electrical codes dictating the maximum curren
2. RS 422 wire Pin RS 232 4 wire RS 485 RS 485 l DCD TxD A zE 2 RxD TxD B Z 3 TxD RxD B Data B 4 DTR RxD A Data A 5 GND GND GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 Gai PS 4W 2W RS 485 RS 422 Terminal Block Pinouts ee ae ee 123 45 PIN RS 422 RS 485 4W RS 485 2W 1 TxD B 2 TxD A 3 RxD B Data B 4 RxD A Data A 5 GND GND A 2 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Pinouts and Cable Wiring Power Input and Relay Output Pinouts Ess a O O O 0 80 O 9 r 5 _ rH V2 V2 rt V1 V1 Shielded DC Power DC Power Relay output Relay output DC Power DC Power Ground input 1 input 1 input 2 input 2 Cable Wiring Diagrams Serial Cables Female DB9 to Male DB9 Male DB9 Female DB9 Male DB9 Female DB9 RS 232 NPort IA Lic gi Dene 9 pins l Cable Wiring 7 9 pins DCD 1 1 DCD RxD 2 lt 2 TxD TxD 3 gt 3 RxD DTR 4 4 DSR GND 5 5 GND DSR 6 lt 6 DTR RTS 7 gt 7 CTS CTS 8 8 RTS A 3 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Pinouts and Cable Wiring Female DB9 to Male DB25 Male DB9 Female DB9 Male DB25 Female DB25 RS 232 pene ts Device 9 pins Cable Wiring 25 pins DCD 1 8 DCD RxD 2 lt 3 TxD TxD 3 gt 2 RxD DTR 4 gt 20 DSR GND
3. 2 Click on Monitor gt Add Target from the menu bar or click the right mouse button and select Add Target Configuration E Port Monitor afi COM Mapping NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 3 Click on Rescan Add NPort a NPort 5210 Z Portis 4 Select your targets from the list and then click on OK Add NPort NPort lA 00 90 E8 52 50 16 192 168 9 149 PAddess Model NPort 5210 Forts 2 Pari s NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator Once the Monitor function is running 1 The NPort IA5150 5250 list will appear on the Monitor screen Configuration Port Monitor COM Mapping IP Address Report IP Address Report 3 Select or de select Monitor Items Use the single arrowhead buttons to move highlighted items from one box to the other Use the double arrowhead buttons to move all items in one box to the other Monitor Settings 6 18 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 4 Select a Refresh Rate the default is 3 seconds on the General Settings page Monitor Settings xj Monitor Items i Advanced Settings
4. ATTENTION First time users should select the time zone first The Console will display the real time according to the time zone compared to GMT If you would like to modify the real time clock select Local time NPort A5150 5250 s firmware will modify the GMT time according to the Time Zone NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration Time zone Setting Factory Default Necessity User selectable time zone GMT Greenwich Mean Time Required Local time Setting Factory Default Necessity User adjustable Bi GMT Greenwich Mean Time Required 1900 1 1 2037 12 31 Click on the Modify button to open the Modify time settings window to input the correct local time Time Settings Microsoft Internet Explorer Modify time settings Date yy mm dd Time hh mm ss pos yf yt E fs Submit Close Time server Setting Factory Default Necessity IP or Domain address None Optional E g 192 168 1 1 or time stdtime gov tw or time nist gov NPort IA5150 5250 uses SNTP RFC 1769 for auto time calibration Input the correct Time server IP address or domain name Once NPort 1A5150 5250 is configured with the correct Time server address NPort IA5150 5250 will request time information from the Time server every 10 minutes Web Telnet Console The Disable option for Web Console and Telnet
5. Delimiter 1 Delimiter 2 Strip Delimiter a Delimiter 1 or Delimiter 2 The data will be transmitted when an additional byte for Delimiter 1 or an additional 2 bytes for Delimiter 2 of data is received after receiving the Delimiter Strip Delimiter When the Delimiter is received the Delimiter is deleted i e stripped and the remaining data is transmitted Do nothing The data will be transmitted when the Delimiter is received Force transmit Setting Factory Default Necessity 0 to 65535 ms 0 ms Optional 0 Disable the force transmit timeout 1 to 65535 Forces the NPort IA5150 5250 s TCP IP protocol software to try to pack serial data received during the specified time into the same data frame This parameter defines the time interval during which NPort IA5150 5250 fetches the serial data from its internal buffer If data is incoming through the serial port NPort IA5150 5250 stores the data in the internal buffer NPort IA5150 5250 transmits data stored in the buffer via TCP IP but only if the internal buffer is full or if the Force transmit time interval reaches the time specified under Force transmit timeout 5 21 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration A A ATTENTION ATTENTION The optimal Force transmit timeout depends on your application but it must be at least larger than one character interval within the specified baud ra
6. Refresh Rate 3 Second s Auto save monitored NPort list 5 On the Advanced Settings page select Display warning message for new event and or Play warning music for new event In the second case you must enter the path to the WAV file that you want to be played New event means that one of the NPort IA5150 5250s in the monitor is Alive or Not Alive or has lost connection with the Monitor program Monitor Settings x Monitor Items General Settings Advanced Settings Monitor and Port Monitor Message Box Setting v Display warning message for new event v Play warning music for new event FAWINXP Media notify wav Browse p 6 19 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6 Right click in the NPort IA5150 5250 list section and select Go to start monitoring the NPort 1A5150 5250 4 Administrator Monitor Port Configuration H Port Monitor COM Mapping IP Address Report Load Configured COM Port NPort Configuration B Port Monitor COM Mapping IP Address Report 8 When one of the NPort IA5150 5250s loses connection with the Monitor program a warning alert will display automatically The warning music will be played at the same time 2005 8 31 FF 03 26
7. pooo 5250 TS Tp Perfomance FIFO aa 2 NPort l4 5250 2 COM4 Hi Performance FIFO En 9600 2 Add Target Export COM Mapping Import COM Mapping When the NPort IA5150 5250 is used in a dynamic IP environment users must spend more time with IP management tasks To make things easier the NPort IA5150 5250 can periodically report its IP address to the IP location server in case the address has changed The IP location server is the host PC on which you installed the NPort Adminustration Suite 1 Configure the NPort IA5150 5250 with Dynamic IP settings DHCP BOOTP or DHCP BOOTP Assign the remote Auto IP report server s IP address and UDP port Network Settings IP address 192 168 127 254 Netmask 255 255 255 0 Gateway E Enable Disable public IP Address report fano2 fio seconds IP configuration DNS server 1 DNS server 2 SNMP Setting SNMP Community name Contact Location Auto report to IP Auto report to TCP port Auto report period 6 30 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 2 S the IP Address Report and click the right mouse button to select Detainee 4 Administrator IP Address RERU 3 Configure the Local Listen Port to be the same as the NPort IA5150 5250 s Auto report to UDP port setting 4 Click Go to start receiving the Auto
8. NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Well Known Port Numbers 49 Login Host Protocol Login TCP Socket Application Service 53 Domain Name Server domain 79 Finger protocol Finger 80 World Wide Web HTTP 119 Network News Transfer Protocol NNTP 123 Network Time Protocol 213 IPX 160 223 Reserved for future use UDP Socket Application Service 0 reserved 2 Management Utility 7 Echo 9 Discard 11 Active Users systat 13 Daytime 35 Any private printer server 39 Resource Location Protocol 42 Host name server names server 43 Whois nickname 49 Login Host Protocol Login 53 Domain Name Server domain 69 Trivial Transfer Protocol TETP 70 Gopler Protocol 79 Finger Protocol 80 World Wide Web HTTP 107 Remote Telnet Service 111 Sun Remote Procedure Call Sunrpc 119 Network News Transfer Protocol NNTP 123 Network Time Protocol nnp 161 SNMP Simple Network Mail Protocol 162 SNMP Traps 213 IPX Used for IP Tunneling B 2 C SNMP Agents with MIB II amp RS 232 Like Group NPort IA5150 5250 has built in SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol agent software It supports SNMP Trap RFC1317 RS 232 like group and RFC 1213 MIB II The following table lists the standard MIB II group as well as the variable implementation for the NPort A5150 5250 RFC1213 MIB II s
9. 40 to 75 C Device Server w 2KV Isolation protection 1 port RS 232 DB9 RS 422 485 TB to Single mode Fiber Device Server wide temperature 40 to 75 C 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 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 Oh Overview QO Package Checklist Q Product Features Q Product Specifications NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Introduction Overview The NPort IA5150 5250 series of device servers deliver easy and reliable serial to Ethernet connectivity for the industrial automation market The NPort A5150 5250 series is designed to allow any serial device to connect to an Ethernet network The compact size of NPort IA device servers makes them an ideal choice for connecting RS 232 422 485 serial devices such as PLCs sensors meters motors drives barcode readers and operator displays The NPort IA5150 5250 Series device servers come with a compact and rugged DIN Rail mountable casing NPort IA serial device servers ensure the compatibility of network software that uses a standard network API Winsock or BSD Sockets by providing five modes TCP Server TCP Client UDP Pair Connection Ethernet Modem and Rtelnet Thanks to NPort IA5150 5250 series Real COM TTY drivers software that works with COM TTY po
10. Export Configuration Import Configuration Assign IP Address A ATTENTION You can simultaneously import the same configuration file into multiple NPort 1A5150 5250s that are of the same model To select multiple NPort 1A5150 5250s hold down the Ctrl key when selecting an additional NPort IA5150 5250 or hold down the Shift key to select a block of NPort IA5150 5250s Monitor Use one of the following two methods to start the Monitor function Broadcast Search gt Monitor gt Add Target 1 With Configuration selected under Function use Broadcast Search to locate all NPort device servers on your LAN 4 Administrator Configuration 10 x File Function Configuration View Help 2 2 x gf H Exit Search SearchIP Locate Configure Web Configuration 1 NPort s Function NPort No Model MAC Address IPAddress Staus Configuration 1 NPort lA 5250 00 90 E8 52 50 16 192 168 9 149 Unlock Monitor Port Monitor tig COM Mapping Q IP Address Report 6 15 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 2 Next click on Monitor gt Add Target select your targets from the list and then click on OK 00 90 E8 52 50 16 192 168 9149 NPortJA 5250 PAddes Model NPort 5210 Forts 2 Fort s Monitor gt Add Target gt Rescan 1 Click on Monitor under Function 4 Administrator Monitor
11. IcmpOutAddrMasks IpNetToMedialfIndex IcmpOutAddrMaskReps IpNetToMediaPhysAddress IpNetToMediaNetAddress IpNetToMediaType IpRoutingDiscards UDP MIB TCP MIB SNMP MIB UdpInDatagrams tcpRtoAlgorithm snmpInPkts UdpNoPorts tcpRtoMin snmpOutPkts UdpInErrors tcpRtoMax snmpInBad Versions UdpOutDatagrams tcpMaxConn snmpInBadCommunityNames UdpLocalAddress tcpActiveOpens snmpInASNParseErrs UdpLocalPort tcpPassiveOpens snmpInTooBigs tcpAttempFails snmpInNoSuchNames Address Translation MIB tcpEstabResets snmpInBad Values AtlfIndex tcpCurrEstab snmpInReadOnlys AtPhysAddress tcpInSegs snmpInGenErrs AtNetAddress tcpOutSegs snmpInTotalReq Vars Address Translation MIB TCP MIB SNMP MIB AtNetAddress tcpRetransSegs snmpInTotalSet Vars tcpConnState snmpInGetRequests tcpConnLocalAddress snmpInGetNexts tcpConnLocalPort snmpInSetRequests tcpConnRemAddress snmpInGetResponses tcpConnRemPort snmpInTraps tcpInErrs snmpOutTooBigs tcpOutRsts snmpOutNoSuchNames snmpOutBad Values snmpOutGenErrs snmpOutGetRequests snmpOutGetNexts snmpOutSetRequests C 2 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual SNMP Agents with MIB II amp RS 232 like group SNMP MIB snmpOutGetResponses Address Translation MIB TCP MIB snmpOutTraps snmpEnableAuthenTraps RFC1317 RS 232 MIB objects Generic RS 232 like Group ow General Port cae Asynchronous rs232Number rs232PortTable rs232Asy
12. NPort IA5150 5250 4 Next execute a special Telnet command by typing telnet 192 168 200 100 6000 After issuing this command a Connect failed message will appear as shown here After the NPort reboots its IP address should be updated to the new address and you can reconnect using either Telnet Web or Administrator to check that the update was successful Connect failed x Could not open a connection to 192 168 200 100 Telnet Console Depending on how your computer and network are configured you may find it convenient to use network access to set up your NPort IA5150 5250 s IP address This can be done using Telnet A ATTENTION Figures in this chapter were generated using NPort IA5250 3 3 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration From the Windows desktop click on Start and then select Run 2 Type telnet 192 168 127 254 use the correct IP address if different from the default in the Open text input box and then click OK Run 21x p Type the name of a program folder document or Internet resource and Windows will open it for you Open telnet 192 168 127 254 x Cancel Browse 3 When the Telnet window opens if you are prompted to input the Console password input the password and then press Enter Note that this page will only appear if the NPort is password protected of Telnet 192 168 127 254 l Ioj x Model name NPort IA 5256 MAC add
13. ian Programs 6 10 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 2 3 Unlock the NPort IA5150 5250 you wish to configure if it is password protected Right click on the NPort IA5150 5250 and select Configure to start the configuration 4 Administrator Configuration File Function Configuration View Help 2 E 3 E Exit Search SearchIP Locate Configure Web Function Configuration 1 NPort s NPort No_ ___ Model__ MAC Address__ IP Address Sats Configuration FT NPortla 5250 Ou Monitor 2 Broadcast Search Port Monitor a Specify by IP Address tis COM Mapping Q IP Address Report BE Locate e Unlock E Web The progress bar shows that Administrator is retrieving configuration information from the specific NPort IA5150 5250 I xi Please wait 10 35 28 Refer to Chapter 5 for each parameter s function definition To modify the configuration you must first click in the modify box to activate the parameter setting box For example click on the middle modify box Configuration 4 xj Information can AccessibleIPs AutoWatning IP Address Repot Password ae apes eine Basic Network Serial Operating Mode MAC Address Modity Sa 00 90 E8 5250 16 ServerName NPIA5250_525016 Serial Number M Modly 525016 zH Time Zone GMT 08 00 Taipei all 2005 8 31 X Firmware Version Yer1 0 Local Time
14. 1 host to open the TCP connection to the specific serial port Max Connection 2 to 4 Allows 2 to 4 host s TCP connection request to open this NPort IA5150 5250 serial port at the same time When multiple hosts establish a TCP connection to the specific serial port at the same time NPort IA5150 5250 will duplicate the serial data and transmit to all of the hosts Ethernet data is sent on a first in first out basis to the serial port when data comes into NPort IA5150 5250 from the Ethernet interface 5 16 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration A ATTENTION Delimiter 2 is optional If left blank then Delimiter 1 alone trips clearing of the buffer If the size Ignore jammed IP Setting Factory Default Previously when Max connections gt 1 and the serial device is transmitting data if any one of the connected hosts is not responding it will wait until the data has been transmitted successfully before transmitting the second group of data to all hosts Currently if you select Yes for Ignore jammed IP the host that is not responding will be ignored but the data will still be transmitted to the other hosts Allow driver control Setting Factory Default moas o oe oa If max connection is greater than 1 the NPort will ignore driver control commands from all connected hosts However if you set Allow driver control to YES control commands will be accepted Note that since the N
15. 36 NPort l4 5250 192 168 127 254 is lost connection 6 20 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 9 Inthe Monitor screen you can see that the NPort IA5150 5250s that are Not Alive are shown in red color 4 Administrator Monitor Configuration Port Monitor ot COM Mapping IP Address Report 10 If the NPort IA5150 5250 gets reconnected a warning will be displayed to remind the user that the NPort IA5150 5250 is now Alive f Alert 2005 8 31 FF 03 36 53 NPort14 5250 192 168 127 254 is alive again 11 The NPort IA5150 5250s that were reconnected and are now Alive will be shown in black color 4 amp Administrator Monitor 6 21 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator Port Monitor The process described here is the same as in the previous Monitor section The only difference is that you can select more items under Port Monitor than under Monitor 4 amp Administrator Port Monitor NPortl4 5250 5 Real COM Mode NPort l4 5250 00 50 16 9 9 2 Real COM Mode IP Address Report Select or de select Monitor Items Use the single arrowhead buttons to move highlighted items from one box to the other Use the double arrowhead buttons to move all items in one box to the other Monitor Settings 6 22 NPort 1A5150
16. CE Using NPort CE Driver Manager After you install NPort CE Driver Manager you can set up the NPort s serial ports as remote COM ports for your Windows CE Make sure that the serial port s on your NPort are set to Real COM mode when mapping COM ports with NPort CE Driver Manager 7 2 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual NPort CE Driver Manager for Windows CE 1 Go to Start gt Programs gt NPort CE Driver Manager NPort CE Driver Manager COM Setting Settings Tx Mode x FIFO x 0 COM portis was Found 2 Click on the COM Mapping page and then the Search button to scan for NPort servers NPort CE Driver Manager COM Mapping a NPort 5110 Ta 168 127 254 1 a IP Search Completed Select the port index of NPort that you want to add 7 3 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual NPort CE Driver Manager for Windows CE 3 All NPort servers that were located will appear in the NPort CE Driver Manager window Click on the server whose COM ports you would like to map to and then select the port index Note that multiple selections are allowed 4 Select the port s at the Port Index and then click on the Add button to map to the COM Port s NPort CE Driver Manager COM Setting Ports NPort 5110 192 168 127 254 1 Select the port index of NPort that you want to add NPort 5110 192 168 127 254 is selected 5 Return to the COM Setting page You
