Moxa Technologies NPort 5600 manual

NPort 5600 Series User ’ s Manual Seventh Edition, July 2006 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[...]

NPort 5600 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 © 2006 MOXA Technologies Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproducti o n without perm ission is prohi bited. Trademarks MOXA is a reg iste[...]

Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction.............................................................................................. 1-1 Overview ............................................................................................................................ 1-2 Package Ch ecklis t .....................................................[...]

UDP Mode ............................................................................................................ 5-23 Pair Connec tion Mode .......................................................................................... 5- 25 Reverse Teln et Mode .......................................................................................[...]

Appendix C SNMP Agent with MIB II & RS-232 Like Group .................................... C-1 Appendix D Auto IP Report Protocol ......................................................................... D-1 Appendix E Service Information ................................................................................ E-1 MOXA Internet Services[...]

1 1 Chapter 1 Introduction The MOXA NP ort 5600 Series o f advanced serial device s ervers make i t easy to networ k-enable your serial devices. The NPort 5600 Series includes 8 models: NPort 5610-16, NPor t 5610-8 (8 or 16 RS-232 ports, with AC power), NPort 561 0-16-48V, NPort 5610-8-48V (8 or 16 RS-232 ports, with DC pow er), NPort 5630-1 6, NPo[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Getting Started 1-2 Overview The NPort 5600 Series serial device servers are de signed to m ake your in dustrial serial de vices Internet ready instantly. Th e co mpact size of the NPort 5600 device servers makes them th e id eal choice for connecting you r RS-232 (NPort 5610-16/8) , RS-422/485 (NPort 5630-16/8 ), [...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Getting Started 1-3 Product Specifications LAN Ethernet 10/10 0 Mbps, R J45 Protection Built-in 1.5 KV magnetic isolation Optical Fiber Distance Multi mode: 0 to 2 km , 1310 nm (62.5/125 µm, 500 MHz *km) Single mode: 0 to 40 km , 1310 nm (9/125 µm, 3.5 P S/(nm *km)) Min. TX Output Multi mode: -20 dBm Single mode:[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Getting Started 1-4 Advanced Built-in Features HMI LCM display with fou r push buttons Buzzer Real-Time Clock Watch Dog Timer Serial Communication Parameters Parity None, Even, Odd, Space, Mark Data Bits 5, 6, 7, 8 Stop Bit 1, 1.5, 2 Flow Control RTS/CTS, XON/ X OFF , DSR/DTR (Excl u de d NPort 5630) Transmissi on [...]

2 2 Chapter 2 Getting Started This chapter includ es in formation about installing NPort 5600 Series. The following topics are covered:  Panel Layout  Connecting the Hardware ¾ Wiring Requirements ¾ Connecting NPort 5610/30/50-16/ 8’s Power ¾ Connecting NPort 5610-16/8-48V ’s Power ¾ Grounding NPort 5610-16/8-48V ¾ Connecting to the [...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 2-2 Panel Layout The followin g figures de pict the front and re ar panels of the NPort 56 00 series. Front panel of NPort 5600 series 5610- 16 Rear panel of NPort 5 600 series (AC Power) LAN Serial ports AC POWER 100-240V, 47-63Hz 12345678 9 1 01 11 21 31 41 51 6 Rear panel of NPor[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 2-3 Connecting the Hardware This section describes how to connect NPort 5600 Series to serial devices for first time testing purposes. We c ove r Wiring Requirements , Connecting NPort 5610/ 30/50- 16/8’s Pow er , Connecting NPort 5610-1 6/8-48V’s Power, Grounding NPort 56 10-16[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 2-4 V+ V - 1. Loosen the screws on the V + and V - terminals of NPort 5610-16 /8-48V’s terminal block. 2. Connect the power cord’s 48 VDC wire to the terminal block’s V + terminal, and the po wer cord’s DC Po wer Groun d wire to the terminal block’s V - term inal, and then[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 2-5 Connecting to a Serial Device Connect the se rial data cable between NP ort 5600 and t he serial de vice. LED Indicators The front pa nels of NPo rt 5600 have several LED indicators , as described i n the foll owing ta ble. LED Name LED Color LED Function off Power is off, or po[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 2-6 T o set a termination resistor to 150 K Ω , ma ke sure both of t he assigned DI P switches are in the OFF position. This is the default setting. T o set a termination resistor to 1 K Ω , make sure both of the assigned DIP switches are in the ON position. AT T E N T I O N Do [...]

