WSE CoBox Master/Slave Terminal Server Setup NSCC 2.0/NSM
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1. Enter the first three digits of the 12 digit IP Address for the CoBox Master unit and press ENTER IP Address 206 171 Enter the second three digits of the 12 digit IP Address for the CoBox Master unit and press ENTER IP Address 206 171 021 Enter the third three digits of the 12 digit IP Address for the CoBox Master unit and press ENTER IP Address 206 171 021 165 Enter the last three digits of the 12 digit IP Address for the CoBox Master unit and press ENTER NOTE The above example for entering an IP address was given to acquaint the user with CoBox programming conventions Future entries will be referred to as four 3 digit entries Set Gateway IP Adress N If CoBox Master units are on different networks type y The program prompts for the Gateway IP Address as shown below Gateway IP Address 000 Enter the Gateway IP Address for the CoBox Master units The 12 digit IP Address requires four 3 digit entries After each entry press ENTER or period For CoBox Master units on the same network press ENTER for the default N Netmask Number of Bits for Host Port 0O default 00 Press ENTER to accept the default value 00 This value causes the setup program to calculate a standard netmask based on the CoBox Master unit IP Address Class A B or C If a different Netmask is required refer to the CoBox User s Manual Technical Reference Manual Appendix C to set this paramete2. 8S SX SN CI 8 DB 25 CoBox Slave DB 25 Signal Pin Pin Signal RX 3 3 TX TX 2 2 RX SG 7 7 SG 818SX SC ACU to CoBox Slave 818SX SC 9 Pin Phoenix CoBox Slave DB 25 Signal Pin Pin Signal RX 3 3 TX TX 2 2 RX SG 7 7 SG NexSentry 4100 ACU to CoBox Slave NexSentry 4100 DB 9 CoBox Slave DB 25 Signal Pin Pin Signal RX 2 3 TX TX 3 2 RX SG 5 7 SG SE422 ACU to CoBox Slave SE422 DB 9 CoBox Slave DB 25 Signal Pin Pin Signal RX 2 3 TX TX 3 2 RX SG 5 7 SG Jumper RSLD 1 DTR 4 DSR 6 Jumper RTS 7 17 WSE CoBox Master Slave Terminal Server Setup 18 P N 6900006 Revision B
3. CoBox WSE CoBox Master Slave Terminal Server Setup NSCC 2 0 NSM 2 1 Field Configuration and Installation Guide WSE 47102 Mission Falls Court Fremont CA 94539 7818 an ISO 9000 certified company PHONE 510 360 7800 FAX 510 360 7820 P N 6900006 Revision B WSE CoBox Master Slave Terminal Server Setup Written By Bill W Hogge Modified By Victor Gassmann Matt Wenzel Lilia Shwarts amp Tony Smith Last Modified September 2 1999 Copyright 1999 WSE All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America NexSentry DuraKey QuadraKey NexKey and DigiReader are trademarks of WSE P N 6900006 Revision B WHAT IS COBOX The CoBox Intelligent Terminal Server is a 2 port Ethernet terminal server WSE uses a CoBox Master Slave configuration which extends via Ethernet the NSCC or NSM Host ACU RS 232 serial communications distance The Master and Slave CoBox units extend the RS 232 serial distance via Ethernet analogous to a pair of short haul modems using a physical wire connection The Master CoBox is placed at the NSCC or NSM Host the CoBox Slave s are located at the remote ACU s In a joint effort with WSE the CoBox developers have implemented a WSE mode In the WSE mode the CoBox units communicate in a UDP Datagram protocol designed to minimize network traffic for WSE Device polling Each CoBox device must be programmed for specific ACU addresses The CoBox slave address t
4. M Port 9600 baud no parity no flow control and 1 or 2 stop bits 2 Connect Serial Modem Cable from COMM Port to CoBox CH1 NOTE PC and Terminal cable are DTE CoBox CH1 Port is DCE Hold down the x KEY on the terminal while applying power to the CoBox unit The following message appears A COLA CoBox 2 Channel Serial Number 149 184 Software Version 03 40 981027 Press Enter to go into Setup Mode Press Enter and the Setup Menu appears NOTE If you do not press Enter within approximately 10 seconds a prompt appears and you must restart the CoBox setup program P N 6900006 Revision B Example Setup Menu IP addr 206 171 021 165 no gateway set eRe Channel 1 eee Baudrate 09600 I F Mode 58 Flow 00 Port 05001 Datagram Type FD Remote IP Adr 206 171 021 166 Port 05001 Pack Cntrl 00 SendChars 59 20 Device Address info 001 002 003 eee Channel 2 ees Baudrate 09600 I F Mode 4C Flow 00 Port 01234 Remote IP Adr none Port 00000 Connect Mode C0 Disconn Mode 00 Flush Mode 00 Change Setup 0 Basics 1 or 2 for Channel 8 exit 9 save and exit WSE CoBox Master Slave Terminal Server Setup MASTER BASIC SETUP Basics 0 1 Type 0 and press ENTER 2 Configure the Basic Setup for each CoBox Master unit as instructed below Ethernet Interface AUI N Press ENTER to accept default N This configures the CoBox Master to use the 10base T network connector IP Address 206
