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NPort 5400 Series User ’ s Manual Fourth Edition, September 2005 www .moxa.com/product Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd. Tel: +886-2-8919-1230 Fax: +886-2-8919-1231 Web: www.moxa.com MOXA Technical Support World wide: support@moxa.com.tw The Americas support@ moxa.com[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual The software d escribed in t his manual is furnished u nder a license a greement and m ay be used only in accordance with the term s of that agreement. Copyright Notice Copyright © 2005 Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproducti on without perm ission is pr ohibited. Trademarks MOXA is a re gister[...]

Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ..................................................................................... 1-1 Overview ....................................................... ................................................. 1-2 Package Checklist .............................................. ...................................[...]

Event Type ................................................................................................... 5-28 Monitor ........................................................ ................................................. 5-30 Monitor Line ................................................................................................ 5-30[...]

1 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Welcome to MOXA NPort 5400 Ser ies of advanced serial device servers that make it easy to network e nable your se rial devices. NPort 541 0 comes wi th four RS- 232 port s, and NPo rt 5430/5430 I provide four RS-422/48 5 ports. The following topics are covered in this chapter:  Overview  Package Checklist  Produc[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Introduction 1-2 Overview NPort 5400 Series serial device servers ar e designed to make your indu strial serial devices Intern et ready instantly. The compact size of NPort 5400 device servers ma kes them the ideal choice for connecting your RS-232 (NPort 5410) or RS-422 /485 (NPort 5430/5430I) serial devices—suc[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Introduction 1-3 Product Specifications LAN Ethernet 10/100 Mb ps, RJ 45 , Aut o MDI/MDI X Protection Built-in 1.5 KV magnetic isolation NPort 5410 Serial Interf ace Interface RS-232 No. of Ports 4 Port Type DB9 Male Signals TxD, RxD, RTS, CTS , DTR, DSR, DCD, GND Serial Line Prot ection 15 KV ESD f or all signals [...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Introduction 1-4 Software Fe atures Protocols ICMP, IP, TCP, UDP, DHCP, B OOT P, Telnet, DNS, SNMP, HTTP, SMTP, SNTP Utilities NPort Administrator for Windows 9 5/98/ME/NT/2000/XP Real COM/TTY Drivers Windows 95/98/ME/N T/2000/XP COM driver, Linux real TTY driver Configuration Web Browser, Telnet Console, or Window[...]

2 2 Chapter 2 Getting Started This chapter includ es information about installin g NPort 5400 Series. The following topics are covered:  Panel Layout  Connecting the Hardware ¾ Wiring Requirements ¾ Connecting the Power ¾ Grounding NPort 5400 ¾ Connecting to the Network ¾ Connecting to a Serial Device ¾ LED Indicators[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-2 Panel Layout[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-3 Connecting the Hardware This section describes how to connect NPor t 5400 to serial devices for firs t time t esting purposes. We cover Wiring Requireme nts , Connecting t he Power , Grounding NPort 5400 Series , Connect ing to the N etwork , Connecting to a Seri al Device , and LED Indicators .[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-4 ATTENTION This product is intended to be m ounted to a wel l-grounded mounting surface such as a metal panel. SG : The Shielded Ground (sometimes called Pr otected Ground ) contact is the left m ost contac t of the 3-pin power terminal block connecto r when viewed from the angle shown here. Conn[...]

