Avocent Hub SuperSerial User's Manual
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1. Signal Ground Signal Ground Transmit Data Receive Data Receive Data Transmit Data Data Carrier Detect Data Terminal Ready N C Data Set Ready Data Terminal Ready Data Carrier Detect Request to Send ili RJ 45 Plug Cable End View To ESP RJ 45 Port Clear To Send En o Clear to Send 1 DB 9 FEMALE Cable End View Clear to Send N C N C Signal Ground Signal Ground Transmit Data Transmit Data Receive Data Receive Data Data Carrier Detect Data Carrier Detect N C Data Terminal Ready Data Terminal Ready NIV A Ana No o Request to Send 1 LI RJ 45 Plug Cable End View Request to Send DB 25 MALE Cable End View Figure 5 Cable Pin Assignments for ESP RJ 45 to Modem DB 25 5 Equinox ESP Multi Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide 1 3 RS 232 Modular Adaptors and Cables RS 232 modular adaptors are available from Equinox to convert RJ 45 modular jacks to DB 25 or DB 9 connectors These modular adaptors used with the 10 wire reversing modular cables perform the same functions as shown in Figures 3 through 5 Figure 6 shows the RS 232 modular adaptors available from Equinox RJ 45 10 PIN DB 25 RS 232 RTS 10 DTR 9 DCD 7 RD 6 TD 5 GND 4 cTs 1 RTS N annvoNa Connect to Modem2. Hub Product Installation Guide O 2002 Equinox Systems Inc All rights reserved Reproduction without permission prohibited Equinox SuperSerial and Avocent are registered trademarks or trademarks of Avocent Corporation All other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective holders Equinox makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Information is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Equinox Systems Inc Federal Communication Commission FCC Statement WARNING Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void user s authority to operate the equipment NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in the residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the in
3. Once all files are copied click Finish Your ESP is now installed Windows 2000 will now install the ESP serial ports 2 2 Windows NT 4 0 1 Navigate to Settings Control Panel Network to display the Network Control Panel Select the Services tab Click Add to install the ESP driver for Windows NT 4 0 2 The Control Panel will generate a list of standard Network Services The Equinox ESP Service is a new network service Click the Have Disk button 3 The Control panel will ask you to enter the pathname for the disk that contains the ESP Service installation files a Ifyou are installing from diskette enter the drive letter of the diskette drive b Ifyou are installing from the Equinox SuperSerial CD enter the pathname D DRIVERS ESP NT where D is your CD ROM drive letter c Ifyou have stored the driver on the NT system or on a network drive enter the full pathname for the location of the Equinox ESP Service 4 The Control Panel will copy files from the specified path to the required NT system directories Once the copy is complete and the driver is installed the Control Panel will automatically start the Equinox ESP Service It will also start the ESP Installation Wizard and attempt to locate ESP units on all local subnets Using the Installation Wizard you can e Discover and install ESP units on local or remote subnets e Configure ESP units and assign COM port numbers e Replace an ESP unit on a local or re
4. for new Plug and Play hardware on your computer ESP devices are network attached and are not located by the Add New Hardware Wizard A list of devices that can be installed will be displayed Select Add a new device 4 From the Find New Hardware page select No 1 want to select the hardware from a list 5 A list of hardware types will be displayed Select Multi port serial adapters 6 Windows 2000 will ask you to select a device driver Highlight Equinox Systems Inc select Equinox Ethernet Serial Provider Have Disk and point the Wizard to your A drive 7 From the Select a Device Driver page again select Equinox Ethernet Serial Provider 8 The Wizard will locate an ESP on your servers local subnet and display information about that ESP If your ESP