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User’s Manual ICS-100 / ICS-102 / ICS-102S15 RS-232/RS-422/RS-485 over 100Base-FX / 10/100Base-TX Media Converter[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -2- Trademarks Copyright © PLANET Technology C orp. 2008. Contents subject to which revision without prior notice. PLANET is a registered trademark of PLAN ET Technology Corp . All other trademarks belong to their respective o wners. Disclaimer PLANET Technology does not warrant that the hardware will work properly in al[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -3- TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRO DUCTION ............................................................................................................. 1 1.1 P ACKAGE C ONTENTS .................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 H OW TO U SE[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -4- 4.5 S ERIAL P ORT C ONFIGURATION .................................................................................................................. 47 5. SOFTWARE VC OM UTILITY ....................................................................................... 49 5.1 I NSTALLING THE VCOM U TILITY .................[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -1- 1. INTRODUCTI ON Thank you for purcha sing PLANET Serial over Fast Etherne t Media Converter – ICS-10x series. Terms of “Serial Media Converter” means the products mentioned titled in the cover page o f this User’s manual 1.1 Package Contents Open the box o f the Serial Media Converter and ca refull y unpack i[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -2- 1.3 Product Description The Web-Smar t ICS-10x series Medi a Convert er / Device S erver prov ide to conv erts Serial RS-232 / RS-422 / RS-485 communication interface over Fast Ethernet networking . There are RJ-45/SC connectors and single-mode/multi-mode media for your needs. Ethernet signal that allows two types o f[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -3- Process Control To monitor, configure and manage the Robot conveyer includi ng other machines in a manufacturing, PLC (Programmable Logical Control) is required . The PLC is used to drive above the manufacturing machines process. The ICS-10x can be set to TCP Server mode and connect the PLC . The administrator can con[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -4- Surveillance motion co ntro l – Pair Connection Mode Using pair connection along with fiber optical patch cord, th e ICS-10x extend R S-232/RS-485 interface s distance from surveillance and scanner to the control keyboard/joystic k which is installed in the remote monito r center. Figur e 1- 4 S e r i al Converter f[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -5- ¾ Co-work w ith PLANET MC family Media Chassis ( MC-700/1000R/1500 )  LED indicators for easy network diagnose  Reset Button at the front panel for rese t to factory default 1.6 PRODUCT SP EC IFICAT ION Product s ICS-100 ICS-102 ICS-102S15 Hardware S pecification Interface RS-232 / RS-422 / RS-485 Connector 3-i[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -6- Dimension (W x D x H) 97 x 70 x 26mm Weight 200g Power Supply External Pow er Adaptor 5V DC / 2A max . Power C onsum ption 5.5 Watts (maximum ) Mechanical Metal Environmen t Operating Temperature: 0~50 Degree C Storag e Te m p er at ure: -1 0~ 7 0 De gr e e C Humidity: 10%~90% RH (operating) 5%~90% RH (Sto rage) Emiss[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -7- 2. INSTALLATION This section describes the hardware featur es and installation of the ICS-10X’s co mponents on the desktop or shelf. For easier management and control of the IC S- 10x, familiarize yoursel f with its display indicators, a nd ports. Front panel illustrations in this chapter display the unit LED indica[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -8- Figure 2-2 PLANET ICS-100 Front Panel  ICS-102 / ICS-102S15 – RS-232 / RS-422 / RS-485 over 10/100Base-FX Figure 2-3 ICS-102 / ICS-102S1 5 panel layout Figure 2-4 PLANET ICS-102 Front Panel[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -9- 2.1.2 LED Indicators LED Color Function PWR Green Lights to indica te that the Converter is powered on. Lights To indicate that the Fast Ethernet Port is successfully connecting to the network at 10Mbps o r 100Mbps TP or Fiber Green Blinks To indicate the Fast Ethernet Port is receiving or sending data Lights To indic[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -10- To press and release the RESET button. Th e ICS-10X will back to the facto ry default mode. Be sure that you backup the cu rrent configuration of IC S-10X; else the entire configuration will be e rased when pressing the “RESET” button. • Press and release the RESET button shortly , the device will be rebooted. [...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -11- Figure 2-7 ICS-102 / ICS-102S15 stand alone installa tion Please refe rs to APP ENDIX-A fo r detailed w iring information of the IC S-10X. To prevent from optic acceptor malfunctio n, check the both wires / transmitter before power on the converter. 2.2.2 Chassis Install ation and Rack Mounting To install the Media C[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -12- Step 4 : After the bracke ts a re a ttached to the cha ssis, use suitabl e s crew s to secu rely attach the bra ckets to the rack, as shown in Figure 2-2 . Step 5 : Precede with the steps 4 and step s 5 of session 2.2.1 Stand- al one In st al l atio n to connect the network cabling and supply power to your converter.