3 3 Chapter 3 Initial IP Address Configuration When setting up your NPor t 5600 for the first time, the first thin g you should do is configur e the IP address. T his chapter i ntroduces se veral methods to config ure NPort’s IP address. Sel ect the method that is the m ost convenient for you. Fo r more detai ls about network settings, see the Ne[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 3-2 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 can use NPort A dm inistrati on Sui t e, A RP, Web Console, or Telnet Cons ole to co[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 3-3 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 return s to an upper level U up cursor scrolls up through a list o f items shown on the LCM panel’ s second line V do[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 3-4 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 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 Baudrate Data bit Stop b[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 3-5 Parity attribute under Serial set as an exam ple. Follow the tree grap h to arrive at the following Parity screen. The first op tion, None, is displayed, with a do wn arrow all the way to the right. Thi s is an indication t hat there are other opti ons from which t o choose. P[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 3-6 Take the following steps to use ARP to con figure the IP address: 1. Obtain a vali d IP ad dress for your NPort fr om your netwo r k a dm 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 pute[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 3-7 4. Type 2 to select Network settings, and then press Enter. 5. Type 1 to select IP address an d then press En ter. 6. Use the Backspace key to e rase the current IP addr ess, type in the new IP address, and then press Enter.[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 3-8 7. Press any key to contin ue… 8. Type m or M and then press Enter to return to th e main menu. 9. Type s or S and then press Enter to Save/Restart the system.[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 3-9 10. Type y or Y and the n press Enter t o save the new IP address and restart NPort.[...]

4 4 Chapter 4 Choosing the Proper Operation Mode In this chapt er, we desc ribe the vari ous NPort 5600 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 5600 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 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. Yo ur com[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 4-3 The important point is t hat Real COM Mode allows use rs to continue using RS- 232/422/485 seri al communications software th at was written for pure serial communications applicatio n s. The driver intercepts data sent to the host’s COM port, p acks it into a TCP/IP pack et, and the[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 4-4 TCP Client Mode In TCP Client mode , NPort can actively establish a TCP connection t o a pre-defined host com puter when serial data arri ves. After the data has b een transferred, NPort can automatically disconn ect from th e ho st computer by usin g the TCP alive chec k time or Inact[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 4-5 Reverse Telnet Mode NPort 5600 Series TCP/IP Router Server Server RS-232 Unix Windows NT 5610- 16 Te l n e t 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 T[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 4-6 PPP Mode NPort 5600 Device Server supports standard PPP service for out-of-ban d management if the Ethernet network crashes. The PPP function enables dial-i n access for users who n eed a remote access solution. When a user at a remote site uses PPP di al-in to connect to NPort 5600, N[...]

