Moxa NPort 5110-T manual

NPort 5100 Se ries User’ s Manual Fi fth Edition, Febr uary 2012 www.moxa.com/product © 2012 Moxa Inc . All rig hts reserv ed.[...]

NPort 5100 Se ries User’ s Manual The softw are described in this manual is furnished under a license agreement and may be used only in accordance with the terms of that agree ment. Copyri ght Notic e © 2012 Moxa Inc . All rig hts reserv ed. Trademarks The MOXA logo is a regis tered trademark of Moxa Inc. All other tr ademarks or registe red mar[...]

Table of Content s 1. Int rodu ct ion ...................................................................................................................................... 1-1 Ov erv iew ........................................................................................................................................... 1-2 Packag e Checklist[...]

COM Ma pping ................................................................................................................................... 6- 17 On - line COM Mapping ................................................................................................................ 6- 18 Off - line C OM Mapping ..................................[...]

1 1. Introduction NPor t 5100 and N Por t 5110 - T are advanced, 1 - po rt R S - 232/42 2/485 seria l device s ervers tha t make i t easy t o network - enable serial d evices. The follow ing topics are covered in this chapter:  Ove rv i ew  Package C hecklist  Produc t Feature s  Produc t Specif ication s[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Introduc ti on 1-2 Overvi ew NPort 5100 serie s device servers are designed to make your industrial serial dev ices Internet ready instantl y, and are we ll - suited for POS secur ity marke t applications . The compact size of NPort 5100 device serv ers makes them the ideal cho ice for co nnecting yo ur RS - 232/422/4 8 5 serial [...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Introduc ti on 1-3 Produ ct Specific ations[...]

2 2. Getting Started This chapte r includes infor mation about installing NPort 5100. The following top ics are covered: The follow ing topics are covered in this chapter:  Panel La y out of NP ort 5100 Series  Connec t ing t he Hardw are  Connec ting the Power  Connec ting to the Network  Connec ting to a Serial Device  LED Ind i[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Getting Started 2-2 Panel Layou t of NPort 5 100 Series NOTE: The layou ts of N Port 513 0 and NPor t 5150 are the same as fo r NPo rt 5 110. Connecting the Hardware This secti on describ es how to connect the NPor t 5100 to serial de vices for fir st time testing pur pose s. We cover Connect ing to t h e Netwo rk , Connect ing t[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Getting Started 2-3 Connecti ng to a Serial Dev ice Connec t the serial data cable betwe en NPort 5100 and the serial device . NPort 5100’s serial port us es the RS - 232/422/485 interf ace to transmit data. The por t uses a standard male DB9 pin assignme nt. Refer to Appendi x A to see the signal definitions for the port. LED [...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Getting Started 2-4 NPort 515 0/5130 Jumpers[...]