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18. Client and UDP Server Client The main difference between the TCP and UDP protocols is that TCP guarantees delivery of data by requiring the recipient to send an acknowledgement to the sender UDP does not require this type of verification making it possible to offer speedier delivery UDP also allows unicast or multicast of data to only one IP or groups of IP addresses Real COM Mode NPort IA5150 5250 comes equipped with COM Real COM Mode drivers that work with Window 95 98 ME NT 2000 XP systems and also TTY _ COM3 IP Port drivers for Linux systems The driver establishes a transparent connection between host and serial device by mapping the IP Port of the NPort 1A5150 5250 s serial port to a local COM TTY TCP IP port on the host computer Real COM Mode also Ethernet supports up to 4 simultaneous connections so that multiple hosts can collect data from the same serial device at the same time Driver Mode RS 232 422 485 4 2 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode A ATTENTION The driver used for Real COM Mode comes with the NPort IA5150 5250 NPort Administrator The driver is installed automatically on your computer when you install NPort IA5150 5250 Administration Suite One of the major conveniences of using Real COM Mode is that Real COM Mode allows users to continue using RS 232 422 485 serial communications software that was written for pure serial communica
19. Disable o Disable Do Nothing 0 2 Real COM Mode TCP alive check time 7 Max connection al Click on Operating Settings located under Main Menu to display the operating settings for both of NPort IA5150 5250 s serial ports Real COM Mode Operating Settings Port 1 operation mode Real COM Mode rce alive check time Fo 99 min max connection f ignore jammed IP No Yes alow driver control No Yes Data Packing Packing length o 1024 Ba betimiter 1 D ex Enable Delimiter 2 Pex I Enable a Delimiter process DoNothing Force transmit P o 65535 ms i Apply the above settings to all serial ports TCP alive check time Setting Factory Default Necessity 0 to 99 min 7 min Optional 0 min TCP connection is not closed due to an idle TCP connection 1 to 99 min NPort IA5150 5250 automatically closes TCP connection if there is no TCP activity for the given time After the connection is closed NPort IA5150 5250starts listening for another Real COM driver s connection from another host 5 12 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration A ATTENTION Max connection Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 2 3 4 1 Required Max connection is usually used when the user needs to receive data from different hosts simultaneously The factory default is 1 In this
20. EAEE 7 2 Installing NPort CE Driver Manager eseseseeeeeeieesssrsrsrtrrereressstererreretsstsrsrerrntsessesesreerees 7 2 Using NPort CE Driver Manager a t taara isis ssusesecscssssistassgst bias ascndssuesbcsseososansascttsci 7 2 IP Senha MB ovis A eae te re cca a ede E ea eeee cede 8 1 OVERVIEW essicsctecticehesbetcoeetneish A aE r e E a ar a REEERE tues 8 2 TP Serial LIB Function Groups e eeeseesesesesesseresessesereessrceececsrseesrseeecentsreseseeesesenserisertses 8 3 Example Proprani s SEEE EE ESEE ace EE E EEE 8 3 Pinouts and Cable Wiring c cccssseeeeesseeeeeeeseneeeeeeeeneeeenseeneeeeneeeeeees A 1 Port PmOUt Diagrams evi a coun bcs a a A E a A ERES A 2 RS 232 422 485 male DB9 Pinouts 0 0 0 0 ee eeeeescseeeeceseeeceseceeesecueesecneeeeseeeneeseeeas A 2 4W 2W RS 485 RS 422 Terminal Block Pinouts cccccsscceesseesseeeeeeeesseeeeeees A 2 Power Input and Relay Output Pinouts 0 eee eee cee cnee cee ceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseen A 3 Cable Wiring Diagrams 4 3 anc ainccnkie sede diana ead tikeaa ced A 3 Serial El oE RE ATAT A 3 Well Known Port Numbers sicisciscsssscississcinsncegasesca sieccednnsciwacsovassaes taascaceace B 1 SNMP Agents with MIB II amp RS 232 Like Group cssseccceseeeteeeeeees C 1 Auto IP Report ProtOGol isa ncsciccidctscanchicunctcsnisacncanenwesceussndvansasnsnewneuiancsaina D 1 Compliance Notee a ee eee E 1 1 Introduction Welcome to the NPort IA Series of indus
21. Firmware version 1 0 System uptime 0 days 00h 00m 03s Please keyin your password 9 Start configuring the IP address under Network Settings Refer to step 4 in the Telnet Console section for the rest of the IP settings E COM1 19200 None 8 1 T100 NPort IA 5250 C address 00 90 E8 52 50 16 Serial No 525016 Firmware version 1 0 System uptime 0 days OOh O0Zm 57s lt lt Main Menu gt gt il Basic settings Z Network settings 3 Serial settings 4 Operating settings S Accessible IP settings 6 Auto warning settings 7 Monitor 8 Ping 9 Change password a Load factory default iv View settings s Save Restart iq Quit ey in your selection 4 Choosing the Proper Operation Mode In this chapter we describe the various NPort IA5150 5250 operation modes The options include an operation mode that uses a driver installed on the host computer and operation modes that rely on TCP IP socket programming concepts After choosing the proper operation mode in this chapter refer to Chapter 5 for detailed configuration parameter definitions The following topics are covered in this chapter Overview Real COM Mode TCP Server Mode TCP Client Mode UDP Mode Pair Connection Mode Ethernet Modem Mode Reverse Telnet Mode Disabled Mode OOOOOCOOCD NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode Overview NPort IA5150 5250 Serial Device Ser
22. IP to TCP port period to main menu Key in your selection Mow 3 6 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 9 Types and then press Enter to Save Restart the system lt lt Main Menu gt gt lt i gt Basic settings 2 gt Network settings 3 gt Serial settings lt 4 Operating settings 5 Accessible IP settings 6 gt Auto warning settings gt Monitor 8 gt Ping 9 gt Change password lt a Load factory default Cy View settings lt s Save Restart Cq gt Quit Key in your selection s 10 Type y and then press Enter to save the new IP address and restart the NPort IA5150 5250 Save Change Cy Yes lt n gt No Key in your selection Ym Serial Console 19200 n 8 1 You may use the RS 232 console port to set up the IP address for NPort IA5150 5250 We suggest using PComm Terminal Emulator which is available free of charge as part of the PComm Lite program suite to carry out the installation procedure although other similar utilities may also be used A ATTENTION The Serial Console is an RS 232 port port 1 for NPort 1A5250 3 7 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration Before you start to configure the NPort IA5150 5250 via serial console turn off the power and connect the serial cable from NPort IA5150 5250 to your computer s serial port 1 Connect NPort IA5150 5250 s serial port
23. IP address report from the NPort IA5150 5250 Administrator IP Address Report Running Pert 4002 1 NPortlA5250 00 90 E8 5250 192168969 03 19 21 6 31 7 NPort CE Driver Manager for Windows CE The following topics are covered in this chapter Q Overview Q Installing NPort CE Driver Manager Q Using NPort CE Driver Manager NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual NPort CE Driver Manager for Windows CE Overview NPort CE Driver Manager is designed for use with NPort 5000 serial ports that are set to Real COM mode The software manages the installation of drivers that allow you to map unused COM ports on your PC to serial ports on the NPort 5000 These drivers are designed for use with Windows CE 5 0 6 0 When the drivers are installed and configured devices that are attached to serial ports on the NPort 5000 will be treated as if they were attached to your PC s own COM ports Installing NPort CE Driver Manager 1 Copy NPortCab cab to Windows CE and start to install driver by double clicking on it 2 Click on OK to complete the installation when the following screen appears AME Install Default Company Name NP OJ Program Files eee Command Prompt Name NPortCab Type z 3 Driver installation is now complete and the NPortCab cab icon disappear from the screen This is normal when installing drivers in Windows
24. Server Administrator and the IP Serial Library and provides everything you need to manage monitor and modify your NPort IA5150 5250 from a remote location Installing NPort Administrator 1 Once the Setup program starts running click on Next when the Welcome window opens to proceed with the installation g Setup NPort Administration Suite Welcome to the NPort Administration Suite Setup Wizard This will install NPort Administration Suite Yer1 5 on your computer It is recommended that you close all other applications before continuing Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup Cancel 6 2 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 2 Click on Next to install program files in the default directory or select an alternative location 8 Setup NPort Administration Suite 0 x Select Destination Location Sy Where should NPort Administration Suite be installed K Setup will install NPort Administration Suite into the following folder To continue click Next If you would like to select a different folder click Browse F Program Files NPortAdminSuite Browse Atleast 2 4 MB of free disk space is required Fean 3 Click on Next to install the program using the default program name or select a different name i Setup NPort Administration Suite Select Start Menu Folder 5 Where should Setup place the program s shortcuts Q
25. Setup will create the program s shortcuts in the following Start Menu folder To continue click Next If you would like to select a different folder click Browse NPort Administration Suite Browse lt Back Cancel 6 3 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 4 Click on Install to proceed with the installation 5 1G Setup NPort Administration Suite iol xi Ready to Install i Setup is now ready to begin installing NPort Administration Suite on your computer Q Click Install to continue with the installation or click Back if you want to review or change any settings Destination location F Program Files NPort dminSuite Start Menu folder NPort Administration Suite ia Cancel The Installing window reports the progress of the installation i8 Setup NPort Administration Suite b loj xj Installing Ey Please wait while Setup installs NPort Administration Suite on your computer Q Extracting files F Program Files NPortAdminSuite IPS erial Examples we MultiPort Resource h 6 4 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6 Click on Next to proceed with the installation 7G Setup NPort Administration Suite Information Please read the following important information before continuing When you are ready to continue with Setup click Next NPort Administration Suite 1 Comp
26. accepts the AT command ATD lt IP gt lt TCP port gt from the serial port and then requests a TCP connection from the remote Ethernet Modem or PC This is where lt IP gt is the IP address of the remote Ethernet modem or PC and lt TCP port gt is the TCP port number of the remote Ethernet modem or PC Once the remote unit accepts this TCP connection NPort JA5150 5250 will send out the CONNECT lt baud gt signal via the serial port and then enter data mode Disconnection request from local site When NPort IA5150 5250s is in data mode the user can drive the DTR signal to OFF or send from the local serial port to NPort A5150 5250 NPort IA5150 5250 will enter command mode and return NO CARRIER via the serial port and then input ATH to shut down the TCP connection after 1 second 5 28 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual A ATTENTION The command cannot be divided The character can be changed in register S2 and the guard time which prefixes and suffixes the in order to protect the raw data can be changed in register 12 Web Console Configuration Disconnection request from remote site After the TCP connection has been shut down by the remote Ethernet modem or PC NPort TA5150 5250 will send the NO CARRIER signal via the serial port and then return to command mode The following tables give the additional parameters that can be configured for TC
27. automatically if there is no TCP activity for the given time Local TCP port Setting Factory Default Necessity TCP port No e g 4001 4001 Required This Port No must be the same port No that you set up for the Pair Connection Master device server 5 27 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration Ethernet Modem Mode Operating Settings Port 01 Operation mode Ethernet Modem Mode z TCP alive check time 0 99 min Local TCP Port aoon Submit Dial in NPort IA5150 5250 listens for a TCP IP connection request from the remote Ethernet modem or host NPort IA5150 5250 s response depends on the ATSO value as outlined below ATSO 0 default NPort IA5150 5250 will temporarily accept the TCP connection and then send the RING signal out through the serial port The serial controller must reply with ATA within 2 5 seconds to accept the connection request after which NPort IA5150 5250 enters data mode If no ATA command is received NPort IA5150 5250 will disconnect after sending three RING signals ATSO21 NPort IA5150 5250 will accept the TCP connection immediately and then send the CONNECT lt baud gt command to the serial port in which lt baud gt represents the baud rate of NPort 1A5150 5250 s serial port After that NPort A5150 5250 immediately enters data mode Dial out NPort IA5150 5250
28. be able to use the right click method to open the configuration page Error 8 x Target is password protected Please Unlock first OK In this case proceed as follows to Unlock the device server 6 8 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 1 Select the NPort IA5150 5250 with Lock status click the right mouse button and then select Unlock k Administrator Configuration Port Monitor COM Mapping IP Address Report Password 3 The Lock status will change to Unlock and the Administrator utility will keep this NPort JA5150 5250 in the Unlock status throughout this Administrator session NPort14 5250 1921689149 Unlock l Port Monitor COM Mapping IP Address Report 6 9 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator The meanings of the six Status states are given below note that the term Fixed is borrowed from the standard fixed IP address networking terminology Lock The NPort IA5150 5250 is password protected Broadcast Search was used to locate it and the password has not yet been entered from within the current Administrator session Unlock The NPort IA5150 5250 is password protected Broadcast Search was used to locate it and the password has been entered from withi
29. is deleted i e stripped and the remaining data is transmitted Do nothing The data will be transmitted when the Delimiter is received Force transmit Setting Factory Default Necessity 0 to 65535 ms 0 ms Optional 0 Disable the force transmit timeout 1 to 65535 Forces the NPort IA5150 5250 s TCP IP protocol software to try to pack serial data received during the specified time into the same data frame This parameter defines the time interval during which NPort IA5150 5250 fetches the serial data from its internal buffer If data is incoming through the serial port NPort IA5150 5250 stores the data in the internal buffer NPort A5150 5250 transmits data stored in the buffer via TCP IP but only if the internal buffer is full or if the Force transmit time interval reaches the time specified under Force transmit timeout The optimal Force transmit timeout depends on your application but it must be at least larger than one character interval within the specified baud rate For example assume that the serial port is set to 1200 bps 8 data bits 1 stop bit and no parity In this case the total number of bits needed to send a character is 10 bits and the time required to transfer one character is 10 bits 1200 bits s 1000 ms s 8 3 ms Therefore you should set Force transmit timeout to be larger than 8 3 ms so in this case it must be greater than or equal to 10 ms If the user wants to
30. might find that your NPort exhibits a much poorer operation performance than when using the native COM1 port Once you have enabled the Fast Flush function you can check to see if there has been an improvement in performance By default the optional Fast Flush function is disabled If you would like to enable this function from the NPort Administrator double click on the COM ports that are mapped to the NPort and then select the Fast Flush checkbox You should find that when Fast Flush is enabled the NPort driver will work faster with PurgeComm COM Port Settings xj Port Number 1 Port s Selected 1st port is Port 1 Basic Settings Advanced Settings Serial Parameters Tx Mode Hi Performance FIFO Enable X Fast Flush Only Flush Local Buffer Apply All Selected Ports J OK X Cancel 6 26 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 8 The Serial Parameter settings shown here are the default settings when the NPort JA5150 5250 is powered on However the program can redefine the serial parameters to different values after the program opens the port via Win 32 API COM Port Settings Apply All Selected Parts 9 After setting the COM Mapping remember to select Apply Change to save the information in the host system registry The host computer will not have the ability to use the COM port until after Apply Change is s
31. of NPort IA device servers You must be careful not to connect the Ethernet ports of the two device servers at the ends of the chain In other words NPort IA does NOT support a closed chain Connecting to a Serial Device Connect the serial data cable between NPort IA5150 5250 and the serial device Serial data cables are optional accessories for NPort 2 4 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Getting Started LED Indicators The top panels of all NPort IA5150 5250 have four LED indicators as described in the following table LED Name LED Color LED Function PWR1 PWR2 red Power is being supplied to power input PWR1 PWR2 Steady on Power is on and NPort IA is booting up Blinking Indicates an IP conflict or DHCP or BOOTP server did not respond properly or a relay output occurred red When the above two conditions occur at the same time check the relay output first If after resolving Reddy the relay output the RDY LED is still blinking then there is an IP conflict or the DHCP or BOOTP server did not respond properly Steady on Power is on and NPort JA is functioning normally green Blinking The device server has been located by Administrator s Location function off Power is off or power error condition exists orange 10 Mbps Ethernet connection Ethernet green 100 Mbps Ethernet connection off Ethernet cable is disconnected or has a short orange Serial port is recei
32. send a series of characters in the same packet the serial device attached to NPort IA5150 5250 should send that series of characters during a time interval less than the Force transmit timeout for NPort IA5150 5250 and the total length of data must be less than or equal to NPort IA5150 5250 s internal buffer size The serial communication buffer size for NPort 1A5150 5250 is 1 KB per port 5 25 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration Destination IP address 1 Setting Factory Default Necessity IP address range Begin Empty Required E g Begin 192 168 1 1 End Empty End 192 168 1 10 Port 4001 Destination IP address 2 3 4 Setting Factory Default Necessity IP address range Begin Empty Optional E g Begin 192 168 1 11 End Empty End 192 168 1 20 Port 4001 Local listen port Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 to 65535 4001 Required The UDP port that NPort IA5150 5250 listens to and that other devices must use to contact NPort 1A5150 5250 To avoid conflicts with well known UDP ports the default is set to 4001 Pair Connection Mode Pair Connection Mode employs two NPort A5150 5250 device servers in tandem and can be used to remove the 15 meter distance limitation imposed by the RS 232 interface One NPort 1A5150 5250 is connected from its RS 232 port to the COM port of a PC or other type of computer such as hand held PDAs that ha