5 5 Chapter 5 Web Console Configuration The Web Cons ole is the m ost user-frien dly method a vailable to co nfigure NPort 5600 Seri es. This chapter will introdu ce the Web Con sole function groups and function definitions. Th e figures in this chapter were borrowed fro m the manual for NPort 5200, which uses the same Web Console user interface as[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-2 Opening Your Browser 1. Open your browser with the cookie function en abled . (To enable your browser for cook ies, right click your desk top In ternet Explorer ico n, select Properties, click the Security tab, and then select the three Enable optio ns as shown in the figure belo[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-3 4. The NPort 5600 hom epage will open. On thi s page, yo u can see a brie f descriptio n of the Web Console’s nine funct ion gro ups. ATTENTION If you can’t remember the pa ssword, the ONLY way to start configuring NPort is to load factory defaults by using the Reset button l[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-4 Server name Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 1 to 39 charact ers NP[model nam e] -[Port No.]_ [Serial No.] Optional This optio n is useful for speci fying the lo cation or application of different NPorts. Time NPort 5600 has a built-in Real-Time Clock fo r time calibration func[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-5 Console The “Disable” option for W eb Console and T elnet Co nsole is included for security reasons . In some cases, you may want to Disable one or both of these Console utilities as an extra precaution to prevent un authorized users from accessing your NPor t. The factory de[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-6 Method Function Definition Static User defined I P address, Net mask, Gateway . DHCP DHCP Server assigned IP address, Netmask, Gateway , DNS, and T im e Server DHCP/BOOTP DHCP Server assigned IP address, Netm ask, Gateway , DNS, and T ime Server , o r BOOTP Server assigned IP add[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-7 ATTENTION In Dynamic IP environments, the firm ware will retry 3 times every 30 seconds until network settings are ass igned by the DHCP or BO OTP server. T he Timeout f or each try i ncreases from 1 second, to 3 seconds, to 5 seconds. If the DHCP/BOOTP Server is unavailable, the[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-8 IP Address Report When NPort 5600 series produ cts are used in a dynamic IP en vironment , users must spe nd more time with IP management tasks. For example, if NPort works as a server (TCP or UDP), then the host, which acts as a client, must know the IP a ddress of the server. I[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-9 Serial Settings Click Serial Sett ings , located unde r Main Menu , to display serial port set tings for po rts 1 and 2. NOTE: Since this figure was borrowed fr om the manual of NPort 5200, which has only 2 RS-232 ports, there are only 2 ports sho wn in this figure. Once y ou hav[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-10 Serial Parameters ATTENTION Check the serial communication parameters in your Serial Device’s user’s manual. You should set up NPort’s serial parameters with the same communication param eters used by your s erial devices. Baudrate Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 50 bps[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-11 Operating Settings Click Operating Settings located under Main Menu, to display the operating setting s for all o f NPort’s serial ports. Real COM Mode TCP alive check time Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 0 to 99 m in 7 min Optional 0 min: TCP connection is not closed due t[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-12 Max connection Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 1, 2, 3, 4 1 Required Max connection is usually u sed when t he user needs t o receive data from diffe rent hosts simultaneously. The fact ory default is 1. In t his case, only one specific host can access this port of the NPort,[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-13 Packing length Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 0 to 1024 0 Required Default = 0, The Delimiter Process will be followed, regardless of the leng th of the data packet. If the data length (in bytes) matches the configured va lue, the data will be forced out. Th e data length ca[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-14 This parameter defines the time interval during which NPort fetches the serial data from its internal buffer. If data is incomin g through the se rial port, NPort stores the data in the internal buffer. NPort transmits data stored in the buffer via TCP/IP, but only if the intern[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-15 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 lin e. 0-65535 ms: NPort automatically closes the TCP connection if there is no serial data activity for the given time. After the connection [...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-16 Allow driver control Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity No or Y es No Required If “max connection” is greater than 1, NPor t will ignore driver con tro l commands from all connected hosts. However, if you set “Allow driv er control” to YES, control co mmands will b e acc[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-17 Force transmit Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 0 to 65535 ms 0 ms Optional 0: Disable the force transm it timeout . 1 to 65535: Forces the NPort’s TCP/ IP protocol softwa re to try to pac k serial data received during the specified time into the same data frame. This parame[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-18 TCP Client Mode TCP alive check time Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 0 to 99 m in 7 min Optional 0 min: TCP connection is not closed due to an idle TCP connection. 