3 3. Initial IP Address Configurati o n When setting up your NPort 5100 for the first time , you should first configure the IP address. This chapter introd uces the metho d to configur e the device s erver’s IP ad dress. For more details a bout netwo rk setting s, see the Network Setting s sectio n from Chapter 5, Web Consol e Configurat ion . Th[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Initi al IP Address Co nfigur ati on 3-2 Initializin g the NPort 5 100’ s IP Addre ss 1. Determine whether your NPo rt 5100 needs to use a Static IP or Dyna mic IP (e ither D HCP or B OO T P applica tion). 2. If the N Por t 5100 is use d in a Static IP e nvironmen t , y ou can use NPort 5 100 Adm inistration S uite, ARP , Web C[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Initi al IP Address Co nfigur ati on 3-3 Take the follo wing steps to use ARP to config ure the IP address : 1. Obtain a valid I P addr ess for your NPor t 5100 from your network ad ministrator . 2. Obtain the N Por t 5100 ’ s MAC address from the lab el on it s bot tom panel. 3. Execute the ‘arp - s’ command from your comp[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Initi al IP Address Co nfigur ati on 3-4 4. Type 2 to se lect N etw o rk s ett i ng s , and then pres s Enter . 5. Typ e 1 t o s e lect IP address a nd then press Ent er . 6. Use the Backspa ce key to erase the current IP address, typ e in the new IP address, and then pres s Enter . 7. Press any key to continue .[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Initi al IP Address Co nfigur ati on 3-5 8. Typ e m and then press Ent er to return to the main menu. 9. Typ e s and then pre ss Enter to Sav e/Resta rt the system . 10. Typ e y and then pre ss Enter to s ave the new IP address and restart the NPor t 5100. Serial Cons ole (19200, n, 8, 1) You may use the RS - 232 /422/485 console[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Initi al IP Address Co nfigur ati on 3-6 4. The Property wind ow opens automatically . F rom the Communication Parameter page, selec t the appropr iate CO M port for the conne ction, CO M1 in this example, and 19200 for Baud R ate , 8 for Data Bits , Non e for P arit y , an d 1 for Stop Bits . 5. From the Proper ty window’s Ter[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Initi al IP Address Co nfigur ati on 3-7 9. Start conf iguring the IP address under Netwo rk Setti ngs . Refer to step 4 in the Telnet Console s ection for the r est of the I P settings .[...]

4 4. Choosing the Proper Operati o n Mode In this sectio n, we describe the vario us NPort 5100 operation mode s. The options include Real CO M Mod e, which uses a drive r installed on the host compute r, and operation modes that rely o n TCP/IP socket programm ing concepts. Af ter choosing the prope r operation mode in this c hapter, re fer to Cha[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Choosin g the P roper Ope ration M ode 4-2 Overvi ew NPort 510 0 serial dev ice servers netwo rk - enable trad itional R S - 232/ 422/48 5 devi ces, in which a serial devic e server is a tiny co mputer equipped with a CPU , real - time OS, and TCP/IP protoco ls that can bi - direc tionally translate d ata between the serial and E[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Choosin g the P roper Ope ration M ode 4-3 ATTENTI O N Real COM Mode allo ws several hosts to have access contro l to the same NPort 5100 . The driver that com es with your NPort 510 0 controls host access to attache d serial devices by checking the hos t’s IP a ddress. Ref er to the Accessib le IP Settings sectio n of Chapter [...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Choosin g the P roper Ope ration M ode 4-4 UDP Mode Compar ed to TCP communication, UD P is faster and more effi cient. In UDP mode, you can unicast or multic ast data from the serial de vice to one or multiple host computers , and the ser ial device can also receive data from one or multiple host computers, making this mod e ide[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Choosin g the P roper Ope ration M ode 4-5 Revers e Telnet Mode Console manag ement is commonly used by connecting to Console/AUX or COM ports of routers, switche s, and UPS units. R telnet works the same as TCP Server mode in that only one TCP por t is listened to after booting up . The sys tem then waits for a host o n the netw[...]