33. 0 5250 4 amp dministrator Configuration p iol x File Function Configuration View Help 2 x ely I Exit Search SearchIP Locate Configure Web Function Configuration 1 NPort s No Model__ MAC Address IP Address Status NPortl 5250 OO S0 E 6 52 50 16 Configuration Monitor 2 Broadcast Search Port Monitor E Specify by IP Address a ecg 3 Lee ze Unlock EH Configure l Z Import Configuration Assign IP Address 6 14 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator Import Configuration The Import Configuration function is used to import an NPort IA5150 5250 configuration from a file into one or more of the same model NPort IA5150 5250 To import a configuration first select the target servers click the right mouse button and then select Import Configuration Follow the onscreen instructions to locate the configuration file and start downloading the file Administrator Configuration Ol x File Function Configuration View Help 2 x ey A Exit Search SearchIP Locate Configure Web Function NPort Configuration Configuration 1 NPort s No_ __ Model__ MAC Address IP Address Status 250 00 90 68 52 50 16 Monitor Broadcast Search er Specify by IP Address apping Q IP Address Report ZS Locate e Unlock Configure E Web 2 Upgrade Firmware
34. 0 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration Opening Your Browser ATTENTION 1 Open your browser with the cookie function enabled To enable your browser for cookies right click on your desktop Internet Explorer icon select Properties click on the Security tab and then select the three Enable options as shown in the figure below 2x General Security content Connections Programs Advanced Security Settings 3 2 xi Settings Select a Web content zone to specify its security settings Cookies a g Allow cookies that are stored on your computer amp 0O O Deae Localintranet Trusted sites Restricted Enable sites O Prompt g Allow per session cookies not stored O Disable Internet f This zone contains all Web sites you haven t placed in other zones Enable O Prompt Security level for this zone A gt Downloads Move the slider to set the security level For this zone B File download Medium O Disable Safe browsing and still Functional Enable Prompts before downloading potentially unsafe content BR oe cay yong ha Unsigned ActiveX controls will not be downloaded 4 gt Appropriate for most Internet sites am lies Reset custom settings Custom Level Default Level Reset to Medium z Reset mn Type 192 168 127 254 in the Address input box use the correct IP address if different from the default and then press Ente
35. 1 directly to your computer s male RS 232 serial port From the Windows desktop click on Start gt Programs gt PComm Lite gt Terminal Emulator When the PComm Terminal Emulator window opens first click on the Port Manager menu item and select Open or simply click on the Open icon PComm Terminal Emulator The Property window opens automatically From the Communication Parameter page select the appropriate COM port for the connection COM1 in this example and 19200 for Baud Rate 8 for Data Bits None for Parity and 1 for Stop Bits From the Property window s Terminal page select ANSI or VT100 for Terminal Type and then click OK If you select Dumb Terminal as the terminal type some of the console functions especially the Monitor function may not work properly NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 6 Press the key continuously and then power on the NPort IA5150 5250 TEEEEELEELE TY SSS e ee eee Fe ee GE S28 8884032 5 Ce JLL 7 NPort IA5150 5250 will automatically switch from data mode to console mode as it receives a continuous string of iad 8 Input the password when prompted Note that this page will only appear when the NPort TA5150 5250 has been set up for password protection E COM1 19200 None 8 1 T100 m Model name NPort I 5250 fore AC address 00 90 E8 52 50 16 RTS Serial No 525016
36. 1 to 99 min The NPort IA5150 5250 closes the TCP connection automatically if there is no TCP activity for the given time Destination IP address Setting Factory Default Necessity IP address or Domain Name blank Optional E g 192 168 1 1 TCP port No 4001 Required The Pair Connection Master will contact the network host that has this IP address Data will be transmitted through the port No 4001 by default Note that you must configure the same TCP port No for the device server acting as the Pair Connection Slave Pair Connection Slave Mode When using Pair Connection Mode you must select Pair Connection Slave Mode for the Operation mode of one of the NPort A5150 5250 device servers In effect this NPort 1A5150 5250 will be acting as a TCP server MOXA SI Main Menu Operating Settings 0 Overview Q Basic Settings Port 1 O Network Settings rc Sine Mods W aa Serial Settings Operation mode air Connection Slave Mode Operating Settings TCP alive check time 7 0 99 min pel Local TCP port 4001 Q Accessible IP Settings I Apply the above settings to all serial ports BQ Auto Warning Setting S Monit 5 a e Password sern TCP alive check time Setting Factory Default Necessity 0 to 99 min 7 min Required 0 min TCP connection is not closed due to an idle TCP connection 1 to 99 min The NPort IA5150 5250 closes the TCP connection
37. 11 00 55 Time Sever 195 113 144 201 System Uptime O days 0 7 20 Modity fv Enetie Web Console v Enable Telnet Console 0 Je Click the Modly check box to modiy configuration s 0K X Cancel 6 11 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5 You will now be able to modify Time Zone Local Date Local Time and Time Server LIL x p e SENS AccessibleIPs AutoWaming IPAddess Repot Password liea Basic NPortJA 5250 Network Serial Operating Mode MAC Address _ Modify 00 90 E8 5250 16 Servet Nate NPIA5250_525016 Serial Number WModhi 25016 Mody Time Zone GMT 08 00 Taipei X Firmware Version Local Date 20057 8 31 gt Ver 1 0 Local Time 11 00 55 Time Server 195 113 144 201 System Uptime O days 0 7 20 _ Modify v Enable Web Console 4 E j S Telr I l _ Modity System Performance Auto Click the Modify check box to modify configuration of OK XM Cancel A ATTENTION You can simultaneously modify the configurations of multiple NPort 1A5150 5250s that are of the same model To select multiple NPort A5150 5250s hold down the Ctrl key when selecting additional NPort IA5150 5250s or hold down the Shift key to select a group of NPort 1A5150 5250s Upgrading the Firmware Follow these steps to upgrade the firmware of an NPort IA5150 5250 1 To start NPort Administrator click on Start gt NPort Administration S
38. 150 5250 s console setting data communication may not work properly Ignore jammed IP Setting Factory Default Previously when Max connections gt 1 and the serial device is transmitting data if any one of the connected hosts is not responding it will wait until the data has been transmitted successfully before transmitting the second group of data to all hosts Currently if you select Yes for Ignore jammed IP the host that is not responding will be ignored but the data will still be transmitted to the other hosts Allow driver control Setting Factory Default If max connection is greater than 1 NPort will ignore driver control commands from all connected hosts However if you set Allow driver control to YES control commands will be accepted Note that since NPort IA may get configuration changes from multiple hosts the most recent command received will take precedence 5 13 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration A ATTENTION Packing length Setting Factory Default Default 0 The Delimiter Process will be followed regardless of the length of the data packet If the data length in bytes matches the configured value the data will be forced out The data length can be configured for 0 to 1024 bytes Set to 0 if you do not need to limit the length Delimiter 1 Setting Factory Default Necessity 00 to FF None Optional Delimiter 2 Settin
39. 5 7 GND DSR 6 lt ______________ 6 DTR RTS 7 ___________ __ _ 4 CTS CTS 8 x 5 RTS A 4 B Well Known Port Numbers In this appendix which is included for your reference we provide a list of Well Known port numbers that may cause network problems if you set NPort A5150 5250 to one of these ports Refer to RFC 1700 for Well Known port numbers or refer to the following introduction from the IANA The port numbers are divided into three ranges the Well Known Ports the Registered Ports and the Dynamic and or Private Ports The Well Known Ports are those from 0 through 1023 The Registered Ports are those from 1024 through 49151 The Dynamic and or Private Ports are those from 49152 through 65535 The Well Known Ports are assigned by the IANA and on most systems can only be used by system processes or by programs executed by privileged users The following table shows famous port numbers among the well known port numbers For more details please visit the IANA website http www iana org assignments port numbers TCP Socket Application Service 0 reserved 1 TCP Port Service Multiplexor 2 Management Utility 7 Echo 9 Discard 11 Active Users systat 13 Daytime 15 Netstat 20 FTP data port 21 FTP CONTROL port 23 Telnet 25 SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol 37 Time Time Server 42 Host name server names server 43 Whois nickname
40. 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator COM Mapping Windows Administration Suite comes with Windows Real COM drivers After you install NPort 1A5150 5250 Administration Suite there are two ways to set up the NPort A5150 5250 serial port as your host s remote COM port The first way is with On line COM Mapping On line COM Mapping will check to make sure that the NPort I A5150 5250 is connected correctly to the network and then install the driver on the host computer The second way is with Off line COM Installation without first connecting the NPort 1A5150 5250 to the network Off line COM Mapping can decrease the system integrator s effort by solving different field problems Via off line installation users can first process software installation for the host and then install the NPort IA5150 5250 to different fields Use the following procedure to map COM ports 1 On line COM Mapping Connect the NPort IA5150 5250 to the network gt Set the NPort IA5150 5250 to the proper IP address gt Map COMs to your host gt Apply Change 2 Off line COM Mapping Map COMs to your host gt Apply Change gt Connect the NPort IA5150 5250 to the network gt Configure the NPort IA5150 5250 s IP address On line COM Mapping 1 Broadcast Search for NPort IA5150 5250s on the network g Administrator Configuration File Function Configuration View Help 2 pe 3 tk E a a Exit Search SearchIP Locate Conf
41. Browser Telnet Console Windows Utility or Serial Console NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Introduction Power Requirements Power Input Alarm Contact Mechanical Casing Dimensions W x H x D Gross Weight Environmental Operating Temperature Storage Temperature Regulatory Approvals EMC Safety Hazardous Location ATEX Marine Warranty 12 to 48 VDC Relay output with current carrying capacity of 1A 24 VDC IP30 protection 29 x 89 2 x 118 5 mm 5150 series 0 15 kg 0 33 Ib 5250 0 16 kg 0 35 Ib 0 to 55 C 32 to 131 F 5 to 95 RH 40 to 75 C for T versions 40 to 85 C 4 to 185 F 5 to 95 RH CE EN55022 Class A EN55024 FCC Part 15 Subpart B Class A UL UL60950 1 UL508 TUV EN60950 1 UL cUL Class 1 Division 2 Groups A B C and D Class I Zone 2 DNV 5 years 2 Getting Started In this chapter we give instructions on installing NPort IA5150 5250 device servers Software installation is covered in subsequent chapters The following topics are covered O Panel Layout Q Connecting the Hardware gt Wiring Requirements Connecting the Power Grounding the NPort IA5150 5250 Connecting to the Network Connecting to a Serial Device LED Indicators VVVV V NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Getting Started Panel Layout
42. C Address IP Address NPort l4 5250 00 90 E8 52 50 16 192 168 9 149 6 7 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 3 When the search is complete the Broadcast Search window will close and the NPort 1A5150 5250s that were located will be displayed in the right pane of the Administrator window If you found more than one server connected to this network refer to the MAC address sticker on your server s to determine which server s are the ones you wish to configure To configure an NPort IA5150 5250 place the cursor over the row displaying that NPort IA5150 5250 s information and then double click the left mouse button 4 Administrator Configuration lol x File Function Configuration View Help 2 2 pits EF L Exit Search SearchIP Locate Configure Web Configuration 1 NPort s Function NPort Configuration 1 NPort lA 5250 Monitor Port Monitor A COM Mapping Q IP Address Report MAC Address IP Address Status 00 90 E8 52 50 16 192 168 9 149 A ATTENTION Before modifying NPort IA5150 5250 s configuration use Broadcast Search to locate all NPort TA5150 5250s connected to the LAN or use Specify by IP Address to locate a particular NPort TA5150 5250 Unlock Password Protection If the NPort IA5150 5250 is password protected indicated by Lock for Status you will receive the following error and you will not
43. CP DHCP BOOTP BOOTP 5 7 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration A ATTENTION In Dynamic IP environments the firmware will retry 3 times every 30 seconds until network settings are assigned by the DHCP or BOOTP server The Timeout for each try increases from 1 second to 3 seconds to 5 seconds If the DHCP BOOTP Server is unavailable the firmware will use the default IP address 192 168 127 254 Netmask and Gateway for IP settings DNS server 1 DNS server 2 Setting Factory Default Necessity E g 192 168 1 1 None Optional IP addresses of the form x x x 0 and x x x 255 are invalid When the user wants to visit a particular website the computer asks a Domain Name System DNS server for the website s correct IP address and then the computer uses the response to connect to the web server DNS is the way that Internet domain names are identified and translated into IP addresses A domain name is an alphanumeric name such as moxa com that it is usually easier to remember A DNS server is a host that translates this kind of text based domain name into the numeric IP address used to establish a TCP IP connection In order to use NPort I A5150 5250 s DNS feature you need to configure the DNS server Doing so allows NPort IA5150 5250 to use a host s domain name to access the host NPort IA5150 5250 provides DNS server 1 and DNS server 2 configuration item
44. Console is included for security reasons In some cases you may want to disable one or both of these console utilities as an extra precaution to prevent unauthorized users from accessing your NPort IA5150 5250 The factory default for both Web console and Telnet console is Enable Web console Setting Factory Default Necessity Enable or Disable Enable Required Telnet console Setting Factory Default Necessity Enable or Disable Enable Required 5 5 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration A ATTENTION If you disable both the Web console and Telnet console you can still use NPort Administrator to configure NPort IA5150 5250 device servers either locally or remotely over the network Refer to Chapter 6 for more details Reset button protect Setting Factory Default Necessity No or Yes No Required Options are No and Yes with default No NOTE Select the Yes option to allow limited use of the Reset Button In this case the Reset Button can be used for only 60 seconds I e 60 sec after booting up the Reset Button will be disabled automatically Network Settings Network Settings IP address 192 168 127 254 Netmask 255 2552550 Gateway DOO i IP configuration EE DNS server 1 C DNS server 2 OOO SNMP Setting SNMP Enable Disable Community name Joubtic Contact Location IP Address report Auto report to
45. IP Auto report to TCP port one Auto report period fio seconds You must assign a valid IP address to NPort IA5150 5250 before it will work in your network environment Your network system administrator should provide you with an IP address and related settings for your network The IP address must be unique within the network otherwise NPort IA5150 5250 will not have a valid connection to the network First time users can refer to Chapter 3 Initial IP Address Configuration for more information You can choose from four possible IP configuration modes Static DHCP DHCP BOOTP and BOOTP located under the web console screen s IP configuration drop down box VERRE ee ee amp a 5 6 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration Method Function Definition Static User defined IP address Netmask Gateway DHCP DHCP Server assigned IP address Netmask Gateway DNS and Time Server DHCP BOOTP DHCP Server assigned IP address Netmask Gateway DNS and Time Server or BOOTP Server assigned IP address if the DHCP Server does not respond BOOTP BOOTP Server assigned IP address IP Address Setting Factory Default Necessity E g 192 168 1 1 192 168 127 254 Required IP addresses of the form x x x 0 and x x x 255 are invalid An IP address is a number assigned to a network device such as a
46. NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Fourth Edition September 2009 www moxa com product MOXA 2009 Moxa Inc All rights reserved Reproduction without permission is prohibited NPort 145150 5250 Series User s Manual The software described in this manual is furnished under a license agreement and may be used only in accordance with the terms of that agreement Copyright Notice Copyright 2009 Moxa Inc All rights reserved Reproduction without permission is prohibited Trademarks MOXA is a registered trademark of Moxa Inc All other trademarks or registered marks in this manual belong to their respective manufacturers Disclaimer Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Moxa Moxa provides this document as is without warranty of any kind either expressed or implied including but not limited to its particular purpose Moxa reserves the right to make improvements and or changes to this manual or to the products and or the programs described in this manual at any time Information provided in this manual is intended to be accurate and reliable However Moxa assumes no responsibility for its use or for any infringements on the rights of third parties that may result from its use This product might include unintentional technical or typographical errors Changes are periodically made to the information herein to correct such er
47. NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration Serial Settings Click on Serial Settings located under Main Menu to display serial port settings for ports 1 and 2 Serial Settings Serial Settings Alias Baud rate Data bits Stop bits Parity FIFO Flow ctrl Interface Port 1 115200 8 al None Enable RTS CTS IRS 232 Port 2 115200 8 al None Enable RTS CTS IRS 232 To modify serial settings for a particular port click on either Port 1 or Port 2 under Serial Settings located under Main Menu on the left side of the browser window Serial Settings Port 1 Port alias NPon ases Serial Parameters Baud rate i1520 Data bits fez Stop bits EE Parity None gt Flow control RTs cTs z FIFO Enable Disable Interface Rs z I Apply the above settings to all serial ports Port alias Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 to 15 characters E g PLC No 1 None Optional Port Alias is specially designed to allow easy identification of the serial devices which are connected to the NPort s serial port Serial Parameters A ATTENTION Check the serial communication parameters in your Serial Device s user s manual You should set up the NPort IA5150 5250 s serial parameters with the same communication parameters used by your serial devices 5 10 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manu