does not yet have an IP address you must enter the IP address then click Next 9 The Wizard will display the ESP configuration for final verification If the IP address you assigned is correct click Next 10 The Wizard will now copy files from the Windows 2000 ESP driver diskette During this process the Equinox ESP driver file is examined for a Microsoft digital signature If the ESP driver is not signed a warning message is displayed To continue the installation read the warning and then click Yes If you click No the installation will terminate and the ESP will not be installed on your server 9 Equinox ESP Multi Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide 11
5. 2 RJ 45 to DB 9 RS 232 Female Adaptor 210103 RJ 45 to DB 25 RS 530 DTE Male Adaptor Modular Cables 690252 10 foot 10 wire Reversing Modular Cable 690253 25 foot 10 wire Reversing Modular Cable 690254 75 foot 10 wire Reversing Modular Cable Rack Mount Shelf 790180 Rack Mount Shelf Wiring Starter Kit 750133 Wiring Starter Kit includes seven adaptors 210097 210098 210099 210100 210101 210102 and 210103 and a 10 foot 10 wire modular cable 690252 Table 2 Special Order Accessories 2 Equinox ESP Multi Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide Figure 1 shows the front of the ESP 8 MI Table 3 describes the LEDs and buttons SENNA 00000 o o POWER ONLINE LINK TRAFFIC RESET INT ESP Multi Interface Serial Hub Figure 1 ESP Front View Item Description POWER The POWER LED is lit when the ESP is connected to a power source ONLINE The ONLINE LED is lit not blinking when the ESP self test and initialization procedures have completed successfully LINK The LINK LED is lit when the ESP recognizes that is has a connection to the network TRAFFIC The TRAFFIC LED blinks when there is network traffic 100MBps The 100MBps LED is lit when the ESP is connected to a 100 Mbps LAN RESET Pushing the RESET button reboots the ESP for more information see Section 1 4 INIT Pushing the INIT button restores the ESP to factory defaults for more information see Section 1 4 Table 3 ESP
6. EQUINOX an Avocent Company SuperSerial ESP Multi Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide PN 590 290 001A August 2002 Section 1 Hardware The Equinox SuperSerial Technology ST Ethernet Serial Provider 8 port Multi Interface ESP 8 MI Serial Hub can be installed in a local or remote LAN to provide access for widely distributed RS 232 RS 422 or RS 485 serial devices The ESP 8 MI is supported under Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 Windows NT 3 51 OpenServer 5 0 5a or higher UnixWare 7 0 1a or higher Linux and AIX 4 3 and 5 1 The ESP can be managed using EquiView Plus the Equinox premier serial port management software running on any Microsoft Windows host or espdiag and espcfg for OpenServer UnixWare Linux or AIX The ESP 8 MI kit contains the items listed in Table 1 Part No Description 990407 8 port ESP 8 MI Unit 590 Installation Guide this document 750131 RS 422 Loopback Connector 750130 RS 232 Loopback Connector 650185 Equinox SuperSerial Software CD 770379 Two Wall mount Brackets Table 1 ESP 8 MI Kit Contents Special order accessories for the ESP 8 MI are available as listed in Table 2 Part No Description Modular Adaptors 210097 RJ 45 to DB 25 RS 232 DTE Male Adaptor 210098 RJ 45 to DB 25 RS 232 DTE Female Adaptor 210099 RJ 45 to DB 25 RS 232 DCE Male Adaptor 210100 RJ 45 to DB 25 RS 232 DCE Female Adaptor 210101 RJ 45 to DB 9 RS 232 Male Adaptor 21010
7. LEDs and Buttons Figure 2 shows the back of the ESP 8 MI and the port pin assignments Ping RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 1 RTS N C N C 2 DTR Tx N C 3 N C Tet N C 4 DCD N C N C 5 Rx N C N C 6 Tx N C N C MAC Address 7 GND GND GND d 8 N C Rx Rx Tx aan 9 N C Rx Rx Tx Serial Number 10 CTS N C N C 100 250 VAC 50 60 Hz Warning The power outlet should be installed near the equipment and should be 10 100 BaseT easily accessible Ethernet Connector Figure 2 ESP Back View and Port Pin Assignments NOTE It is important that unused pins labeled N C should not have wires attached to them Floating wires could cause unbalanced noise shorten overall distances and degrade