5 5. Web Console Con f iguration The Web Console is the most user - friendl y method available to c onfigure NPor t 5100. In this chapter, w e introd uce the Web Console function g roups and functio n defin itions. The follow ing topics are covered in this chapter:  Openi ng Yo ur Bro wser  Basic Set tings  Netwo rk Sett ings  Serial Se[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Web Cons ole Conf igur at ion 5-2 Opening Your Browser 1. Open your brows er with the cookie functio n enabled. (To enable your browser for cookies , right click on your desktop Inter net Explorer icon, select Proper ties, click on the Security tab, and then s elect the three Enable optio ns as shown in the figure belo w .) 2. Ty[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Web Cons ole Conf igur at ion 5-3 4. Th e N Po rt 510 0 homepag e will ope n nex t . On this page, you can see a bri ef descriptio n of th e Web Console’s nine functio n groups. ATTENTI O N If you can’t reme mber the password, the ONLY way to start co nfiguring the N Por t 5100 is to l oad fact ory defaul ts by using the Rese[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Web Cons ole Conf igur at ion 5-4 Web/ Telnet Co nsole The “Dis able” option for “We b Co nsole” and “T elnet C onsole” is inc luded for security r easons. I n some cas es, you may want to d isable one o r bo th of the se c onso le utilities as an extra precautio n to prevent unauthor ized users from accessing you r N[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Web Cons ole Conf igur at ion 5-5 IP configur ation Method Function Def inition Static User defin ed IP a ddress , Netmask , Gateway. DHCP D HC P S erv er a ss ign ed IP address, N etma sk , Gatewa y , DNS , and Time Server DHCP/BOO TP DHC P S erv er a ss ign ed IP address, N etmask , Gatewa y , DNS, and Time Server, or BOOTP Se [...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Web Cons ole Conf igur at ion 5-6 When the user wants to visit a particula r website, the com puter asks a Domain Name System (DNS) ser ver for the website ’s correct IP address, and then the computer uses the r espons e to connect to the web s e rver. DNS is the way that Interne t domain names are identif ied and translated in[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Web Cons ole Conf igur at ion 5-7 Auto repor t to I P Sett ing Facto ry Def ault Nece ssity E .g ., 192.1 68.1.1 or URL (IP address es of the for m x.x.x. 0 and x .x.x.255 are invalid .) None Optio nal Repor ts generated by the Auto repor t function will be automatica lly sent to this IP addr ess. Auto repor t to TCP port Sett in[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Web Cons ole Conf igur at ion 5-8 Serial Parame ters ATTENTI O N Check the ser ial communicatio n parameters in your Ser ial Device’s user’ s manual. You should se t up NPort 5100’s ser ial parameters with the s ame communication p arameters used by your serial devic es. Baud rate Sett ing Facto ry Def ault Nece ssity 110 b[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Web Cons ole Conf igur at ion 5-9 Oper ating Settin gs Click Operating Set t ings , located under Main Menu , to display the operating s ettings for both of NPor t 5100 ’ s serial ports. Real COM Mode TCP alive ch eck time Sett ing Facto ry Def ault Nece ssity 0 to 99 min 7 min Optional 0 min: TCP connectio n is not closed due [...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Web Cons ole Conf igur at ion 5- 10 data tunnel witho ut contro l ability. That is, this ser ial port parame ter will use the firmware ’ s settings, not depe nd on your applicatio n program (AP). Applic ation sof tware tha t is based on the COM driver will receiv e a dr iver res pon se of “ success ” when the so f tw ar e u[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Web Cons ole Conf igur at ion 5- 11 ATTENTI O N Delimiter 2 is optional. If left blank, then Delimite r 1 alone trips c learing of the buffer . If the size of the seri al data re ceived is gre ater than 1 KB, the NPo rt 5100 w ill automatically p ack the data and send it to the Ether net. However, to use the delim iter functio n,[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Web Cons ole Conf igur at ion 5- 12 TCP Server Mode TCP alive ch eck time Sett ing Facto ry Def ault Nece ssity 0 to 99 min 7 min Optional 0 min: TCP connectio n is not closed due to an idle TC P connection . 1 to 99 min: The NPo r t 51 00 automatically closes the TCP connectio n if there is no TCP activity fo r the given time. A[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Web Cons ole Conf igur at ion 5- 13 Max con nection is usually used w hen the user need s to receive data from d ifferent hosts s imultaneous ly. The f actory def ault only allow s 1 connec tion a t a time. Max. con nection 1: NPort o nly a llow s 1 host to open the TCP connectio n to the spe cific ser ial port. Max connection 2 [...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Web Cons ole Conf igur at ion 5- 14 Delimiter proces s Sett ing Facto ry Def ault Nece ssity Do nothing Delimiter + 1, D elimiter + 2 Strip Delimiter Do Nothing Optio nal [Delimiter + 1] or [Delimiter + 2]: The data will be transmitted when an additional by te (for Delimiter +1), or an additio nal 2 bytes (for Delimiter +2) of da[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Web Cons ole Conf igur at ion 5- 15 TCP Client M ode TCP alive ch eck time Sett ing Facto ry Def ault Nece ssity 0 to 99 min 7 min Optional 0 min: TCP connectio n is not closed due to an idle TC P connection . 