1 to 99 min: NPort automatically closes the TCP connection if th ere is no TCP activity for the given tim e. Ina[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-19 ATTENTION Inactivity time is ONLY active when “TCP connect on” is s et to “Any character.” Ignore jammed IP Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity No or Y es No Required For previous versions of NPort 5200, when Max c onnections > 1, a nd the serial de vice is transmittin[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-20 ATTENTION Delimiter 2 is optional. If left blank, then Deli miter 1 alone trips clearing of the buffer. If the size of the serial data received is greater than 1 KB , the Nport will automatica lly pack the data and send it to the Ethernet. However, to use the delimiter function,[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-21 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 Neces[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-22 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 connection will be established when any ch aracter is received from the serial interface, and will re main acti[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-23 UDP Mode Packing length Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 0 to 1024 0 Required Default = 0, The Delimiter Process will be followed, regardless of the leng th of the data packet. If the data length (in bytes) matches the configured va lue, the data will be forced out. Th e data [...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-24 ATTENTION Delimiter 2 is optional. If left blank, then Deli miter 1 alone trips clearing of the buffer. If the size of the serial data received is greater than 1 KB , the NPort will automatically pack the data and send it to the Ethernet. However, to use the delimiter function, [...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-25 Local listen port Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 1 to 65535 4 001 Required The UDP port that NPort li stens to, an d that other devices must use to contact NP ort. To avoi d conflicts with well known UDP ports, the default is set to 4001. Pair Connection Mode Pair Connectio [...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-26 Destination IP address Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity IP address or Dom ain Name (E.g., 192 .168.1.1 ) blank Optional TCP port No. 4001 R e qui re d The Pair Connection “Master” will contact the networ k host that has this IP address. Data will be transmitted through th [...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-27 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 conn ection is alive. If there is no response, NPort 5600 series will disconnect the original con nection. Inactivity time Setting[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-28 Disabled Mode When Operation mode is set to Disabled, that particular port will be disabled. Select the Apply the above settings to all serial ports option to apply th is setting to the other ports. RFC2217 Mode TCP alive check time Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 0 to 99 m i[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-29 Packing length Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 0 to 1024 0 Optional Default = 0, The Delimiter Process will be followed, regardless of the leng th of the data packet. If the data length (in bytes) matches the configured va lue, the data will be forced out. Th e data length ca[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-30 This parameter defines the time interval during which NPort 5600 fetches the serial data from its internal buffer. If data is incomin g through the serial port, NPort 5600 stores the da ta in the internal buffer. NPort 5600 transmits data stored in the buffer via TCP/IP, but onl[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-31 Incoming PAP check Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity Y es or No No Optional Depends on whether the re mote user's application requests PAP check. Source IP address Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity Source IP address Re quired Destination IP address Setting Factory Defaul [...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-32 y Only one host with a specific IP address ca n access the NPort Enter “IP address/255 .255.255.255” (e.g., “1 92.168.1.1/255.255 .25 5.255”). y Hosts on a spe cific subnet can access the NPort Enter “IP address/2 55.255.255.0” (e.g ., “192 .168.1.0/255 .255.255.0?[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-33 Auto Warning Settings Auto warning: E-mail and SNMP Trap Mail Server Mail server Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity IP or Doma in Nam e None Optional User name Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 1 to 15 characters None Optional Password Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 1 to 15[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-34 SNMP Trap Server SNMP trap server IP or domain name Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity IP or Doma in Nam e None Optional Event Type Cold start This refers to s tarting the system from po wer off (co ntrast this with warm start). When pe rforming a cold start, NPort will automati[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-35 DCD changed The DCD (Data Carrier Detect) signal ha s change d, also ind icating that the modem connection status has changed . For exampl e, a DCD ch ange to high also m eans “Connected” between local modem and rem ote modem . If the DC D signal chan ges to low, it also mea[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-36 Monitor Monitor Line Click Line under Monitor to show t he operation m ode and st atus of each connect ion (IPx), for each of the four serial ports. Monitor Async Click Async under Monitor to show the current status of e ach of the four serial ports.[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-37 Monitor Async-Settings Click Async Set ting under Monitor to show the run-time settings for each of the four serial ports. Change Password Input the “Old password” and “N ew password” to chan ge the pa ssword. Leave the p assword boxes blank to erase the password. In thi[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 5-38 Load Factory Defaults This function will reset all of NPort’s settings to their factory default values. Be aware that previous settin gs will be lost.[...]