5. able is configurable for addresses 1 to 16 When multiple CoBox slaves are configured for one Master each slave ACU Address Table must be unique In the WSE mode the CoBox Slave units use only CH 1 DB 25 The CoBox units must be configured for the WSE mode This can be done by connecting a dumb terminal or PC with terminal emulator to CH1 of the CoBox unit Alternately the CoBox units may be setup via a Telnet session For ease of installation the terminal method will be described in this procedure WSE CoBox Master Slave Terminal Server Setup INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS NSCC 2 0 SE6000 5 5 or NSM 2 1 Cobox Master Data Network IP Address TCP Port and network routing information CoBox Slave Data Network IP Address for each Slave TCP port is the same as the Master Slave ACU s addresses ACU s to be connected to the Slave Dumb Terminal or PC with terminal emulator or UNIX configured to act as a dumb terminal e First halt the poller on the unused Digi port you are going to use e Include ttya0 portin usr lib uucp Devices where represents an unused Digi port number Change permissions chmod 777 dev ttya0 Connect to terminal port cu ttya0 For more details see procedure available on the WSE web site in the FAQ section on _http www wse com technical PC to Modem serial cable See pinouts in Appendix A WSE CoBox Cable Requirements on pages 16 and 17 below START COBOX SETUP PROGRAM 1 Setup COM
6. e Remote IP Address 000 Press ENTER to accept the default Remote Port 10001 Enter the same value that was used for the Port No parameter in a previous step Pack Cntrl 00 Press ENTER to accept the default 00 SendChar 1 00 Type 59 and press ENTER SendChar 2 00 Type 20 and press ENTER This completes the Master CoBox CH1 Port setup The Main Setup Menu appears Verify the proper Master CoBox CH1 settings as shown on the next page WSE CoBox Master Slave Terminal Server Setup IP addr 206 171 021 165 no gateway set wee Channel 1 eee Baudrate 09600 I F Mode 58 Flow 00 Port 10001 Datagram Type FC Remote IP Adr 206 171 021 166 Port 10001 Pack Cntrl 00 SendChars 59 20 Broadcast Address 002 eRe Channel 2 ees Baudrate 09600 I F Mode 4C Flow 00 Port 00000 Remote IP Adr none Port 00000 Connect Mode C0 Disconn Mode 00 Flush Mode 00 Change Setup 0 Basics 1 or 2 for Channel 8 exit 9 save and exit 8 P N 6900006 Revision B MASTER COBOX CH2 PORT SETUP The CH2 port is not currently used by WSE This port must be configured so that it does not conflict with the CH1 port The following instructions should be used to set up the CH2 port on the Master CoBox unit From the Main Setup Menu Type 2 and press ENTER to start up the CH2 configuration menu Press ENTER several times until prompted for Port No Enter a value that is not the same as CH1 NOTE Recommended
7. is available on CoBox units in WSE mode e All ACUs connected to a CoBox Slave must be configured in the Slave Address Table The Slave will not pass commands to a ACU not in the Slave Address Table e Using PC Terminal Emulator to Test ACUs prior to NSCC 2 0 NSM 2 1 application startup When configured properly the CoBox Master and Slave units connect automatically upon NSCC 2 0 NSM 2 1 poller startup However to use a PC terminal emulator a network connection must be established manually This requires sending a SEEP protocol character string to the Slave unit The ACU address in the SEEP character string must be configured in the CoBox Slave Address Table The entire string must be sent The Slave CoBox unit will not connect by sending individual keystroke characters Create a file UNIX script or DOS batch to output the entire SEEP character string to the port connected to the Master CoBox unit EXAMPLE For ACU 1 send LOI Once the Master to Slave network connection is made the PC keyboard can be used to send commands to CoBox Slave ACUs e CoBox LEDS Normal Operation Master Green CH2 and Yellow CH1 LED s solid RED LED off Slave Waiting for Connection Green CH2 LED Solid Yellow CH1 LED flashing RED LED off Connected and Online Green CH2 LED Solid Yellow CH1 LED solid RED LED off e Recovery From Power and Network Disruptions The CoBox units usually recover from power or network loss depending on severit
