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1. 2 gt Cannot reach remote device or no answer 8 gt Wrong parameter s 9 gt Invalid command XPort User Guide 8 Troubleshooting This chapter discusses how you can diagnose and fix errors quickly without having to contact a dealer or Lantronix It helps to connect a terminal to the serial port while diagnosing an error to view summary messages that may be displayed When troubleshooting always ensure that the physical connections power cable network cable and serial cable are secure Note Some unexplained errors might be caused by duplicate IP addresses on the network Make sure that your unit s IP address is unique When troubleshooting the following problems make sure that the XPort is powered up Confirm that you are using a good network connection This chapter includes the following topics Topic Page Problems and Error Messages 8 1 8 4 Technical Support Problems and Error Messages ProblemMessage EST When you issue the ARP S Your currently logged in user Have someone from your IT command in Windows The does not have the correct rights department log you in with ARP entry addition failed 5 to use this command on this PC sufficient rights message displays When you attempt to assign an When you Telnet to port 1 on the Telnet back to Port 1 Wait for it to IP address to the unit by the device server you are only fail then Telnet to port 9999 ARP method the Press Enter to assigning a
2. Figure 4 6 Server Configuration Parameters IP Address 000 000 000 000 Set Gateway IP Address N Netmask Number of Bits for Host Part 0 default 0 Change telnet config password N IP Address The IP address must be set to a unique value in your network See 9 IP Addresses for more information Set Gateway IP Address The gateway address or router allows communication to other LAN segments The gateway address should be the IP address of the router connected to the same LAN segment as the unit The gateway address must be within the local network The defaultis N No meaning the gateway address has not been set To set the gateway address type Y and enter the address Netmask Number of Bits for Host Part A netmask defines the number of bits taken from the IP address that are assigned for the host section Note Class A 24 bits Class B 16 bits Class C 8 bits The unit prompts for the number of host bits to be entered then calculates the netmask which displays in standard decimal dot notation when the saved parameters are displayed for example 255 255 255 0 Table 4 1 Standard IP Network Netmasks Network Class Host Bits Netmask 255 0 0 0 B 16 255 255 0 0 C Bo 255 255 255 0 Change Telnet Configuration Password Setting the Telnet configuration password prevents unauthorized access to the setup menu via a Telnet connection to port 9999 or via web pages The password must
3. command you will see the unit s IP configuration AutolP The unit ships with a default IP address of 0 0 0 0 which automatically enables Auto IP within the unit AutolP is an alternative to DHCP that allows hosts to automatically obtain an IP address in smaller networks that may not have a DHCP server A range of IP addresses from 169 254 0 1 to 169 254 255 1 has been explicitly reserved for AutolP enabled devices The range of Auto IP addresses is not to be used over the Internet If your unit cannot find a DHCP server and you have not manually assigned an IP address to it the unit automatically selects an address from the AutolP reserved range Then your unit sends out a ARP request to other nodes on the same network to see whether the selected address is being used If the selected address is not in use then the unit uses it for local subnet communication If another device is using the selected IP address the unit selects another address from the AutolP range and reboots After reboot the unit sends out another ARP request to see if the selected address is in use and so on AutolP is not intended to replace DHCP The unit will continue to look for a DHCP server on the network If it finds a DHCP server the unit will switch to the DHCP server provided address and reboot Note If a DHCP server is found but it denies the request for an IP address the unit does not attach to the network but waits and retries AutolP c
4. seconds 4 21 Using Setup Mode for Configuration 4 22 XPort User Guide Using Setup Mode for Configuration Security Settings SNMP Enabled SNMP community name Public Telnet setup Enabled TFTP download Enabled Port 77FEh Enabled Web Server Enabled ECHO Disabled Encryption Disabled Enhanced password Disabled Port 77F0h Enabled E mail Settings Priority L Min notification interval 1 second All other parameters O e g e mail notification and triggers are disabled Exit Configuration Mode You have two options Select 8 to exit the configuration mode without saving any changes or rebooting or 4 Select 9 to save all changes and reboot the device All values are stored in nonvolatile memory XPort User Guide 4 23 5 GPIO Interface This chapter includes the following topics Configurable Pins Control Protocol 5 2 Examples 5 5 Configurable Pins The XPort has three pins CP1 3 that you can configure for General Purpose I O GPIO Note You can also configure the pins for serial port control lines such as CTS RTS DTR and DCD and diagnostic outputs to LEDs using Devicelnstaller You can use these GPIO pins to control devices such as relays servers lights monitor switches sensors and even processes such as data transfer You can set the functions for the three pins independently and in any combination The initial directions input output and active levels active low
5. CP1 ifithas been configured for LED1 functionality If the state of CP1 is blinking consistently or is completely off then there is a good socket connection If the state of CP1 is low use the Connect Mode option CO for making a connection to the device server from the network Use Connect Mode option C1 or C5 for a connection to the network from the device server See the full list of Connect Mode options in Connect Mode on page 4 7 Make sure that port 30718 77FEh is not blocked with any router that you are using on the network Also make sure that port 77FEh is not disabled within the Security settings of the device server Troubleshooting 8 4 Technical Support If you are experiencing an error that is not described in this chapter or if you are unable to fix the error you may 4 To check our online knowledge base or send a question to Technical Support go to http www lantronix com support E mail us at support lantronix com Call us at 800 422 7044 Domestic 949 453 7198 International 949 450 7226 Fax Our phone lines are open from 6 00AM 5 30 PM Pacific Time Monday through Friday excluding holidays Technical Support Europe Middle East and Africa Phone 49 0 89 31787 817 E mail eu_techsupp lantronix com or eu support Dlantronix com Firmware downloads FAQs and the most up to date documentation are available at www lantronix com support When you report a problem pl
6. Response 1 parameter Bytes 1 4 Directions BitX 1 means GPIO X is an output O means itis an input Command 12h Get Active Levels Send No parameters Response 1 parameter Bytes 1 4 Active levels BitX 1 means GPIO X is active low OV when active 3 3V when inactive O means it is active high 3 3V when active OV when inactive Command 13h Get Current States Send No parameters Response 1 parameter Bytes 1 4 States BitX 1 means GPIO X is active O means it is inactive XPort User Guide 5 3 GPIO Interface Command 19h Set Directions Send 2 parameters Bytes 1 4 Mask BitX 1 means the direction for GPIO X will be updated with the value in the second parameter O means the direction for that GPIO will not change Bytes 5 8 New Directions Bit X 1 means GPIO X will become an output O means it will become an input Response 1 parameter Bytes 1 4 The updated directions Command 1Ah Set Active Levels Send 2 parameters Bytes 1 4 Mask Bit X 1 means the direction for GPIO X will be updated with the value in the second parameter O means the active type for that GPIO will not change Bytes 5 8 New Active Levels BitX 1 means GPIO X will become active low O means it will become active high Response 1 parameter Bytes 1 4 Updated active levels Command 1Bh Set States Send 2 parameters Bytes 1 4 Mask BitX 1 means the state for GPIO X will be updated with the value in the second parame
7. TCP Keepalive time ins 45 1s 65s Os disable ARP Cache timeoutins 600 1s 600s TCP Keepalive time in seconds This option allows you to change how many seconds the unit will wait during a silent connection before attempting to see if the currently connected network device is still on the network If the unit then gets no response it drops that connection ARP Cache timeout in seconds Whenever the unit communicates with another device on the network it adds an entry into its ARP table The ARP Cache timeout option allows you to define how many seconds 1 600 the unit will wait before timing out this table XPort User Guide Using Setup Mode for Configuration Security Settings You can change security settings via Telnet or serial connections only not on the Web Manager We recommend that you set security over the dedicated network or over the serial setup If you set parameters over the network Telnet 9999 someone else could capture these settings Caution Disabling both Telnet Setup and Port 77FE will prevent users from accessing the setup menu from the network Figure 4 16 Security Settings Disable SNMHP lt H gt H BAMP Community Name public Disable Telnet Setup lt H H Disable TFTP Firmware Update CH WN Disable Port Y7FEh No H Disable Web Server No H Disable ECHO ports 4Y Y Enable Encryption lt H gt H Enable Enhanced Password lt H gt H Disable Port V7F h tH H
8. bridging device between receiving the frame and forwarding the frame Layer In networks layers refer to software protocol levels comprising the architecture with each layer performing functions for the layers above it Line Speed Expressed in bps the maximum rate at which data can reliably be transmitted over a line using given hardware Logical Link A temporary connection between source and destination nodes or between two processes on the same node Mbps Megabits per second MIB Management Information Base a database of network parameters used by SNMP and CMIP Common Management Information Protocol to monitor and change network device settings It provides a logical naming of all information resources on the network that are pertinent to the network s management Multicast A multicast is a message that is sent out to multiple devices on the network by a host Name Server Software that runs on network hosts charged with translating or resolving text style names into numeric IP addresses Network An interconnected system of computers that can communicate with each other and share files data and resources Network Address Every node on a network has one or more addresses associated with it including at least one fixed hardware address such as ae 34 2c 1d 69 f1 assigned by the device s manufacturer Most nodes also have protocol specific addresses assigned by a network manager Network Management A
9. connection is started with host 121 2 4 5 port 1 C5 Connect to 129 1 2 5 port 1234 C28 10 12 Connect to 129 1 28 10 port 12 C0 0 0 0 0 Connect to 129 1 28 10 port 12 enter Monitor Mode Autostart Automatic If you enable autostart the unit automatically connects to the Connection remote IP address and remote port specified when the firmware starts Hostlist If you enable this option the device server scrolls through the hostlist until it connects to a device listed in the hostlist table Once it connects the unit stops trying to connect to any others If this connection fails the unit continues to scroll through the table until it is able to connect to another IP in the hostlist Hostlist supports a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 12 entries Each entry contains the IP address and the port number The hostlist is disabled for Manual Mode and for Modem Mode The unit will not accept a data connection from a remote device when the hostlist option is enabled XPort User Guide 4 9 Using Setup Mode for Configuration 4 10 Figure 4 12 Hostlist Option Change Setup Server configuration Channel 1 configuration E mail settings Expert settings Security Factory defaults Exit without save Save and exit Your choice 1 O 0 JO 0 UYP O Baudrate 9600 I F Mode 4C Flow 00 Port No 10001 ConnectMode C0 25 Hostlist No Entry Change Hostlist N Y 01 IP address 000 172
10. have 4 characters An enhanced password setting for Telnet access only of 16 characters is available under Security Settings Note You don t need a password to access the Setup Mode window via a serial connection XPort User Guide Using Setup Mode for Configuration DHCP Name lf a DHCP server has automatically assigned the IP address and network settings you can discover the unit by using the Devicelnstaller network search feature There are three methods for assigning DHCP names to the unit Default DHCP Name If you do not change the DHCP name and you are using an IP of 0 0 0 0 then the DHCP name defaults to CXXXXXX XXXXXX is the last 6 digits of the MAC address shown on the label on the bottom side of the unit For example if the MAC address is 00 20 4A 12 34 56 then the default DHCP name is C123456 Custom DHCP Name You can create your own DHCP name If you are using an IP address of 0 0 0 0 then the last option in Server configuration is Change DHCP device name This option allows you to change the DHCP name to an alphanumeric name LTX in our example Figure 4 8 Custom DHCP Name Enter new DHCP device name LTX Numeric DHCP Name You can change the DHCP name by specifying the last octet of the IP address When you use this method the DHCP name is LTXYY where YY is what you chose for the last octet of the IP address If the IP address you specify is 0 0 0 12 then the DHCP name is LTX12 This method on
