Ethernet to Serial Adapter Installation Instructions
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1. Mapping the COM Port In order to create the linkage between the NPort device and the operating system the port must be mapped in Windows Port mapping creates a virtual COM port within Windows Once created it functions like a regular serial port Open up the Administrator Find the COM Mapping section Press the Add button and select the NPort device installed Highlight the row of the device and press the Configure button On the Basic Settings page select the COM port to use COM1 COM256 This will be the serial port mapped to the serial port on the adapter If possible choose a single digit COM number that will be compatible with most software OF GN orrs 6 On the Serial Parameters tab select the baud rate to use This should match the baud rate of the serial device in use 7 The table shows the normal baud rate settings of select Beagle Software products 8 Press OK and return to hightlight the row of the COM mapping list 9 Press the Apply button to have the changes made to the port mapping settings The NPort device is now ready for use Open the software package in use and select the comport selected above Verify the baud rate is the same does not apply to DocuClock You can view the exchange of data between the host computer and the serial device from the Port Monitor section of the administrator 4 1 2 Making the Driver Visible in Windows Nport optional2. 4 0 Setting the IP Address 4 1Setting the IP address NPort It is recommended that the device have a static IP address instead of a dynamic IP address to facilitate port mapping on the host computer To set an Static IP address Open the Administrator and go to the Configuration section Scan for the device Locate the NPort device Double click on the device Open the Network Tab Check modify and select Static from the IP configuration pull down Oa PWN PF 7 Check modify and enter the IP address to assign to the adapter 8 Press OK To set the Operating Mode To use the adapter to connect the serial device to a host computer it must run in the Real COM mode This creates a virtual serial port on the host Device Star Sync Star Sync Star Sync DocuClock Cell Sync Radio Sync Heavy Standard External Serial Time Receiver Receiver Duty Re Duty Re Receiver stamper ceiver ceiver Baud Rate 19200 4800 4800 9600 115200 9600 computer which the software can use to access the device 1 Open the configuration section of the Administrator 2 Select the Operating Mode tab 3 Select Real Com Mode from the Operating Mode pull down 4 Press OK Saving the Configuration Settings 1 Press the OK button 2 The changes will be uploaded to the NPort device 3 The message log will show the changed configuration in the log window
3. IP address through ETM program 7 Select Device settings item of config of ETM program 8 Press Enter button of ETM program 9 Press the Login button of ETM program 10 Get into controller setup screen of ETM program 11 Set whatever additional parameters are necessary baud rate parity etc After setting the parameters press update button of ETM program 4 2 1 Installing the Vistual Comport on GDI 1000 Run VSerPortConsole_XP exe of VirtualSerialPort Console for Win XP 2 If did not add RS232 port move mouse to the area of Virtual Serial Port Console and right clock mouse to select Add Port 3 Select Add Port of Virtual Serial Port Console program Press OK button of the Add port for auto assign 4 Press the Continue Anyway button of Hardware Installation 5 You will get a new COM port 6 right click mouse then choose Add Net item of Virtual Serial Port console 7 Select Add Net item of Virtual Serial Port console 8 Change Remote Address and Remote Port parameters same with IP address and socket port of converter 9 Press OK button of Add Net 10 Confirm with the success screen of Virtual Serial Port Console 5 0 Troubleshooting 5 1 Digi One SP Troubleshooting Open the web interface by entering the device s IP address and check that RealPort is selected Configuration Serial Port Port Profile user root pwd dbps Check that the Dip Switch on
4. install locally or remotely through a variety of IP addressing methods These include DHCP ARP Ping static IP and Setup an application on the installation CD that automatically detects all Digi One devices on your network Digi One SP Key Features Here are some key Digi One SP features e TCP UDP socket services for broad device connectivity and application use e Support for RFC 2217 e RealPort COM Port Redirection e DB9M for serial port connection e Galvanically isolated from earth ground e Industry leading low latency e EIA 232 422 485 switch selectable e Easy configuration using the install CD through Setup wizard web interface or command line System Requirements e Windows 98 Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows XP or Windows 2003 operating system e AMD or Intel Pentium 133MHz or better based computer e Ethernet 10 100 network 1 0 Unpack Device Unpack the adapter power supply and software 2 0 Install Hardware 1 Plug the power supply into the wall and plug the plug into the adapter 2 Plug the serial device into the DB 9 serial port on the adapter Once power is connected the lights will blink while the system boots up 3 Plug the Ethernet cable with RJ 45 connector into the adapter 3 0 Install Software 3 1 Digi One SP 1 Install the Digi One hardware see sec 2 2 Insert the CD into the drive Select Setup The Digi Device Setup wizard should start 3 Discover the Digi One SP device Verif
5. the Digi One SP device are set correctly 1 up 2 3 4 down for RS 232 The driver is installed properly but the device is not working First check to see that the Beagle Software application is set to the correct COM port number To determine the COM port number assigned to the adapter check the Device Manager see section 2 3 It is also possible that the COM port number assigned is too high Sometimes a device won t work with the Ethernet to Serial adapter even though everything appears to have installed correctly because some computers will only scan a limited number of COM ports For instance it is possible that a computers has a limitation of scanning the first four COM ports If the adapter is installed on COM5 a device with such a limitation will not work until the COM port is reassigned to COM1 COM4 1 Right click on the Multi port serial adapters Open up the Digi One SP device and click on Properties 2 Select the Advanced Tab Click on the Properties button 3 Select the Digi One AP device on the tree on the left 4 Pull down the scrollbar on the right side and select COM 1 2 3 5 1 1DocuClock Troubleshooting when connected to the Digi One Open the web interface by entering the device s IP address and select Administration and Device Information Select the port in use Port 1 to get device specific information Note the various areas for status and information Configuration RealPort sets the settings