performance 3 Equinox ESP Multi Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide 1 1 Hardware Installation 1 3 The MAC address is printed on a label affixed to the back of the unit above the LAN connector socket see Figure 2 This address will be used as a Unit ID to distinguish different ESP units on the network Record the MAC address 00 80 7D Attach a 10BaseT or 100BaseT LAN interface cable to the LAN connector on the back of the ESP A CAT 5 cable is required for 100BaseT operation Power on the ESP by connecting the power cable to a power source WARNING The power outlet should be installed near the equipment and should be easily accessible 4 Install the ESP driver using the instru
8. abase in the ESP FLASH When the database has been erased the ONLINE LED begins to flash rapidly If you release the INIT button before the five second mark no action is taken and the ESP does not reinitialize If the button is pressed and held for an additional five seconds the IP address is also erased If any portion of the FLASH is erased the ESP will reboot itself when the INIT button is released The RESET button can be used to reset the ESP Pushing this button will cause an immediate reboot 8 Equinox ESP Multi Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide Section 2 Driver Installation This section contains instructions for installing the ESP driver from the Equinox SuperSerial CD ROM The ESP is supported under Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 Windows NT 3 51 OpenServer 5 0 5a or higher UnixWare 7 0 1a or higher Linux and AIX 4 3 and 5 1 2 1 Windows 2000 To install the Windows 2000 ESP driver you must first run SETUP EXE from the Windows 2000 ESP driver diskette that is made using the Equinox SuperSerial CD ROM SETUP EXE will install the necessary Device Manager files for the ESP Insert the diskette into your A drive set your default drive to A and run SETUP The Windows 2000 ESP driver is installed when you install the first ESP 1 Navigate to Settings Control Panel Add Remove New Hardware 2 From the Add Remove Hardware Wizard select Add troubleshoot a device 3 Windows 2000 will search
9. ase 5 1 systems if Mount the CD ROM volume using the following command mount v cdrfs o ro dev cd0 mnt Change to the RPMS directory using the following command cd mnt RPMS AIX51 Install the RPM using the following command rpm ivh espx 3 06 aix 5 1 ppc rpm Discover and initialize the ESP units using the following command etc eqnx espcfg 2 7 2 Creating and Using AIX ESP Installation Diskettes on AIX l Mount the CD ROM volume using the following command mount v cdrfs o ro dev cd0 mnt Run the following commands cd mnt makeunix sh Once the AIX installation diskette is created refer to the following files for detailed installation instructions drivers esp aix43 readme txt drivers esp aix5 1 readme txt 2 7 3 Creating and Using AIX ESP Installation Diskettes on DOS IR Load the Equinox SuperSerial Software CD into your DOS CD ROM drive Set your default drive to the DOS CD ROM drive letter Run the command MAKEUNIX and select the appropriate Equinox product and operating system for which diskettes are needed Once the AIX installation diskette is created refer to the following files for detailed installation instructions drivers esp aix43 readme txt drivers esp aix5 1 readme txt 15 Equinox ESP Multi Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide 2 7 4 Creating and Using AIX ESP Installation Diskettes on Microsoft Windows 1 Load the Equinox SuperSerial Software CD e If
10. ctions in Section 2 for your target operating system Install or upgrade to EquiView Plus version 5 1 or higher from the Equinox SuperSerial Software CD EquiView Plus will help manage ESP units on various networks If the ESP fails to boot The ESP is very robust and there are few errors that can prevent the unit from correctly initializing and going online However if an error does occur the ONLINE LED will blink a repeating pattern with discernible pauses Count the number of blinks between pauses and make a note of this value When you contact Technical Support this information will help determine the cause of the initialization