11. or high at boot up can also be configured through 77FE for example by using Devicelnstaller This chapter describes how the directions active levels and states can be dynamically controlled and probed through special port 77F0 Features TCP and UDP can be used The protocol supports up to 32 GPIO for future products Function configuration can be retrieved Input or output selection can be retrieved and controlled Active low or high selection can be retrieved and controlled Active or inactive selection can be retrieved and controlled 77F0 can be disabled 09049 9 499 Every change of state active inactive requires a command over TCP or UDP and thus is not very fast If you use this port for data transfer the throughput is low usually up to 1Kbps XPort User Guide 5 1 GPIO Interface Control Protocol The GPIO control protocol is a simple proprietary protocol which is described below Guidelines The GPIO control protocol is described from the PC side Send means from PC to XPort Response comes from XPort to PC The protocol allows for control of up to 32 GPIOs How many are actually available depends on the product XPort has only three The parameters are four bytes long and represent GPIOs 0 31 with GPIOO in bit O of the first byte Little Endian Parameter bits for configurable pins not configured as GPIOs are undefined for Get commands and ignored on Set commands Every command consists of nine byt
12. show a typical device Your device may have different configuration options This chapter includes the following topics Topic Page Accessing Setup Mode 4 1 Server Configuration Network Configuration 4 4 Channel 1 Configuration Serial Port Parameters 4 5 E mail Settings 4 17 Expert Settings 4 17 Security Settings 4 19 Factory Defaults 4 21 Exit Configuration Mode 4 23 Accessing Setup Mode Using a Telnet Connection To configure the unit over the network establish a Telnet connection to port 9999 Note You can also use Devicelnstaller to access Telnet Select the device E from the main window list and click the Telnet icon Jem 1 If you use the Telnet icon on the Devicelnstaller toolbar skip steps 1 and 2 XPort User Guide 4 1 Using Setup Mode for Configuration 4 2 6 From the Windows Start menu click Run and type the following command where x x x x is the IP address and 9999 is the unit s fixed network configuration port number telnet x x x x 9999 Note Be sure to include a space between the IP address and 9999 Click OK The following information displays Figure 4 1 MAC Address MAC address 4H2H4A41164D Software version M1 3b1 030605 APTE Press Enter to go into Setup Mode To enter the Setup Mode press Enter within 5 seconds The configuration settings display followed by the setup menu options Figure 4 2 Setup Menu Options Change Setup Server configuration Chann
13. with questions about IP address assignment Network RFCs For more information about IP addresses refer to the following documents which can be located on the World Wide Web using one of the following directories or indices RFC 950 RFC 1700 RFC 1117 RFC 1597 XPort User Guide Internet Standard Subnetting Procedure Assigned Numbers Internet Numbers Address Allocation for Private Networks 9 3 IP Addresses Alternative Ways to Assign an IP Address In 3 Getting Started we described how to assign an IP address using Devicelnstaller This section covers other methods for assigning an IP address over the network Note You can also assign the IP address using a serial connection See Using the Serial Port on page 4 2 DHCP The unit ships with a default IP address of 0 0 0 0 which automatically enables DHCP If a DHCP server exists on the network it will provide the unit with an IP address gateway address and subnet mask when the unit boots up You can use the Devicelnstaller software to search the network for the IP address your unit has been assigned by the DHCP server and add it to the managed list Note This DHCP address does not appear in the unit s Setup Mode and Web Manager screens You can however determine your units DHCP assigned IP address in Monitor Mode When you enter Monitor Mode from the serial port with network connection enabled see on page 7 1 and issue the NC Network Communication
14. 000 19 000 0 000 1 Port 0 223 02 IP address 000 172 000 19 000 0 000 2 Port 0 23001 03 IP address 000 172 000 19 000 0 000 3 Port 0 210001 04 IP address 000 000 000 000 Hostlist 01 IP 172 019 000 001 Port 00023 02 IP 172 019 000 002 Port 03001 03 IP 172 019 000 003 Port 10001 Change Hostlist N N Hostlist Retrycounter 3 Hostlist Retrytimeout 250 DisConnMode 00 FlushMode 00 DisConnTime 00 00 SendChar 1 00 SendChar 2 00 1 Enter a Connect Mode of 0x20 2X where X is any digit The menu shows you a list of current entries already defined in the product 2 To delete modify or add an entry select Yes If you enter an IP address of 0 0 0 0 that entry and all others after it are deleted 3 After completing the hostlist repeat the previous step if necessary to edit the hostlist again 4 For Retrycounter enter the number of times the Lantronix unit should try to make a good network connection to a hostlist entry that it has successfully ARPed The range is 1 15 with the default set to 3 XPort User Guide Using Setup Mode for Configuration 5 For Retrytimeout enter the number of seconds the unit should wait before failing an attempted connection The time is stored as units of milliseconds in the range of 1 65535 The default is 250 Datagram Type Directed UDP When selecting this option
15. 4 14 4 15 4 16 4 16 4 16 4 17 4 17 4 17 4 18 4 18 4 18 4 18 4 19 4 19 4 19 4 19 4 19 4 20 4 20 4 20 4 20 4 21 4 21 4 21 4 21 4 21 4 23 4 23 4 23 5 1 5 1 5 1 5 2 Contents gt gt gt Guidelines 5 2 Commands 5 2 Examples 9 0 6 Updating Firmware 6 1 Obtaining Firmware 6 1 Reloading Firmware 6 1 Using TFTP 6 1 Recovering the Firmware using the Serial Port 6 2 7 Monitoring the Network 7 1 Entering Monitor Mode via the Serial Port 7 1 Entering Monitor Mode via the Network Port 1 1 Monitor Mode Commands 7 2 8 Troubleshooting 8 1 Problems and Error Messages 8 1 Technical Support 8 4 9 IP Addresses 9 1 Components of the IP Address 9 1 Network Portion 9 1 Subnet Portion 9 2 Host Portion 9 2 Network Address 9 2 Broadcast Address 9 2 IP Subnet Mask 9 2 Private IP Networks and the Internet 9 3 Network RFCs 9 3 Alternative Ways to Assign an IP Address 9 4 DHCP 9 4 AutolP 9 4 ARP and Telnet 9 5 A Binary to Hex Conversions A 2 Connect Mode Options A 3 Disconnect Mode Options A 5 Flush Mode Buffer Flushing Options A 7 Interface Mode Options A 12 Pack Control Options A 12 B Networking Terms B 1 XPort User Guide V 1 Using This Guide Purpose and Audience This guide provides the information needed to configure use and update the XPort and is intended for software developers and system integrators who are embedding the XPort in their designs The information in this guide is rele
16. D Note For information about the other methods see 9 P Addresses If you want to use a serial connection instead of an Ethernet connection to configure the device see Using the Serial Port on page 4 2 Installing Devicelnstaller 1 Open Devicelnstaller on the CD ROM If the CD does not launch automatically a Click the Start button on the Task Bar and select Run b Enter your CD drive letter colon backslash Launch exe e g D Launch exe 2 Respond to the installation wizard prompts Note For more information about Devicelnstaller see the Devicelnstaller User Guide on the product CD and the Devicelnstaller help file Assigning an IP Address The unit s IP address is normally set to 0 0 0 0 at the factory The hardware address is on the product label The unit is DHCP enabled as the default To manually assign an IP address 1 Click Start gt Programs gt Lantronix gt Devicelnstaller gt Devicelnstaller If your PC has more than one network adapter a message displays Select an adapter and click OK Note If the unit already has an IP address e g DHCP has assigned an IP address click the Search icon and select the unit from the list of Lantronix device servers on the local network Click the Assign IP icon Assn If prompted enter the hardware address on the product label and click Next Select Assign a specific IP address and click Next so Enter the IP address The Subnet mask displays automatica
17. Disable SNMP This setting allows you to disable the SNMP protocol on the unit for security reasons SNMP Community Name This setting allows you to change the SNMP community name Community name is a required field for NMS to read or write to a device The default setting is public The name is a string of 1 to 13 characters Disable Telnet Setup Note If you choose to disable this option keep in mind that disabling both Telnet Setup and Port 77FE will prevent users from accessing the setup menu from the network This setting defaults to the N No option The Y Yes option disables access to Setup Mode by Telnet port 9999 It only allows access locally via the web pages and the serial port of the unit Disable TFTP Firmware Upgrade This setting defaults to the N No option The Y Yes option disables the use of TFTP to perform network firmware upgrades With this option you can download firmware upgrades over the serial port using Devicelnstaller s Recover Firmware procedure See Recovering the Firmware using the Serial Port on 6 2 XPort User Guide 4 19 Using Setup Mode for Configuration 4 20 Disable Port 77FE Hex Note If you choose to disable this option keep in mind that disabling both Telnet Setup and Port 77FE will prevent users from accessing the setup menu from the network Port 77FE is a setting that allows Devicelnstaller Web Manager and custom programs to configure the unit remotely You may wis
18. LANTRONIX Xrort XPort M User Guide Part Number 900 270 Revision C 11 03 Copyright and Trademark O 2003 Lantronix All rights reserved No part of the contents of this book may be transmitted or reproduced in any form or by any means without the written permission of Lantronix Printed in the United States of America XPort with its patent pending technology is a trademark of Lantronix Ethernet is a trademark of XEROX Corporation UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 2000 Windows NT and Windows XP are trademarks of Microsoft Corp Netscape is a trademark of Netscape Communications Corporation Contacts Lantronix Corporate Headquarters 15353 Barranca Parkway Irvine CA 92618 USA Phone 949 453 3990 Fax 949 453 3995 Technical Support Phone 800 422 7044 or 949 453 7198 Fax 949 450 7226 Online www lantronix com support E mail support lantronix com Sales Offices For a current list of our domestic and international sales offices go to the Lantronix web site at http www lantronix com about contact index html XPort User Guide Disclaimer and Revisions Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his or her own expense will be required to take whatever measures may be required to correct the interference Changes or modifications to this device not explicitly approved by Lantronix will vo
19. P address as an optional parameter xxx xxx xxx xxx If you enter the IP address the command is applied to another unit with that IP address If you do not enter the IP address the command is executed locally Note All commands must be in capital letters Table 7 1 Monitor Mode Commands memory page on the device Command Command Name Function VS x x X x Version Queries software header record 16 bytes of unit with IP address x x x x GC x x x x Get Configuration Gets configuration of unit with IP address x x x x as hex records 120 bytes SC X X X X Send Configuration Sets configuration of unit with IP address x x x x from hex records PI x x X X Ping Pings unit with IP address x x x x to check device status AT ARP Table Shows the unit s ARP table entries TT TCP Connection Shows all incoming and outgoing TCP connections Table NC Network Connection Shows the unit s IP configuration RS Resets the unit s power QU Exits diagnostics mode GO G1 Ge Gf Get configuration Gets a memory page of configuration information from memory page from the device SO S1 Se Sf Set configuration to Sets a memory page of configuration information 7 2 Responses to some of the commands are given in Intel Hex format Note Entering any of the commands listed above generates one of the following command response codes Table 7 4 Command Response Codes Response Meaning gt 0 OK no error 1 gt No answer from remote device
20. Yes 27 2 12ms Yes 38 2 250ms Yes 3A 2 5sec Yes 2Byte Sequence 2 Se XPort User Guide A 13 B Networking Terms Address Space A linear array of locations that a thread can access Simple processors have only one and these processors are referred to as linear addressing Auto Negotiate Clause 28 of the IEEE 802 3u standard specifies a MAC sub layer for the identification of the speed and duplex mode of connection being supported by a device Support of this feature is optional for individual vendors Auto Sense Ability of a 10 100 Ethernet device to interpret the speed or duplex mode of the attached device and to adjust to that rate Official term is Auto Negotiation in Clause 28 of the IEEE 802 3u standard Baseband LAN A LAN that uses a single carrier frequency over a single channel Ethernet Token Ring and Arcnet LANs use baseband transmission Baud Unit of signal frequency in signals per second Not synonymous with bits per second since signals can represent more than one bit Baud equals bits per second only when the signal represents a single bit Binaries Binary machine readable forms of programs that have been compiled or assembled As opposed to Source language forms of programs Block A block is a variable size piece of memory that a task can acquire Blocks are allocated from heaps Related Buffer heap BOOTP A TCP IP network protocol that lets network nodes request configuratio