6 6 Chapter 6 Configuring NPort Administrator NPort Adm inistrator a nd Web Co nsole are two p owerful to ols that can be used to confi gure the settings of your NPorts. Choose th e method th at is most convenient for you. Note th at this chapter uses NPort 5230 as an example to introduce the installatio n and configuration of NPort Administ ration[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 6-2 Overview NPort Administrator lets you easily install and configure your NPort 5600 Series product o v er the network. N Port Admi nistrator provides five functio n groups t hat ease the install ation pro cess, allow off-li ne COM m apping, and provide monitoring and IP locat ion server functions .[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 6-3 3. Click Next to i nstall the prog ram using the default pr ogram name, or select a differe nt name. 4. Click Install to proceed with the installation. 5. The Installing window reports the prog ress of the installation.[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 6-4 6. Read through the installation notes and then click Next to proceed. 7. Click Finish to complete the installation of NPort Administration Suite.[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 6-5 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 file format.) y The five Administrator function groups are listed in the left section. y A list of NPo[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 6-6 Broadcast Search The Broadcast Search function is used to locate all NPorts that are connect ed to the same LAN as your computer . 1. Since the Broadcast Sea rch function searches by MAC address and not IP address, all NPorts connected to the LAN will be located, regardless of whether or not they [...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 6-7 3. When the sear ch is complete, the Broadcast Sear ch window closes, and t he NPorts that were located are displ ayed in the right pa ne of the A dministrat or window. For the example sho wn he re, NP ort A dm inistrator f ou n d 4 NP ort Serial Device Serve rs o n the LAN. As you can see, 2 of t[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 6-8 2. Instead, select an NPort with “Lock” status, right click the lock ed NPort, and then select the Unlock button. 3. After entering the correct password, the Administrator will display a message box as shown here. The NPort is now unlocked .[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 6-9 4. The previous “Lock” status will switch to “Unlock” statu s. Administrator will keep this NPort in the Unlock status throughout this Administrator sessio n. The six states are as follows (note that the term Fixed is borro wed from the standard fixe d IP address networking ter minology): [...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 6-10 Configuring NPort 5600 1. To start NPort Administrator, click Start Æ NP ort A dm inist rat i on Sui t e Æ NP ort Administrator. 2. Input the password to Unlock th e NPort. Right click a specific NPort and select confi gure to start the configuration. 3. The progress b ar s hows that Adm inistr[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 6-11 4. Refer to Chapter 5 for each param eter’s function definition. To modify the configuration, you must first click in the modify box to activate the parameter setting box.[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 6-12 ATTENTION You can simultaneously modify th e con figurations of multiple NPort 5600s that ar e of the same model. To select multiple NPort 5600s, hold down the Ctrl key when selecting add itio nal NPort 5600s, or hold down the Shif t key to select a group of NPort 5600s. Upgrading Firmware 1. Inp[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 6-13 3. Wait patiently while the Upgrade Firmware action is being processed. ATTENTION You can simultaneously upgrade the firmware of multiple NPort 5600s that are of the same model. To select multiple NPort 5600s, hold down the Ctrl key when selecting an additional NPort 5600, or hold do wn the Shift[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 6-14 2. The Import Configuration function is used to i m port an NPort configuration from a file into one or m ore of the sam e model NP ort. To import a configuration, first select the target servers (use the left mouse butto n to select servers; simply hold down t h e Ctrl key when selecting t he se[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 6-15 4. Click Monitor . 