1 to 99 min: N Port 51 00 automatically clos es the TCP connection if there is no TCP activ ity for the given time. Inac [...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Web Cons ole Conf igur at ion 5- 16 ATTENTI O N Inactiv ity time is ONLY active when “ TCP connect o n ” is set to “ Any char acter .” Ignore jamme d I P Setting Facto ry Def ault Nece ssity No or Yes No Optio nal Previo usly, when Max conne ctions > 1, and the serial device is tr ansmitting d ata, if any one of the co[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Web Cons ole Conf igur at ion 5- 17 0 : Disable the force tr ansmit timeout. 1 to 6553 5: Forces the NPort 5100 ’ s TCP/IP protoco l software to try to pack serial data received during the specifie d time into the same data fr ame. This par ameter defines the time interv al during which NPor t 5100 fe tches the serial d ata fro[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Web Cons ole Conf igur at ion 5- 18 Connection c ontrol Setting Facto ry Def ault Nece ssity Startup /None, Any Charac ter/None, Any Charac ter/Inacti vity Time, DSR ON/ DSR OF F, DSR ON/None , DCD ON/ DCD OF F, DCD ON/None Startup /None Require d The meaning of each of the above settings is given in the table below . In general,[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Web Cons ole Conf igur at ion 5- 19 Packing le ngth Setting Facto ry Def ault Nece ssity 0 to 1024 0 Optio nal Defa ult = 0, The Delimiter Process will b e followed, regard less of the length of the data packet. If the d ata length (in bytes ) matches the configure d value, the data will be forced out. The data length can be conf[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Web Cons ole Conf igur at ion 5- 20 Therefo re, you should s et Force trans mit timeout to be larger than 8.3 ms , so in this case, it must b e greater than or equal to 10 ms. If the user wants to send a series of characters in the same packet, the ser ial device attached to NPor t 5100 should send that series of character s duri[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Web Cons ole Conf igur at ion 5- 21 0 min: TCP connectio n is not closed due to an idle T CP connectio n . 1 to 99 min: The NPort 5100 closes the TCP connec tion automatically if there is no TCP activity fo r the given time. Destin ation IP addre ss Sett ing Facto ry Def ault Nece ssity IP address or Domain Name (E .g ., 192. 168[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Web Cons ole Conf igur at ion 5- 22 Etherne t Modem Mode Dial - in NPort 5100 lis tens for a TCP/IP connec tion request fro m the remote Ethernet modem or host. NPort 5100’s respo nse depends on the ATS0 value, as outlined below. ATS0=0 (def ault): NPort 5100 will tem porarily accept the TCP connec tion and then send the “RIN[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Web Cons ole Conf igur at ion 5- 23 No. AT command Descrip tion Remarks 1 ATA Answer ma nually 2 ATD <IP>:< Port> Dial up the IP addres s: Port No. 3 ATE ATE0=Ec ho OFF ATE1= Echo ON (default) 4 ATH ATH0 =O n - hook (defaul t) ATH1 =O ff - hoo k 5 ATI, AT I0 , AT I1, ATI2 Modem v ersion reply “OK” o nly 6 ATL Spea[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Web Cons ole Conf igur at ion 5- 24 12 S11 DTMF dura tion and spacing (alwa ys=10 0 ms) no action app lied 13 S12 Escape code g uard time (defaul t=50, unit 1/50 sec) to contro l the idle time for “+++” TCP alive ch eck time Sett ing Facto ry Def ault Nece ssity 0 to 99 min 7 min Required 0 min: TCP connectio n is not closed [...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Web Cons ole Conf igur at ion 5- 25 If data receive d through NPort 5100 ’s Ethe rnet port is sent us i ng th e “ enter ” command, the data will be transmitte d out the serial port w ith an added 1. “ carriag e return + line feed ” if you select the <CR - LF> option (i.e., the cur sor will jump to the next line, a[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Web Cons ole Conf igur at ion 5- 26 Allowable Hosts In put f orma t Any h ost Disabl e 192.1 68.1.120 192.1 68.1.120 / 255. 255.255 .255 192.1 68.1.1 to 1 92.168.1. 254 192.1 68.1.0 / 25 5.255.25 5.0 192.1 68.0.1 to 1 92.168.2 55.254 192.1 68.0.0 / 25 5.255. 0.0 192.1 68.1.1 to 1 92.168.1. 126 192.1 68.1.0 / 25 5.255.25 5.128 192[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Web Cons ole Conf igur at ion 5- 27 ATTENTI O N Consult y our Network Administrator o r ISP for the proper mail server setting s. The Auto wa rning functio n may not work properly if it is not configured correctly . NPort 5100 SMTP AUTH s upports LOGIN , PLAIN , CRAM - MD5 (RFC 25 54). SNMP Trap Se rver SNMP trap se rver IP o r d[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Web Cons ole Conf igur at ion 5- 28 DCD chan ged The DCD (D ata Carr ier Detec t) signal has change d , also indicat ing that the modem connectio n status h as c hanged. Fo r examp le, a DCD chang e to high also m ean s “ Connected ” between local m odem and r emote modem. If the DCD sig nal change s to low, it also means tha[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Web Cons ole Conf igur at ion 5- 29 Monitor Async Click Asyn c und er Monitor to s how the current status of t he serial por t. Monitor Async - Settings Click Async Sett ing under Monitor to s how the run - time setting s for the ser ial port. Change Password Input the “Old password” and “New password ” to change the pass[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Web Cons ole Conf igur at ion 5- 30 Load Fac tory Default T his functio n will re set all of NPort 5100 ’s settings to the factory defaul t values. Be awar e that previo us settings will be lost.[...]