48. On DSR Off received and will be disconnected when a DSR Off signal is received A TCP connection will be established when a DSR On signal is DSR On None i ime o received and will remain active indefinitely A TCP connection will be established when a DCD On signal is DCD On DCD Off received and will be disconnected when a DCD Off signal is received DCD On None A TCP connection will be established when a DCD On signal is received and will remain active indefinitely 5 23 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration UDP Mode Packing length Operating Settings Port 1 Operation mode UDP Made Data Packing Packing length ig 0 1024 Delimiter 1 0 Hex T Enable Delimiter 2 0 ex I Enable Delimiter process Do Nothing Processed only when Packing length is 0 Force transmit p 0 65535 ms UDP Mode l Begin End Port Destination IP address 1 ee ee oe Destination IP address 2 C ee oe Destination IP address 3 Cr Destination IP address 4 CO ee Co Local Listen port on I Apply the above settings to all serial ports Local listen port will be enumerated automatically Submit Setting 0 to 1024 Factory Default Necessity CS ow Default 0 The Delimiter Process will be followed regardless of the length of the data packet If
49. P Client Mode Refer to the table below the figures to see details of the meaning of each parameter Ethernet Modem Setting Value Notes Necessity The TCP port that other devices must use to contact this TCP port Valid port No device To avoid conflicts with standard TCP ports the Required default is set to 4001 0 TCP connection is not closed due to an idle serial line TCP alive check time F TCP connection is automatically closed by this device if Optional 1 to 99 min i 3 there is no TCP activity for the given time 5 29 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration AT Commands NPort IA5150 5250 supports the following common AT commands used with a typical modem No AT command Description Remarks 1 ATA Answer manully 2 ATD lt IP gt lt Port gt Dial up the IP address Port No 3 ATE ATEO Echo OFF ATE1 Echo ON default 4 ATH ATHO0 On hook default ATH1 Off hook 5 ATL ATIO ATI ATI2 Modem version reply OK only 6 ATL Speaker volume option reply OK only 7 ATM Speaker control option reply OK only 8 ATO On line command 9 ATP ATT Set Pulse Tone Dialing mode reply OK only 10 ATQO ATQI Quiet command default ATQO 11 ATSr n Change the contents of S register See S registers 12 ATSr Read the contents of S register See S registers 13 ATV Result code t
50. P environment you can use NPort TA5150 5250 Administration Suite Web Console Telnet Console or Serial Console to configure NPort IA5150 5250 to get an IP address dynamically with DHCP DHCP BOOTP or BOOTP A ATTENTION Consult your network administrator on how to reserve a fixed IP address for your NPort IA5150 5250 in the MAC IP mapping table when using a DHCP Server or BOOTP Server In most applications you should assign a fixed IP address to your NPort 1A5150 5250 Factory Default IP Address NPort IA5150 5250 products are configured with the following default private IP address Default IP address 192 168 127 254 IP addresses of the form 192 168 xxx xxx are referred to as private IP addresses since it is not possible to directly access a device configured with a private IP address from a public network For example you would not be able to ping such a device from an outside Internet connection NPort IA5150 5250 applications that require sending data over a public network such as the Internet require setting up the server with a valid public IP address which can be leased from a local ISP NPort Administration Suite NPort Administration Suite consists of some useful utility programs that are used to configure and manage your NPort IA5150 5250 See Chapter 5 for details on how to install NPort Administration Suite and how to use this suite of useful utilities to set up IP addresses and configure your NPort IA5150 5250 Seri
51. Port 1A5150 5250 may get configuration changes from multiple hosts the most recent command received will take precedence Packing length Setting Factory Default Default 0 The Delimiter Process will be followed regardless of the length of the data packet If the data length in bytes matches the configured value the data will be forced out The data length can be configured for 0 to 1024 bytes Set to 0 if you do not need to limit the length Delimiter 1 Setting Factory Default Necessity 00 to FF None Optional Delimiter 2 Setting Factory Default Necessity 00 to FF None Optional Once the NPort IA5150 5250 receives both delimiters through its serial port it immediately packs all data currently in its buffer and sends it to the NPort A5150 5250 s Ethernet port of the serial data received is greater than 1 KB the NPort IA5150 5250 will automatically pack the data and send it to the Ethernet However to use the delimiter function you must at least enable Delimiter 1 If Delimiter 1 is left blank and Delimiter 2 is enabled the delimiter function will not work properly 5 17 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration Delimiter process Setting Factory Default Do nothing Delimiter 1 Delimiter 2 Do Nothing Optional Strip Delimiter Delimiter 1 or Delimiter 2 The data will be transmitted when an additional byte for Delimiter 1 or an addi
52. Prosser Console management is commonly used by connecting to Console AUX or COM ports of routers switches and UPS units Rtelnet works the same as RAW mode in that only one TCP port is listened to after booting up The system then waits for a host on the network to initiate a connection The difference is that the RAW mode does not provide the conversion function provided by Telnet If the connected devices need to use the CR LF conversion function when controlling then users must choose Rtelnet mode Disabled Mode When the Operation Mode for a particular port is set to Disabled that port will be disabled 4 5 5 Web Console Configuration The Web Console is the most user friendly way to configure the NPort IA5150 5250 series products This chapter will introduce the Web Console function groups and function definitions This following topics are covered in this chapter Q u u u m Opening Your Browser Basic Settings Network Settings SNMP Settings gt IP Address Report Serial Settings gt Serial Parameters Operating Settings Real COM Mode TCP Server Mode TCP Client Mode UDP Mode Pair Connection Mode Ethernet Modem Mode Reverse Telnet Mode Disabled Mode Accessible IP Settings Auto Warning Settings gt Auto warning E mail and SNMP trap gt Event Type Monitor gt Monitor Line gt Monitor Async VVVVVV VV gt Monitor Async Settings Change Password Load Factory Default NPort 1A515
53. Selected 1st port is Port 1 Basic Settings Advanced Settings Serial Parameters Basic Settings Advanced Settings Serial Parameters COM Number COM1 current assigned COM1 current assigned gN COM Number z Auto Enumeratinj COM3 in use M Selected Ports COM4 assigned COMS Auto Enumerating COM Number for M Selected Potts COM6 SK Cancel J 0K X Cancel 7 Hi performance mode is the default for Tx mode If the driver completes sending data out to the NPort IA5150 5250 the driver will respond Tx Empty to the program Under Classical mode the driver will not notify the user s program that Tx is completed until all Tx data has been sent out from the NPort I A5150 5250 This mode will cause lower throughput If you want to ensure that all data is sent out before further processing classical mode is recommended Enable Disable Tx Rx FIFO If disabled the NPort A5150 5250 will send one byte each time the Tx FIFO becomes empty and an Rx interrupt will be generated for each incoming byte This will result in a faster response and lower throughput If you want to use XON XOFF flow control we recommend setting FIFO to Disable Network Timeout is used when the COM port is opened Since the COM port is on the network rather than physically attached to the PC host there can be some lag when communicating with the serial device The Network Timeout field allows you to set the number of milli
54. Serial No 525016 Firmware version 1 0 System Uptime 0 days 00h 00m 35s NPort s web console provide the following function groups Basic Settings Server name real time clock time server IP address and Web console Telnet console Enable Disable function Network Settings IP address netmask default gateway static IP or dynamic IP DNS SNMP IP location report Serial Settings Baud rate start bits data bits stop bits flow control UART FIFO Operating Settings Operation mode TCP alive check inactivity delimiters force transmit timeout Accessible IP Settings Accessible IP or Accessible IP group Disable to accept all IP s connection Auto Warning Settings Auto warning E Mail SNMP Trap server IP address Relay Output ATTENTION If you can t remember the password the ONLY way to start configuring the NPort IA5150 5250 is to load factory defaults by using the Reset button located near the NPort s RJ45 Ethernet port Remember to use NPort Administrator to export the configuration file when you have finished the configuration After using the Reset button to load factory defaults your configuration can be easily reloaded into the NPort IA5150 5250 by using the NPort Administrator Import function Refer to Chapter 6 for more details about using the Export and Import functions NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration ATTENTION If your NPort IA5150 5250 application req
55. ablished data can be transmitted in both directions from the host to the NPort IA5150 5250 and from the NPort TA5150 5250 to the host 4 3 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode TCP Client Mode In TCP Client mode the NPort IA5150 5250can actively establish a TCP connection to a pre defined host computer when serial data arrives After the data has been transferred the NPort can automatically disconnect from the host computer by using the TCP alive check time or Inactivity time settings Refer to chapter 5 for more details As illustrated in the figure data transmission proceeds as follows 1 The NPort IA5150 5250 configured for TCP Client Mode requests a connection from the host 2 Once the connection is established data can be transmitted in both directions from the host to the NPort IA5150 5250 and from the NPort IA5150 5250 to the host UDP Mode Compared to TCP communication UDP is faster and more efficient In UDP mode you can multicast data from the serial device to multiple host computers and the serial device can also receive data from multiple host computers making this mode ideal for message display applications Pair Connection Mode TCP Client Mode E e TCP IP Ethernet Request a connection Proceed with data transmission TCP Client RS 232 422 485 UDP Mode Directly proceed with data tr
56. al Web Console Configuration Baud rate Setting Factory Default Necessity 110 bps to 230400 bps 115200 bps Required Data bits Setting Factory Default Necessity 5 6 7 8 8 Required When the user sets Data bits to 5 bits the stop bits setting will automatically change to 1 5 bits Stop bits Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 2 1 Required Stop bits will be set to 1 5 when Data bits is set to 5 bits Parity Setting Factory Default Necessity None Even Odd Space Mark None Required Flow control Setting Factory Default Necessity None RTS CTS DTR DSR Xon Xoff RTS CTS Required FIFO Setting Factory Default Necessity Enable Disable Enable Required NPort IA5150 5250 s serial ports provide a 16 byte FIFO both in the Tx and Rx directions To prevent data loss during communication disable the FIFO setting when your serial device does not have a FIFO Interface Setting Factory Default Necessity RS 232 RS 232 Required RS 422 2 wire RS 485 4 wire RS 485 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration Operating Settings Operating Settings Operating Settings Packing ae Rea B A Port Operating mode length Delimiter 1 Delimiter 2 Delimiter process Force transmit o 0 Disable 0 Disable Do Nothing o 1 Real COM Mode TCP alive check time 7 Max connection 1 0 0
57. ansmission no connection required TCP IP Ethernet RS 232 422 485 Pair Connection Mode employs two NPort A5150 5250 units in tandem and can be used to remove the 15 meter distance limitation imposed by the RS 232 interface One NPort 1A5150 5250 is connected from its RS 232 port to the COM port of a PC or other type of computer such as a hand held PDA and the serial device is connected to the RS 232 port of the other NPort A5150 5250 The two NPort IA5150 5250 units are then connected to each other with a cross over Ethernet cable both are connected to the same LAN or in a more advanced setup they communicate with each other over a WAN i e through one or more routers Pair Connection Mode transparently transfers both data and modem control signals although it cannot transmit the DCD signal between the two NPort device servers 4 4 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode Ethernet Modem Mode Ethernet Modem Mode is designed for use with legacy operating systems such as MS DOS that do not support TCP IP Ethernet By connecting one of NPort IA5150 5250 s serial port to the MS DOS computer s serial port it is possible to use legacy software originally designed to transmit data via modem but now transmit the data over the Ethernet Reverse Telnet Mode Reverse Telnet mode st a0 Windows NT NPort IA as 5150 5250 pa Mrs Una f ie HP server
58. ator Configuration lof x File Function Configuration View Help 2 Configuration 0 NPort s A NPort No Model MAC Address IP Address Status Configuration Monitor Port Monitor i COM Mapping X IP Address Report Now 2005 8 31 EF 11 03 49 6 6 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator Broadcast Search The Broadcast Search function is used to locate all NPort A5150 5250s that are connected to the same LAN as your computer Since the Broadcast Search function searches by MAC address and not IP address all NPort IA5150 5250s connected to the LAN will be located regardless of whether or not they are part of the same subnet as the host 1 Position the cursor in the right middle section of the Administrator window and then click the right mouse button F administrator Configuration OOOO E File Function Configuration View Help F 2 2 x E l Exit Search SearchIP Locate C onfigure Web Function Configuration 0 NPort s NPort No Model MAC Address IP Address Status Configuration Monitor Port Monitor COM Mapping Q IP Address Report amp Specify by IP Address 2 The Broadcast Search window will open and display the Model IP Address MAC Address and Progress of the search for that particular device Searching for NPort Z Stop Found 1 NPort s remain timeout 4 second s No Model MA
59. ays 6 unit 1 10 sec 11 S10 Delay for hang up after carrier Nontoni always 14 unit 1 10 sec a ae maispecine No action applied 13 12 Escape code guard time default 50 unit 1 50 sec to control the idle time for Local TCP port Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 to 65535 4001 Required The TCP port that other devices must use to contact this device To avoid conflicts with standard TCP ports the default is set to 4001 Reverse Telnet Mode MOXA 3 Main Menu 0O Overview Operating Settings O Basic Settings Port 1 1 Network Settings s0 EE ESTEE Operation mode Reverse Telnet Mode Z I Operating Settings TCP alive check time mo 99 min TG Port i O port 2 Inactivity time o 0 65535 ms a Accessible IP Settings Local TCP port 4001 Auto Warning Setting aq Monitor Map lt CR LF gt CR LF Se O Change Password F Apply the above settings to all serial ports a Load Factory Default O Save Restart Submit 5 31 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration TCP alive check time Setting Factory Default Necessity 0 to 99 min 0 Optional Specifies the time slice for checking if the TCP connection is alive If no response NPort 1A5150 5250 will disconnect the original connection Inactivity time Setting Factory Default Necessity 0 to 65535 ms 0 Optional Idle time set
60. case only one specific host can access this port of the NPort IA5150 5250 and the Real COM driver on that host will have full control over the port Max Connection 1 Allows only 1 host s Real COM driver to open the specific NPort IA5150 5250 serial port Max Connection 2 to 4 Allows 2 to 4 host s Real COM drivers to open the specific NPort A5150 5250 serial port at the same time When multiple hosts Real COM drivers open the serial port at the same time the COM driver only provides a pure data tunnel without control ability That is this serial port parameter will use firmware s settings not depend on your application program AP Application software that is based on the COM driver will receive a driver response of success when the software uses any of the Win32 API functions The firmware will only send the data back to the driver on the host Data will be sent first in first out when data comes into the NPort from the Ethernet interface When Max connection is set to 2 3 or 4 this means that NPort IA5150 5250 will be using a multi connection application i e 2 3 or 4 hosts are allowed access to the port at the same time When using a multi connection application NPort A5150 5250 will use the serial communication parameters set in the console All of the hosts connected to that port must use the same serial settings If one of the hosts opens the COM port with parameters that are different from NPort A5
61. computer as a permanent address on the network Computers use the IP addressed to identify and talk to each other over the network Choose a proper IP address which is unique and valid in your network environment Netmask Setting Factory Default Necessity E g 255 255 255 0 255 255 255 0 Required A subnet mask represents all of the network hosts at one geographic location in one building or on the same local area network When a packet is sent out over the network the NPort 1A5150 5250 will use the subnet mask to check whether the desired TCP IP host specified in the packet is on the local network segment If the address is on the same network segment as the NPort IA5150 5250 a connection is established directly from the NPort IA5150 5250 Otherwise the connection is established through the given default gateway Gateway Setting Factory Default Necessity E g 192 168 1 1 None Optional A gateway is a network gateway that acts as an entrance to another network Usually the computers that control traffic within the network or at the local Internet service provider are gateway nodes NPort IA5150 5250 needs to know the IP address of the default gateway computer in order to communicate with the hosts outside the local network environment For correct gateway IP address information consult the network administrator IP Configuration Setting Factory Default Necessity Static Static Required DH