21. ail settings via Devicelnstaller see E mail Notification in the Devicelnstaller User Guide on the CD The unit can send an e mail to multiple recipients when a specific trigger event occurs There are three separate triggers based on any combination of the configurable pins PIO when selected as user I O functions You can also use a two byte serial string to initiate a trigger Figure 4 14 E mail Settings EPE Emma AAA Mail server 6 6 6 8 Unit Domain Recipient i Recipient 2 eet Trigger 1 serial Sequence HH AA A Priority L Min notification interval Re notification interval et Trigger 2 serial Sequence 66 0 CPi A GP2 X CP3 A Message Priority L Min notification interval Re notification interval ee Trigger 3 berial Sequence 66 0 GPi X GP2 X CP3 X Message Priority L Min notification interval Re notification interval E mail Setup E mail setup requires you to set up the e mail server location as follows Mail server Unit Domain Recipient 1 Recipient 2 XPort User Guide The IP address in decimal dot notation The user name used by the XPort to send e mail messages The domain name of your e mail server Full e mail address of the recipient Full e mail address of the second recipient Using Setup Mode for Configuration 4 18 Trigger Setup A trigger event can occur when the unit receives two bytes of a specified sequence on the seri
22. al port or because of a specified combination of conditions on the configurable pins If the serial sequence is set to 00 00 the trigger is disabled At the Serial Sequence prompt enter the ASCII Hex value Example A two byte sequence of 12 would be 0x31 0x32 If the configurable pins are all set to X Don t Care then they are disabled If both the serial sequence and the configurable pins are disabled the trigger is disabled Note You can set the configurable pins to A Active Inactive or X Don t Care Active can mean Active Low or Active High To change the configurable pins settings you must use Devicelnstaller or send setup records to Port 77FE Message The subject line of the e mail Priority L is for normal priority H is for high priority Min notification The minimum time allowed between individual triggers If interval a trigger event occurs faster than the minimum interval the unit ignores the trigger Re notification interval If a single trigger event stays asserted then the unit sends an e mail message at this time interval Each trigger is independent of the others Each condition within an individual trigger must be met before the unit will send the e mail Expert Settings Note You can change these settings via Telnet or serial connections only not on the Web Manager Caution Only an expert should change these parameters You must definitely know the consequences the changes might have
23. an be disabled by setting the unit s IP address to 0 0 1 0 This setting enables DHCP but disables AutolP 9 4 XPort User Guide IP Addresses ARP and Telnet If the unit has no IP address you can use Address Resolution Protocol ARP method from UNIX and Windows based systems to assign a temporary IP address To assign a temporary IP address 1 On a UNIX or Windows based host create an entry in the host s ARP table using the intended IP address and the hardware address of the unit on the product label on the bottom of the unit arp s 191 12 3 77 00 20 4a XxX XX XX Note For the ARP command to work on Windows 95 the ARP table on the PC must have at least one IP address defined other than its own If you are using Windows 95 type ARP A at the DOS command prompt to verify that there is at least one entry in the ARP table If the local machine is the only entry ping another IP address on your network to build a new entry in the ARP table the IP address must be a host other than the machine on which you are working Once there is at least one additional entry in the ARP table use the following command to ARP an IP address to the unit arp s 191 12 3 77 00 20 4a xx XxXxX XxX Open a Telnet connection to port 1 The connection will fail quickly but the unit will temporarily change its IP address to the one designated in this step telnet 191 12 3 77 1 Finally open a Telnet connection to port 9999 and press Enter
24. ated Connection Dedicated Connection Remote IP Address Ds Remote Port Local Port ficos Remote IP Address User selectable Remote Port User selectable Local Port User selectable default 10001 Flush Mode Input Buffer Flush Mode Input Buffer Line to Network On Active Connection Disable 4 On Passive Connection Disable HA At Time To Disconnect Flush Mode Input Buffer Network to Line On Active Connection Disable On Passive Connection Disable A At Time To Disconnect Disable E On Active Connection Enable Disable On Passive Connection Enable Disable At Time To Disconnect Enable Disable XPort User Guide 3 7 Getting Started Packing Algorithm Packing Algorithm Packing Algorithm Idle Time Trailing Characters Send Immediate After Sendchars Sendchar Define 2 Byte Sequence send Character 01 send Character 02 Packing Algorithm Packing Interval Trailing Characters Send Immediate After Sendchars Sendchar Define2 Byte Sequence Send Character 01 Send Character 02 Additional Settings Additional Settings Disconnect Mode Check for CTRL D To Disconnect Port Password Telnet Mode Inactivity Timeout Inactivity Timer Port Password Disconnect Mode Check for CTRL D to Disconnect Port Password Telnet Mode Inactivity Timeout Inactivity Timer Port Password Disable Force Transmit 12m3 Hone E Disable Enable Disable Interval 12 ms Interval 52 m
25. ation Parameters basic parameters Hardware Ethernet TPI IP addr 172 19 23 6B gateway 172 619 460 661 netmask 255 255 060 008 eee Security SNMP is enabled CAMP Community Name public Telnet Setup is enabled TFTP Download is enabled Port 77FEh is enabled Web Server ls enabled ECHO is disabled Encryption is disabled Enhanced Password is disabled Port 77FHh is enahled Channel 1 Baudrate 1152646 I F Mode 4C Flow HH Port 14009 Remote IP Adr none Port HHA Connect Mode CH Disconn Mode HH Flush Mode HH eet Expert ICP Keepalive 45s ARP cache timeout 60s SHS eee Pape eee Mail server 4 46 6 Unit Domain Recipient 1 Recipient 2 e Trigger 1 serial Sequence HH HH CPi amp CP2 A CP3 X Message Priority L Min notification interval 1 Re notification interval 0 eee Trigger 2 erial Sequence HH HH CPi X CP2 X CPI X Message Priority L Min notification interval 1 Re notification interval As eee Trigger 3 Serial Sequence HH HH CPi X Message Priority L Min notification interval Re notification interval E ti og XPort User Guide 4 3 Using Setup Mode for Configuration 4 4 Server Configuration Network Configuration The unit s basic network parameters display when you select Server configuration option 0 The IP Address Set Gateway IP Address and Netmask fields display the current values
26. bit 2 is 1 gt GPIO2 1 The other bits are ignored because there are only three configurable pins on the XPort XPort User Guide 5 5 6 Updating Firmware This chapter explains how to obtain and update the unit s firmware It includes the following topics Obtaining Firmware Reloading Firmware Obtaining Firmware You can obtain the most up to date firmware and release notes for the unit from the Lantronix web site www lantronix com or by using anonymous FTP ftp lantronix com Reloading Firmware There are several ways to update the unit s internal operational code ROM via Devicelnstaller the preferred way via TFTP or via the serial port You can also update the unit s internal Web interface COB via TFTP or Devicelnstaller Here are typical names for those files Check the Lantronix web site for the latest versions and release notes Table 6 1 Firmware Files ROM File ere XPTE150 ROM GENW3402 COB Web Manager Please refer to the Devicelnstaller User Guide for information about reloading firmware using Devicelnstaller The other methods are discussed below Using TFTP To download new firmware from a computer 1 Use a TFTP client to send a binary file to the unit ROM to upgrade the unit s internal operational code and COB to upgrade its internal Web interface Note TFTP requires the ROM binary version of the unit s internal operational code In the TFTP server field enter th
27. cause a network connection to terminate Note In DisConnMode Disconnect Mode DTR drop either drops the connection or is ignored Table 4 27 Disconnect Mode Options Disconnect Mode Option 7 6 5 4 3 24 0 Disconnect with DTR drop 1 gnore DTR of ft ff Telnet mode and terminal type 4 setup 1 cremes 0 Hard disconnect IT E Sato Len of wih commecton 9 i emear 1 The XPort sends the Terminal Type upon an outgoing connection 2 A password is required for a connection to the serial port from the network 3 The TCP connection closes even if the remote site does not acknowledge the disconnection 4 When there is a network connection to or from the serial port the state LED turns off instead of blinking 5 When Ctrl D or Hex 04 is detected the connection is dropped Both Telnet mode and Disconnect with EOT must be enabled for Disconnect with EOT to function properly Ctrl D is only detected going from the serial port to the network 6 When DTR transitions from a high state to a low state the network connection to or from the serial port drops Flush Mode Buffer Flushing Using this parameter you can control line handling and network buffers with connection startup and disconnect You can also select between two different packing algorithms 4 14 XPort User Guide Using Setup Mode for Configuration Table 4 30 Flush Mode Options Fu
28. connection Active connection Active connection 73 Passive connection Passive connection Disconnect Active connection Enable 83 Passive connection Active connection Active connection Enable Passive connection Passive connection Passive connection Enable A3 Active connection Active connection Active connection Enable Passive connection Passive connection Disconnect Active connection Enable Passive connection A 8 XPort User Guide Binary to Hex Conversions Flush Mode Options Serial to Network Network to Serial Alternate Packing Clear input buffer upon Clear output buffer upon Algorithm Active connection Active connection Enable D3 Disconnect Passive connection Passive connection Active connection Enable E3 Disconnect Passive connection Active connection Active connection Enable Passive connection Passive connection Disconnect Doo Disconnect Active connection Disconnect Passive connection Disconnect Active connection Disconnect Passive connection Disconnect Disconnect P 44 Active connection Disconnect 54 Disconnect Passive connection Disconnect 64 Disconnect Active connection Disconnect 74 Passive connection Disconnect isonet erate CT Active connection Disconnect Enable B4 Passive connection Disconnect Disconnect Enable Active connection Disconnect Enable D4 Disconnect Passive connection Disconnect Enable Disconnect Active connection Disconnect Enable Passive connection Disconnect Ac
29. ction Passive connection Disconnect Active connection Passive connection Disconnect Binary to Hex Conversions Alternate Packing Algorithm Enable F7 A 11 Binary to Hex Conversions Interface Mode Options Interface Mode Options Interface Parity Stop Bits RS 232C 2 RS 232C 7 Even 1 78 RS 232C 7 Odd 1 58 Rsa 7 oad 2 RS 232C 8 No 1 4C RS 232C 8 No 2 CC Rs 8 Even 1 7 RS 232C 8 Even 2 FC Rs 8 Odd 1 50 RS 232C 8 Odd 2 DC Pack Control Options Pack Control Options Sendcharacter Trailing Packing Send Immediately Defined by a Characters Interval after Sendcharacter 1 Byte Sequence 1 Byte Sequence 1 Byte Sequence 1 Byte Sequence 1 Byte Sequence 1 Byte Sequence 1 Byte Sequence 1 Byte Sequence 1 Byte Sequence 1 Byte Sequence 1 Byte Sequence 1 Byte Sequence Z O O 2 Byte Sequence 2 Byte Sequence 2 Byte Sequence 2 Byte Sequence 2 Byte Sequence 2 Byte Sequence 2 Byte Sequence 2 Byte Sequence 2 Byte Sequence 2 Byte Sequence 2ByieSequenoo 2 m a 28yie Sequenos 2 se AB 1 Byte Sequence 1 12ms Yes 24 T Byte Sequence O NIN T Byte Sequence A 12 XPort User Guide Sendcharacter Defined by a 2 Byte Sequence 2 Byte Sequence 2 Byte Sequence 2 Byte Sequence 2 Byte Sequence Binary to Hex Conversions Pack Control Options Trailing Packing Send Immediately Hex Characters Interval after Sendcharacter 5sec
30. dministrative services for managing a network including configuring and tuning maintaining network operation monitoring network performance and diagnosing network problems B 4 XPort User Guide Networking Terms Node Any intelligent device connected to the network This includes terminal servers host computers and any other devices such as printers and terminals that are directly connected to the network A node can be thought of as any device that has a hardware address Open System Interconnect OSI See ISO Packet A series of bits containing data and control information including source and destination node addresses formatted for transmission from one node to another Physical Address An address identifying a single node Physical Layer Layer 1 the bottom layer of the OSI model is implemented by the physical channel The Physical layer insulates Layer 2 the Data Link layer from medium dependent physical characteristics such as baseband broadband or fiber optic transmission Layer 1 defines the protocols that govern transmission media and signals Port The physical connector on a device enabling the connection to be made Protocol Any standard method of communicating over a network Remote Access Access to network resources not located on the same physical Ethernet Physical Ethernet here refers to an entire site network topology Router Device capable of filtering forwarding packets bas
31. dware address is also referred to as the Ethernet address or the MAC address The first three bytes of the Ethernet address are fixed and read 00 20 4A identifying the unit as a Lantronix product The fourth fifth and sixth bytes are unique numbers assigned to each unit Example 00 20 4A 14 01 18 IP Address Every device connected to an IP network must have a unique IP address This address is used to reference the specific unit See 9 IP Addresses for further explanation of IP addresses Port Numbers Every TCP connection and every UDP datagram is defined by a destination IP address and a port number For example a Telnet application commonly uses port number 23 A port number is similar to an extension on a phone system The unit s serial channel port can be associated with a specific TCP UDP port number Port number 9999 is reserved for access to the unit s Setup configuration Mode window XPort User Guide Logon Methods For the unit to operate correctly on a network it must have a unique IP address on the network There are three basic methods for logging into the device server and assigning the IP address Devicelnstaller You manually assign the IP address using a graphical user interface GUI on a PC attached to a network See 3 Getting Started Network Port Login Make a Telnet connection to the network port 9999 See 4 Using Setup Mode Serial Port Login Connect a terminal or a PC running a termina