3 3 Chapter 3 Initial IP Address Configuration When setting up your NPor t 5410/5430/5340I for the first time, the first th ing you should do is configuring the IP addr ess. This chapter introduc es th e metho d to conf igure N Port’s IP address . Select one of the initial IP Address configura tion methods to co nfigure NPort’s IP Address. For [...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 3-3 Initializing NPort’s IP Address 1. Determine whether your NPort needs to use a Static IP or Dynamic IP (either DHCP or BOOTP application). 2. If NPort is used in a Static IP environment, you ca n use LCM Displ ay, NPort Administ ration Suite, ARP, Web Consol e, or Telnet C o[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 3-4 There are fou r push butto ns on NPort ’s nameplat e. Going from left to ri ght, the but tons are: Button Name Action MENU menu activates the main menu, or returns to a lower level U up cursor scrolls up through a list of items shown on the LCM panel’ s second line V down [...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 3-5 Main Menu Server setting Serial number Server name Firmware ver Model name D C D D Network setting Ethernet status MAC address IP config IP address Netmask Gateway DNS server 1 DNS server 2 D D C C C C C C Serial set Select port Baud rate Data bit Stop bit Parity Flow control [...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 3-6 The second type of con figurable option i s wh en there are only a small number of options from which to choose (although only one op tion will be visible at a time). Con sider the PARITY attribute under PORT S ETTING as an example. Follow the tree graph to arrive at the follo[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 3-7 Take the following steps to use ARP to con figure the IP address: 1. Obtain a vali d IP address for you r NPort from your network adm inistrator. 2. Obtain the NPort’s MAC address from the label on its bottom panel. 3. Execute the ‘arp -s’ com mand from your com puter’[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 3-8 4. Type 2 to select Netw ork settings , and then press Enter . 5. Type 1 to select IP address and then press Enter . 6. Use the Backspa ce key to erase the current IP address, ty pe in the new IP address, an d then press Enter .[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 3-9 7. Press any key to contin ue… 8. Type m and th en press Enter to return to the m ain menu. 9. Type s and then pr ess Enter to Save /Restart the system. 10. Type y and then press Enter to save the new IP addre ss and restart NP ort.[...]

4 4 Chapter 4 Choosing the Proper Operation Mode In this chapt er, we desc ribe the vari ous NPort 5400 operat ion modes. The options include an operation m ode that uses a driver instal led on the host c omputer, a nd operat ion modes t hat rely on TCP/IP socket programm ing concepts. After choosi ng the proper operation mode in this chap ter, ref[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 4-2 Overview NPort De vice Servers net work-ena ble traditional R S-232/422/ 485 devi ces, in whic h a Device Server is a tiny computer e quipped wi th a CPU, real -time OS, a nd TCP/IP pr otocols that can bi-directionally translate data between t he serial and Ethernet form ats. [...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 4-3 ATTENTION The driver used for Real COM Mode comes with the NPort Windows Administrator. The driver is installed automatically on your co mputer when you install NPort Administration Suite. The important point is t hat Real COM Mode allows use rs to continue using RS- 232/422/4[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 4-4 TCP Client Mode In TCP Client mode , NPort can actively establish a TCP connectio n to a pre-de fined host computer when serial data arri ves. After the data has b een transferred, NPort can automatically disconn ect from the host computer by using the TCP alive check time or [...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 4-5 Reverse Telnet Mode Co nso le managem ent is com monly use d by connect ing to C onsole/AUX or COM po rts of ro uters, switches, and UPS units. Rtelnet works the same as RAW mode in that only one TCP port is listened to afte r booting up. The system then waits for a host on th[...]