8. ort No 10001 Press ENTER to accept the default value 10001 or re enter the port number previously used for the Master associated with this slave page 6 ConnectMode C0 Type 0c and press ENTER This configures the CH1 port for the Datagram mode Datagram Type 00 Type fd and press ENTER This configures the CH1 port for the WSE Slave Datagram type Change address table max 16 00 disable N Type y and press ENTER The first entry of the address table appears as shown below 01 001 Enter the ACU address for each ACU to be connected to the Slave and press ENTER In the example below the Slave is configured to poll ACUs 1 2 3 4 and 16 01 001 001 02 002 002 03 003 003 04 000 004 05 000 016 NOTE The Slave s will not poll an ACU unless the ACU address is entered in the address table Remote IP Address 206 Type the Master CoBox IP Address Four 3 digit entries each followed by ENTER or a period Remote Port 10001 Enter the same value that was used for the Port No parameter in a previous step 11 WSE CoBox Master Slave Terminal Server Setup COBOX SLAVE CH1 PORT SETUP Continued Pack Cntrl 00 Press ENTER to accept the default 00 SendChar 1 00 Type 0d and press ENTER SendChar 2 00 Type 20 and press ENTER This completes the Slave CoBox CH1 setup The Main Setup Menu appears Verify the proper Slave CoBox CH1 settings as shown in the e
9. r Change telnet config password N Press ENTER to defer changing the telnet config password NOTE The CoBox units may be configured via telnet Refer to the User s Technical reference manual for details This completes the Master Basic Setup The Main Setup menu appears 6 P N 6900006 Revision B MASTER COBOX CH1 PORT SETUP From the Setup Menu type 7 and press ENTER Configure the Master CoBox CH1 parameters as instructed below Baudrate 09600 Press ENTER for the default 9600 baud or type a new baud rate and press ENTER NOTE The CoBox may be set to 19200 for NexSentry 4100 ACUs T F Mode 4C Type 58 press ENTER This configures the CH1 port to 7 bit ODD parity 1 stop bit Flow 00 Press ENTER for the default value 00 This disables flow control for the CH1 port Port No 10001 Press ENTER to accept the default value 10001 NOTE A CoBox Master and its associated Slave s must have the same port number The second CoBox Master and its associated Slave s would not use the default 10001 Example Use 10002 for the second set 10003 for the third set IMPORTANT For each Master and Slave s set the Port No and the Remote Port No should be the same on all Master and Slave units ConnectMode C0 Type 0c and press ENTER This configures the CH1 port for the Datagram mode Datagram Type 00 Type fc and press ENTER This configures the CH1 port for the WSE Master Datagram typ
10. ss 000 Enter the Gateway IP Address for the CoBox Slave units The 12 digit IP Address requires four 3 digit entries After each entry press ENTER or period For CoBox Slave units on the same network press ENTER for the default N Netmask Number of Bits for Host Port 0 default 00 Press ENTER to accept the default value 00 This value causes the setup program to calculate a standard netmask based on the CoBox Slave unit IP Address Class A B or C If a different Netmask is required refer to the CoBox User s Manual Technical Reference Manual Appendix C to set this parameter Change telnet config password N Press ENTER to defer changing the telnet config password NOTE The CoBox units may be configured via telnet Refer to the User s Technical reference manual for details This completes the Slave Basic Setup The Main Setup menu appears 10 P N 6900006 Revision B COBOX SLAVE CH1 PORT SETUP From the Setup Menu type 7 and press ENTER Configure the Slave CoBox CH1 parameters as instructed below Baudrate 09600 Press ENTER for the default 9600 baud or a new baud rate and press ENTER NOTE The CoBox may be set to 19200 for NexSentry 4100 ACUs and the Master does not need to match the Slaves I F Mode 4C Type 58 press ENTER This configures the CH1 port to 7 bit ODD parity 1 stop bit Flow 00 Press ENTER for the default value 00 This disables flow control for the CH1 port P