failure 4 Equinox ESP Multi Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide 1 2 RS 232 Device Cabling Figures 3 through 5 show the pin assignments required for an RS 232 cable connection between the ESP RJ 45 ports and your devices To ESP RJ 45 Port Clear to Send To Terminal Printer Request to Send N C N C Signal Ground Signal Ground Transmit Data Receive Data Receive Data Transmit Data Data Carrier Detect Data Terminal Ready N C Data Carrier Detect DataTerminal Ready Data Set Ready Request to Send EE RJ 45 Plug Cable End View Clear to Send Clear to Send o DB 25 FEMALE _ 1 0 DB 25 MALE Cable End View Request to Send N C N C
11. drivers Follow the on screen instructions for creating an installation diskette Once the OpenServer installation diskette is created refer to the following file for detailed installation instructions drivers esp sco readme txt 12 Equinox ESP Multi Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide 2 5 UnixWare The following sections contain procedures for installing the ESP driver on a UnixWare release 7 0 1a or higher system 2 5 1 Creating and Using UnixWare ESP Installation Diskettes on UnixWare 1 Mount the CD ROM volume using the following command mount f cdfs 0 fperm 0555 nmconv c r dev cdrom c0b0t110 mnt 2 Run the following commands cd mnt or other mount point makeunix sh 3 Follow the on screen instructions to build an installation diskette for UnixWare ESP 4 Once the UnixWare installation diskette is created refer to the following file for detailed installation instructions drivers esp unixware readme txt 2 5 2 Creating and Using UnixWare ESP Installation Diskettes on DOS 1 Load the Equinox SuperSerial Software CD into your CD ROM drive 2 Set your default drive to the CD ROM drive letter 3 Run the command MAKEUNIX and select the appropriate Equinox product and operating system for which diskettes are needed 4 Once the UnixWare installation diskette is created refer to the following file for detailed installation instructions drivers esp unixware readme txt 2 5 3 Creatin
12. esp linux readme txt 2 6 2 Creating and Using Linux ESP Installation Diskettes on DOS 1 Load the Equinox SuperSerial Software CD into your CD ROM drive 2 Set your default drive to the CD ROM drive letter 3 Run the command MAKEUNIX and select the appropriate Equinox product and operating system for which diskettes are needed 4 Once the Linux installation diskette is created refer to the following file for detailed instructions drivers esp linux readme txt 2 6 3 Creating and Using Linux ESP Installation Diskettes on Microsoft Windows 1 Load the Equinox SuperSerial Software CD into your CD ROM drive e Ifyou have autoplay enabled the Equinox SuperSerial Software Installation screen will appear e Ifyou do not have autoplay enabled set your default drive to D and run the command D SETUP where D is your CD ROM drive letter 2 Click UNIX on the Main Window 3 Select the UNIX operating system for which you need drivers Follow the on screen instructions for creating an installation diskette 4 Once the Linux installation diskette is created refer to the following file for detailed instructions drivers esp linux readme txt 14 Equinox ESP Multi Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide 2 7 AIX The following sections contain procedures for installing the ESP driver on an AIX release 4 3 or 5 1 system 2 7 1 Installing Directly from CD ROM AIX 5 1 only This procedure is valid only on AIX rele
13. g and Using UnixWare ESP Installation Diskettes on Microsoft Windows 1 Load the Equinox SuperSerial Software CD in your CD ROM drive e Ifyou have autoplay enabled the Equinox SuperSerial Software Installation screen will appear e Ifyou do not have autoplay enabled set your default drive to D and run the command D SETUP where D is your CD ROM drive letter 2 Click UNIX on the Main Window 3 Select the UNIX operating system for which you need drivers Follow the on screen instructions for creating an installation diskette 4 Once the Unix Ware installation diskette is created refer to the following file for detailed installation instructions drivers esp unixware readme txt 13 Equinox ESP