5 5 Chapter 5 Web Console Configuration The Web Console is the most user-fr iendly way to configur e NPort 5410/5430/534 0I. This chapter will introduce the Web Console function groups and fu nction definitions. This chapter uses NPort 5230 as an example. The function and definition is totally the same with NPort 540 0 series.  Opening Your Brow[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-2 Opening Your Browser 1. Open your browser with the cookie function en abled . (To enable your browser fo r cookies, right click on you r desktop Inte rnet Explorer ic on, select Properties, click on the Security tab, and then select the three Enable option s as shown in the figure belo[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-3 ATTENTION Refer to Chapter 3, “Initial IP Address Configura tion,” to see how to configure the IP address. Examples shown in this chapter use the F actory Def ault IP address (192.168.127 .254). The NPort 5410/5430/5340I homepage will open. On this page, you can see a brief descrip[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-4 Basic Settings Server name Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 1 to 39 characters NP[model name]_[Serial No.] Optional This optio n is useful for speci fying the lo cation or application of different NPorts. Time NPort 5410/5430/5340 I has a built-in Real-Time Clock fo r time calibratio[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-5 Time server Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity IP or Domain address (E.g., 192 .168.1.1 or ti me.stdtime.g ov .tw or time.nist.gov) None Optional NPort 5410/543 0/5340I uses SNTP (RFC-1769) for auto time calibratio n. Input the correct “T ime Server” IP address or dom ai n address.[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-6 Reset button protect Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity No or Y es No Required Options are No and Ye s , with default = No . NOTE: Select the Ye s option to allow limited use of the Reset Butto n. In this case, the Reset Button can be used for only 60 second s. I.e., 60 sec. after boot[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-7 IP Address Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity E.g., 192.168.1.1 (IP addresses of th e form x . x . x .0 and x . x . x .255 are inva lid.) 192.168 .127.254 R equired An IP address is a number assi gned to a net work devi ce (such as a c omputer) a s a permanent address on the network. C[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-8 DNS server 1 / DNS sever 2 Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity E.g., 192.168.1.1 (IP addresses of th e form x . x . x .0 and x . x . x .255 are inva lid.) None Optional When the user wants to vi sit a particul ar webs ite, the com puter asks a Domain Name System (DNS) serve r for the we[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-9 NPort’s Aut o IP report. 1. Use NPort Admini strator’s IP Ad dress Report function. 2. Refer the Appendix E for the “Au to IP report protocol” to develop your own software . Auto report to IP Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity E.g., 192.168.1.1 or URL (IP addresses of th e form[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-10 Port alias Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 1 to 15 characters (E.g. , PLC-No .1) None Optional Port Alias is specially designed to allow easy identification of the serial devices which are connected to NPor t’s serial port. Serial Parameters ATTENTION Check the serial communicati[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-11 Interface Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity NPort 5410 : RS-232 only NPort 54 10: RS-232 Required NPort 5430 : RS-422, 2-wire RS-485 , 4-wire RS-485 NPort 543 0: RS-485 2- wire Required Operating Settings Press Operating Set tings to display the operating settings for all of NPort’[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-12 1 to 99 min: NPort automatically closes TCP connection if there is no TCP activity for the given time. After the connection is closed, NPort star ts listening for anoth er Real COM driver’s connection fro m another host. Max Connection Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 1, 2, 3, 4 1[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-13 Delimiter 1 Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 00 to FF None Optional Delimiter 2 Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 00 to FF None Optional Once the NPort receives both deli miters through its serial port, it immediately packs all data currently in its buffer and sends it to the NPort[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-14 If the user wants to se nd the series of characters in a packet, the serial device attached t o NPort should send characters withou t time del ay larger than Force Transmit timeout between cha racters and the total length of data must be smaller than or equal to NP ort’s internal bu[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-15 ATTENTION The Inactivity time shoul d at least be set l arger than that of Force transm it timeout . To prevent the unintend ed loss of data due to the session being disconnected, it is highly recommended that this value is set large enough so th at the intended data transfer is compl[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-16 Delimiter 2 Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 00 to FF None Optional Once the NPort receives both deli miters through its serial port, it immediately packs all data currently in its buffer and sends it to the NPort’s Ethernet port. ATTENTION Delimiter 2 is optional. If left blank, [...