6 6. Configuring NPort Administr a tor The follow ing topics are covered in this chapte r:  Over vie w  Installi ng NPort Admi nistrator  C onfigur ation  Broadcast Search  Unlock Pass word Protectio n  Conf iguring the NPort 5100  Upgrad ing the Fi rmware  Export C onfigur ation  Import Conf iguration  Monitor  Por[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Configu ring N Port A dmi nistrat or 6-2 Overvi ew Device Serv er Administr ator lets you install and co nfigure your NPor t 5100 Series prod ucts easily over the network . Five function gro ups are provided to ease the installation p rocess , allow off - line COM mapp ing, and provide monitoring and IP locatio n server functio n[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Configu ring N Port A dmi nistrat or 6-3 3. Click N ext to insta ll the pro gram using the default prog ram name , or sele ct a different n ame . 4. Click Install to proceed with the installation. 5. The Installing window reports the progress of the installati on.[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Configu ring N Port A dmi nistrat or 6-4 6. Click N ext to pro ceed with the installatio n. 7. Click Finish to complete the installation of NPort 5100 Administratio n Suite. Configu ration The Administr ator - Conf iguration w indow is divided into fo ur parts. • The t op sectio n contain s the functio n list and online help ar[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Configu ring N Port A dmi nistrat or 6-5 Broadcast Search The Broadcast S earch f unction is used to locate all NPort 5100s that are connected to the same LAN as y o ur computer . Since the Broadcast Se arch functio n searches by MAC addres s and not IP address, all NPort 5100s connected to the LAN will be located, regard less of[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Configu ring N Port A dmi nistrat or 6-6 3. When the searc h is complete, the Broadc ast Search window will close , and the NPort 5100 s that w ere located wi ll be displayed in the right pane of the Administr ator window. If you found more than one server connec ted to this network, refer to the MAC address stick er on your serv[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Configu ring N Port A dmi nistrat or 6-7 2. After inp utting the correct p assword, the Administr ator will disp lay an “Unlock ok” message. 3. The “Lock” s tatus will change to “Unlock ,” and the Administrator utility wil l keep this NPort 5100 in the Unlock status througho ut this Administr ator ses sio n. The meani[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Configu ring N Port A dmi nistrat or 6-8 Configuri ng the NPort 5100 In this sectio n, we illustrate ho w to access the NPort 5100 ’s configur ation utility. You s hould first make sure that you can connec t over the network from yo ur computer to the NPort 5100 . 1. To s tart NPort A dministr ator, click Sta rt  NPor t Admi[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Configu ring N Port A dmi nistrat or 6-9 4. Refer t o Chapte r 5 for ea ch paramet er ’ s function d efinition. To mod ify the configuratio n, you must first cli ck in the modif y box to activate the parame ter setting box. ATTENTI O N You can simultaneo usly mod ify the configuratio ns of multiple NPort 5100s that are of the s[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Configu ring N Port A dmi nistrat or 6- 10 2. Unlock the NPort 5100 you wish to configure if it is password protecte d. Right click a specific NPort 5100 and select the U pgrade Fir mware f unction to star t upgrading the f ir mw ar e. 3. Select the correct ROM file to do wnload. 4. Wait while the Upgr ade Firmware action is proc[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Configu ring N Port A dmi nistrat or 6- 11 Export Confi guration To expor t the configuration of an NPor t 5100 , right clic k the NPort 5100 , select E xport Config u ratio n , and then follow the onscreen instructio ns. The Expor t Configuration f unction is a handy tool that can be used to produc e a text file containing the c[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Configu ring N Port A dmi nistrat or 6- 12 ATTENTI O N You c an simultaneo usly import the same configuratio n file into multi ple N Port 5100s that are of the same model . To sele ct multiple NPor t 5100 s, hold down the Ctrl key when selecting an additional NPort 5100, or hold down the Shift key to se lect a block of NPort 5100[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Configu ring N Port A dmi nistrat or 6- 13 2. Click Mon it or  Add Targe t from the menu bar , or click the right mouse button and select Add Target . 