32. e IP address of the unit being upgraded Select Upload operation and Binary format Enter the full path of the firmware file in the Local file name field CS Sy In the Remote file name field enter the current internal operational code or WEB6 for the internal Web interface For XPort X1 Standard Tunnel 6 Click the Upload Now button to transfer the file to the unit XPort User Guide 6 1 Updating Firmware 6 2 Figure 6 2 TFTP Window TFTP Client ma TFTP server 172 20 206 64 a TRE eee Tt Upload ect Forma chit EXA El cs Local file name ens eps Weird Solutions Port Installer 3 Firmware ad TER rom so Remote file name ee de eae Espa E ak E eee Weird a fe reserved The unit performs a power reset after the firmware has been loaded and stored Recovering the Firmware using the Serial Port If for some reason the firmware is damaged you can recover the firmware file by using the serial port to download the ROM file 1 Start Devicelnstaller If your PC has more than one network adapter a message displays Select an adapter and click OK 2 Click the Search icon to display the Lantronix device servers on your local network Select the device server From the Action menu select Advanced Recover Firmware The Recover Firmware window displays 5 Enter the local port on your PC and the location of the firmware file The Device Model should indicate XPort 6 Click OK to do
33. e for when you use modem emulation Connect Mode Options for Modem Emulation Accept Incoming Response Connections 16 Withoutecho 6 foharacierresponso 7 7 With DTR 56 With DTR Without echo 46 With DTR 1 character response Unconditonaly Echo Do Unconditionally Without echo Unconditionally 1 character response C7 Disconnect Mode Options Disconnect Mode Options Disconnect with Telnet Mode and Channel port Hard State LED Off Disconnect with DTR Drop Terminal Type Password Disconnect with EOT 4D Setup Connection DD Enable o TO nate E 0 ratio ratio 20 ratio nati nate DO atte nate O E E DO o Emi Emo enable SiS i DO o Eme O nte Eme A E ae CO DE 0 Op EE O E mate Eme End O SO O ae O ae AO mate ate Enable Enab o enable erate ae O o o Enable Enable Emo Enable DO Enable Enable nb ae o enable Enable E Fo TOO ae E e Enable Enade Si ae E E a nate Enable Enable Enade DO EE ndo End a pa Do Enable Eno Enable a A DO fo Emb Enable Enab Eno 8 E E E 71 ae E map Ele Enable Enade mae ae Enable Eno MO map Emo Enable Enable Enab Br em em alo ew ON em Emo Emo Emo ew o XPort User Guide A 5 Binary to Hex Conversions Disconnect Mode Options Disconnect with Telnet Mode and Channel port Hard State LED Off Disconnect with DTR Drop Ter
34. e serial device and the device server must match The default serial settings for the device server are RS 232 9600 baud 8 character bits no parity 1 stop bit no flow control Double check everything in the problem above Confirm that Caps Lock is not on Turn the device server off and then issue the following commands at the DOS prompt of your computer ARP D X X X X X X X X is the IP of the device server PING X X X X X X X X is the IP of the device server E lo ama a LL 4 XPort User Guide Problem Message Reason The device server appears to be set up correctly but you are not communicating with your device attached to the device server across the network If you are sure that the serial port setting is correct then you may not be connecting to the correct socket of the device server Another possibility is that the device server is not set up correctly to make a good socket connection to the network When connecting to the Web Your computer is not able to Manager within the device connect to port 30718 77FEh server the No Connection With on the device server The Device Server message displays XPort User Guide Troubleshooting is a duplicate IP address on the network If you do not get a response use the serial port to verify that Telnet is not disabled You can check to see whether there is a socket connection to or from the device server by checking the state of
35. ease provide the following information 09494990 Your name and your company name address and phone number Lantronix model number Lantronix MAC number Software version on the first screen shown when you Telnet to port 9999 Description of the problem Status of the unit when the problem occurred please try to include information on user and network activity at the time of the problem XPort User Guide 9 IP Addresses Each TCP IP node on a network host has a unique IP address This address provides the information needed to forward packets on the local network and across multiple networks if necessary IP addresses are specified as X x x x where each x is a number from 1 to 254 for example 192 0 1 99 The unit must be assigned a unique IP address to use TCP IP network functionality This chapter includes the following topics Components of the IP Address Network Address Broadcast Address IP Subnet Mask 9 2 Private IP Networks and the Internet 9 3 Network RFCs 9 3 Alternative Ways to Assign an IP Address 9 4 Components of the IP Address Network Portion The network portion of the IP address is determined by the network type Class A B or C Table 9 1 Network Portion of IP Address Network Class Network Portion of Address Class A First byte 2nd 3rd and 4th bytes are the host Class B First 2 bytes 3rd and 4th bytes are the host Class C First 3 bytes 4th byte is the host In m
36. ection Enable E1 Disconnect XPort User Guide A 7 Binary to Hex Conversions Flush Mode Options Serial to Network Network to Serial Alternate Packing Clear input buffer upon Clear output buffer upon Algorithm Active connection Active connection Enable Passive connection Disconnect Passive connection Active connection Passive connection pe Passive connection Passive connection Active connection Passive connection Passive connection Disconnect Passive connection Active connection Passive connection Disconnect Passive connection Passive connection 62 Disconnect Active connection Passive connection 72 Passive connection Disconnect IS INN ESTE enabie E Passive connection Passive connection Enable A2 Active connection Passive connection Enable B2 Passive connection Disconnect Passive connection Enable Active connection Passive connection Enable D2 Disconnect Passive connection Passive connection Enable E2 Disconnect Active connection Passive connection Enable F2 Passive connection Disconnect Active connection 3 Passive connection Active connection Active connection 13 Passive connection Passive connection Active connection 23 Passive connection Active connection Active connection 33 Passive connection Passive connection Disconnect Active connection 43 Passive connection Active connection Active connection 53 Disconnect Passive connection Passive connection Active connection 63 Disconnect Passive
37. ed Full Verbose The unit echoes modem commands and responds to a command with a message string shown in the table below 1 Character The unit echoes modem commands and responds to a command Response with a single character response XPort User Guide 4 11 Using Setup Mode for Configuration Table 4 21 Modem Mode Messages Message Meaning Full Verbose OK Command was executed without error CONNECT A network connection has been established NO CARRIER A network connection has been closed A remote device having IP address n n n n is connecting to this RING n n n n device 1 Character Response 0 OK 1 Connected 2 Ring 3 No Carrier 4 Error Received commands must begin with the two character sequence AT and be terminated with a carriage return character The unit ignores any character sequence received not starting with AT and only recognizes and processes single AT style commands The unit treats compound AT commands as unrecognized commands If the Full Verbose option is in effect the unit responds to an unrecognized command string that is otherwise formatted correctly begins with AT and ends with carriage return with the OK message and takes no further action If the 1 Character Response option is in effect the unit responds to an unrecognized command string that is otherwise formatted correctly with OK and takes no further action When an active connection is in effect the unit transfers data a
38. ed upon data link layer information Whereas a bridge or switch may only read MAC layer addresses to filter routers are able to read data such as IP addresses and route accordingly RS 232 Signals RXD Receive Data TXD Transmit Data RTS Ready to Send CTS Clear to Send DTR Data Terminal Ready CD Carrier Detect DSR Data Set Ready RI Ring Indicator Server A computer that provides resources to be shared on the network such as files file server or terminals terminal server XPort User Guide B 5 Networking Terms Session A connection to a network service SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol allows a TCP IP host running an SNMP application to query other nodes for network related statistics and error conditions The other hosts which provide SNMP agents respond to these queries and allow a single host to gather network statistics from many other network nodes Source Code Programs in an uncompiled or unassembled form Switch Multiport Ethernet device designed to increase network performance by allowing only essential traffic on the attached individual Ethernet segments Packets are filtered or forwarded based upon their source and destination addresses TCP IP Transmission Control Protocol TCP and Internet Protocol IP are the standard network protocols in UNIX environments They are usually implemented used together and called TCP IP Telnet Telnet is an application that provides a terminal
39. el 1 configuration E mail settings Expert settings Security Factory defaults Exit without save Save and exit Your choice wo 0 JO UWE O E Select an option on the menu by entering the number of the option in the Your choice field and pressing Enter To enter a value for a parameter type the value and press Enter or to confirm a current value just press Enter When you are finished save the new configurations option 9 The unit reboots Using the Serial Port To initially configure the unit through a serial connection 1 3 Connect a console terminal or PC running a terminal emulation program to your unit s serial port The default serial port settings are 9600 baud 8 bits no parity 1 stop bit no flow control To enter Setup Mode reset the unit either by pushing the red reset button or cycling the unit s power power off and back on The self test will begin You have one second to enter three lowercase x characters Xxx Note The easiest way to enter Setup Mode is to hold down the x key at the terminal or emulation while resetting the unit At this point the screen display is the same as when you use a Telnet connection To continue go to step 4 in Using a Telnet Connection on page 4 1 XPort User Guide Using Setup Mode for Configuration The figure below shows all of the configuration parameters The remainder of this chapter describes each parameter in detail Figure 4 4 Setup Mode Configur
40. end and receive information for its own use It cannot route and forward information to another node Ethernet The most popular LAN technology in use today The IEEE standard 802 3 defines the rules for configuring an Ethernet network It is a 10 Mbps CSMA CD baseband network that runs over thin coax thick coax twisted pair or fiber optic cable Firmware Alterable programs in semipermanent storage e g some type of read only or flash reprogrammable memory Flash ROM See ROM Framing Dividing data for transmission into groups of bits and adding a header and a check sequence to form a frame FTP File Transfer Protocol a TCP IP protocol for file transfer B 2 XPort User Guide Networking Terms Full Duplex Independent simultaneous two way transmission in both directions as opposed to half duplex transmission Gateway A device for interconnecting two or more dissimilar networks It can translate all protocol levels from the Physical layer up through the Applications layer of the OSI model and can therefore interconnect entities that differ in all details Hardware Address See Network Address Host Generally a node on a network that can be used interactively i e logged into like a computer Host Table A list of TCP IP hosts on the network along with their IP addresses IEEE 802 3 The IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers standard that defines the CSMA CD media access method and t
41. es one command type of one byte and two parameters of four bytes each o 109101920193 4 5 6 7 8 On some commands one or all parameters are ignored For UDP command type and parameters need to be in the same datagram Responses to valid commands are always five bytes long consisting of the returned command byte and as parameters in the current or updated values In case of an invalid command only one byte with value OFFh is returned 0 1 2 3 4 When sending a command TCP and UDP wait for the response before sending the next command Commands Byte 0 Command Types 10h Get functions 11h Get directions input or output 12h Get active levels high active or low active 13h Get current states active or not active 19h Set directions 1Ah Set active levels 1Bh Set current states As you can see there is no Set functions command Since the pin s function depends on the hardware in which the XPort is embedded that configuration is only allowed via 77FE Settings changed by any of the Set commands are not stored and are lost when the unit is powered down or rebooted 5 2 XPort User Guide GPIO Interface Command 10h Get Functions Send No parameters Response 1 parameter Bytes 1 4 Functions BitX 1 means general purpose IO available to the user O means dedicated function e g serial flow control diagnostics for configurable pin X Command 11h Get Directions Send No parameters