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-17 Local TCP port Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 1 to 65535 4001 Required The TCP port t hat NPort uses to listen to co nnections, and t hat other de vices m ust use to contact NPort. To avoid conflicts with well known TCP ports, the default is set to 4001. Command p ort Setting Fact[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-18 Inactivity time Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 0 to 65535 ms 0 ms Optional 0 ms: TCP connection is not closed due to an id le serial line. 0-65535 ms: NPort automatically closes TCP connection, if there is no serial data activ ity for the given tim e. This paramet er defines the m[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-19 Delimiter 2 Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 00 to FF None Optional Once the NPort receives both deli miters through its serial port, it immediately packs all data currently in its buffer and sends it to the NPort’s Ethernet port. ATTENTION Delimiter 2 is optional. If left blank, [...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-20 Destination IP address 1 Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity IP address or Dom ain Address (E.g., 192 .168.1.1 ) None Require d Allows NPort to connect actively to th e remote host whose address is set by this parameter. Destination IP address 2/3/4 Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity I[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-21 Connect/Disconnect Description St artup/None (default) A TCP connection will be establishe d on startup, and will remain active indefinitely . Any Character/None A TCP connect ion will be established when any character is received from the serial interface, and will remain active inde[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-22 Delimiter 2 Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 00 to FF None Optional Once the NPort receives both deli miters through its serial port, it immediately packs all data currently in its buffer and sends it to the NPort’s Ethernet port. Note: Delimiter 2 is option al. If left blank, the[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-23 Destination IP address 1 Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity Begin: Empty End: Empty IP addres s range E.g., Begi n: 192.16 8.1.1 End: 192.168.1.10 Port: 4001 Required Destination IP address 2/3/4 Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity Begin: Empty End: Empty IP addres s range E.g., Begi n[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-24 TCP alive check time Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 0 to 99 m in 7 min Required 0 min: TCP connection is not closed due to an idle TCP connection. 1 to 99 min: NPort 5400 closes the TCP connection automatically if there is no TCP activity for the given tim e. Destination IP addres[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-25 Reverse Telnet Mode TCP alive check time Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 0 to 99 m in 0 Optional Specifies the time slice for checking if the TCP connection i s alive. If no response, NPort 540 0 s e r i es will disconnect the original connection. Inactivity time Setting Factory De[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-26 Disabled Mode When Operation mode is set to Disabled, that pa rticular port will b e disabled. Check the “Apply the above settings to all serial ports” to apply this setting to the other port. Accessible IP Settings NPort has an IP address based filtering method to control access [...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-27 Allowable Hosts Input format Any host Disable 192.168.1.120 192.168.1.120 / 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.254 192.168.1.0 / 255.255 .255.0 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.255 .2 54 192.16 8.0.0 / 255.255.0.0 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.126 19 2.168.1.0 / 255.255 .255.128 192.168.1.129 [...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-28 ATTENTION Consult your Network Adm inistrator or IS P for the proper m ail server settings. Aut o warning function may not work properly without prope r setting s. NPort SMTP AUTH support LOGIN, PLAIN, CRAM-MD5 ( RFC 2554). SNMP Trap Server SNMP trap server IP or domain name Setting F[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-29 Password ch anged The user has ch anged NPort’s p assword. When the password chang es, NPort will send an e-mail with the pa ssword cha nge noti ce before NPo rt reboot s. If the NPort fails to send m ail to the mail server after 15 seconds, NPort will be rebootin g directly and abo[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-30 Monitor Monitor Line Click on Line under Monitor to show the operation mode and status of each connection (IPx), for each of the four serial ports. Monitor Async Click on Async under Monitor to show the current status of each of the four serial ports. Monitor Async-Settings Click on A[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-31 Change Password Input the “Old password” and “N ew password” to change the pa ssword. Leave th e password boxes blank to erase the password. In this case, the NPort will no t have password protection. ATTENTION If you forget the p assword, the ON LY way to co nfigure NPort is [...]