62. eceseceseceseceecaeesaeeeaeeneeees 2 4 Connecting to the Network senenn aha how ansaiei ninth tiie aepestdtaan abies 2 4 Connecting to a Serial Device snaa auanei nei a a ea N ta a 2 4 DED atoae Ree A E S E 2 5 Initial IP Address Configuration cccccssseecceseeseeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeseeeeeees 3 1 Initializing the NPort s IP Address Sinine are a arIa aerie 3 2 Factory Default IP Address nininini e arie i e N ae a EE a EEE aio 3 2 NPort Administration SWE anie e en a a ae a ieaiai 3 2 ARP hne a a E E a a E e He R EER 3 2 Telnet COnSGIE oes sccevsceerecenthctestecdeneceutl an e EAE R RR E E TR 3 3 Serial Console T9200 m E sees a E aa aE E E AREN 3 7 Choosing the Proper Operation Mode ssssnsssnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnne 4 1 OVO E a O E E acnaanats 4 2 Reall COM Moderneissa aE ieee E E N ES EE E a A E EEE 4 2 PEP S rv er Modes ssssecsictstescvssscbeatecigysstesstesitsdetyets A a teas a E TIR 4 3 TEP Client M d s onne r r E r E E E 4 4 UDP Mod sarni eaa e aa RE N E A E 4 4 Pair Connection Mod s aincie arn ratch aside a a e E a a a E TERE 4 4 Ethernet Modem Modests ea aa a A a a A a a ti 4 5 Reverse Telnet Mod niiit iaee E E E AE E i 4 5 Disabled Mode reni n E E E E E E onan E ER 4 5 Web Console Configuration sssssseunsenunennunnnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 5 1 Opening Your BrOWSEr ceee reer E E E rE EEE EEEE EER E 5 2 Basic Setting i sisissdwn aeiiitiieaei e E T EE E E a E E E a EE 5 4 Netw
63. elected 4 Administrator COM Mapping NPort Configuration NPortiA 5250 182166 5 145 COMS Hi Performance FIFO Ena 60 Monitor 2 NPort l4 5250 192 168 9 149 i COM4 Hi Performance FIFO Ena 960 Port Monitor COM Mapping IP Address Report Remove Target MEPTTT TTT T TT Discard Change 6 27 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 10 Select Discard Change to tell Administrator NOT to save the COM Mapping information to the host 4 Administrator COM Mapping Eile Function COM Mapping View Help ri El E Exit Add Remove Apply Configure COM Mapping 2 COM No Model IP Addess Pot COM Pot Mode Par Function NPort Configuration 1 NPort 5250 192 168 9 149 1 COMS Hi Performance FIFO Ena 960 Monitor 2 NPort l4 5250 192 168 9 149 2 COM4 Hi Performance FIFO Ena 960 Port Monitor d COM Mapping X IP Address Report ec ae amp Export COM Mapping J Import COM Mapping 11 To save the configuration to a text file select Export COM Mapping You will then be able to import this configuration file to another host and use the same COM Mapping settings in the other host 4 Administrator COM Mapping Ele Function COM Mapping View Help F Exit Add Remove Apply Configure Function NPort Configu
64. en the Relay Output is sending a warning the Ready LED will flash red until the warning event ceases Main Menu Monitor Relay Output O overview C Basic Settings Relay Output Status O Network Settings Power failure aa Serial Settings S Operating Settings a Accessible IP Settings Ethernet2 link down eos Ethernet1 link down Auto Warning Settings DCD changed Port 1 EY Monitor DCD changed Port 2 a DSR changed Port 1 DSR changed Port 2 soe o Etherneti link down NPort IA can provide system maintainers with real time alarm messages Even when control engineers are out of the control room for an extended period of time they can still be informed of the status of devices almost instantaneously when exceptions occur NPort IA supports different methods for warning engineers automatically such as by email SNMP trap and relay output which closes the circuit Users can connect to Monitor gt Relay Output from the web console to check which event is causing the warning The relay output will be canceled if Ethernet link 1 is restored or by selecting acknowledge event from the web console or Telnet When the Relay Output is issuing a warning the Ready LED will flash in red until the warning event ceases 5 36 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration Ethernet2 link down NPort IA can provide system maintainers with rea
65. erefore you should set Force transmit timeout to be larger than 8 3 ms so in this case it must be greater than or equal to 10 ms If the user wants to send a series of characters in the same packet the serial device attached to NPort IA5150 5250 should send that series of characters during a time interval less than the Force transmit timeout for NPort IA5150 5250 and the total length of data must be less than or equal to NPort IA5150 5250 s internal buffer size The serial communication buffer size for NPort 1A5150 5250 is 1 KB per port Local TCP port Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 to 65535 4001 Required The Local TCP port is the TCP port that NPort IA5150 5250 uses to listen to connections and that other devices must use to contact NPort IA5150 5250 To avoid conflicts with well know TCP ports the default is set to 4001 5 18 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration Command port Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 to 65535 966 Optional The Command port is a listen TCP port for IP Serial Lib commands from the host In order to prevent a TCP port conflict with other applications the user can set the Command port to another port if needed IP Serial Lib will automatically check the Command Port on NPort IA5150 5250 so that the user does not need to configure the program TCP Client Mode Operating Settings Port 1 Operati
66. es serial device servers ARP You can make use of the ARP Address Resolution Protocol command to set up an IP address for your NPort IA5150 5250 The ARP command tells your computer to associate the NPort TA5150 5250 s MAC address with the intended IP address You must then use Telnet to access the NPort IA5150 5250 at which point the device server s IP address will be reconfigured 3 2 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration A ATTENTION In order to use this setup method both your computer and NPort IA5150 5250 must be connected to the same LAN Or you may use a cross over Ethernet cable to connect the NPort 1A5150 5250 directly to your computer s Ethernet card Before executing the ARP command your NPort IA5150 5250 must be configured with the factory default IP address 192 168 127 254 and your computer and the NPort IA must be on the same subnet Take the following steps to use ARP to configure the IP address 1 Obtain a valid IP address for your NPort IA5150 5250 from your network administrator 2 Obtain the NPort IA5150 5250 s MAC address from the label on its bottom panel 3 Execute the arp s command from your computer s MS DOS prompt by typing arp s 192 168 200 100 00 90 E8 xx xx xx This is where 192 168 200 100 is the new IP address and 00 90 E8 xx xx xx is the MAC address for your NPort IA5150 5250 Be sure to use the actual IP address and MAC address for your
67. g Factory Default Necessity 00 to FF None Optional Once the NPort IA5150 5250 receives both delimiters through its serial port it immediately packs all data currently in its buffer and sends it to the NPort IA5150 5250 s Ethernet port Delimiter 2 is optional If left blank then Delimiter 1 alone trips clearing of the buffer If the size of the serial data received is greater than 1 KB the NPort IA5150 5250 will automatically pack the data and send it to the Ethernet However to use the delimiter function you must at least enable Delimiter 1 If Delimiter 1 is left blank and Delimiter 2 is enabled the delimiter function will not work properly Delimiter process Setting Factory Default Do nothing Delimiter 1 Delimiter 2 Do Nothing Optional Strip Delimiter Delimiter 1 or Delimiter 2 The data will be transmitted when an additional byte for Delimiter 1 or an additional 2 bytes for Delimiter 2 of data is received after receiving the Delimiter Strip Delimiter When the Delimiter is received the Delimiter is deleted i e stripped and the remaining data is transmitted Do nothing The data will be transmitted when the Delimiter is received 5 14 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration Force transmit Setting Factory Default Necessity 0 to 65535 ms 0 ms Optional 0 Disable the force transmit timeout 1 to 65535 Forces t
68. gt SNMP 8 gt SNMP community 9 gt SNMP contact lt a SNMP location lt b gt Auto IP report to IP lt c Auto IP report to TCP port lt d gt Auto IP report period lt v gt View settings lt m gt Back to main menu Cq gt Quit Key in your selection 1 IP address 192 168 127 253 3 5 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 7 Press any key to continue lt lt Main Menu gt Network settings gt gt 1 gt IP address 2 gt Netmask 3 gt Gateway lt 4 IP configuration 5 gt DNS server 1 6 gt DNS server 2 lt 7 SNMP lt 8 gt SNMP 9 gt SNMP lt a SNMP lt b gt Auto lt c gt Auto lt d gt Auto lt u gt View lt m gt Back Cq gt Quit community contact location IP report IP report IP report settings to main menu to IP to TCP port period selection 1 192 168 127 253 SS success Key in your IP address Set IP addre Press any key to continue 8 Type m and then press Enter to return to the main menu lt lt Main Menu gt Network settings gt gt lt i gt IP address 2 gt Netmask 3 gt Gateway lt 4 IP configuration 5 gt DNS server 1 6 gt DNS server 2 gt SNMP 8 gt SNMP 9 gt SNMP Ca gt SNMP lt b gt Auto lt c Auto lt d gt Auto Cu View lt m gt Back lt q gt Quit community contact location IP report IP report IP report settings to
69. he Apply the above settings to all serial ports to apply this setting to the other port 5 32 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration Accessible IP Settings Accessible IP Settings I Enable the accessible IP list Not checking Enable will allow all IPs to connect No Activate the rule Ip Address Netmask i m as E 4 a Dae ES lae BE m ay jez 4 r e E 5 F __ 6 T DOO 7 m p e eea 8 r E acl 9 r 10 T j i ssid e NPort A5150 5250 uses an IP address based filtering method to control access to itself Accessible IP Settings allows you to add or block remote host IP addresses to prevent unauthorized access Access to NPort IA5150 5250 is controlled by IP address That is if a host s IP address is in the accessible IP table then the host will be allowed to access the NPort 1A5150 5250 You can allow one of the following cases by setting the parameter e Only one host of specific IP address can access the NPort IA5150 5250 Enter IP address 255 255 255 255 e g 192 168 1 1 255 255 255 255 e Hosts on the specific subnet can access the NPort IA5150 5250 Enter IP address 255 255 255 0 e g 192 168 1 0 255 255 255 0 e Any host can access the NPort IA5150 5250 Disable this function Refer to the following table for more details about the configuration exam
70. he NPort IA5150 5250 s TCP IP protocol software to try to pack serial data received during the specified time into the same data frame This parameter defines the time interval during which NPort IA5150 5250 fetches the serial data from its internal buffer If data is incoming through the serial port NPort IA5150 5250 stores the data in the internal buffer NPort A5150 5250 transmits data stored in the buffer via TCP IP but only if the internal buffer is full or if the Force transmit time interval reaches the time specified under Force transmit timeout The optimal Force transmit timeout depends on your application but it must be at least larger than one character interval within the specified baud rate For example assume that the serial port is set to 1200 bps 8 data bits 1 stop bit and no parity In this case the total number of bits needed to send a character is 10 bits and the time required to transfer one character is 10 bits 1200 bits s 1000 ms s 8 3 ms Therefore you should set Force transmit timeout to be larger than 8 3 ms so in this case it must be greater than or equal to 10 ms If the user wants to send a series of characters in the same packet the serial device attached to NPort IA5150 5250 should send that series of characters during a time interval less than the Force transmit timeout for NPort IA5150 5250 and the total length of data must be less than or equal to NPort IA5150 5250 s internal buffer si
71. hentication failure The user inputs a wrong password from the Console or Administrator When authentication failure occurs the NPort IA5150 5250 will immediately send an e mail or send an SNMP trap 5 35 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration IP address changed The user has changed the NPort A5150 5250 s IP address When the IP address changes the NPort IA5150 5250 will send an e mail with the new IP address before the NPort IA150 5250 reboots If the NPort IA5150 5250 fails to send mail to the mail server after 15 seconds the NPort 1A5150 5250 will be rebooting directly and abort the mail auto warning Password changed The user has changed the NPort IA5150 5250 s password When the password changes the NPort 1A5150 5250 will send an e mail with the password change notice before the NPort IA5150 5250 reboots If the NPort IA5150 5250 fails to send mail to the mail server after 15 seconds the NPort 1A5150 5250 will be rebooting directly and abort the mail auto warning Power failure We provide two DC power inputs for redundancy NPort IA supports different approaches to warn engineers automatically such as by email or relay output which closes the circuit Users can connect to Monitor gt Relay Output from the web console to check what event causes the warning The relay output will be canceled after the power recovers or by selecting acknowledge event using the web console or Telnet Wh
72. hput may be low if one of the four connections is slow since the slow connection will slow down the other 3 connections The Destination IP address parameter can use both IP address and Domain Name For some applications the user may need to send the data actively to the remote destination domain name Designated Local Port 1 2 3 4 Setting Factory Default TCP Port No 5011 Port 1 Required 5012 Port 2 5013 Port 3 5014 Port 4 5 22 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration Connection control Setting Startup None Any Character None Any Character Inactivity Time DSR ON DSR OFF DSR ON None DCD ON DCD OFF DCD ON None Factory Default Startup None Necessity Required The meaning of each of the above settings is given in the table below In general both the Connect condition and Disconnect condition are given Startup None A TCP connection will be established on startup and will remain default active indefinitely Any Characien None A TCP connection will be established when any character is received y from the serial interface and will remain active indefinitely Any Character Inactivity Time A TCP connection will be established when any character is received from the serial interface and will be disconnected when the Inactivity time out is reached A TCP connection will be established when a DSR On signal is DSR
73. igure Web Function NPort Configuration Monitor Port Monitor X IP Address Report k Specify by IP Address Configuration 0 NPort s MAC Address IP Address Status 2 Select the COM Mapping function group Eile Eunction COM Mapping View Help fh a uU Exit Add Remove 4 ae Function COM Mapping 0 COM NPort Configuration Monitor Port Monitor COM Mapping Q IP Address Report 6 23 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 3 Add the target to which you would like to map COM ports Administrator COM Mapping 00 90 E8 52 50 16 192 168 9 149 So Model NPort 5210 Parts 2 Ports 5 Select COM Settings to modify COM No default setting etc e Administrator COM Mapping Hi Perto nce FIFO Ena Hi Pertormance FIFO Ena 6 24 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6 Select the COM Number COM ports that are In use or Assigned will also be indicated in this drop down list If you select multiple serial ports or multiple NPort IA5150 5250s remember to check the Auto Enumerating function to use the COM No you select as the first COM No x x Port Number 2 Port s Selected 1st port is Port 1 Port Number 2 Port s
74. l flash in red until the warning event ceases DSR changed A change in the DSR Data Carrier Detect signal indicates that the data communication equipment is powered off For example If the DSR signal changes to low it means that the data communication equipment is powered down When the DSR signal changes to low NPort IA will immediately send a warning NPort IA supports different approaches to warn engineers automatically such as by email SNMP trap and relay output which closes the circuit Users can connect to Monitor gt Relay Output from the web console to check what event caused the warning You can cancel the relay output status by changing the DSR signal changing to high or by selecting acknowledge event from the web console or Telnet When the Relay Output is issuing a warning the Ready LED will flash in red until the warning event ceases Mail Setting Factory Default Necessity Enable Disable Disable Optional This feature helps the administrator manage how the NPort IA5150 5250 sends e mail to pre defined e mail boxes when the enabled events such as Cold start Warm start Authentication failure etc occur To configure this feature click on the Event Type Mail checkbox 5 37 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration A ATTENTION SNMP can detect when DCD or DSR changes from to and when DCD or DSR changes Trap Setting Factory Defau
75. l time alarm messages Even when control engineers are out of the control room for an extended period of time they can still be informed of the status of devices almost instantaneously when exceptions occur NPort IA supports different methods for warning engineers automatically such as by email SNMP trap and relay output which closes the circuit Users can connect to Monitor gt Relay Output from the web console to check which event is causing the warning The relay output will be canceled if Ethernet link 2 is restored or by selecting acknowledge event from the web console or Telnet When the Relay Output is issuing a warning the Ready LED will flash in red until the warning event ceases DCD changed A change in the DCD Data Carrier Detect signal indicates that the modem connection status has changed For example If the DCD signal changes to low it means that the connection line is down When the DCD signal changes to low NPort IA will immediately send a warning NPort IA supports different approaches to warn engineers automatically such as by email SNMP trap and relay output which closes the circuit Users can connect to Monitor gt Relay Output from the web console to check what event caused the warning You can cancel the relay output status by changing the DCD signal changing to high or by selecting acknowledge event from the web console or Telnet When the Relay Output is issuing a warning the Ready LED wil
76. le socket operating modes including TCP Server TCP Client UDP and Real COM driver e 2 or 4 wire RS 485 with patented ADDC Automatic Data Direction Control e Slim type inch wide industrial strength casing e DIN Rail or wall mountable e Built in Ethernet cascading ports for easy wiring RJ45 only Redundant dual DC power inputs e Warning by relay output and E mail e 10 100BaseTX RJ45 or 100BaseFX SC connector Single Multi mode available e IP30 Product Specifications NPort IA5150 M SC 5150I M SC 5150 S SC 5150I S SC LAN Ethernet Port 1 100BaseFX port SC connector NPort 1A5150 51501 5250 LAN Ethernet Switch Ports 2 10 100BaseT X ports RJ45 connector Protection Built in 1 5 KV magnetic isolation Optical Fiber Distance Multi mode 0 to 2 km 1310 nm 62 5 125 um 500 MHz km Single mode 0 to 40 km 1310 nm 9 125 um 3 5 PS nm km Min TX Output Multi mode 20 dBm Single mode 0 to 40 km 5 dBm Max TX Output Multi mode 14 dBm Single mode 0 to 40 km 0 dBm Sensitivity 36 to 32 dBm Single 34 to 30 dBm Multi NPort IA5150 Series Serial Interface Interface RS 232 422 485 No of Ports 1 Port Type Male DB9 for RS 232 5 pin terminal block for RS 422 485 Signals RS 232 TxD RxD RTS CTS GND DTR DSR DCD RS 422 Tx Tx Rx Rx GND RS 485 2 wire Data Data GND RS 485 4 wire Tx Tx Rx Rx GND Serial Line Protection 15 KV ESD for all signals 1 3 NPort 1A5150 5250 Serie