5. Select Add Target . When you select add target, you will see an NPort list th at looks the same as when using Configuration Æ Broadcast Search. 6. Check the NPort you would like to Monitor, and then click OK .[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 6-16 7. The NPort list will now appear on the Monitor screen. 8. Right cli ck the panel a nd select Settings . 9. Select or de-select Monitor I tems . Use the singl e arrowhe ad buttons to m ove highlighted items from one box to the other. Use the double arrowhead buttons to move all items in one box [...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 6-17 10. Select a Re fresh Rate (the de faul t is 3 seco nd s). 11. Select Displa y warning mess age for new event or Play warning music for new even t. In the second case, you must enter the path to the WAV file that you want to be played. “New event” means that one of the 5600s in th e monitor i[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 6-18 12. Right click and sel ect Go to start the Monitor. 13. For this example, the 5 NPorts shown in the list will be m onitored. 14. When one of the NPorts loses connection with the Monitor prog ram, a warning alert will display automatically. The warning music will be played at the same time.[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 6-19 15. In the Monitor screen, you can see that the “ N ot Alive” NPort is marked with red color. 16. Click the Alive column. The Monitor program will sort the NPort list and pu t all “Not Alive” NPorts at the top of the list. 17. If the NPort gets reconnected, a warning will be displayed to [...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 6-20 Port Monitor 1. The process described here is the sam e as in the previous “Monitor” section. The only difference i s that you ca n select more it ems unde r Port Moni tor than under Moni tor. 2. Select or de -select Moni tor Item s. Use the single a rrowhead buttons to m ove hi ghlighted i t[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 6-21 On-line COM Mapping 1. Broadcast Sea rch for NPorts on the network. 2. Select the COM Ma pping functio n g ro u p. 3. Add the target to which you would like to map COM ports. 4. The NPort list that appears is the list generated by the previous Broadcast Search. Select the NPort to which you would[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 6-22 5. Select COM Settin g to modify COM No., default setting, etc. 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 NPorts, remember to check the “Auto Enumerati ng” function to [...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 6-23 Fast Flush (only flus h local buffer) We have adde d one opti onal Fast Flus h functi on to Moxa’s ne w NPort R eal COM drive r. NPort Adm inistrator Sui t e fo r 2G NP o rt a dds it after version 1.2. For some applications, the user’s program will use th e W in32 “PurgeComm()” function b[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 6-24 7. 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. 8. Select Discard Change t o tell Administrator NOT to save the COM Mapping[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 6-25 Off-line COM Mapping 1. Add a target by entering the IP address and selecting th e Model Name without physically connecting the NPort to th e network. 2. Select Apply c hange to effect the changes immediately.[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 6-26 IP Location When NPort 5600 series produ cts are used in a dynamic IP en vironment , users must spe nd more time wit h IP manageme nt tasks. NPo rt 5600 series pr oducts hel p out by periodicall y reporting their IP address to the IP location se rv er, in case the dynamic IP has change d. y Recei[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 6-27[...]