6 6 Chapter 6 Configuring NPort Administrator The following topics are covered in this chapter:  Overview  Installing NPort Administrator  Configuration ¾ Broadcast Search ¾ Unlock Password Protection ¾ Configuring NPort 5400 ¾ Upgrading the Firmware ¾ Export Configuration ¾ Import Configuration  Monitor  Port Monitor  COM M[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-2 Overview Device Server Administrator lets you install and c onfigure your NP ort 5400 Series prod ucts easily over the net work. Five f unction gr oups are pro vided to ease the installation process, allow off-line COM mappi ng, and provi de m onitoring and IP location se rver fu[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-3 3. Click on Next to install the program using the de fault prog ram name , or select a diffe rent name. 4. Click on Install to proceed with the installation.[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-4 5. The Installing window reports the prog ress of the installatio n. 6. Click on Next to proceed with the installation.[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-5 7. Click on Finish to complete the installation of NPort 5400 Administration Suite. Configuration The Admi nistrator-Confi gurati on window is divided int o four pa rts. y The top sectio n contains the function li st and onl ine help area. (Windows NT does not suppo rt this .chm [...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-6 Broadcast Search The Broadcast Search function is used to locate all NPort 5400s that are connected to t he same LAN as your computer. Since the Broadcast Searc h function searches by MAC address and no t IP address, all NPort 5400s connected to the LAN will be located, regardles[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-7 ATTENTION Before modifyin g NPort 5400’s configu ration, use Broadcast Search to locate all NPort 5400s connected to the LAN, or use Specify b y IP Address to locate a particular NPort 5400. Unlock Password Protection If the NPort 5400 is password prot ected (indicated by “Lo[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-8 4. The “Lock” status will change to “Unlock,” and th e Administrator utility will keep this NPort 5400 in the Unlock status throu ghout this Administrator session. The meanings of the si x “Status” states are give n below (note that the term Fixed is borrowed from the[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-9 2. Unlock the NPort 5400 y ou wish to co nfigure if it is password protected. R ight click o n the NPort 5400 and select Configure to start the configuration. 3. The progress b ar shows that Administrator is retrieving configuration information from the specific NPort 5400. 4. Re[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-10 5. You will now be able to modify Time Zone , Local Date , Local Time , and Time Server . ATTENTION You can simultaneously modify th e configurations of multiple NPor t 5400s that are of the same model. To select multiple NPort 5400s, hold down the Ctrl key when selecting add it[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-11 2. Unlock the NPort 5400 y ou wish to co nfigure if it is password protected. R ight click o n a specific NPort 5400 and select the U pgrade Firmware function to start upgrading the firmware. 3. Select the correct ROM file to download. 4. Wait while the Upgrade Firmware action i[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-12 Export Configuration To export the conf iguration of an NPort 5400, righ t click on the NPort 5400, select Export Configuration , and then follow the onscreen instructions. The Export Configu ration function is a handy tool that can be use d to produce a text file containing the[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-13 ATTENTION You can simultaneously import the same configuration file into multiple NPort 5400s that are of the same model. To select multiple NPort 5400s, hold down the Ctrl key when selecting an additional NPort 5400, or hold do wn the Shif t key to select a block of NPor t 5400[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-14 Monitor Æ Add T arget Æ Rescan 1. Click on Monitor under Func tion . 2. Click on Monitor Æ Add T arget from t he menu bar, or click the right mouse button an d select Add Target . 3. Click on Rescan .[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-15 4. Select your targets from the list, and t hen click on OK . Once the Monitor function is running: 1. The NPort 5400 list will appear on the Monitor screen. 2. Right cli ck the panel a nd select Settings .[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-16 3. Select or de-select Monitor I tems . Use the singl e arrowhe ad buttons to move hi ghlighted items from one box to the other. Use the double arrowhead buttons to move all items in one box to the other. 4. Select a Refre sh Rate (the default is 3 seconds) on the Ge neral Setti[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-17 5. On the Advanced Settings page, select Display warning message for new event and/ or Play warning music for new event . In the second case, you m ust enter the path to the WAV file that you want to be played. “ New event” means that one of the NPort 5400s in the monitor is[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-18 8. When one of the NPort 5400s loses connection with the Monitor program, a warning alert will display automatically. The warning music will be played at the same time. 9. In the Monitor screen, you ca n see that the NPor t 5400s that are “ Not Alive” are shown in re d color[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-19 11. The NPort 5400s that were reconnected, and are now “Alive,” will be shown in black color. Port Monitor The process de scribed here i s the same as i n the previous “ Monitor” secti on. The only difference is that you can select more items und er Port Monitor than und[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-20 COM Mapping Windows Admin istration Suite comes with Window s 95/98/ME/NT/2000/X P Real COM drivers. After you install NPort 5400 Administration Suite , there are two w ays to set up the NPort 5400 serial port as your host’s remote COM port. The first way is with On-line COM M[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-21 3. Add the target to which you would like to map COM ports. 4. The NPort 5400 list that appears is the list gene rated by the previous Br oadcast Search. S elect the NPort 5400 to which you would like to map COM ports. 5. Select COM Settin gs to modify COM No., default setting, [...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-22 6. Select the COM No. COM ports that are “In use” or “Assigned” will also be indicated in this drop-down list. If you select multiple serial ports or multiple NPort 5400s, remember to check the “Auto Enumerati ng” function to use the COM No. you select as th e first [...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-23 • By default, the optio nal “Fast Flush” function is disabled . If you would like to enable this function, from the “NPort Administrator,” double click on the COM po rts that are mapped to the NPort, and then select the “F ast Flush” checkbox. You should find that [...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-24 9. After setting the COM Mapping, remember to select Appl y Change to save the information in the host system registry. The host computer will not have the ability to use the COM port until after Apply Change is selected. 10. Select Discar d Change to tell Administrator NOT to s[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-25 11. To save the configuration to a text file, select Export COM Mappin g . You will then be ab le to import this configu ration file to another host and use the same COM Mapping sett ings in the other host. Off-line COM Mapping 1. Add a target by inputting the IP addr ess and se[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-26 2. Modify t he port sett ings as needed. 3. Right click in the NPort list section and select Apply Change .[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-27 IP Location When NPo rt 5400 is use d in a dynam ic IP envi ronment, us ers must spend more tim e with IP management tasks. NPort 5400 Series products help out by peri odically re porting t heir IP addres s to the IP location server, in case the dyn amic IP has changed. 1. Confi[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-28 4. Click Go to start receiving the Auto IP address report from the NPort 5400[...]