42. esponse codes are C connect D disconnect N unreachable Connect Mode Options Accept Incoming Serial Response Active Connection Connections Upon Connection Startup Never None quiet No active startup N A None quiet Any character A Never None quiet Active DTR 2 Never None quiet cr 5 Never None quiet Manual connection 4 None quiet Autostari Never None quiet UP O 6 Character No active startup 10 DO Never Character Anycharacter Mo DO Never Character ctv TR DO Never Character CR OD TCC 13 Character Manual connection 14 Autostart A DO Never racer SUPT SiS ADT None aaa No active start o With BTR None quie Anyoharacier a None quiet AciveDTR 420 DO With BTR None quiet CR GOD DO WihDTR None quiet Manualconnection With BTR None quiet Autostart DO WihDTR None quiet UP acl With BTR Character Noactive startup 50 DO WihDTR Character Anycharacter St With BTR Character AciveDIR 82 DO WihDTR Character Roo DO WihDTR Character Manual connection 54 mor Contr mom Do WihDIR Character P CNA Unconditionally None quiet No active startup CO Unconditionally None quiet Any character C1 Unconditionally None quiet Active DTR C2 Umcondiionaly None quie Roo fo Unconditionally None quiet Manual connection C4 7 Uncondtonaly None quiet Auostar Unco
43. figuration 4 16 Option 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Send Characters 2 Byte Send Character Sequence Send Immediately After Send chars Packing Interval Packing Interval defines how long the unit should wait before sending accumulated characters This wait period is between successive network segments containing data For alternate packing the default interval is 12 ms Trailing Characters In some applications CRC Checksum or other trailing characters follow the end of sequence character this option helps to adapt frame transmission to the frame boundary Send Characters If 2 Byte Send Character Sequence is enabled the unit interprets the sendchars as a 2 byte sequence if this option is not enabled the unit interprets them independently 4 If Send Immediately After Characters is not set any characters already in the serial buffer are included in the transmission after a transmit condition is found If this option is set the unit sends immediately after recognizing the transmit condition sendchar or timeout Note A transmission might occur if status information needs to be exchanged or an acknowledgment needs to be sent DisConnTime Inactivity Timeout Use this parameter to set an inactivity timeout The unit drops the connection if there is no activity on the serial line before the set time expires Enter time in the format mm ss where m is the number of minutes and s is the number of seconds To disable the inactiv
44. h to disable this capability for security purposes The default setting is the N No option which enables remote configuration You can configure the unit by using Devicelnstaller web pages Telnet or serial configuration The Y Yes option disables remote configuration and web sites Note The Y Yes option disables many of the GUI tools for configuring the unit including the embedded Web Manager tool Disable Web Server This setting defaults to the N option The Y Yes option disables the web server Disable ECHO Ports This setting controls whether the serial port echoes characters it receives Enable Encryption This option displays only if you purchased the encrypted version of the Lantronix XPort You can enable or disable default Rijndael encryption Rijndael is the block cipher algorithm recently chosen by the National Institute of Science and Technology NIST as the Advanced Encryption Standard AES to be used by the US government To enable encryption select the key length 128 192 or 256 bits and enter the encryption key in hexadecimals 32 48 or 64 respectively The hexadecimals are echoed as asterisks to prevent onlookers from seeing the key Figure 4 18 Encryption Keys Enable Encryption Ni Y Key length in bits 01 126 Change Keys Nj Y Enter Keys 88 88 FR 88 Fe ER Fe AAA RARA Encryption only applies to the port selected for tunneling default 10001 regardless of whether you a
45. he physical and data link layer specifications of a local area network Among others it includes 1OBASE2 10BASE5 10BASE FL and 10BASE T Ethernet implementations Internet A series of interconnected local regional national and international networks linked using TCP IP Internet links many government university and research sites It provides E mail remote login and file transfer services Internetworking General term used to describe the industry composed of products and technologies used to link networks together IP Address See Network Address ISO Layered Model The International Standards Organization ISO sets standards for computers and communications lts Open Systems Interconnection OSI reference model specifies how dissimilar computing devices such as Network Interface Cards NICs bridges and routers exchange data over a network The model consists of seven layers From lowest to highest they are Physical Data Link Network Transport Session Presentation and Application Each layer performs services for the layer above it KB Kilobyte KBps is Kilobytes per second Kbps Kilobits per second XPort User Guide B 3 Networking Terms LAN Local Area Network a data communications system consisting of a group of interconnected computers sharing applications data and peripherals The geographical area is usually a building or group of buildings Latency The delay incurred by a switching or
46. id the user s authority to operate this device Attention With the purchase of XPort the OEM agrees to an OEM firmware license agreement that grants the OEM a non exclusive royalty free firmware license to use and distribute the binary firmware image provided only to the extent necessary to use the XPort hardware For further details please see the XPort OEM firmware license agreement Date Rev Comments 11 03 C Revised for v 1 5 of the firmware We consolidated software documentation in this user guide hardware information is now in the XPort Integration Guide If you use a previous version of the firmware go to the Lantronix FTP site at ftp ftp lantronix com pub to find the earlier documentation XPort User Guide Contents Copyright and Trademark Contacts Disclaimer and Revisions 1 Using This Guide Purpose and Audience Chapter Summary Additional Documentation 2 Introduction Capabilities Applications Protocol Support Addresses and Port Numbers Hardware Address IP Address Port Numbers Logon Methods 3 Getting Started Required Information Hardware Address IP Address Using Devicelnstaller to Assign an IP Address Installing Devicelnstaller Assigning an IP Address Using Web Manager to Configure the Unit Unit Configuration Settings Server Properties Port Properties Serial Port Settings Connect Mode Settings Dedicated Connection Flush Mode Input Buffer Packing Algorithm Additio
47. interface between hosts using the TCP IP network protocol It has been standardized so that Telnetting to any host should give one an interactive terminal session regardless of the remote host type or operating system Note that this is very different from the LAT software which allows only local network access to LAT hosts only 10Base T Ethernet running on unshielded twisted pair UTP cable Note that 10BASE T is a point to point network media with one end of the cable typically going to a repeater hub and the other to the network device 100Base TX Specifies 100 Mbps operation using the CSMA CD protocol over two pairs of category 5 UTP cable Terminal Server A concentrator that facilitates communication between hosts and terminals TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol On computers that run the TCP IP networking software TFTP is used to quickly send files across the network with fewer security features than FTP Throughput The amount of data transmitted between two points in a given amount of time e g 10 Mbps B 6 XPort User Guide Networking Terms Topology The arrangement of the nodes and connecting hardware that comprises the network Types include ring bus star and tree Twisted Pair Cable Inexpensive multiple conductor cable comprised of one or more pairs of 18 to 24 gauge copper strands The strands are twisted to improve protection against electromagnetic and radio frequency interference The cable
48. irst and last command string characters must be a full or partial destination IP address and may be a destination port number The IP address must be in standard dot decimal notation and may be a partial address representing the least significant 1 2 or 3 bytes of the remote IP address The period is required between each pair of IP address numbers If present the port number must follow the IP address must be presented as a decimal number in the range 1 65535 and must be preceded by a forward slash ASCII 0x2F The slash separates the IP address and the port number If you omit the port number from a command string the internally stored remote port number starts a connection If a partial IP address is presented in a command string it is interpreted to be the least significant bytes of the IP address and uses the internally stored remote IP address to provide the most significant bytes of the IP address If the IP address entered is 0 0 0 0 0 the device server enters Monitor Mode For example if the remote IP address already configured in the unit is 129 1 2 3 then an example command string would be C3 7 This would connect to 129 1 2 3 and port 7 You may also use a different ending for the connection string For example C50 1 23 would connect you to 129 1 50 1 and port 23 Table 4 18 Manual Connection Address Example Command String Result if remote IP is 129 1 2 3 and remote port is 1234 C121 2 4 5 1 Complete override
49. ity timeout enter 00 00 Range is O disabled to 5999 seconds 99 minutes 59 seconds Default is 0 Send Characters You can enter up to two characters in hexadecimal representation in sendchar If the unit receives a character on the serial line that matches one of these characters it sends the character immediately along with any awaiting characters to the TCP connection This action minimizes the response time for specific protocol characters on the serial line for example ETX EOT Setting the first sendchar to 00 disables the recognition of the characters Alternatively the unit can interpret two characters as a sequence see Pack Control on page 4 15 Telnet Terminal Type This parameter displays only if you enabled the terminal type option in Disconnect Mode If this option is enabled you can use the terminal name for the Telnet terminal type Enter only one name If the terminal type option is enabled the unit also reacts to the EOR end of record and binary options which can be used for applications like terminal emulation to IBM hosts XPort User Guide Using Setup Mode for Configuration Channel Port Password This parameter appears only if the channel port password option is enabled in Disconnect Mode If the option is enabled you can set a password on the serial port E mail Settings Note You can change these settings via Telnet or serial connections only not on the Web Manager To configure e m
50. l emulation program to the unit s serial port CH 1 See 4 Using Setup Mode XPort User Guide 2 3 3 Getting Started This chapter covers the steps for getting the XPort device server online and working It includes the following topics Topic Page Required Information 3 1 Using Devicelnstaller to Assign an IP Address 3 2 Using Web Manager to Configure the Unit 3 3 Unit Configuration Settings 3 4 Server Properties 3 6 Port Properties 3 6 Factory Settings 3 9 Update Settings 3 9 Required Information Hardware Address You need to know the units hardware address also known as MAC address which is on the product label It is in the format 00 20 4a XX XX XX where the XXs are unique numbers assigned to the product Hardware Address 00 20 4a IP Address Your XPort must have a unique IP address on your network The systems administrator generally provides the IP address and corresponding subnet mask and gateway The IP address must be within a valid range unique to your network and in the same subnet as your PC IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway XPort User Guide 3 1 Getting Started Using Devicelnstaller to Assign an IP Address The unit s IP address must be configured before it can work correctly on a network You have several options for assigning an IP to your unit We recommend that you manually assign the IP address over the network using Devicelnstaller software which is on the product C
51. lly based on the IP address if desired you may change it On a local network you can leave the Default gateway blank all zeros Click Next 6 Click the Assign pushbutton and wait several seconds until a confirmation message displays Click Finish 3 2 XPort User Guide Getting Started 7 Select the XPort from the main window list and click Tools5 gt Ping The results display in the Status area Click the Clear Status button to clear the window so you can ping the device again Note If you do not receive Reply messages make sure the unit is properly attached to the network and that the IP address assigned is valid for the particular network segment you are working with 8 Click the Close pushbutton Using Web Manager to Configure the Unit You must configure the unit so that it can communicate on a network with your serial device For example you must set the way the unit will respond to serial and network traffic how it will handle serial packets and when to start or close a connection The unit s configuration is stored in nonvolatile memory and is retained without power You can change the configuration at any time The unit performs a reset after you change and store the configuration In this chapter we describe how you can configure the XPort using Web Manager Lantronix s browser based configuration tool For information on using Setup Mode our command line configuration interface see 4 Using Setup Mode