3. Click Rescan. 4. Select yo ur targets from the list, and the n click OK .[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Configu ring N Port A dmi nistrat or 6- 14 Once t he Monitor f unction is ru nning: 1. The NPort 5100 list w ill appear on the Monitor scr een. 2. Right clic k the panel and select Set tin gs . 3. Select or de - select Monitor Item s . Use the single arrow head buttons to move hig hlighted items from one box to the other . Use th[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Configu ring N Port A dmi nistrat or 6- 15 4. Select a Refresh Rat e (the d efault is 3 s econds) on the Gener al Settings page . 5. On the Adv ance d S ett ings page, s elect Displa y warning message fo r ne w eve nt and/or Play warnin g music for new eve nt . In the second ca se, you must enter the path to the WAV file that you[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Configu ring N Port A dmi nistrat or 6- 16 7. For this example , the NPo rt 51 00 s shown in the list will b e monitored . 8. When one of the NPort 5100 s los e s connectio n with the Monitor program , a warning alert will disp lay automatically . The warning music will be played at the same time. 9. In the Monitor s creen, you c[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Configu ring N Port A dmi nistrat or 6- 17 11. The NPort 510 0 s that were reconnec ted, and are now “ A live, ” will be s hown in black color. Port Mon itor The p ro ces s des crib ed h ere is the same as in the pre vious “ Monitor ” section. The only d ifference is that yo u c a n select more ite ms under Port Mo nitor [...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Configu ring N Port A dmi nistrat or 6- 18 Use the follow ing procedure to map COM ports: 1. On - line COM Mapping: Connec t NPort 5100 to the ne tw ork  Set NPort 5100 to the pro per IP addr ess  M ap COM s to your host  Apply Cha nge . 2. Off - line C OM Mapping : M ap COM s to your h ost  Apply C hange  Connect [...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Configu ring N Port A dmi nistrat or 6- 19 5. Select COM Settings t o mod ify COM N o., d efault setting, etc. 6. Select the COM N u mber . COM ports that are “In use” or “A ssigned” w ill also be indicated in this drop - do w n list. If y ou select multip le serial por ts or multiple NPort 51 00 s, remember to check the [...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Configu ring N Port A dmi nistrat or 6- 20 In order to accom modate other applic ations that requir e a faster res p onse time, the new NPort dri ver impleme nts a new “ Fast Flush ” optio n. Note that by default, this f unction is disable d. • To beg in with, make sure t here a re so me “ PurgeC omm() ” functions being[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Configu ring N Port A dmi nistrat or 6- 21 9. After setting the COM Mapping, remember to se lect Appl y Change to save the informatio n in the host system registry . The host computer will not have the ability to use the COM port until after Apply Cha nge is selecte d . 10. Select Di scard Chan ge to tell Administr ator NOT to sa[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Configu ring N Port A dmi nistrat or 6- 22 Off -line COM Mapping 1. Add a target by inputt ing the IP addre ss and selecting the Mode l Name without physical ly connecting the NPort 5100 to the networ k. 2. Modify the por t settings as needed . 3. Right clic k in the NPort list section and select Ap ply Chan ge .[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Configu ring N Port A dmi nistrat or 6- 23 IP Address Report When NPort 5100 is used in a dynamic IP environme nt, users must spend more time with IP manageme nt tasks. NP or t 5100 Ser ies products help out by periodically repor ting their IP address to the IP location server, in case the dynam ic IP has changed. 1. Conf igure t[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Configu ring N Port A dmi nistrat or 6- 24 4. Click Go to start re ceiving the Auto IP addres s report from the NPort 5100 .[...]