7 7 Chapter 7 IP Serial LIB The following topics are covered in this chapter:  Overview  IP Serial LIB Function Groups  Example Program[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 7-2 Overview What is IP Seri al Library? IP Serial Library is a Windows library w ith freq uently used serial comm and sets and subr outines. IP Serial Library is designed to reduce t he comple xity and poor effici ency of serial c ommunicatio n over TCP/IP. For exam ple, Telnet can only transfer data[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 7-3 IP Serial LIB Function Groups Server Control Port Co ntro l Input /Output Data Po rt Stat us Inquiry Miscellaneous nsio_init nsio_end nsio_resetserv er nsio_checkalive nsio_ope n nsio_close nsio_ioctl nsio_flowct rl nsio_DTR nsio_RTS nsio_lctrl nsio_baud nsio_resetp ort nsio_read nsio_SetReadTim e[...]

A A Appendix A Pinouts and Cable Wiring In this appendix, we cover th e following topics.  Port Pinout Diagrams ¾ Ethernet Port Pinouts ¾ Serial Port Pinouts  Cable Wiring Diagrams ¾ Ethernet Cables ¾ Serial Cables[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Pinouts and Cable Wiring A-2 Port Pinout Diagrams Ethernet Port Pinouts Serial Port Pinouts DB9 Male RS-232 Po rt Pinouts for NPort 5410 Terminal Block RS-232 & RS-422 /485 Pinouts for NPort 5230[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Pinouts and Cable Wiring A-3 Cable Wiring Diagrams Ethernet Cables Serial Cables DB9 Female to DB9 Male for N Port 5410[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Pinouts and Cable Wiring A-4 DB9 Female to DB25 Male for NPort 54 10[...]