52. ls Disconnect Disconnect Disconnect Disconnect Active connection Passive connection Enable F6 Passive connection Disconnect u Disconnect Active connection 7 Passive connection a Disconnect Active connection Active connection Passive connection Disconnect Passive connection Active connection Passive connection Disconnect A 10 XPort User Guide Serial to Network Clear input buffer upon Active connection Passive connection Disconnect Active connection Disconnect Passive connection Disconnect Active connection Passive connection Disconnect Active connection Passive connection Active connection Passive connection Disconnect Active connection Disconnect Passive connection Disconnect Active connection Passive connection Disconnect XPort User Guide Flush Mode Options Network to Serial Clear output buffer upon Active connection Passive connection Disconnect Active connection Passive connection Disconnect Active connection Passive connection Disconnect Active connection Passive connection Disconnect Active connection Passive connection Disconnect Active connection Passive connection Disconnect Active connection Passive connection Disconnect Active connection Passive connection Disconnect Active connection Passive connection Disconnect Active connection Passive connection Disconnect Active connection Passive connection Disconnect Active conne
53. ly works with 2 digit numbers 0 99 Channel 1 Configuration Serial Port Parameters Using this option define how the serial port will respond to network and serial communications Note You must enter some values in hexadecimal notation For information on converting from binary to hexadecimal see A Binary to Hex Conversion Figure 4 10 Serial Port Parameters Baudrate 1152HH gt IZF Mode 4C0 gt Flow lt A gt Port No lt 14889 gt ConnectMode tH 7 Remote IP Address HHH CAHH cHBAS _ CABRA gt Remote Port gt 2 bisConnMode HAD 7 Flus hMode HAD 7 bisConnTime HH HH gt SendChar i AAD 7 SendChar 2 CAA 7 Baudrate The unit and attached serial device such as a modem must agree on a speed or baud rate to use for the serial connection Valid baud rates are 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 default 19200 38400 57600 115200 and 230400 bits per second XPort User Guide 4 5 Using Setup Mode for Configuration 4 6 I F Interface Mode The Interface I F Mode is a bit coded byte that you enter in hexadecimal notation Table 4 5 Interface Mode Options I F Mode Option 7 RS 232C 7 Bit 8 Bit No Parity Even Parity Odd Parity 1 stop bit 2 stop bits 1 2 stop bits are implemented by the software This might influence performance Note If you attempt to select an I F Mode bit that pertains to RS 422 485 a WARNING RS 422 485 I F Modes not supp
54. minal Type Password Disconnect with EOT 4D Setup Connection Dol teor AAA A TA Disable Enable Doo lp A Doo Op qa O e ee ms o oooO TA AAA TA Enable Enable Disable Enable A A A AAA AA AAA TA AA A AA A O DT mo jm 3 RR O ATC A a Doo e la Em ETE AAA EAN TC 1 AA O AA A ISO e a o e ms e e ep e ee e em OOOO FO e e II AT e a AA PE AT AA To TF ee ee O MAN MO A 6 XPort User Guide Binary to Hex Conversions Flush Mode Buffer Flushing Options Flush Mode Options Serial to Network Network to Serial Alternate Packing Clear input buffer upon Clear output buffer upon Algorithm None Active connection Passive connection Active connection Passive connection Active connection 50 Disconnect Passive connection Disconnect Active connection 70 Passive connection Disconnect Doo o nate 80 me rs e E Passive connection connection A O ee Passive connection Disconnect CO Ee pisconnec sconce Passive connection Disconnect Cd tive connection To EEO MR DES 7 BN IU A ies LA esse connection Active connection Active connection e Disconnect Passive connection Active connection 61 Disconnect Active connection Active connection 71 Passive connection Disconnect atv connection Eno 81 Active connection Active connection Enable B1 Passive connection Active connection Active connection Enable D1 Disconnect Passive connection Active conn
55. n information from a BOOTP server node bps Bits per second units of transmission speed Bridge A networking device that connects two LANs and forwards or filters data packets between them based on their destination addresses Bridges operate at the data link level or MAC layer of the OSI reference model and are transparent to protocols and to higher level devices like routers XPort User Guide B 1 Networking Terms Bus A LAN topology in which all the nodes are connected to a single cable All nodes are considered equal and receive all transmissions on the medium Byte A data unit of eight bits Channel The data path between two nodes DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Short for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol a protocol for assigning dynamic IP addresses to devices on a network With dynamic addressing a device can have a different IP address every time it connects to the network In some systems the device s IP address can even change while it is still connected DHCP also supports a mix of static and dynamic IP addresses Domain Name A domain name is a text name appended to a host name to form a unique host name across internets Download The transfer of a file or information from one network node to another Generally refers to transferring a file from a big node such as a computer to a small node such as a terminal server or printer End Node A node such as a PC that can only s
56. nal Settings Factory Settings Update Settings 4 Using Setup Mode for Configuration Accessing Setup Mode Using a Telnet Connection Using the Serial Port server Configuration Network Configuration XPort User Guide 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 4 3 6 3 6 3 6 3 3 3 3 8 3 8 Contents IP Address Set Gateway IP Address Netmask Number of Bits for Host Part Change Telnet Configuration Password DHCP Name Channel 1 Configuration Serial Port Parameters Baudrate I F Interface Mode Flow Port Number Connect Mode Remote IP Address Remote Port DisConnMode Flush Mode Buffer Flushing Pack Control DisConnTime Inactivity Timeout Send Characters Telnet Terminal Type Channel Port Password E mail Settings E mail Setup Trigger Setup Expert Settings TCP Keepalive time in seconds ARP Cache timeout in seconds Security Settings Disable SNMP SNMP Community Name Disable Telnet Setup Disable TFTP Firmware Upgrade Disable Port 77FE Hex Disable Web Server Disable ECHO Ports Enable Encryption Enable Enhanced Password Disable Port 77FO Hex Factory Defaults Channel 1 Configuration Expert Settings Security Settings E mail Settings Exit Configuration Mode 5 GPIO Interface Configurable Pins Features Control Protocol XPort User Guide 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 7 4 13 4 13 4 14
57. nction Input Buffer Serial to Network Clear with a connection that is initiated from the device to the network Clear with a connection initiated from the network to the device Clear when the network connection to or from the device is disconnected Output Buffer Network to Serial Clear with a connection that is initiated from the device to the network Clear with a connection initiated from the network to the device Clear when the network connection to or from the device is disconnected Dh Alternate Packing Algorithm Pack Control Enable Pack Control Two firmware selectable packing algorithms define how and when packets are sent to the network The standard algorithm is optimized for applications in which the unit is used in a local environment allowing for very small delays for single characters while keeping the packet count low The alternate packing algorithm minimizes the packet count on the network and is especially useful in applications in a routed Wide Area Network WAN Adjusting parameters in this mode can economize the network data stream Pack control settings are enabled in Flush Mode Set this value to 00 if you do not need specific functions Table 4 33 Pack Control Options Option 17 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Packing Interval mn oe netsoms lo Interval 250ms Interval 5sec Trailing Characters None One Two XPort User Guide 4 15 Using Setup Mode for Con
58. nctions as the TCP UDP source port number for outgoing packets Packets sent to the unit with this port number are received to this channel The port number selected is the Incoming TCP UDP port and Outgoing TCP UDP source port Use Port O when you want the outgoing source port to change with each connection If the port number is O the initial value of 5000 actively establishes a connection Each subsequent connection increments the number by 1 When the port number reaches 7999 it wraps around to 5000 Only use the automatic port increment feature to initiate a connection using TCP Set the port a non zero value when the unit is in a passive mode or when you are using UDP instead of TCP Connect Mode Connect Mode defines how the unit makes a connection and how it reacts to incoming connections over the network Enter Connect Mode options in hexadecimal notation Table 4 15 Connect Mode Options Connect Mode Option 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Incoming Connection Never accept incoming 0 0 0 Accept with DTR Active Response Nothing quiet Character response C connect D disconnect N unreachable Active Startup With DTR Active XPort User Guide 4 7 Using Setup Mode for Configuration Connect Mode Option pumas Poo a Mentem S fe pedo nem e CCOO IR Datagram Type pina EE Modem Mode ave TTP Pere vit tor Te pee fe sorento io fio Incoming Connection Never Accept Incoming Accept wi
59. nd does not process commands received from the serial interface When a connection is terminated or lost the unit reverts to command mode When an active connection is in effect the unit terminates the connection if it receives the following sequence from the attached serial device 4 No serial data is received for one second The character sequence is received with no more than one second between each two characters 4 No serial data is received for one second after the last character At this time the unit responds affirmatively per the selected echo response mode The character string ATH is received terminated with a carriage return The unit responds affirmatively according to the selected echo response mode and drops the network connection The serial interface reverts to accepting command strings If this sequence is not followed the unit remains in data transfer mode 4 12 XPort User Guide Using Setup Mode for Configuration Table 4 24 Modem Mode Commands Modem Mode Function Command ATDTx x x x pppp or Makes a connection to an IP address x x x x and a remote port ATDTx x x x pppp number pppp Makes a connection to an IP address x x x x and the remote port ns number defined within the unit Forces the unit into Monitor Mode if a remote IP address and port ATDO 0 0 0 ae number are defined within the unit Forces the unit into Monitor Mode if a remote IP address and port ATD ae l numbe
60. ndiionaly Noeta UP e 7 Unconditonaly Character __Noactivestartup D0 Unconditional Character Anyoharacier Do Unconditionally Character Active DTR D2 7 Uncondionaly Character ROD Do Uneoncitionaily Character Manual connection D4 C Unconditionaly Character Autosan Urondo maraca w o Hosta Hosts None quiet Hosts None quiet Host XPort User Guide A 3 Binary to Hex Conversions Accept Incoming Connections Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never With DTR With DTR With DTR With DTR With DTR With DTR With DTR With DTR With DTR With DTR With DTR With DTR With DTR With DTR Unconditionally Unconditionally Unconditionally Unconditionally Unconditionally Unconditionally Unconditionally Unconditionally Unconditionally Unconditionally Unconditionally Unconditionally Unconditionally Unconditionally A 4 Connect Mode Options Serial Response Active Connection Hostlist Hex Upon Connection Startup None quie UDP O Host Hostist Hostist Hostist None quiet Hostist Hostist Hostist Hostist Hostlst None quiet Any character Hostlist E1 None quiet None quiet i E 2 None quiet Autostart Hostlist 1 A None quiet Hostlist A A No active startup Hosts Hosts Hosts Hosts Hostist NA XPort User Guide Binary to Hex Conversions The following connect mode options ar
61. o 1 is the broadcast address for every station for example 192 168 0 255 You may not use a network or broadcast address as a host address for example 192 168 0 0 identifies the entire network and 192 168 0 255 identifies the broadcast address IP Subnet Mask 9 2 An IP subnet mask divides an IP address differently from the standards defined by the classes A B and C An IP subnet mask defines the number of bits to be taken from the IP address as the network or host sections The unit prompts for the number of host bits to be entered and then calculates the netmask which displays in standard decimal dot notation for example 255 255 255 0 after you save the parameters Table 9 7 Standard IP Network Netmasks Network Class Network Bits Host Bits Netmask 255 0 0 0 255 255 0 0 255 255 255 0 XPort User Guide IP Addresses Table 9 10 Netmask Examples Netmask 255 255 255 252 Host Bits 255 255 255 248 3 255 255 255 240 4 259 255 255 224 5 255 255 255 192 6 255 255 255 128 T 255 255 255 0 8 255 255 254 0 9 255 255 252 0 10 255 255 248 0 11 255 128 0 0 23 255 0 0 0 24 Private IP Networks and the Internet If your network is not and will not be connected to the Internet you may use any IP address If your network is connected or will be connected to the Internet or if you intend to operate the unit on an intranet use one of the reserved sub networks Consult your network administrator