7 7. NPort CE Driver Mana ger for Windows CE The follow ing topics are covered in this chapter:  Over vie w  Installi ng NPort CE Dri ver Manage r  Using N Port CE Driv er Manager[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es NP ort CE Driver Ma nager f or Window s CE 7-2 Overvi ew NPort CE Driver Manager is designe d for use with NPort 5000 serial ports that are set to Real COM mode. The softwar e manages the instal lation of driv ers that allow yo u to map unused COM ports on yo ur PC to serial por ts on the NPort 5000 . These drivers are desig ned [...]

NPort 5100 Seri es NP ort CE Driver Ma nager f or Window s CE 7-3 2. Click o n the CO M Mapping pag e and then the “Searc h” button to scan for NPort servers. 3. All NPort server s that were located will appear in the NPort CE Driver Manager window. Click on the server whose COM por ts you would like to map to and then sele ct the port index. N[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es NP ort CE Driver Ma nager f or Window s CE 7-4 5. Return to the COM S etting page. You s hould be able to see the newly mapped COM Port(s). 6. To configur e the settings for a particular COM Port, select the row of the desired port, and then modify the setting in the “S ettings” pa nel, as shown below. Tx Mode “Hi - Perform[...]

8 8. IP Serial LIB The follow ing topics are covered in this chapter:  Over vie w  IP Serial LI B Func tion Groups  Example Pr ogram[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es IP Seria l LIB 8-2 Overvi ew What is IP Serial Libr a ry? IP Serial Libr ary is a Windows library w ith frequently used ser ial command sets and subroutines . IP Serial Library is designed to reduce the complex ity and poor efficiency of serial communicatio n over TCP/I P. For examp le, Telnet can only transfer data, b ut it can?[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es IP Seria l LIB 8-3 Exa mple Pro gram char NP or t 5100 -N ip=” 192.168 .1.10 ”; char bu ffer[25 5]; int por t = 1; int por tid; nsio_i nit(); portid = nsio_ open( NP ort 5100 ip, por t); nsio_i octl(por tid, B9600, (BI T_8 | STOP_1 | P_NONE) ); sleep (1000); nsio_re ad(por t, buffer, 2 00); nsio_c lose(por tid); nsio_e nd(); [...]