77. loses TCP connection if there is no serial data activity for the given time This parameter defines the maintenances status as Closed or Listen on the TCP connection The connection is closed if there is no incoming or outgoing data through the serial port during the specific Inactivity time If the value of inactivity time is set to 0 the current TCP connection is maintained until there s connection close request Although the inactivity time is disabled the NPort IA 5150 5250 will check the connection status between the NPort IA5150 5250 and remote host by sending keep alive packets periodically If the remote host does not respond to the packets it treats the connection as being down unintentionally NPort A5150 5250 will then force the existing TCP connection to close A ATTENTION The Inactivity time should at least be set larger than that of Force transmit timeout To prevent the unintended loss of data due to the session being disconnected it is highly recommended that this value is set large enough so that the intended data transfer is completed A ATTENTION Inactivity time is ONLY active when TCP connect on is set to Any character Ignore jammed IP Setting Factory Default Previously when Max connections gt 1 and the serial device is transmitting data if any one of the connected hosts is not responding it will wait until the data has been transmitted successfully before transmitting the second gro
78. lt Necessity Enable Disable Disable Optional This feature helps the administrator manage how the NPort 1A5150 5250 sends SNMP Trap to a pre defined SNMP Trap server when the enabled events such as Cold start Warm start Authentication failure etc occur To configure this feature click on the Event Type Trap checkbox from to but SNMP cannot detect whether it was the DCD signal that changed or the DSR signal that changed For this reason a change from to of either DCD or DSR is indicated by link up and a change from to of either DCD or DSR is indicated by link down Monitor Monitor Line Click on Line under Monitor to show the operation mode and status of each connection IPx for each of the four serial ports Monitor Line Line Port OP Mode IP1 IP2 IP3 IP4 1 Real COM Mode Listen 2 Real COM Mode Listen a a n Monitor Async Click on Async under Monitor to show the current status of each of the four serial ports Async RxCnt TxTotalcnt RxTotalcnt DSR cTs DCD o o 0 OFF OFF OFF o o 0 OFF OFF OFF OVLPRLVLRLVL 5 38 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration Monitor Async Settings Click on Async Setting under Monitor to show the run time settings for each of the four serial ports Monitor Async Set
79. mmercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense
80. n the current Administrator session Henceforth during this Administrator session activating various utilities for this NPort IAS150 5250 will not require re entering the server password Blank The NPort IA5150 5250 is not password protected and Broadcast Search was used to locate it Fixed The NPort IA5150 5250 is not password protected and Search by IP address was used to locate it Lock Fixed The NPort IA5150 5250 is password protected Specify by IP address was used to locate it and the password has not yet been entered from within the current Administrator session Unlock Fixed The NPort IA5150 5250 is password protected Specify by IP address was used to locate it and the password has been entered from within the current Administrator session Henceforth during this Administrator session activating various utilities for this NPort IAS150 5250 will not require re entering the server password Configuring the NPort 1A5150 5250 In this section we illustrate how to access the NPort A5150 5250 s configuration utility You should first make sure that you can connect over the network from your computer to the NPort 1A5150 5250 1 To start NPort Administrator click on Start gt NPort Administration Suite gt NPort Administrator gt an Accessories gt an Startup IF UC Finder gt ff NPort Administration Suite gt EX IP Serial Lib Reference NPort Administrator Version info
81. ncPortTable rs232PortEntry rs232AsyncPortEntry rs232PortIndex rs232AsyncPortIndex rs232PortType rs232AsyncPortBits rs232PortInSigNumber rs232AsyncPortStopBits rs232PortOutSigNumber rs232AsyncPortParity rs232PortInSpeed rs232PortOutSpeed The Input Signal Table The Output Signal Table rs232InSigTable rs232OutSigTable rs232InSigEntry rs232OutSigEntry rs232InSigPortIndex rs232OutSigPortIndex rs232InSigName rs232O0utSigName rs232InSigState rs232OutSigState C 3 D Auto IP Report Protocol NPort device servers provide several ways to configure Ethernet IP addresses One of them is DHCP Client When you set up the NPort to use DHCP Client to configure Ethernet IP addresses it will automatically send a DHCP request over the Ethernet to find the DHCP Server And then the DHCP Server will send an available IP address to the NPort The NPort will use this IP address for a period of time after receiving it But the NPort will send a DHCP request again to the DHCP Server Once the DHCP Server realizes that this IP address is to be released to other DHCP Client the NPort then will receive a different IP address For this reason users sometimes find that the NPort will use different IP addresses not a fixed IP address In order to know what IP address the NPort is using you need to set up parameters in Network Settings via Web browser The figure below is the NPort Web console configuration window Enter the IP address and the Port numbe
82. on mode tcp Client Mode TCP alive check time ir 0 99 min Inactivity time fo 0 65535 ms Ignore jammed IP No Yes Data Packing Packing length fo 0 1024 Delimiter 1 Delimiter 2 fo Hex I Enable fo Hex I Enable Delimiter process Do Nothing Force transmit jo 0 65535 ms TCP Client Mode Destination IP Address Destination IP address 1 ee ee Destination IP address 2 o ee Destination IP address 3 fa Destination IP address 4 fa Designated Local Port 1 Designated Local Port 2 fon 0 65535 0 represents assigned automatically 5012 0 65535 Designated Local Port 3 BE 0 65535 Designated Local Port 4 Em4 0 65535 Connection control Startup None gt Connect on Disconnect by I Apply the above settings to all serial ports Submit TCP alive check time Setting Factory Default Necessity 0 to 99 min 7 min Optional 0 min TCP connection is not closed due to an idle TCP connection 1 to 99 min NPort IA5150 5250 automatically closes the TCP connection if there is no TCP activity for the given time NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration Inactivity time Setting Factory Default Necessity 0 to 65535 ms 0 ms Optional 0 ms TCP connection is not closed due to an idle serial line 0 65535 ms NPort IA5150 5250 automatically c
83. onent List 1 Utilities 2 Real Com Mode Support Package 3 IP Serial Lib Package 2 Utilities Provides Configure Monitor and COM mapping administration utilities for NPort 3 Real Com Mode Support Package Provides a misc lib for Real COM management zl wrens ta a er TE 3 1 4 IP Serial Lib Package 7 Click on Finish to complete the installation of NPort IA5150 5250 Administration Suite g Setup NPort Administration Suite Completing the NPort Administration Suite Setup Wizard Setup has finished installing NPort Administration Suite on your computer The application may be launched by selecting the installed icons Click Finish to exit Setup _pstuovsetos vetosso posi mseeeinaventeuvesusnesseswereeveteaventony Retesecocsncoccacnsesoncescnrassncacavenssecnsnesuencecencacesse NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator Configuration The Administrator Configuration window is divided into four parts The top section contains the function list and online help area Windows NT does not support this chm file format The five Administrator function groups are listed in the left section A list of NPort IA5150 5250 serial device servers each of which can be selected to process user requirements is displayed in the right section The activity Log which displays messages that record the user s processing history is shown in the bottom section lt Administr
84. onsole Configuration A ATTENTION Consult your Network Administrator or ISP for the proper mail server settings The Auto warning function may not work properly if it is not configured correctly NPort IA5150 5250 SMTP AUTH supports LOGIN PLAIN CRAM MD5 RFC 2554 SNMP Trap Server SNMP trap server IP or domain name Setting Factory Default Necessity IP address or Domain Name None Optional Event Type Event Type Cold start I Mai I Trap Warm start I Mai I Trap Authentication failure J imi Mail T trap Ti IP address changed T mail a Password changed I Mai Power failure T Mail I Relay Output Ethernet1 link down I Mai I Trap I Relay Output Ethernet2 link down I Mai I Trap I Relay Output a a a DCD changed a ee i p Port 1 I Mai C Trap I Relay Output Port 2 I Mai I Trap T Relay Output DSR changed Port 1 I Mai I Trap I Relay Output Port 2 I Mai I Trap I Relay Output Submit Cold start This refers to starting the system from power off contrast this with warm start When performing a cold start the NPort 1A5150 5250 will automatically issue an Auto warning message by e mail or send an SNMP trap after rebooting Warm start This refers to restarting the computer without turning the power off It s the opposite of cold start When performing a warm start the NPort 1A5150 5250 will automatically send an e mail or send an SNMP trap after rebooting Aut
85. ork Setumgs i cic as adisa ated tists he Aide HAVE A Sided neees Assists Suet E Va KEE eae E ES 5 6 Serial Sette 2 sash ys sac eteteses Le ssetnkeetial I RAA taenssapeocsssaee 5 10 Operating Settings is ce use ek aioli sith ih ated athaacipieis beth E E E EENE 5 12 Real COM MO dE riras ea aE coal EAEE EAT AE S R 5 12 TEP Server M dra a ob tats cn DEE E cba ds EEE tube DAAE E EEE 5 15 PEEP Client Le A E iedeecashcostesesscsdesdied teatbscadeiesvastvastacstesaiegs 5 19 UDP Mode ss sien athe Bie ited Stairs a SS Aa SLRS 5 24 Pair Connection Modes earn a E T E E E aE 5 26 Ethernet Modem Mode cccsssessssvessssesssvnsccsessecnecooenssonsesoensesneesennes sneseoesse ss 5 28 Reverse Telnet Modeen i ae a E A RAE AAEE EE R 5 31 Disabled ModE a A A E GE 5 32 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Appendix E Accessible IP SetUng Sipho ndee eea eree a e Ree a ea Ate 5 33 Auto Warning Senp Se e er e E pete eee ne E E R ARSS 5 34 Auto warning E mail and SNMP trap eee cece eeeeeeeeeeeceseceseceseseseeeenseenaes 5 34 Event Ly pe S Ee cn ntciy avons Ninel imine ahh ae ee Re ahhin 5 35 Mo nitotes ets E E E N EE nied antl ah eae aie Mek aha eben ain 5 38 Monitor Lines sci iene ee eine ae Sie ee 5 38 Monitor AS C5 naredna nnn a a a 5 38 Monitor Async Settings sinora a niai i eri ieat iis 5 39 Monitor Relay Output sca fected epee s ea ernearen rea Ee aaae a e eek nie Et 5 39
86. ple Allowable Hosts Input format Any host Disable 192 168 1 120 192 168 1 120 255 255 255 255 192 168 1 1 to 192 168 1 254 192 168 1 0 255 255 255 0 192 168 0 1 to 192 168 255 254 192 168 0 0 255 255 0 0 192 168 1 1 to 192 168 1 126 192 168 1 0 255 255 255 128 192 168 1 129 to 192 168 1 254 192 168 1 128 255 255 255 128 5 33 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration Auto Warning Settings Auto warning E mail and SNMP trap Auto warning Email and SNMP trap Mail server Mail server I My server requires authentication User name Password ij From E mail address NPIAS250_625016 moxacom 0 E mail address 1 ee ar E mail address 2 I r E mail address 3 E mail address 4 e SNMP trap server SNMP trap server IP or E domain name Mail Server Mail server Setting Factory Default Necessity IP or Domain Name None Optional User name Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 to 15 characters None Optional Password Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 to 15 characters None Optional From E mail address Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 to 63 characters None Optional E mail address 1 2 3 4 Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 to 63 characters None Optional 5 34 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web C
87. r Input the password if prompted The password will be transmitted with MD5 encryption over the Ethernet Note that you will not be prompted to enter the password if the NPort IA5150 5250 is not currently password protected File Edit View Favorites Tools Help SBak gt gt Q a Qsearch Favorites lt Buistory IES i Address http 4 192 168 127 254 Input password Password p If you use other web browsers remember to Enable the functions to allow cookies that are stored on your computer or allow per session cookies NPort IA5150 5250 device servers use cookies only for password transmission NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration ATTENTION Refer to Chapter 3 Initial IP Address Configuration to see how to configure the IP address Examples shown in this chapter use the Factory Default IP address 192 168 127 254 The NPort IA5150 5250 homepage will open On this page you can see a brief description of the Web Console s nine function groups Z NPort Web Console Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Q x T Q z x a TN A search Se Favortes A media E vai Address amp http 192 168 127 254 home htm Password 731a9e0a 4 1 baSbbOa27ca8b330c239dbe amp Submit Submit Welcome to NPort s web console Model Name NPort 14 5250 MAC Address 00 90 E8 52 50 16
88. r Q Overview O IP Serial LIB Function Groups Q Example Program NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual IP Serial LIB Overview What is IP Serial Library IP Serial Library is a Windows library with frequently used serial command sets and subroutines IP Serial Library is designed to reduce the complexity and poor efficiency of serial communication over TCP IP For example Telnet can only transfer data but it can t monitor or configure the serial line s parameters Why Use IP Serial Library For programmers who are familiar with serial communication IP Serial Library provides well designed function calls that have the same style as Moxa s PComm Library IP Serial Library is amazingly simple and easy to understand By including it in your VB C or Delphi programming environment you can program your own TCP IP application with the ability to control serial communication parameters NPort A5150 5250 serial device servers use 2 TCP ports for communication between the NPort 1A5150 5250 and host computer s Real COM driver The NPort A 5150 5250 uses a data port and command port to provide pure data transfer without decode and encode Compared to using only one TCP port to control serial communication such as RFC 2217 IP Serial Library uses a command port to communicate with the NPort IA5150 5250 in user s program IP Serial Library not only runs with excellent efficiency but also runs without any decode or encode problem
89. r of the PC that you want to send this information to Network Settings 192 168 127 254 IP address Netmask 255 255 0 0 Gateway 255 255 255 255 IP configuration DHCP v DNS server 1 PLDDDOLDLDL DNS server 2 SNMP Setting SNMP Enable O Disable Community name public i Contact Location IP Address repo Auto report to IP 192 168 2 149 Auto report to TCP port 4002 10 seconds Auto report period NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Auto IP Report Protocol And then you can develop your own programs to receive this information from the NPort Here is NPort s Auto IP Report Protocol We provide an example for you to easily develop your own programs You can find this example on Moxa s website Auto IP Report Format Moxa 4 bytes Info 0 Info 1 Info n Info n Field ID Length Data Length 1 1 Variable Length is Length Field ID List ID Value Description Length Note 1 Server Name Variable ASCII char 2 Hardware ID 2 Little endian 3 MAC Address 6 6 bytes MAC address If the MAC address is 00 90 E8 01 02 03 the MAC 0 is 0 MAC 1 is 0x90 hex MAC 2 is OxE8 hex and so on 4 Serial N
90. ration i Monitor Port Monitor COM Mapping 2 COM No Model IPAddress Pot COM Pot Mode Pavan 1 NPort l4 5250 192 168 9 149 Hi Performance FIFO Ena 9600 2 NPort l4 5250 192 168 9 149 Hi Performance FIFO Ena 9600 9 IP Address Report Enable Disable fof COM Settings i Apply Change Discard Change J Import COM Mapping 6 28 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator Off line COM Mapping 1 Add a target by inputting the IP address and selecting the Model Name without physically connecting the NPort IA5150 5250 to the network 192 168 9 149 NPort l4 5250 2 Modify the port settings as needed 7 Administrator COM Mapping A __NPort l 5250 i 192 168 9 H 600 No Performance FIFO Ena HiPerfomance FIFO Ena 9600 No Port Monitor IP Address Report 6 29 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 3 Right click in the NPort list section and select Apply Change Eile Function COM Mapping View Help F 2 Exit Add p E g Remove Apply Configure Function NPort Configuration Monitor Port Monitor fi COM Mapping IP Address Report Q IP Address Report COM Mapping 2 COM No Modei IP Address Port__ COMPot_ Mode Paa
91. ress 66 96 E8 52 56 16 Serial No 525616 Firmware version 1 8 System uptime days G6h 60m 28s Please keyin your password 4 Type 2 to select Network settings and then press Enter lt lt Main Menu gt gt lt i gt Basic settings 2 gt Network settings 3 gt Serial settings 4 Operating settings 5 gt Accessible IP settings 6 gt Auto warning settings 7 gt Monitor 8 gt Ping 9 gt Change password lt a Load factory default lt v gt View settings lt s Save Restart Cq gt Quit Key in your selection 2 3 4 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 5 Type 1 to select IP address and then press Enter lt lt Main Menu gt Network settings 1 gt IP address 2 gt Netmask 3 gt Gateway lt 4 IP configuration 5 gt DNS server 1 lt 6 DNS server 2 gt SNMP 8 gt SNMP community 9 gt SNMP contact lt a SNMP location lt b gt Auto IP report to IP lt c Auto IP report to TCP port lt d gt Auto IP report period lt v gt View settings lt m gt Back to main menu Cq gt Quit Key in your selection 1 6 Use the Backspace key to erase the current IP address type in the new IP address and then press Enter lt lt Main Menu gt Network settings gt gt lt i gt IP address 2 gt Netmask lt 3 Gateway lt 4 IP configuration lt 5 gt DNS server 1 6 gt DNS server 2
92. rors and these changes are incorporated into new editions of the publication Technical Support Contact Information Wwww moxa com support Moxa Americas Toll free 1 888 669 2872 Tel 1 714 528 6777 Fax 1 714 528 6778 Moxa Europe Tel 49 89 3 70 03 99 0 Fax 49 89 3 70 03 99 99 Moxa China Shanghai office Toll free 800 820 5036 Tel 486 21 5258 9955 Fax 86 10 6872 3958 Moxa Asia Pacific Tel 886 2 8919 1230 Fax 886 2 8919 1231 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Table of Contents IEP QQUICHION sviadsscssintazcasesracsscnecasasuieuavacassssuianteaccstusuatsndstnsassensaaaniweasaraccetees 1 1 OVER VIE Wiis case hs ce HES aa chee a Ae A ds babe Peu sane k de tube E bane bead een te coed Reece A A oka da EEES 1 2 Package Checklists niae ea rea aaraa ae E o EEA E ASE aE EA EEEO EA EPE VESETI ES 1 2 Product Feat re Soei E a eo eE N E E beste E E EEE R EA 1 3 Product Specificationsis n anen a a E E EE E A E E EAE 1 3 G tting State ect scat aa at teste scatter ect 2 1 Panel Day OE ih bekeievachs lvesce spacnen ste E E Ar A che ceeevanusvecunesetsunsoye EEE EOE EAA 2 2 Connecting the HardWare aeeie aa aE e A EEEE EE E EEE E E Ea 2 2 Wiring Requirements neien eaten K eae E S E a oh ets 2 3 Connecting the POWeL ss sssois ses cstesscusotstats abteasaycontaschashesasusdtsdstysbbacabndadesssbessopsotsbstesbs 2 3 Grounding the NPort IA5150 5250 Series 0 0 00 eeeceeceecces