62. on page 4 1 Note The examples in this section show a typical device Your device may have different configuration options To configure the unit 1 Open Devicelnstaller 2 Click the Search icon 22 A list of Lantronix device servers on the network displays 3 Select the unit and click the Web icon or select Web Pages from the Device menu The Lantronix Web Manager window displays in your browser Note You can also open your JAVA enabled web browser and enter the IP address of the XPort to open Web Manager XPort User Guide 3 3 Getting Started Figure 1 1 Lantronix Web Manager 3 WEB Manager 3 2b5 Microsoft Internet Explorer Pe fet xi Fie Edit view Favorites Tools Help o W e Cups ne Back Forward Stop F Refresh Home Home _ Search Favorites History es Mall o Apto Address E http 4172 20 http 172 20 206 64 CC Bco G0 i Links gt Selected Channel 1 Menu s Serial Port Settings Unit Configuration Se al Protocol RS232 y Server Properties Speed 1 15200 ee Character Size fs El Factory Settings1 Parity None Update Settings Stopbit E z Select Channel E None E Channel Connect Mode Settings i 4 4 Applet container started 49 Internet A On the left Web Manager has the following menu options pushbuttons Unit Configuration Server Properties Port Properties Factory Settings1 Update Settings Select Channel 4 Use the Menu to na
63. orted message displays The following table demonstrates how to build some common Interface Mode settings Table 4 8 Common Interface Mode Settings Binar 0100 1100 0111 1000 Common I F Mode Setting RS 232C 8 bit No Parity 1 stop bit RS 232C 7 bit Even Parity 1 stop bit Flow Flow control sets the local handshaking method for stopping serial input output Generally flow control is not required if the connection is used to pass a blocked protocol with block sizes less than 1k ACK NAK and or speeds of 19200 or less Use the following table to select flow control options Table 4 11 Flow Control Options Flow Control Option Hex No flow control 00 XON XOFF flow control 01 Hardware handshake with RTS CTS lines 02 XON XOFF pass characters to host 05 Port Number The setting represents the source port number in TCP connections It is the number that identifies the channel for remote initiating connections The default setting for Port 1 is 10001 The range is 1 65535 except for the following reserved port numbers XPort User Guide Using Setup Mode for Configuration Table 4 14 Reserved Port Numbers Port Numbers Reserved for Reserved well known ports Telnet setup 14000 14009 Reserved for Redirector Reserved 77FOh 30718 Reserved 77FEh Note We recommend that you not use the reserved port numbers for this setting as incorrect operation may result The port number fu
64. ost network examples the host portion of the address is set to zero Table 9 4 Available IP Addresses Comments 126 networks of 16 777 214 hosts Address Range 1 0 0 1 to 126 255 255 254 A B 128 1 0 1 to 16 328 networks of 65 534 hosts 191 254 255 254 C 19201 1 tn 2 097 150 networks of 254 hosts XPort User Guide 9 1 IP Addresses Class Address Range Comments D E 223 255 254 254 224 0 0 0 to Reserved for multicast groups 239 255 255 254 240 0 0 0 to Reserved for experimental and future use 254 255 255 254 Consider the IP address 36 1 3 4 This address is a Class A address therefore the network portion of the address is 36 0 0 0 and the host portion is 1 3 4 Subnet Portion The subnet portion of the IP address represents which sub network the address is from Sub networks are formed when an IP network is broken down into smaller networks using a subnet mask A router is required between all networks and all sub networks Generally hosts can send packets directly only to hosts on their own sub network All packets destined for other subnets are sent to a router on the local network Host Portion The host portion of the IP address is a unique number assigned to identify the host Network Address A host address with all host bits set to O addresses the network as a whole as in routing entries for example 192 168 0 0 Broadcast Address A host address with all host bits set t
65. r are not defined within the unit Makes a connection to an IP address x x x x and the remote port ATDx x x x l ics l number defined within the unit ATH Hangs up the connection Entered as ATH Enables or disables connections from the network going to the serial port n 0 disables the ability to make a connection from the network to ATSO n the serial port n 1 9 enables the ability to make a connection from the network to the serial port n gt 1 9 is invalid Enables or disables character echo and responses ATEn n 0 disables character echo and responses n 1 enables character echo and responses Enables 1 character response or full verbose ATVn n 0 enables 1 character response n 1 enables full verbose Note The unit recognizes these AT commands as single commands such as ATEO or ATV1 it does not recognize compound commands such as ATEOV Remote IP Address This is the destination IP address used with an outgoing connection Remote Port You must set the remote TCP port number for the unit to make outgoing connections This parameter defines the port number on the target host to which a connection is attempted Note To connect an ASCII terminal to a host using the unit for login purposes use the remote port number 23 Internet standard port number for Telnet services XPort User Guide 4 13 Using Setup Mode for Configuration DisConnMode This setting determines the conditions under which the unit will
66. re using TCP or UDP Generally one of two situations applies Encrypted XPort to XPort communication and in the future XPort communication to other Lantronix device servers is supported without extra effort The XPort uses standard AES encryption protocols To communicate successfully products and applications on the peer side must use the same protocols and the same shared key as the XPort To ease the development process Lantronix provides an AES encryption DLL for Windows and protocol source code samples See the document entitled Encryption XPort User Guide Using Setup Mode for Configuration Enabling Your Serial Device on the Lantronix web site www lantronix com for more instructions and sample code The following export agreement is required for the optional encryption agree that will not export or re export this software file to a national resident of Cuba Iran Iraq Libya North Korea Sudan Syria or any other country to which the United States has embargoed goods or to anyone on the US Treasury Department s list of Soecially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons US Commerce Department s Table of Denial Orders and Entitles List or the US State Department s Debarred List By receiving this software am agreeing to the foregoing and am representing and warranting that am not located in under the control of or a national or resident of any such country or on any such list Enable Enhanced Pass
67. rking terms 1 1 Using This Guide Additional Documentation The following guides are available on the product CD and the Lantronix web site www lantronix com XPort Quick Start XPort Integration Guide Devicelnstaller User Guide Com Port Redirector User Guide Creating Custom Web Pages Provides the steps for getting the XPort evaluation board up and running Provides information about the XPort hardware testing the XPort using the evaluation board and integrating the XPort into your product Provides instructions for using the Windows based utility to configure the XPort and other Lantronix device servers Provides information on using the Windows based utility to create a virtual com port Explains the detailed requirements for adding web services to your XPort and to other Lantronix device servers XPort User Guide 2 Introduction This chapter familiarizes you with what the XPort device server can do and some basic information you need to know before you get started Capabilities Topic Page Capabilities 2 1 Applications 2 1 Protocol Support 2 2 Addresses and Port Numbers 2 2 Logon Methods 2 3 The XPort device server has the following capabilities Connects devices through a TCP data channel or through a Telnet connection to computers or to another device server The XPort can also send UDP datagrams Contains a web HTTP server that allows presentation of custom content and ea
68. rying to assign is not on your logical subnet The device server may not be plugged into the network properly The cause is most likely one of the following The Hardware address you specified is incorrect The IP address you are trying to assign is not a valid IP for your logical subnet You did not choose the correct subnet mask The most likely reason is the wrong serial settings were chosen The issue is most likely something covered in the previous problem or possibly you have Caps Lock on There may be an IP address conflict on your network You are not Telnetting to port 9999 The Telnet configuration port 9999 is disabled within the device server security settings Confirm that the Ethernet address that you entered with the ARP command is correct The Ethernet address may only include numbers 0 9 and letters A F In Windows and usually in Unix the segments of the Ethernet address are separated by dashes In some forms of Unix the Ethernet address is segmented with colons Confirm that your PC has an IP address and that it is in the same logical subnet that you are trying to assign to the device server Make sure that the Link LED is lit If the Link LED is not lit then the device server is not properly plugged into the network Double check the parameters that you specified Note You cannot assign an IP address to a device server through a router The serial settings for th
69. s Interval 250 ms Interval 5000 ms None One Two Enable Disable Enable Disable User selectable User selectable Ignore OTF Disabe ooo Disable Disable Enable 0 EE Ignore DTR With DTR Drop Enable Disable Enable Disable Enable Disable Enable Disable User Selectable User selectable Port Password must be enabled XPort User Guide Getting Started Factory Settings Click the Factory Settings button to set the device server back to the factory default settings Note Factory Settings resets factory settings for the channel This option does not change the IP address gateway and subnet mask to the factory default values Update Settings Click the Update Settings button to send all changed settings to the device XPort User Guide 3 9 4 Using Setup Mode for Configuration You must configure the unit so that it can communicate on a network with your serial device You can configure it using a web browser as described in 3 Getting Started or locally or remotely using the following procedures 4 Use a Telnet connection to configure the unit over the network 4 Use a terminal or terminal emulation program to access the serial port locally The unit s configuration is stored in nonvolatile memory and is retained without power You can change the configuration at any time The unit performs a reset after the configuration has been changed and stored Note The menus in this section
70. sword field enter a password to prevent unauthorized access to the Setup Mode via a Telnet connection to port 9999 The password is limited to 4 characters An enhanced password setting of 16 characters is available under Security Settings on the Telnet Setup Mode window Note You do not need a password to access the Setup Mode window via a serial connection Port Properties Serial Port Settings Serial Port Settings Serial Protocol R5232 Speed 3600 le Si Character Size Parity i E Stopbit Flow Control Serial Protocol RS232 Note RS 232 is the only available option for XPort Speed 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 230400 Character Size 8 7 Parity None Even Odd Stop Bit 1 2 Flow Control None XON XOFF XON XOFF Pass Characters to Host CTS RTS Hardware XPort User Guide Getting Started Connect Mode Settings Connect Mode Settings UDP Datagram Mode Disable UDF Datagram Type Incoming Connection Accept unconditional Response Nothing quiet No Active Connection Startup Startup UDP Datagram Mode Enable Disable UDP Datagram Type User Selectable Incoming Connection Accept unconditional Accept incoming DTR Never accept incoming Response Nothing quiet Character Response Startup No Active Connection Startup With Any Character With a Specific Start Character Manual Connection Autostart Modem Mode With Active DTR Dedic
71. sy configuration through the browser Has three programmable IO pins that can be used to monitor or control attached devices Applications The XPort device server connects serial devices such as those listed below to Ethernet networks using the IP protocol family XPort User Guide 090909090 40 4 49 94 ATM machines CNC controllers Data collection devices Universal Power Supply UPS management units Telecommunications equipment Data display devices Security alarms and access control devices Handheld instruments Modems Time attendance clocks and terminals 2 1 Introduction Protocol Support The XPort device server uses the Internet Protocol IP for network communications lt uses the Transmission Control Protocol TCP to assure that no data is lost or duplicated and that everything sent to the connection arrives correctly at the target Other supported protocols include ARP UDP TCP ICMP Telnet TFTP AutolP DHCP HTTP and SNMP for network communications and management TCP UDP and Telnet for connections to the serial port TF TP for firmware and web page updates IP for addressing routing and data block handling over the network User Datagram Protocol UDP for typical datagram applications in which devices interact with other devices without maintaining a point to point connection SMTP for e mail transmission 09494 Addresses and Port Numbers 2 2 Hardware Address The har