A A. Pinouts and C able Wiring The follow ing topics are covered in this appendix:  Port Pino ut Diagrams  Ethernet Po rt Pinouts  NPort 511 0 Seri a l Port Pinouts  NPort 51 30 Serial Port Pino uts  NPort 51 50 Serial Port Pino uts  Cable Wirin g D iagram s  Ethernet C ables[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Pinout s and Ca ble W iri ng A-2 Port Pino ut D iagrams Etherne t Port Pinouts Pin Signal 1 Tx+ 2 Tx - 3 R x+ 6 Rx - NPort 5110 Serial P ort Pinouts DB9 Mal e RS - 232 Port Pinouts for NPor t 5110/5 110 -T Pin RS - 232 1 DCD 2 RxD 3 Tx D 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS NPort 5130 Serial P ort Pinouts DB9 Mal e RS - 422/ 485 Por t P[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Pinout s and Ca ble W iri ng A-3 Cable Wiring D iagram s Etherne t Cables[...]

B B. Well Known Port N umbers In this appe ndix, which is included for yo ur reference, we prov ide a list of Well Know n port numbers that ma y cause netwo rk problems if you set NPor t 5100 to o ne of these ports. R efer to RFC 1700 f or We ll Known p ort number s, or refer to the following intr o ductio n from the I ANA. The port numbers are div[...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Wel l Known Por t Numb ers B-2 UDP Socket Applicat ion Servic e 0 R eserved 2 Management U tility 7 Echo 9 Discard 11 Activ e Users (systat) 13 Daytim e 35 Any p rivate pr inter s erver 39 Resour ce Location Protoc ol 42 Host name server (names server) 43 Whois (nic kname) 49 (Login Ho st Protocol) (Log in) 53 Domain Name Server [...]

C C. SNMP Agents with M IB II & RS - 232 /422/ 485 Link G roups NPort 5 100 has built - in SN MP (Simple Network Managem ent Protocol) ag ent software tha t supports SNMP Tr ap, RFC131 7 RS - 23 2/422/ 485 like group s and RFC 1213 MI B - II. The follo wing table lists the standard MIB - II groups , as well as the variable imple mentation for N[...]

NPort 5100 Series SNMP A gents with M IB I I & RS - 232/422/485 L ink Grou ps C-2 UDP M IB TCP MIB SNMP M IB UdpInD atagrams tcpR toAlgor ithm snmpInPk ts UdpNoPor ts tcpRto Min snm pOutPk ts UdpIn Erro rs tcpRto Max snmpInBa dVersions UdpOutDa tagrams tcpMaxCo nn s nmpInBadC ommunityN ames UdpLocalAd dress tcpActiv eOpens snmpInA SNParseErr s [...]

D D. Auto IP Report Proto co l NPort S eries prov ides sever al ways to configure Ethe rnet I P addresses. O ne of them is D HCP Client. When you set up the NPor t to use DHCP Client to config ure Ethernet IP addresse s, it will automatica lly send a DHCP request ov er the Ether net to find the DHCP Server . And then the DHC P Server will s end an [...]

NPort 5100 Seri es Auto IP R eport Pr otocol D-2 ID List ID Val ue Description L engt h Note 1 S er ver N ame Variable AS CII char 2 Hardware ID 2 L ittle - endian 3 MAC Address 6 6 bytes MAC address. If the M AC addres s is "00 - 90 - E8 - 01 - 02 - 03" , the MAC[ 0] is 0, MAC[1] is 0x90(hex ), MAC[2] is 0xE8(hex ), and so on. 4 Se rial [...]

E E. Compliance Notice CE Warming This is a Class A product. In a domestic e nvironment, this pr oduct may cause radio inte rference in which case the user may be required to t ake appropriate measures. Federal Co mmunic ations C ommission Statemen t FCC - This device complies with part 15 of the F CC Rules. Operation is subject to the f ollowing t[...]