Multi Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide 2 6 Linux The following sections contain procedures for installing the ESP driver on a Linux system 2 6 1 Creating and Using Linux ESP Installation Diskettes on Linux 1 Mount the CD ROM volume using the following command mount t iso9660 lt device gt lt mount point gt For example the following command mounts the first CD ROM in a typical environment mount t iso9660 dev cdrom mnt cdrom 2 Run the following commands cd mnt cdrom or other mount point makeunix sh 3 Follow the on screen instructions to build an installation diskette for Linux ESP 4 Once the Linux installation diskette is created refer to the following file for detailed instructions drivers
14. gt For example the following command mounts a CD ROM on drive 0 to mnt mount f IS09660 lower dev cd0 mnt Run the following commands ed mnt or other mount point makeunix sh Follow the on screen instructions to build an installation diskette for OpenServer ESP Once the OpenServer installation diskette is created refer to the following file for detailed installation instructions drivers esp sco readme txt 11 Equinox ESP Multi Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide 2 4 3 Creating and Using OpenServer ESP Installation Diskettes on DOS l 2 3 Load the Equinox SuperSerial Software CD into your CD ROM drive Set your default drive to the CD ROM drive letter Run the command MAKEUNIX and select the appropriate Equinox product and operating system for which diskettes are needed Once the OpenServer installation diskette is created refer to the following file for detailed installation instructions drivers esp sco readme txt 2 4 4 Creating and Using OpenServer ESP Installation Diskettes on Microsoft Windows il Load the Equinox SuperSerial Software CD into your CD ROM drive e Ifyou have autoplay enabled the Equinox SuperSerial Software Installation screen will appear e Ifyou do not have autoplay enabled set your default drive to D and run the command D SETUP where D is your CD ROM drive letter Click UNIX on the Main Window Select the UNIX operating system for which you need
15. mote subnet See the online help in the ESP Installation Wizard for more information about ESP Discovery and Installation 2 3 Windows NT 3 51 1 From the Main Program Group double click Control Panel Network 2 A list of currently installed services is displayed At the end of the list is an entry named lt Other gt Select this entry and click Continue 3 Follow Steps 3 and 4 from Section 2 2 10 Equinox ESP Multi Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide 2 4 OpenServer The following sections contain procedures for installing the ESP driver on an Open Server release 5 0 5a or higher system 2 4 1 Installing Directly from CD ROM l Mount the CD ROM volume using the following command mount f ISO9660 filemode 444 lt device gt lt mount point gt For example the following command mounts a CD ROM on drive 1 to mnt mount f IS09660 filemode 444 dev cdl mnt Install the driver using the custom utility with media image VOL 000 000 When custom prompts for Media Device select Media Images When custom prompts for Image Directory specify mnt DRIVERS ESP SCO Follow the instructions for custom contained in the file mnt DRIVERS ESP SCO README 2 4 2 Creating and Using OpenServer ESP Installation Diskettes on OpenServer 1 2 Be sure the mkdev cdrom command has been run Mount the CD ROM volume using the following command mount f ISO09660 lower lt device gt lt mount point
16. nox to convert an RJ 45 modualr jack to a male DB 25 connector The RS 530 adaptor is designed to be used with standard CAT 5 cable Each port that uses the RS 530 adaptor should be configured as RS 422 Figure 8 shows the RS 530 modular adaptor available from Equinox 10 PIN DB 25 RS 530 2 14 TD B 3 2 TD A 7 7 GND 8 3 RD A 9 16 RD B Connect to RS 530 Devices 210103 DB 25 Male Figure 8 RS 530 Modular Adaptor 7 Equinox ESP Multi Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide 1 4 INIT and RESET Buttons The INIT button can be used to remove configured information from an ESP unit The ESP stores nonvolatile data such as SNMP community name system