B B Appendix B Well Known Port Numbers This appendix is for your reference about th e Well Known port numbers that may cause network problem if you set NPort into the same port. Re fer to RFC 1700 for Well Known port numbers of refer to the following introduction from the IANA. The port num bers are divide d into three ranges: the Wel l Known Po rt[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Well Known Port Numbers B-2 49 (Login Host Prot ocol) (Logi n) 53 Domai n Name Server ( domain) 79 Finger protocol (Finger) TCP Socket Application Service 80 W orld W i be W eb HTTP 1 19 Netword ne ws T ransfer P rotocol ( NNTP) 123 Network T im e Protocol 213 IPX 160 – 223 Reserved for f uture use UDP Socket App[...]

C C Appendix C SNMP Agents with MIB II & RS-232 like group NPort 5400 has a built-in SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) agent software. It supports SNMP Tr ap, RFC1317 RS-232 lik e group and RFC 1213 MIB-II. The follow ing table lists the standard MIB-II group, as well as the variable implementation for Nport 5400. RFC1213 MIB-II supp or[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual SNMP Agents C-2 System MIB Interfaces MIB IP MIB ICMP MIB SysServices ifInUnknownProtos ipReasm Fails IcmpOutT imeExcds ifOutOctets ipFragOKs IcmpOutParmProbs ifOutUcastPkts ipFragFails Icm pOutSrcQuenchs ifOutNUcastPkts ipFrag Creates IcmpOutRedirects ifOutDiscards ipAdEntAddr IcmpOutEchos ifOutErrors ipAdEntIfI n[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual SNMP Agents C-3 Addre ss T ranslation MIB TCP MIB SNMP MIB AtNetAddress tcpRetransSegs snmpInT otalSetV ars tcpConnState snmpInGetRequests tcpConnLocal Address snmpInGetNe xts tcpConnLocal Port snmpInSetRe quests tcpConnRem Address snmpInGetRespo nses tcpConnRem Port snmpInT raps tcpInErrs snmpOutT ooBigs tcpOutRst[...]

D D Appendix D Auto IP Report Protocol NPort Series provides sev eral ways to configu re Ethernet IP addresses. One of them is DHCP Client. When you set u p the NPort to use DHCP Clie nt to configure Ethernet IP addresses, it will automatically send a DHCP request over the Ethe rnet to find the DHCP Server. And then the DHCP Server will send an ava[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Auto IP Report Protocol D-2 Auto IP Repo rt Format “MOXA ” , 4 bytes Info[0] Info[1] … Info[n] Info [n] Field ID Length Data Length 1 1 V ariable, Length is “Length Field” ID List ID V alue Description Length Note 1 Server Name V ariable ASCII char 2 Hardware ID 2 Little-endian 3 MAC Address 6 6 bytes MAC[...]

E E Appendix E Service Information This appen dix shows y ou how to co ntact Moxa for info rmation abo ut this and other pro ducts, and how to repo rt problems. In this appendix, we cover th e following topics.  MOXA Internet Services  Problem Report Form  Product Return Procedure[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Service Information E-2 MOXA Internet Services Customer satisfaction is our num b er one concern, and to ensure that customers receive the full benefit of our products, Moxa Internet Services has bee n set up to provide technical s upport, dri ver updates, product infor mation, and user’s manual upd ates. The fol[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Service Information E-3 Problem Report Form MOXA Nport 5400 Series Customer name: Comp any: T el: Fax: Email: Date: 1. Moxa Product:  Nport 5410  Nport 5430  Nport 5430I 2. Serial Number: ___________ ______ Problem Desc ription: Please describe the sym ptoms of the problem as clearly as possible, incl udin[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Service Information E-4 Product Return Procedure For product repair, exc hange, o r refund, the customer m ust:  Provide e vidence of origi nal purchase.  Obtain a Product Return Agreement (PRA) from the sales representative or dealer.  Fill out the Problem Report Form (PRF). Include as much detail as poss[...]