93. rts can be set up to work over a TCP IP network without modifying the serial COM software applications This excellent feature preserves your software investment and lets you enjoy the benefits of networking your serial devices instantly NPort IA serial device servers support automatic IP configuration protocols DHCP BOOTP and manual configuration via a handy web browser console Both methods ensure quick and effective installation And with NPort IA5150 5250 s Windows Utility installation is very straightforward since all system parameters can be stored and then copied to other device servers simultaneously Package Checklist NPort IA5150 5250 Series device servers are shipped with the following items Standard Accessories e 1 NPort IA5150 5250 serial device server e Documentation amp Software CD e NPort IA5150 5250 Series Quick Installation Guide Optional Accessories e DR 4524 45W 2A DIN Rail 24 VDC Power Supply with universal 85 to 264 VAC input e DR 75 24 75W 3 2A DIN Rail 24 VDC Power Supply with universal 85 to 264 VAC input e DR 120 24 120W SA DIN Rail 24 VDC Power Supply with 88 to 132 VAC 176 to 264 VAC input by switch NOTE Notify your sales representative if any of the above items is missing or damaged 1 2 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Introduction Product Features NPort IA5150 5250 Series device servers have the following features e Make your serial devices Internet ready e Versati
94. s How to install IP Serial Library IP Serial Lib comes with the NPort IA5150 5250 Administration Suite Refer to the IP Serial directory for more detail about the function definitions fie neortadminsute Sb File Edit View Favorites Tools Help ay Q ak Q S pe Search gt gt Folders fies Address jo F Program Files NPortAdminSuite z Go Folders x Name Size Type Date Modified Se WINXP F aj bin File Folder 2005 8 31 FF 11 07 serial File Folder 2005 8 31 EF 11 07 Realcom File Folder 2005 8 31 LF 11 07 readme 1KB Text Document 2003 12 8 FF 07 50 fi uninsooo 16KB DAT File 2005 8 31 EF 11 07 G uninsooo 616KB Application 2005 8 31 FF 11 06 2KB Text Document 2005 8 1 FF 03 02 E Documents and Settings E Program Files Common Files ComPlus Applications O Internet Explorer D Messenger E microsoft frontpage D Movie Maker moxa sn MSN Gaming Zone B NetMeeting Network Enabler Administrator 2 6 NPortAdminsuite bin H O PSerial E Realcom DB NPortDrvManager nPortSearch NPortTool online Services Outlook Express PCommlt12 ucFinder O Windows Media Player z l gt Type Text Document Date Modified 2005 8 1 F4 03 02 Size 1 66 KB j 66 KB 4 My Computer E E NPort 1A5150 5250 Series U
95. s User s Manual Introduction RS 485 Data Direction Patented ADDC Automatic Data Direction Control Isolation 2 KV 5150I 5150I M SC 5150I S SC NPort IA5250 Serial Interface Interface RS 232 422 485 No of Ports 2 Port Type Male DB9 Signals RS 232 TxD RxD RTS CTS DTR DSR DCD GND RS 422 Tx Tx Rx Rx GND RS 485 2 wire Data Data GND RS 485 4 wire Tx Tx Rx Rx GND Serial Line Protection 15 KV ESD for all signals RS 485 Data Direction Patented ADDC Automatic Data Direction Control Power Line Protection Level 4 Burst EFT EN61000 4 4 Level 3 Surge EN61000 4 5 Advanced Built in Features Buzzer Real Time Clock Watch Dog Timer Serial Communication Parameters Parity None Even Odd Space Mark Data Bits 5 6 7 8 Stop Bit 1 1 5 2 Flow Control RTS CTS for RS 232 only XON KOFF Transmission Speed 110 bps to 230 4 Kbps Software Features Protocols ICMP IP TCP UDP DHCP BOOTP Telnet Rtelnet DNS SNMP HTTP SMTP SNTP Utilities NPort Administrator Windows 98 ME NT 2000 X P 2003 Vista 2008 XP x64 2003 x64 Vista x64 2008 x64 OS Driver Support Real COM Windows 95 98 ME NT 2000 XP Vista 2008 XP x64 2003 2003 Drivers x64 Vista x64 2008 x64 CE 5 0 CE 6 0 XP Embedded Real TTY Drivers Linux 2 4 x 2 6 x kernel Fixed TTY Drivers SCO Unix SCO OpenServer 5 OpenServer 6 UnixWare 7 UnixWare 2 1 SVR4 2 QNX 4 25 QNX 6 Solaris 10 FreeBSD 5 FreeBSD 6 Configuration Web
96. s ready at which time the Ready LED will change to a green color 2 3 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Getting Started Grounding the NPort 1A5150 5250 Series Grounding and wire routing helps limit the effects of noise caused by electromagnetic interference EMI Run the ground connection from the ground screw to the grounding surface prior to connecting devices A WARNING This product is intended to be mounted to a well grounded mounting surface such as a metal panel ES rning SG The Shielded Ground sometimes called Protected Ground H H contact is the left most contact of the 3 pin power terminal block connector when viewed from the angle shown here Connect the SG wire to an appropriate grounded metal surface Connecting to the Network Connect one end of the Ethernet cable to the NPort 1A5150 5250 s 10 100M Ethernet port and the other end of the cable to the Ethernet network If the cable is properly connected the NPort IA5150 5250 will indicate a valid connection to the Ethernet in the following ways e The Ethernet LED maintains a solid green color when connected to a 100 Mbps Ethernet network e The Ethernet LED maintains a solid yellow color when connected to a 10 Mbps Ethernet network e The Ethernet LED will flash when Ethernet packets are being transmitted or received A ATTENTION NPort IA5150 and NPort IA5250 each have 2 Ethernet ports which can be used to create an open chain
97. s to configure the IP address of the DNS server DNS Server 2 is included for use when DNS sever is unavailable NPort IA5150 5250 plays the role of DNS client in the sense that the NPort IA5150 5250 will actively query the DNS server for the IP address associated with a particular domain name NPort 1A5150 5250 functions that support domain name are Time server Destination IP Address in TCP Client mode Mail Server SNMP trap server and Auto report to IP SNMP Settings Community Name Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 to 39 characters public Optional E g Support 886 89191230 300 A community name is a plain text password mechanism that is used to weakly authenticate queries to agents of managed network devices Contact Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 to 39 characters None Optional E g Support 886 89191230 300 The SNMP contact information usually includes an emergency contact name and telephone or pager number 5 8 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration Location Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 to 39 characters None Optional E g Floor 1 office 2 Specify the location string for SNMP agents such as NPort IA5150 5250 This string is usually set to the street address where the NPort IA5150 5250 is physically located IP Address Report When NPort IA5150 5250 Series products are used in a dynamic IP environmen
98. seconds before an operation will time out The default value is 5000 milliseconds and between 500 and 20000 milliseconds can be entered Fast Flush only flush local buffer e We have added one optional Fast Flush function to Moxa s new NPort Real COM driver NPort Administrator Suite for 2G NPort adds it after version 1 2 e For some applications the user s program will use the Win32 PurgeComm function before it reads or writes data With our design after the program uses this Purge Comm function the NPort driver will keep querying the NPort s firmware several times to make sure there is really no data queued in the NPort firmware buffer rather than just flushing the local buffer This kind of design is used because of some special considerations However it might take more time on the order of several hundred milliseconds than a native COM1 because it needs to work via Ethernet That s why the native COM ports on the motherboard can work fast with this function call but the NPort requires much more time In order to accommodate other applications that require a faster response time the new NPort driver implements a new Fast Flush option Note that by default this function is disabled 6 25 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator e To begin with make sure there are some PurgeComm functions being used in your application program In this kind of situation you
99. ser s Manual IP Serial LIB IP Serial LIB Function Groups Server Control Port Control Input Output Data Port Status Miscellaneous Inquiry nsio_init nsio_open nsio_read nsio_Istatus nsio_break nsio_end nsio_close nsio_SetReadTimeouts nsio_data_status nsio_break_on nsio_resetserver nsio_ioctl nsio_write nsio_break_off nsio_checkalive nsio_flowctrl nsio_SetWriteTimeouts nsio_breakcount nsio_ DTR nsio_RTS nsio_Ictrl nsio_baud nsio_resetport Example Program char NPortip 192 168 1 10 char buffer 255 int port 1 int portid nsio_init portid nsio_open NPortip port nsio_ioctl portid B9600 BIT_8 STOP_1 P_NONE sleep 1000 nsio_read port buffer 200 nsio_close portid nsio_end data buffer 255 chars Ist port port handle initial IP Serial Library 1st port NPort IP 192 168 1 10 set 9600 N81 wait for 1000 ms for data read 200 bytes from port 1 close this serial port close IP Serial Library 8 3 A Pinouts and Cable Wiring In this appendix we cover the following topics O Port Pinout Diagrams gt RS 232 422 485 male DB9 Pinouts gt 4W 2W RS 485 RS 422 Terminal Block Pinouts gt Power Input and Relay Output Pinouts QO Cable Wiring Diagrams gt Serial Cables NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Pinouts and Cable Wiring Port Pinout Diagrams RS 232 422 485 male DBY Pinouts 12345
100. should be able to see the newly mapped COM Port s NPort CE Driver Manager COM Setting COM Mapping About CcOoM2 192 168 127 254 950 966 Settings TX Mode z FIFO v 1 COM port s was found 7 4 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual NPort CE Driver Manager for Windows CE 6 To configure the settings for a particular COM Port select the row of the desired port and then modify the setting in the Settings panel as shown below NPort CE Driver Manager OK B COM Setting com Mapping About IP Addr Data Cmd Delete All COM2 192 168 127 254 950 966 Settings Tx Mode i performance FIFO Enable x COM2 is selected Tx Mode Hi Performance is the default for Tx mode After the driver sends data to the NPort server the driver immediately issues a Tx Empty response to the program Under Classical mode the driver will not send the Tx Empty response until after confirmation is received from the NPort server s serial port This causes lower throughput Classical mode is recommended if you want to ensure that all data is sent out before further processing FIFO If FIFO is disabled the NPort server will transmit one byte each time the Tx FIFO becomes empty and an Rx interrupt will be generated for each incoming byte This will result in a faster response and lower throughput 7 5 8 IP Serial LIB The following topics are covered in this chapte
101. t users must spend more time with IP management tasks For example if NPort IA5150 5250 works as a server TCP or UDP then the host which acts as a client must know the IP address of the server If the DHCP server assigns a new IP address to NPort IA5150 5250 the host must have some way of determining NPort IA5150 5250 s new IP address NPort IA5150 5250 Series products help out by reporting their IP address periodically to the IP location server in case the dynamic IP has changed The parameters shown below are used to configure the Auto IP report function There are two ways to develop an Auto IP report Server to receive NPort IA5150 5250 s Auto IP report 1 Use Device Server Administrator s IP Address Report function 2 Auto IP report protocol which can receive the Auto IP report automatically on a regular basis is also available to help you develop your own software Refer to Appendix E for the Auto IP report protocol Auto report to IP Setting Factory Default Necessity E g 192 168 1 1 or URL None Optional IP addresses of the form x x x 0 and x x x 255 are invalid Reports generated by the Auto report function will be automatically sent to this IP address Auto report to UDP port Setting Factory Default Necessity E g 4001 4002 Optional Auto report period Setting Factory Default Necessity Time interval in seconds 10 Optional 5 9
102. t allowable for each wire size If the current goes above the maximum ratings the wiring could overheat causing serious damage to your equipment Temperature Caution Please take care when handling NPort IA5150 5250 When plugged in NPort A5150 5250 s internal components generate heat and consequently the casing may feel hot to the touch When installed with other components make sure that there is at least 2 cm clearance on all sides of NPort IA5150 5250 in order to allow proper heat dissipation You should heed the following Use separate paths to route wiring for power and devices If power wiring and device wiring paths must cross make sure the wires are perpendicular at the intersection point NOTE Do not run signal or communication wiring and power wiring in the same wire conduit To avoid interference wires with different signal characteristics should be routed separately You can use the type of signal transmitted through a wire to determine which wires should be kept separate The rule of thumb is that wiring that shares similar electrical characteristics can be bundled together Keep input wiring and output wiring separate Where necessary it is strongly advised that you label wiring to all devices in the system Connecting the Power Connect the 12 48 VDC power line with the NPort IA5150 5250 s terminal block If the power is properly supplied the Ready LED will show a solid red color until the system i
103. te For example assume that the serial port is set to 1200 bps 8 data bits 1 stop bit and no parity In this case the total number of bits needed to send a character is 10 bits and the time required to transfer one character is 10 bits 1200 bits s 1000 ms s 8 3 ms Therefore you should set Force transmit timeout to be larger than 8 3 ms so in this case it must be greater than or equal to 10 ms If the user wants to send a series of characters in the same packet the serial device attached to NPort IA5150 5250 should send that series of characters during a time interval less than the Force transmit timeout for NPort IA5150 5250 and the total length of data must be less than or equal to NPort IA5150 5250 s internal buffer size The serial communication buffer size for NPort 1A5150 5250 is 1 KB per port Destination IP address 1 Setting Factory Default Necessity IP address or Domain Address None Required E g 192 168 1 1 Allows the NPort IA5150 5250 to connect actively to the remote host whose address is set by this parameter Destination IP address 2 3 4 Setting Factory Default Necessity IP address or Domain Address None Required E g 192 168 1 1 Allows the NPort IA5150 5250 to connect actively to the remote host whose address is set by this parameter Up to 4 connections can be established between the NPort IA5150 5250 and hosts The connection speed or throug
104. the data length in bytes matches the configured value the data will be forced out The data length can be configured for 0 to 1024 bytes Set to 0 if you do not need to limit the length Delimiter 1 Setting Factory Default Necessity 00 to FF None Optional Delimiter 2 Setting Factory Default Necessity 00 to FF None Optional Once the NPort IA5150 5250 receives both delimiters through its serial port it immediately packs all data currently in its buffer and sends it to the NPort IA5150 5250 s Ethernet port 5 24 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration A ATTENTION Delimiter 2 is optional If left blank then Delimiter 1 alone trips clearing of the buffer If the size of the serial data received is greater than 1 KB the NPort IA5150 5250 will automatically pack the data and send it to the Ethernet However to use the delimiter function you must at least enable Delimiter 1 If Delimiter 1 is left blank and Delimiter 2 is enabled the delimiter function will not work properly Delimiter process Setting Factory Default Do nothing Delimiter 1 Delimiter 2 Do Nothing Optional Strip Delimiter Delimiter 1 or Delimiter 2 The data will be transmitted when an additional byte for Delimiter 1 or an additional 2 bytes for Delimiter 2 of data is received after receiving the Delimiter Strip Delimiter When the Delimiter is received the Delimiter
105. there is no serial data activity for the given time After the connection is closed NPort IA5150 5250 starts listening for another host s TCP connection This parameter defines the maintenance status as Closed or Listen for the TCP connection The connection is closed if there is no incoming or outgoing data through the serial port during the specific Inactivity time If the Inactivity time is set to 0 the current TCP connection is kept active until a connection close request is received Although Inactivity time is disabled the NPort IA5150 5250 will check the connection status between the NPort IA5150 5250 and remote host by sending keep alive packets periodically If the remote host does not respond to the packet NPort IA5150 5250 assumes that the connection was closed down unintentionally NPort A5150 5250 will then force the existing TCP connection to close The Inactivity time should at least be set larger than that of Force transmit timeout To prevent the unintended loss of data due to the session being disconnected it is highly recommended that this value is set large enough so that the intended data transfer is completed Max Connection Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 2 3 4 1 Required Max Connection is usually used when the user needs to receive data from different hosts simultaneously The factory default only allows 1 connection at a time Max Connection 1 NPort IA5150 5250 only allows
106. ting for auto disconnection 0 min means it will never disconnect Local TCP port Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 to 65535 4001 Optional Each of the NPort IA s serial ports is mapped to a TCP port To avoid conflicts with TCP ports set port numbers to 4001 for port1 4002 for port 2 etc like the default values Map lt CR LF gt Setting Factory Default Necessity CR LF or CR LF CR LF Optional If data received through the NPort IA5150 5250 s Ethernet port is sent using the enter command the data will be transmitted out the serial port with an added 1 carriage return line feed if you select the lt CR LF gt option i e the cursor will jump to the next line and return to the first character of the line 2 carriage return if you select the lt CR gt option i e the cursor will return to the first character of the line 3 line feed if you select the lt LF gt option i e the cursor will jump to the next line but not move horizontally Disabled Mode MOXA 3 Main Menu Operating Settings O Overview O Basic Settings Port 1 i O Network Settings p SA Serial Settings Operation mode Disabled x ao Operating Settings Ir Apply the above settings to all serial ports Port 1 A Port 2 i i Submit C1 Accessible IP Settings When Operation mode is set to Disabled that particular port will be disabled Check t