contact and IP address in FLASH This information can be erased by pressing the INIT button NOTE Pressing the INIT button will interrupt ESP operation and cause reinitialization to occur The FLASH erase is performed in two phases The first phase erases the configuration database which contains all nonvolatile data except the IP address The second phase erases the IP address and effectively restores the ESP to factory default This feature can be used to erase the FLASH when the ESP is being reinstalled elsewhere on your network When the INIT button is first pressed the ONLINE LED will begin to blink to confirm that you have pressed the INIT button Pressing and holding the button for five seconds erases the configuration dat
17. s amp Multiplexers 210097 DB 25 DTE Male 210098 DB 25 DTE Female RJ 45 10 PIN DB 25 RS 232 RTS 10 RTS DTR 9 DTR DCD 7 RD 6 TD 5 GND 4 cTs 1 Connect to Modems amp Multiplexers 210101 DB 9 Male RJ 45 10 PIN DB 25 RS 232 CTS DCD RTS DTR N oann yon Connect to Terminals amp Printers 210099 DB 25 DCE Male 210100 DB 25 DCE Female RJ 45 10 PIN DB 25 RS 232 RTS DTR CTS DCD aaranonog ONANUOUA 0 D Connect to Personal Computers 210102 DB 9 Female Figure 6 RS 232 Modular Adaptors Table 4 lists the modular cables that are available from Equinox to use with the modular adaptors shown in Figure 6 Part No Description 690252 10 foot 10 Wire Reversing Modular Cable 690253 25 foot 10 Wire Reversing Modular Cable 690254 75 foot 10 Wire Reversing Modular Cable Table 4 Available Reversing Modular Cables The adaptors and cables listed above may be used to attach devices to the ESP RJ 45 ports If a customer supplied modular cable is used make sure the cable is reversing See Figure 7 6 Equinox ESP Multi Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide 10 WIRE RTS 1 DTR 2 3 DCD 4 RD 5 TD 6 GND 7 8 SBNORUOVEOS 9 CTS 10 ESP Port Modular Adapter Figure 7 10 Wire RJ 45 Reversing Cable 1 4 RS 530 Modular Adaptors An RS 530 modular adaptor is available from Equi
18. terference at his own expense Canada This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications Le pr sent appareil num rique n met pas de bruits radio lectriques d passant les limites applicables aux appareils num riques de la classe A prescrites dans le R glement sur le brouillage radio lectrique dict par le Minist re des Communications du Canada European Union WARNING This is a Class A product In domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures 18 Equinox ESP Multi Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide UINOX an Avocent Company Equinox Systems Inc One Equinox Way Sunrise Florida 33351 6709 954 746 9000 Fax 954 746 9101 ftp equinox com www equinox com support equinox com
19. you have autoplay enabled the Equinox SuperSerial Software Installation screen will appear e Ifyou do not have autoplay enabled set your default drive to D and run the command D SETUP where D is your CD ROM drive letter 2 Click UNIX on the Main Window 3 Select the UNIX operating system for which you need drivers Follow the on screen instructions for creating an installation diskette 4 Once the AIX installation diskette is created refer to the following files for detailed installation instructions drivers esp aix43 readme txt drivers esp aix5 1 readme txt 16 Equinox ESP Multi Interface Serial Hub Product Installation Guide Declaration of Conformity Manufacturer s Name Equinox Systems Inc an Avocent Company Manufacturer s Address One Equinox Way Sunrise Florida 33351 6709 USA declares that the products Product Name Ethernet Serial Provider Model Names ESP 8 10 100 ESP 16 10 100 ESP MI Product Options All Year of Manufacture 2002 conform to the following Product Specification Safety IEC No 60950 2nd Ed A1 A2 A3 A4 UL 1950 3rd Ed CAN CSA C22 2 No 950 EMC EN 55022 Class A EN 610003 2 EN 610003 3 FCC Part 15 Class A EN 55024 1998 Supplementary Information The products herewith comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive 73 23 EEC and the EMC Directive 89 336 EEC including amendments by the CE marking Directive 93 68 EEC 17 Equinox ESP Multi Interface Serial
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