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

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Pinouts and Cable Wiring 7-2 Overview What is IP Seri al Library? IP Serial Library is a Windows library w ith fr eq uently used serial comm and sets and su broutines. 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 t[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Pinouts and Cable Wiring 7-3 IP Serial LIB Function Groups Server Control Port Co ntro l Input/O utput Data Po rt Status 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_Se[...]

A A Appendix A Pinouts and Cable Wiring In this appendix, we cover th e fo llowing topics.  Port Pinout Diagrams ¾ Ethernet Port Pinouts ¾ Serial Port Pinouts  Cable Wiring Diagrams ¾ Ethernet Cables ¾ Serial Cables for NPort 5610/5650 (RS-232) ¾ Serial Cables for NPort 5630 (RS-422/4-wire RS-485) ¾ Serial Cables for NPort 5630 (2-wire [...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Well Known Port Numbers A-2 Port Pinout Diagrams Ethernet Port Pinouts Pin RS-232 1 Tx+ 2 Tx- 3 Rx+ 6 Rx- 18 Serial Port Pinouts RS-232 Port Pino uts for NPort 5610 Pin RS-232 1 DSR (in) 2 R TS (out) 3 GND 4 TxD (out) 5 RxD (in) 6 DCD (in) 7 CTS (i n) 8 DTR (out ) 18 RS-422/485 Port Pinout s for NPort 5630 Pin RS-4[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Well Known Port Numbers A-3 Cable Wiring Diagrams Ethernet Cables Straight-Through Cable RJ45 Plug Pin 1 Cable Wiring 3 3 6 6 1 1 2 2 Cross-Over Cable RJ45 Plug Pin 1 Cable Wiring 3 1 6 2 1 3 2 6 Serial Cables for NPort 5610/5650 (RS-232) RJ45 (8-pins) to Female DB9 NPort 5610 NPort 5650 DSR RTS GND TxD RxD DCD CTS[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Well Known Port Numbers A-4 RJ45 (8-pins) to Male DB9 NPort 5610 NPort 5650 DSR RTS GND TxD RxD DCD CTS DTR RS-232 Device DTR CTS GND RxD TxD DCD RTS DSR Cable Wiring 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 7 5 3 2 1 8 4 Male DB9 Female DB9 RJ45 Connector RJ45 Port 9 pins 8 pins RJ45 (8-pins) to Female DB25 NPort 5610 NPort 5650 DSR RTS[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Well Known Port Numbers A-5 Serial Cables for NPort 5630 (RS-422/4-wire RS -485) RJ45 (8-pins) to Female DB9 NPort 5630 RS-422/ 4-wire RS-485 Device Cable Wiring 3 4 5 6 7 5 2 3 1 7 Male DB9 Female DB9 RJ45 Connector RJ45 Port 9 pins 8 pins TxD + TxD - RxD - RxD + GND RxD + RxD - TxD - TxD + GND RJ45 (8-pins) to Ma[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Well Known Port Numbers A-6 RJ45 (8-pins) to Male DB25 NPort 5630 RS-422/ 4-wire RS-485 Device Cable Wiring 3 4 5 6 7 7 2 3 8 5 Male DB25 Female DB25 RJ45 Connector RJ45 Port 25 pins 8 pins TxD + TxD - RxD - RxD + GND RxD + RxD - TxD - TxD + GND Serial Cables for NPort 5630 (2-wire RS -485) RJ45 (8-pins) to Female [...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Well Known Port Numbers A-7 RJ45 (8-pins) to Male DB25 NPort 5630 2-wire RS-485 Device Cable Wiring Male DB25 Female DB25 RJ45 Connector RJ45 Port 25 pins 8 pins 5 6 7 3 8 5 Data - Data + GND Data - Data + GND Serial Cables for NPort 5650 (RS-422/4-wire RS -485) RJ45 (8-pins) to Female DB9 NPort 5650 RS-422/ 4-wire[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Well Known Port Numbers A-8 RJ45 (8-pins) to Female DB25 NPort 5650 RS-422/ 4-wire RS-485 Device Cable Wiring 5 7 3 2 8 Male DB25 Female DB25 RJ45 Connector RJ45 Port 25 pins 8 pins 2 3 4 5 6 TxD + GND TxD - RxD + RxD - RxD + GND RxD - TxD + TxD - RJ45 (8-pins) to Male DB25 NPort 5650 RS-422/ 4-wire RS-485 Device C[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Well Known Port Numbers A-9 RJ45 (8-pins) to Female DB25 NPort 5650 2-wire RS-485 Device Cable Wiring Male DB25 Female DB25 RJ45 Connector RJ45 Port 25 pins 8 pins 3 5 6 7 2 8 GND Data + Data - GND Data + Data - RJ45 (8-pins) to Male DB25 NPort 5650 2-wire RS-485 Device Cable Wiring Male DB25 Female DB25 RJ45 Conne[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Well Known Port Numbers A-10 Pin Assignments for DB25 Male and Female Connectors DB25 Male Connector DB25 Female Connector 1 2 TxD (out) 3 RxD (in) 4 RTS (out) 5 CTS (in) 6 DSR (in) 7 GND 8 DCD (in) 13 DTR (out) 20 25 14 1 RxD (in) 2 TxD (out) 3 CTS (in) 4 RTS (out) 5 DTR (out) 6 GND 7 DCD (in) 8 13 20 DSR (in) 25 [...]