11. values are 1234 5678 4321 and 8765 Press ENTER several times until the Main Setup Menu appears Exit and Save Setup Configuration From the Main Setup Menu Type 9 and press ENTER to save the configuration and exit setup Parameters stored message is displayed WSE CoBox Master Slave Terminal Server Setup SLAVE BASIC SETUP Basics 0 3 Type 0 and press ENTER 4 Configure the Basic Setup for each CoBox Slave unit as instructed below Ethernet Interface AUI N Press ENTER to accept default N This configures the CoBox Slave to use the 10base T network connector IP Address 206 Enter the first three digits of the 12 digit IP Address for the CoBox Slave unit and press ENTER IP Address 206 171 Enter the second three digits of the 12 digit IP Address for the CoBox Slave unit and press ENTER IP Address 206 171 021 Enter the third three digits of the 12 digit IP Address for the CoBox Slave unit and press ENTER IP Address 206 171 021 165 Enter the last three digits of the 12 digit IP Address for the CoBox Slave unit and press ENTER NOTE The above example for entering an IP address was given to acquaint the user with CoBox programming conventions Future entries will be referred to as four 3 digit entries Set Gateway IP Adress N If CoBox Slave units are on different networks type y The program prompts for the Gateway IP Address as shown below Gateway IP Addre
12. xample below IP addr 206 171 021 166 no gateway set eee Channel 1 ees Baudrate 19200 I F Mode 58 Flow 00 Port 10001 Datagram Type FD Remote IP Adr 206 171 021 165 Port 10001 Pack Cntrl 00 SendChars 0D 20 Device Address info 001 002 003 004 016 eee Channel 2 e Baudrate 09600 I F Mode 4C Flow 00 Port 09876 Remote IP Adr none Port 00000 Connect Mode C0 Disconn Mode 00 Flush Mode 00 Change Setup 0 Basics 1 or 2 for Channel 8 exit 9 save and exit NOTE All information is the same on each slave except for the IP Address and the Device Address info 12 P N 6900006 Revision B COBOX SLAVE CH2 PORT SETUP The CH2 port is not currently used by WSE This port must be configured so that it does not conflict with the CH1 port The following instructions should be used to set up the CH2 port on the Slave CoBox unit From the Main Setup Menu Type 2 and press ENTER to startup the CH2 configuration menu Press ENTER several times until prompted for Port No Enter a value that is not the same as CH1 NOTE Recommended values are 1234 5678 4321 and 8765 Press ENTER several times until the Main Setup Menu appears Exit and Save Setup Configuration From the Main Setup Menu Type 9 and press ENTER to save the configuration and exit setup Parameters stored message is displayed 13 WSE CoBox Master Slave Terminal Server Setup Field Installation Notes e Only the CH1 DB25 port
13. y without any action required In the event the connection to the CoBox Slave unit is not restored perform the following actions Cycle power on the Master CoBox unit Cycle power on the Slave CoBox unit Halt and restart the NSCC poller e WSE Recommended CoBox Limitations e Maximum of 8 ACUs per NSCC 2 0 NSM 2 1 CoBox ACU poller e Not to exceed 200 transactions per minute on the NSCC 2 0 NSM 2 1 ACU poller NOTE 192 transactions per minute is equivalent to 3 transactions from 64 readers per minute 14 P N 6900006 Revision B NSCC 2 0 NSM 2 1 CoBox Performance NOTE The NSCC 2 0 NSM 2 1 poller using CoBox Master Slave units is a very reliable means of communicating with ACUs via a network However network overhead can create delays High traffic networks can experience slower ACU responses The NSCC 2 0 NSM 2 1 poller can be adjusted to compensate for but not eliminate delays Although the poll response may be slower data integrity is maintained 15 WSE CoBox Master Slave Terminal Server Setup APPENDIX A WSE CoBox Cable Requirements WSE Host to CoBox Master PC Serial COMM Port to CoBox Master PC DB 9 CoBox Master DB 25 Signal Pin Pin Signal RX 2 3 TX TX 3 2 RX SG 5 7 SG Digi XEM or PortServer to CoBox Master Digi RJ 45 CoBox Master DB 25 Signal Pin Pin Signal RX 5 3 TX TX 4 2 RX SG 6 7 SG P N 6900006 Revision B WSE ACU to CoBox Slave 808S SX SN ACU and CI 8 to CoBox Slave 80
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