72. temporary IP again Make sure you press Enter go into Setup Mode error address When you Telnet into quickly described below message port 9999 and do not press Enter displays Now when you Telnet quickly the device server to the device server the reboots causing it to lose the IP connection fails address When you Telnet to port 9999 You did not press Enter quickly Telnet to port 9999 again but the Press Enter to go into enough You only have 5 press Enter as soon as you see Setup Mode message displays seconds to press Enter before the Press Enter to go into Setup However nothing happens the connection is closed Mode message when you press Enter or your connection is closed XPort User Guide 8 1 Troubleshooting Problem Message When you Telnet to port 1 to assign an IP address to the device server the Telnet window does not respond for a long time When you try to assign an IP with Devicelnstaller you get the following message No response from device Verify the IP Hardware Address and Network Class Please try again The device server is not communicating with the serial device it is attached to When you try to enter the setup mode on the device server via the serial port you get no response You can ping the device server but not Telnet to the device server on port 9999 You may have entered the Ethernet address incorrectly with the ARP command The IP address you are t
73. ter O means the state for that GPIO will not change Bytes 5 8 New States BitX 1 means GPIO X will become active O means it will become inactive Response 1 parameter Bytes 1 4 Updated states 5 4 XPort User Guide GPIO Interface Examples Example 1 PC sends command 1 to find out which configurable pins are available as GPIO PC gt XPort 10h 00h 00h 00h 00h 00h 00h 00h 00h XPort gt PC 10h 03h 00h 00h 00h Command details 10h command 10h 00h 00h 00h 00h ignored 00h 00h 00h 00h ignored Response details 10h response to command 10h 04h 00h 00h 00h bits O and 1 are O CP1 and CP2 are configured as GPIOs bit 2 is 1 CP3 is configured as either serial control or diagnostics The other bits are ignored because there are only three configurable pins on the XPort Example 2 PC sends command 1Bh to change the current states of GPIO O and 1 PC gt XPort 1Bh 01h 00h 00h 00h 00h 00h 00h 00h XPort gt PC 1Bh 05h 00h 00h 00h Command details 1Bh command 1Bh 01h 00h 00h 00h the mask that determines which GPIOs will be changed bit O is 1 GPIOO will be changed bit 1 is O gt GPIO1 will remain the same 00h 00h 00h 00h the new states bit O is O GPIOO will become 0 bit 1 is ignored since it is masked out Response details 1Bh response to command 1Bh O5h 00h 00h 00h bit O is 1 gt GPIOO 1 bit 1 is 0 gt GPIO1 0
74. th DTR Active Always Accept Response Character Response No Active Startup With Any Character With DTR Active With a Specific Start Character Rejects all external connection attempts Accepts external connection requests only when the DIR input is asserted Cannot be used with Modem Mode Accepts any incoming connection when a connection is not already established Default setting A single character is transmitted to the serial port when there is a change in connection state C connected D disconnected N host unreachable This option is overridden when the Active Start Modem Mode or Active Start Host List is in effect Default setting is Nothing quiet Does not attempt to initiate a connection under any circumstance Default setting Attempts to connect when any character is received from the serial port Attempts to connect when the DTR input changes from not asserted to asserted Attempts to connect when it receives a specific start character from the serial port The default start character is carriage return XPort User Guide Using Setup Mode for Configuration Manual Connection Attempts to connect when directed by a command string received from the serial port The first character of the command string must be a C ASCII 0x43 and the last character must be either a carriage return ASCII 0x0D or a line feed 0x0A No blanks or space characters may be in the command string Between the f
75. tive connection Disconnect Active connection Active connection Disconnect Passive connection Active connection 25 Disconnect Active connection Active connection Passive connection Disconnect Disconnect Active connection Disconnect Active connection Active connection 55 Disconnect Disconnect Passive connection Active connection 65 Disconnect Disconnect Active connection Active connection 15 Passive connection Disconnect Disconnect Active connection Enable 85 Disconnect Active connection Active connection Enable Disconnect Passive connection Active connection Enable A5 Disconnect XPort User Guide A 9 Binary to Hex Conversions Flush Mode Options Serial to Network Network to Serial Alternate Packing Clear input buffer upon Clear output buffer upon Algorithm Active connection Active connection Enable Passive connection Disconnect Disconnect Active connection Enable icones Disconnect Disconnect Disconnect Disconnect Active connection Active connection Enable F5 Passive connection Disconnect Disconnect 6 Passive connection Disconnect a mi RS Disconnect e E Disconnect e mo E Passive connection Disconnect em E Disconnect e mel E Disconnect Disconnect ae Mame Disconnect Disconnect Active connection Passive connection 76 Passive connection Disconnect mete Disconnect Disconnect _ e to o Disconnect _ e e EE Disconnect e mo E Passive connection Disconnect Disconnect Ee
76. vant to XPort with firmware version 1 5 and higher Chapter Summary The remaining chapters in this guide include 2 Introduction 3 Getting Started 4 Using Setup Mode 5 GPIO Interface 6 Updating Firmware 7 Monitoring the Network 8 Troubleshooting 9 IP Addresses A Binary to Hex Conversion B Networking Terms XPort User Guide Describes the main features of the XPort and the protocols it supports Provides information for getting your unit up and running using Devicelnstaller to assign an IP address and Web Manager to set parameters such as port and server properties Provides instructions for accessing Setup Mode command line interface using a Telnet connection through the network or a terminal or terminal emulation program through the serial port Details the parameters that you must configure Provides instructions for configuring the three General Purpose l O pins CP 1 3 Provides instructions for obtaining the latest firmware and updating the XPort Provides instructions for accessing and using the command line interface for monitoring the network and diagnosing problems Describes common problems and error messages and how to contact Lantronix Technical Support Provides detailed information about IP addressing and the components of an IP address Provides tables for converting from binary numbers to the hexadecimal notation needed when setting some parameters Defines common netwo
77. vigate to sub pages where you can configure server settings 0949 4 4 5 When you are finished click the Update Settings button to save your settings Notes The next chapter 4 Using Setup Mode explains the configuration settings in detail You must use Setup Mode to configure e mail expert and security settings You must use Devicelnstaller for the configurable pins settings Unit Configuration Settings 3 4 Click the Unit Configuration button to display the following page This page contains the Server Configuration and the Port Configuration settings These are the current settings read from the device Note The following examples represent typical web pages See the Lantronix web site for the latest version The following figure shows the information available on the Unit Configuration web page XPort User Guide XPort User Guide Figure 1 3 Unit Configuration Web Page eed de E E wk E Getting Started 3 5 3 6 Getting Started Server Properties You can change the server properties by editing any of the fields Holding the cursor over a field displays a help message for that field If you change the IP address you must enter the new IP address in the browser to reload the page Server Properties IP Address 172 20 206 64 Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 0 0 0 0 posos Gateway Address Telnet Password In the Telnet Pas
78. which may be either shielded or unshielded is used in low speed communications as telephone cable It is used only in baseband networks because of its narrow bandwidth UTP Unshielded twisted pair one or more cable pairs surrounded by insulation UTP is commonly used as telephone wire Wide Area Network WAN A network using common carrier transmission services for transmission of data over a large geographical area XPort User Guide B 7
79. within five seconds to go into Setup Mode If you wait longer than five seconds the unit reboots telnet 191 12 3 77 9999 Continue with Using Setup Mode on page 4 1 Note The IP address you just set is temporary and will revert to the default value when the unit s power is reset unless you configure the unit and store the changes permanently XPort User Guide 9 5 A Binary to Hex Conversions Many of the Device Server s configuration procedures require you to assemble a series of options represented as bits into a complete command represented as a byte The resulting binary value must be converted to a hexadecimal representation Hexadecimal digits have values ranging from O to F which are represented as 0 9 A for 10 B for 11 etc To convert a binary value for example 0010 0011 to a hexadecimal representation the upper and lower four bits are treated separately resulting in a two digit hexadecimal number in this case 4C Use the following table to convert values from binary to hexadecimal Binary to Hexadecimal Conversion Table Decimal Binary Hex In 4 Using Setup Mode the binary bit fields for options in connect mode disconnect mode flush mode interface mode and pack control mode are described in detail The following pages are a summary of the possible hexadecimal entries for each of these options XPort User Guide A 2 Binary to Hex Conversions Connect Mode Options Note Character r
80. wnload the file See also Recovering Firmware in the Devicelnstaller User Guide XPort User Guide 7 Monitoring the Network Monitor Mode is a command line interface used for diagnostic purposes This chapter includes the following topics Topic Page Entering Monitor Mode via the Serial Port 1 1 Entering Monitor Mode via the Network Port 1 1 Monitor Mode Commands 7 2 There are two ways to enter Monitor Mode locally via the serial port or remotely via the network Entering Monitor Mode via the Serial Port To enter Monitor Mode locally 1 Follow the same steps used for setting the serial configuration parameters see Using the Serial Port on page 4 2 2 Instead of typing three x keys however a Type zzz or xx1 to enter Monitor Mode with network connections b Type yyy or yyy to enter Monitor Mode without network connections A 0 gt prompt indicates that you have successfully entered Monitor Mode Entering Monitor Mode via the Network Port To enter Monitor Mode using a Telnet connection 1 Establish a Telnet session to the configuration port 9999 The following message appears MAC address 00204A0113A3 Software version 01 0b9 021219 XPT Press Enter to go into Setup Mode A 0 gt prompt indicates that you have successfully entered Monitor Mode XPort User Guide 7 1 Monitoring the Network Monitor Mode Commands The following commands are available in Monitor Mode Many commands have an I
81. word This setting defaults to the N option which allows you to set a 4 character password that protects Setup Mode by means of Telnet and web pages The Y Yes option allows you to set an extended security password of 16 characters for protecting Telnet access Disable Port 77F0 Hex Port 77FO is a setting that allows a custom application to query or set the three XPort configurable pins when they are functioning as general purpose I O GPIO You may want to disable this capability for security purposes The default setting is the N No option which enables GPIO control The Y Yes option disables the GPIO control interface Factory Defaults Select 7 to reset the unit s Channel 1 configuration e mail settings and expert settings to the factory default settings The server configuration settings for IP address gateway IP address and netmask remain unchanged The configurable pins settings also remain unchanged The specific settings that this option changes are listed below Channel 1 Configuration Baudrate I F Mode Own TCP port number Connect Mode Hostlist retry counter Hostlist retry timeout Start character for serial channel 1 All other parameters Expert Settings TCP keepalive ARP cache timeout XPort User Guide 9600 4C 1 stop bit no parity 8 bit RS 232C 10001 CO always accept incoming connection no active connection startup 3 250 msec Ox0D CR 0 45 seconds 600
82. you are prompted for the Datagram type Enter 01 for directed or broadcast UDP When the UDP option is in effect the unit never attempts to initiate a TCP connection because it uses UDP datagrams to send and receive data Modem Mode In Modem Emulation Mode the unit presents a modem interface to the attached serial device It accepts AT style modem commands and handles the modem signals correctly Normally there is a modem connected to a local PC and a modem connected to a remote machine A user must dial from the local PC to the remote machine accumulating phone charges for each connection Modem Mode allows you to replace modems with XPorts and to use an Ethernet connection instead of a phone call By not having to change communications applications you avoid potentially expensive phone calls To select Modem Mode set the Connect Mode to C6 no echo D6 echo with full verbose or D7 echo with 1 character response Note If the unit is in Modem Mode and the serial port is idle the unit can still accept network TCP connections to the serial port if Connect Mode is set to C6 no echo D6 echo with full verbose or D7 echo with 1 character response Without Echo In Modem Mode echo refers to the echo of all of the characters entered in command mode it does not mean to echo data that is transferred Quiet Mode without echo refers to the modem not sending an answer to the commands received or displaying what was typ

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