B B Appendix B Well Known Port Numbers In this appendix, which is in cluded for your re ference, we p r ovi de a list of Well Known p ort numbers that may cause network problems if you set NPort 560 0 to one of these ports. Refer to RFC 1700 for Well Known por t numbers, or refer to the follow ing introduction from the IANA . The port num bers are [...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual SNMP Agent with MIB II & RS-232 Like Group B-2 TCP Socket Application Service 53 Domain Nam e Server (dom ain) 79 Finger protocol (Finger) 80 W orld W ide W eb HTTP 1 19 Network ne ws T ransfer P rotocol ( NNTP) 123 Network T im e Protocol 213 IPX 160 – 223 Reserve d fo r f ut u re use UDP Socket Application [...]

C C Appendix C SNMP Agent with MIB II & RS-232 Like Group NPort 5600 has built-in SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) ag ent software. It supports SNMP Tr ap, RFC1317 RS-232 like gr oup and RFC1213 MIB-II . The following tab le lists the standard MIB-II group, as well as the variable implementation for NPort 5600. RFC1213 MIB-II supp orte[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Auto IP Report Protocol C-2 System MIB Interfaces MIB IP MIB ICMP MIB ifOutQLen ipAdEntNetMask IcmpOutT imestamps ifSpecific ipAdEntBcastAddr IcmpOutT imestampReps ipAdEntReasmMaxSi ze IcmpOutAddrMasks IpNetT oMediaIfInde x IcmpOutAddrMaskReps IpNetT oMediaPhysAddr ess IpNetT oMediaNetAddress IpNetT oMediaT ype IpR[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Auto IP Report Protocol C-3 Addre ss T ranslation MIB TCP MIB SNMP MIB snmpOutGetResponses snmpOutT raps snmpEnableAuth enT raps RFC1317: RS-232 MIB objects Generic RS-232-like Group RS-232-like General Port Ta b l e RS-232-like Asynchr onous Port Gr oup rs232Number r s232PortT ab le rs232Asyn cPortT able rs232Por [...]

D D Appendix D Auto IP Report Protocol NPort Series provides sev eral ways to configu r e 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 av[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Service Information D-2 And then you can develop your own programs to recei ve t his information from the NPort. Here is NPort’s Auto IP Report Protocol. We provide an example for you to easily develop your ow n programs. Y ou can find t his exam ple on MOXA’s website. Auto IP Repo rt Format “MOXA ” , 4 byt[...]

E E Appendix E Service Information This appen dix shows y ou how to co ntact MOXA for inform ation about t his and ot her products, and how to report problems. In this appendix, we cover th e fo llowing topics.  MOXA Internet Services  Problem Report Form  Product Return Procedure[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Service Information E-2 MOXA Internet Services Customer satisfaction is our primary concern. To ensure that custo mers receive the full benefit of our products , MOXA Inter net Services has been set up to pr ovide technical sup port, driver updates, product inf ormation, a nd user’s m anual updat es. The followin[...]

NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Service Information E-3 Problem Report Form MOXA NPort 5600 Series Customer name: Comp any: T el: Fax: Email: Date: 1. MOXA Pr oduct:  NPort 5610 -16-48V (DC Pow er)  NPort 5610 -8-48V (DC Power)  NPort 5610 -16 (AC Pow er)  NPort 5610-8 (AC Powe r)  NPort 5630-16 (A C Power)  NPort 5630-8 (AC Pow[...]

NPort 5600 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 Fo rm (PRF). Include as much detail as pos[...]