6. Ethernet to Serial Adapter Installation Instructions For use with these Beagle Software products Spring 2008 Copyright c 2004 2008 Beagle Software All rights reserved Beagle Software provides this publication as is without warranty of any kind either expressed or implied The use of the software accompanying this documentation is subject to the Software License Agreement contained herein MS DOS Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows XP and Windows 2003 are trademarks of Microsoft Inc beagle software www beaglesoft com 1 0 Introduction The Digi One SP device server easily allows any device with a serial port to connect to the Ethernet The compact Digi One SP delivers cost effective performance and capability in one of the smallest form factors available Part of Digi s broad device server offering the Digi One SP delivers standard Serial to Ethernet connectivity and is ideal for the following applications e TCP socket and UDP socket Socket support includes serial bridging which requires two device servers each providing network connectivity for a serial device that would otherwise be limited to communication over a serial cable e COM Port Redirection using Digi s patented RealPort software which enables applications and serial devices to communicate over an Ethernet network as though they were communicating in their native serial mode over a cable The Digi One SP is easy to
7. With NPort mapping the port is equivalent to installing a driver If you would like to see the virtual port listed in the Windows device manager then you need to install the visual device driver in Windows 1 Clink on Start gt Control Panel gt Add Hardware 2 After the computer serch for new device it will ask you if the hardware is already connected Select Yes 3 Select Add New Hardware device and click on next 4 Select Install the hardware that manually select from a list and click on next 5 Select Multi port serial adapters and click on next 6 Click on Have Disk 7 Clock on Browse 8 Locate the 5510 driver folder In the directory you should see the following NPort Tool folder NPORT inf file NPSERVER inf file 9 Open NPORT inf file Clock OK 10 Select MOXA Nport 5510 from the populated list and select next 11 At the Windows XP warning select Continue Anyway 12 If the installer asks for the NPCFG DLL file find it Noort directory on the CD 13 The computer will scan for a 5110 on the network Select the 5110 shown and click net If your 5510 is not shown then manually enter the IP address of the device 14 Click on finish to complete the install 15 Found New hardware Wizard should ten pop up Select Install from a list of specific location and click on Next 16 Once again select the 5110 driver 17 Once again you can ignore the XP warn
8. automatically based on the application and the de vice In any case verify the settings currently in use Profile RealPort Port Type RS 232 Baud Rate 9600 Data bits 8 Parity none Stop bits 1 Flow Control None Signals bold indicates green RTS CTS DTR DSR DCD IFC OFC Serial Statistics Total Data In lt value gt Total Data Out lt value gt Printer Prints very slowly Verify configuration Open the Configuration and System screen from the web interface see above and check that the Optimization setting is set to Latency 6 0 Technical Support If you are having problems with the Ethernet to Serial Adapter that this document does not address please feel free to contact us at E mail support beaglesoft com Phone 612 370 1091 Fax 612 605 7138 Mail Beagle Software 126 N 3rd St Ste 407 Minneapolis MN 55401 USA
9. ing screen 18 Click on Finish to complete the Port installation 19 To confirm the installation go to the Windows Device Manager You should see both an entry in the Multi port serial adapters and the Ports section of the Device Manager 20 The Ports section should contain a device MOXA Communication Port 1 COMx where x is the port selected in the port mapping section of the Administrator 4 2 Setting the IP Address on GDI 1000 1 Install and connect the hardware 2 Install the software run the ETM program 3 You will see the initial IP address usually 192 168 0 10 4 If your pc IP address is not same as the converter jump to step six 5 Check the PCs current IP address To do this you can use the ipconfig command from the command line 6 In the case of a different IP address 6 1 1 Select Network Connections of Control Panel of PC 6 1 2 Select Local Area Connection Connected of Network Connections 6 1 3 Right click the mouse then choose properties button of Network Connections 6 1 4 Select Internet protocol TCP IP item of Local Area Connection properties 6 1 5 Select properties button Internet protocol TCP IP 6 1 6 Select Advanced button of Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties 6 1 7 Select Add button of IP address 6 1 8 Add new IP address of TCP IP Address 6 1 9 Press the OK button of Advanced TCP IP Settings 6 2 Change both converter and PC in the same
10. y the device s MAC address Select either dynamic recommended or static IP addressing 4 Choose RealPort COM Port Redirection as the scenario to use 5 The driver is now installed and the device is configured 6 Logonto via the web interface of the device user root pwd dbps 7 Note the IP address of the Digi One device Open the Configuration gt System screen and change the Optimization setting to Latency from Throughput 8 Open up the Windows device manager System gt Hardware gt Device Manager OS E a O O 9 Find the Multi port Serial Adapters 10 Open the device and select Advanced and Properties 11 Note the number of the COM port in use not the port number but the COM number The COM number can also be found in the Ports section of the Device Manager under Digi One SP 12 Enter this COM port when configuring the software application 3 2Moxa NPort 5510 1 Insert the CD into the drive 2 Install the Administrator 3 3 GDI 1000 Configuration Administration 1 Insert the User Manual CD into the drive 2 Close Windows or antivirus program firewall 3 Find the ETM program in the A IP Search Utility directory 4 Copy the ETM program to the host computer 5 Run the ETM program Virtual COM Port 1 Insert the CD 2 Find the C Virtual Com directory 3 Run either the VSerPortConsole_XP exe Win XP or VSerPortConsole_2000 exe Win 2000 program to install the virtual COM driver
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