107. tings Async Settings Port Baud rate Data bits Stop bits Parity FIFO RTS CTS XON XOFF DTR DSR 1 19200 8 1 None Enable OFF OFF OFF 2 115200 8 1 None Enable OFF OFF OFF Monitor Relay Output Click on Relay Output under Monitor to display the Relay Output Status for each of the report types Power failure Ethernet link down etc Monitor Relay Output Relay Output Status Power failure Acknowledge Ewent Ethernet link down eto Acknowledge Event Ethernet2 link down Acknowledge Ewent DCD changed Port 1 Acknowledge Event DCD changed Port 2 S Acknowledge Event DSR changed Port 1 ati Acknowledge Event DSR changed Port 2 sae Acknowledge Event Change Password Change password Old password New password Retype password Submit Input the Old password and New password to change the password Leave the password boxes blank to erase the password If the password is erased then NPort IA5150 5250 will not have password protection 5 39 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration A ATTENTION If you forget the password the ONLY way to configure NPort A5150 5250 is by using the Reset button on NPort IA5150 5250 s casing to Load Factory Default Remember to export the configuration file using NPort Administrator when you finish the configuration By
108. tional 2 bytes for Delimiter 2 of data is received after receiving the Delimiter Strip Delimiter When the Delimiter is received the Delimiter is deleted i e stripped and the remaining data is transmitted Do nothing The data will be transmitted when the Delimiter is received Force transmit Setting Factory Default Necessity 0 to 65535 ms 0 ms Optional 0 Disable the force transmit timeout 1 to 65535 Forces the NPort IA5150 5250 s TCP IP protocol software to try to pack serial data received during the specified time into the same data frame This parameter defines the time interval during which NPort IA5150 5250 fetches the serial data from its internal buffer If data is incoming through the serial port NPort IA5150 5250 stores the data in the internal buffer NPort IA5150 5250 transmits data stored in the buffer via TCP IP but only if the internal buffer is full or if the Force transmit time interval reaches the time specified under Force transmit timeout The optimal Force transmit timeout depends on your application but it must be at least larger than one character interval within the specified baud rate For example assume that the serial port is set to 1200 bps 8 data bits 1 stop bit and no for parity In this case the total number of bits needed to send a character is 10 bits and the time required to transfer one character is 10 bits 1200 bits s 1000 ms s 8 3 ms Th
109. tions applications The driver intercepts data sent to the host s COM port packs it into a TCP IP packet and then redirects it through the host s Ethernet card At the other end of the connection the NPort IA5150 5250 accepts the Ethernet frame unpacks the TCP IP packet and then transparently sends it to the appropriate serial device attached to one of the NPort 1A5150 5250 s serial ports A ATTENTION Real COM Mode allows several hosts to have access control over the same NPort IA5150 5250 The driver that comes with your NPort IA5150 5250 controls host access to attached serial devices by checking the host s IP address Refer to Accessible IP Settings in Chapter 5 for more details TCP Server Mode In TCP Server mode NPort IA5150 5250 is configured TCP Server Mode with a unique IP Port address on a TCP IP network E NPort IA5150 5250 waits passively to be contacted by the host computer allowing the host computer to establish a connection with and get data from the serial device This operation mode also supports up to 4 TCP IP simultaneous connections so that multiple hosts can Ethernet collect data from the same serial device at the same time TCP Server As illustrated in the figure data transmission proceeds as ORequest a follows Bubs RS 232 422 485 1 The host requests a connection from the NPort dale transmission 1A5150 5250 configured for TCP Server Mode 2 Once the connection is est
110. trial 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 2 NPort IA51501 3 NPort IA5150 M SC 4 NPort IA5150I M SC 5 NPort IA5150 S SC 6 NPort IA5150I S SC 7 NPort IA5250 8 NPort IA5150 T 9 NPort IA51501 T 10 NPort IA5150 M SC T 11 NPort IA5150I M SC T 12 NPort IA5150 S SC T 13 NPort IA5150I S SC T 14 NPort A5250 T 1 port RS 232 DB9 RS 422 485 TB to Ethernet Device Server 1 port RS 232 DB9 RS 422 485 TB to Ethernet Device Server w 2KV Isolation protection 1 port RS 232 DB9 RS 422 485 TB to Multi mode Fiber Device Server 1 port RS 232 DB9 RS 422 485 TB to Multi mode Fiber Device Server w 2KV Isolation protection 1 port RS 232 DB9 RS 422 485 TB to Single mode Fiber Device Server 1 port RS 232 DB9 RS 422 485 TB to Single mode Fiber Device Server w 2KV Isolation protection 2 port RS 232 422 485 DB9 to Ethernet Device Server 1 port RS 232 DB9 RS 422 485 TB to Ethernet Device Server wide temperature 40 to 75 C 1 port RS 232 DB9 RS 422 485 TB to Ethernet Device Server w 2KV Isolation protection wide temperature 40 to 75 C 1 port RS 232 DB9 RS 422 485 TB to Multi mode Fiber Device Server wide temperature 40 to 75 C 1 port RS 232 DB9 RS 422 485 TB to Multi mode Fiber wide temperature
111. uires using password protection you must enable the cookie function in your browser If the cookie function is disabled you will not be allowed to enter the Web Console Screen Basic Settings E NPort Web Console Microsoft Internet Explorer E File Edit view Favorites Tools Help Qx Q x B TN JO Search Se Favorites A Media Ol 2 eS a Address http 192 168 127 254 home htm Password 731a9e0a41ba3bb0a27ca8b330c239db amp Submit 5ubmit Ia Main Menu Basic Setting cO overview Basic Settings Server name NPIA 5250_525016 Co Network Settings Time es Serial Settings Time zone GMT Greenwich Mean Time Dublin Edinburgh Lisbon London w J Operating Settings Co Accessible IP Settings _ Local time 2o05 ri 3 S 56 _ 38 HC Auto Warning Settings Modify 20 Monitor Time server J Change Password Settings C Load Factory Default Web console Enable Disable E Eeee Telnet console Enable Disable Reset button protect No Yes Submit Server name Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 to 39 characters NP model name _ Serial No Optional This option is useful for specifying the location or application of different NPort IA5150 5250s Time NPort IA5150 5250 has a built in Real Time Clock for time calibration functions Functions such as Auto warning Email or SNMP Trap can add real time information to their messages
112. uite gt NPort Administrator i KETC 5 Accessories r Startup UC Finder fa NPort Administration Suite B version info 6 12 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 2 Unlock the NPort IA5150 5250 you wish to configure if it is password protected Right click on a specific NPort IA5150 5250 and select the Upgrade Firmware function to start upgrading the firmware 4 Administrator Configuration IP Address Report 3 Select the correct ROM file to download Select File 4 Wait while the Upgrade Firmware action is processed NPort l4 5250 00 90 E8 52 50 16 192 168 127 254 Waiting NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator A ATTENTION You can simultaneously upgrade the firmware of multiple NPort 1A5150 5250s that are of the same model To select multiple NPort 1A5150 5250s hold down the Ctrl key when selecting an additional NPort IA5150 5250 or hold down the Shift key to select a block of NPort 1A5150 5250s Export Configuration To export the configuration of an NPort IA5150 5250 right click on the NPort IA5150 5250 select Export Configuration and then follow the onscreen instructions The Export Configuration function is a handy tool that can be used to produce a text file containing the current configuration of a particular NPort A515
113. umber 4 DWORD Little endian 5 IP Address 4 DWORD Little endian 6 Netmask 4 DWORD Little endian 7 Default Gateway 4 DWORD Little endian 8 Firmware Version 4 DWORD JLittle endian Ver1 3 4 0x0103040 9 AP ID 4 DWORD Little endian AP ID amp Hardware ID Mapping Table AP ID Hardware ID Product 0x80005000 0x0504 NPort 5410 0x80005000 0x0534 NPort 5430 0x80005000 0x1534 NPort 54301 0x80005000 0x5401 NPort 5410 V3 0x80005000 0x5402 NPort 5430 V3 0x80005000 0x5403 NPort 54301 V3 0x80005000 0x5404 NPort 5450 0x80005000 0x5405 NPort 54501 0x80005000 0x5406 NPort 5450 T 0x80005000 0x5407 NPort 54501 T D 2 E Compliance Notice CE Warming This is a Class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take appropriate measures Federal Communications Commission Statement FCC This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation FCC Warming This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a co
114. up of data to all hosts Currently if you select Yes for Ignore jammed IP the host that is not responding will be ignored but the data will still be transmitted to the other hosts Packing length Setting Factory Default Default 0 The Delimiter Process will be followed regardless of the length of the data packet If the data length in bytes matches the configured value the data will be forced out The data length can be configured for 0 to 1024 bytes Set to 0 if you do not need to limit the length 5 20 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration A ATTENTION Delimiter 1 Setting Factory Default Necessity 00 to FF None Optional Delimiter 2 Setting Factory Default Necessity 00 to FF None Optional Once the NPort IA5150 5250 receives both delimiters through its serial port it immediately packs all data currently in its buffer and sends it to the NPort IA5150 5250 Ethernet port Delimiter 2 is optional If left blank then Delimiter 1 alone trips clearing of the buffer If the size of the serial data received is greater than 1 KB the NPort IA5150 5250 will automatically pack the data and send it to the Ethernet However to use the delimiter function you must at least enable Delimiter 1 If Delimiter 1 is left blank and Delimiter 2 is enabled the delimiter function will not work properly Delimiter process Setting Factory Default Do nothing
115. upported SNMP variables System MIB Interfaces MIB IP MIB ICMP MIB SysDescr itNumber ipForwarding IcmpInMsgs SysObjectID ifIndex ipDefaultTTL IcmpInErrors SysUpTime ifDescr ipInreceives IcmpInDestUnreachs SysContact ifType ipInHdrErrors IcmpInTimeExcds SysName ifMtu ipInAddrErrors IcmpInParmProbs SysLocation ifSpeed ipForwDatagrams IcmpInSrcQuenchs SysServices ifPhysAddress ipInUnknownProtos IcmpInRedirects ifAdminStatus ipInDiscards IcmpInEchos ifOperStatus ipInDelivers IcmpInEchoReps ifLastChange ipOutRequests IcmpInTimestamps ifInOctets ipOutDiscards IcmpTimestampReps ifInUcastPkts ipOutNoRoutes IcmpInAddrMasks ifInNUcastPkts ipReasmTimeout IcmpOutMsgs ifInDiscards ipReasmReqds IcmpOutErrors ifInErrors ipReasmOKs IcmpOutDestUnreachs ifIMUnknownProtos ipReasmFails IcmpOutTimeExcds ifOutOctets ipFragOKs IcmpOutParmProbs ifOutUcastPkts ipFragFails IcmpOutSrcQuenchs ifOutNUcastPkts ipFragCreates IcmpOutRedirects ifOutDiscards ipAdEntAddr IcmpOutEchos ifOutErrors ipAdEntIfIndex IcmpOutEchoReps NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual SNMP Agents with MIB II amp RS 232 like group System MIB Interfaces MIB IP MIB ICMP MIB SysServices ifOutQLen ipAdEntNetMask IcmpOutTimestamps ifSpecific ipAdEntBcastAddr IcmpOutTimestampReps ipAdEntReasmMaxSize
116. using the Import function of NPort Administrator your configuration can be re loaded into NPort IA5150 5250 after using Load Factory Default Refer to Chapter 6 for more details about the Export and Import function Load Factory Default Load Factory Default This function will reset all MOXA NPort Server settings to their factory default values Be aware that previous settings will be lost Submit This function will reset all of the NPort A5150 5250 s settings to the factory default values Be aware that previous settings will be lost 5 40 Configuring NPort 6 Administrator The following topics are covered in this chapter u m m Ooo Overview Installing NPort Administrator Configuration Broadcast Search Unlock Password Protection Configuring the NPort IA5150 5250 Upgrading the Firmware Export Configuration VVVVV V Import Configuration Monitor Port Monitor COM Mapping gt On line COM Mapping gt Off line COM Mapping IP Address Report NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator Overview Device Server Administrator lets you install and configure your NPort I A5150 5250 Series products easily over the network Five function groups are provided to ease the installation process allow off line COM mapping and provide monitoring and IP location server functions Device Server Administrator is an integrated software suite that bundles Device
117. ve a serial port and the serial device is connected to the RS 232 port of the other NPort IA5150 5250 The two NPort IA5150 5250 device servers are then connected to each other with a cross over Ethernet cable both are connected to the same LAN or in a more advanced setup they communicate with each other over a WAN i e through one or more routers Pair Connection Mode transparently transfers both data and modem control signals although it cannot transmit the DCD signal between the two NPorts Pair Connection Master Mode When using Pair Connection Mode you must select Pair Connection Master Mode for the Operation mode of one of the NPort IA5150 5250 device servers In effect this NPort 1A5150 5250 will be acting as a TCP client MOXA SI Main Menu Operating Settings O Overview i 0 Basic Settings Port 1 O Network Settings z 3 Serial Settings g Operation mode Pair Connection Master Mode S Operating Settings TCP alive check time fi 0 99 min Destination IP address 192 168 1 4001 O Accessible IP Settings F Apply the above settings to all serial ports Auto Warning Setting S Monitor 0 Change Password O Load Factory Default 5 26 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration TCP alive check time Setting Factory Default Necessity 0 to 99 min 7 min Required 0 min TCP connection is not closed due to an idle TCP connection
118. vers network enable traditional RS 232 422 485 devices in which a Serial Device Server is a tiny computer equipped with a CPU real time OS and TCP IP protocols that can bi directionally translate data between the serial and Ethernet formats Your computer can access manage and configure remote facilities and equipment over the Internet from anywhere in the world Traditional SCADA and data collection systems rely on serial ports RS 232 422 485 to collect data from various kinds of instruments Since NPort IA5150 5250 Serial Device Servers network enable instruments equipped with an RS 232 422 485 communication port your SCADA and data collection system will be able to access all instruments connected to a standard TCP IP network regardless of whether the devices are used locally or at a remote site NPort IA5150 5250 is an external IP based network device that allows you to expand the number of serial ports for a host computer on demand As long as your host computer supports the TCP IP protocol you won t be limited by the host computer s bus limitation such as ISA or PCD or lack of drivers for various operating systems In addition to providing socket access NPort A5150 5250 also comes with a Real COM TTY driver that transmits all serial signals intact This means that your existing COM TTY based software can be preserved without needing to invest in additional software Three different Socket Modes are available TCP Server TCP
119. ving data P1 P2 green Serial port is transmitting data off No data is being transmitted or received through the serial port Steady on Ethernet fiber connection but port is idle FX orange Ae e a re Blinking Fiber port is transmitting or receiving data 2 5 3 Initial IP Address Configuration When setting up your NPort IA5150 5250 for the first time the first thing you should do is configure the IP address This chapter introduces the methods that can be used to configure the device server s IP address Select one of the initial IP Address configuration methods to configure NPort IA5150 5250 s IP Address For more details about network settings see the Network Settings section from Chapter 5 Web Console Configuration This chapter includes the following sections Initializing the NPort s IP Address Factory Default IP Address NPort Administration Suite ARP Telnet Console Serial Console 19200 n 8 1 OUOooodo NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration Initializing the NPort s IP Address 1 Determine whether your NPort IA5150 5250 needs to use a Static IP or Dynamic IP either DHCP or BOOTP application 2 If NPort IA5150 5250 is used in a Static IP environment you can use NPort IA5150 5250 Administration Suite ARP Web Console Telnet Console or Serial Console to configure the new IP address 3 If NPort IA5150 5250 is used in a Dynamic I
120. ype ATVO for digit code ATV 1 for text code 0 OK 1 connect default 2 ring 3 No carrier 4 error 14 ATZ Reset disconnect enter command mode and restore the flash settings 15 AT amp C Serial port DCD control AT amp C0O DCD always on AT amp C1 DTE detects connection by DCD on off default 16 AT amp D Serial port DTR control AT amp D0 recognize DTE always Ready AT amp D1 AT amp D2 reply DTE when DTR On default 17 AT amp F Restore manufacturer s settings 18 AT amp G Select guard time reply OK only 19 AT amp R Serial port RTS option command _ reply OK only 20 AT amp S Serial port DSR control reply OK only 21 AT amp V View settings 22 AT amp W Write current settings to flash for next boot up 5 30 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration S Registers No AT command Description Remarks 1 SO Ring to auto answer default 0 2 S1 Ring counter always 0 No action applied 3 52 Escape code character default 43 ASCII 4 S3 Return character default 13 ASCII 5 S4 Line feed character default 10 ASCII 6 S5 Backspace character default 8 ASCII 7 S6 Wait time for dial tone always 2 unit sec No action applied 8 S7 Wait time for carrier default 3 unit sec 9 S8 Pause time for dial delay always 2 unit sec No action applied 10 S9 Carrier detect response time Niacton applied alw
121. ze The serial communication buffer size for NPort IA5150 5250 is 1 KB per port TCP Server Mode Operating Settings Port 1 Operation mode ree Server Mode TCP alive check time Fo 99 min Inactivity time P 65535 ms Max connection fa Ignore jammed IP No Yes Allow driver control No Yes Data Packing Packing length P o 1024 Delimiter 1 Hex I Enable Delimiter 2 D mew I Enable Delimiter process Do Nothing Processed only when Packing length is 0 Force transmit P o 65535 ms TCP Server Mode Local TCP port for Command port pe I Apply the above settings to all serial ports Local listen port will be enumerated automatically 5 15 NPort 1A5150 5250 Series User s Manual Web Console Configuration A ATTENTION TCP alive check time Setting Factory Default Necessity 0 to 99 min 7 min Optional 0 min TCP connection is not closed due to an idle TCP connection 1 to 99 min NPort A5150 5250 automatically closes the TCP connection if there is no TCP activity for the given time After the connection is closed NPort IA5150 5250 starts listening for another host s TCP connection Inactivity time Setting Factory Default Necessity 0 to 65535 ms 0 ms Optional 0 ms TCP connection is not closed due to an idle serial line 0 65535 ms NPort IA5150 5250 automatically closes the TCP connection if

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