[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -13- 3. MANAGEMENT This chapter de scribes how to ma nage the ICS-10X. Topics include: - Overview - Management methods - Assigning an IP address to the ICS-10X - Logging on to the ICS-10X 3.1 Overview This chapter gives an ove rview of conver ter manageme nt. The ICS-10X provides a simply WEB brow ser in t erfac e . Using[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -14- 3.3 Management Methods The w ay to manage the ICS-10X: - Web Management via a network or dial-up connection 3.3.1 Web Management The PLANET Web-Smart Media Converter provides a buil t-in browser interface. You can manage the ICS-10X remotely by having a remote host with w eb browser, such a s Microso ft In ternet Exp[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -15- Figure 3-2 Login screen 1. For security rea son, please change and memori ze the new password a fter thi s first setup. 2. Only accept command in lowercase letter under w eb interface.[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -16- 4. WEB CONFIGURATION The ICS- 10X Web Sma rt Media Co nverter pr ovide We b interf ace for Conv erter sm art funct ion confi gurati on and mak e the Converter opera te more effectively - They can be configur ed through the Web Brow ser. A network administrator can manage and monitor the ICS-10x from the local LAN. Th[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -17- 4.2 System 4.2.1 System Information The System Information page provides information fo r the cu rrent device. Sy stem Info page help s a network mana ger to identify the versions and IP Add ress etc. The screen in Figure 4-2 appears. Figure 4-2 System Information screen The page includes the follow ing fields: • M[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -18- 4.2.2 Password Setting This function provides administra tor to secure Web login. The screen in Figure 4-3 appears. Figure 4-3 Password Setting screen The page include s the following configurable data : Login Name Displays the user name. Ne w P as swo rd Specifies the new password. The password is not display ed. As[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -19- 4.2.3 Firmware upgrade The F i rmw are Upg rad e page contains fields for downloading system image files from the Local File browser to the device. The screen in Figure 4-4 appears. Figure 4-4 Firmware Upg rade screen To open Firmw are Upgr ad e screen perform the folling: 2. Click System -> Firmware Upgrade then [...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -20- 4. Then the “Firmw are Upgrade Mode” displayed as in Figure 4-6 . Figure 4-6 Firmware Upg rade screen Click the “ Browse ” button of the main page, the system would pop up the file selection menu to choose firmware. Figure 4-7 Windows file selection menu popup 5. Select on the firmware then click “ Upgrade [...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -21- 4.2.4 Factory Default The Fa ctory Defa ult can reset the ICS-10x back to the factory default m ode. Be aware that the entire configuration w ill be reset, and the IP addres s of the ICS -10x will be se t to “ 192.168 .0.100” . The screen in Figure 4-8 appears. Figure 4-8 Factory De fault progress screen 4.2.5 Sy[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -22- 4.3 Network Configuration This function allow s setting the value for network confi guration. The value is DHCP clien t, IP address, Subnet Ma sk, Gateway, DNS and system name. Press the “Apply” button to set the value. The screen in Figure 4-10 appears. Figure 4-10 Network Configuration screen The page include s[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -23- When DHCP Client is set to Enable, the IP Addr ess, Subnet Mask, Ga teway and DNS fields are not allow to be changed. If the Media Con verter is set to D HCP Client enable, you can use PLANET Smart Discov ery or PLANET VC OM Utility to search the Media Converter wh ich with D HCP assigned IP address. 4.4 Operation Mo[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -24-  Other ICS-10x with TCP Clie nt mode It opens the TCP port of ICS-10x to wait for serial applic a tion to establish a TCP connection. After the connection is established, data can be transmitted in both direction s. The parameter defines the maintenan ce stat us for listen for the TCP connection. Figure 4-12 TCP S[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -25- • Inactive Timeout Use the pa rameter to se t an inactive timeout. The un it drops the con nection if there is no activity on the serial line be fo re the set time expires . To disable the inactive timeout enter “0 ”. Example: Use Microsoft Windows Hyper Terminal, TCP /IP Winsock mode HyperTerminal is a program[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -26- Figure 4-15 Example: Se rial Port Configuration screen Hyper Te rminal setup a new co nne ction with TCP /IP Winsock 3. Open HyperTerminal Figure 4-16 Example Hyper Te rminal screen[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -27- 4. On the File menu, click New Connection . 5. In the Name box, type a name that describes the connection. 6. In the Icon box, click the appropriate icon, and then click OK. Figure 4-17 Example: Hy per Terminal – Create new connection 7. In the Connect To dialog box, choo se which port or m odem you want to use in [...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -28- Figure 4-19 Example: Hy per Terminal configuration Value Description Host address The address o r name of the connection y ou w ant to create . This can be in stand ard Internet dotted notation (for example, w.x.y.z) or can be the si te's user-friendly name . port T he number of the port that you want the connec[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -29- 4.4.2 TCP Client mode When the ICS-10x be configured to TCP Clie nt mode, it al lows Serial device that c onnected to seri al port of ICS-10x to establish TCP communication actively over In tranet or Inte rnet network between:  Remote Host (Co mputer) with Serial applica tions using TCP/IP network socket p rograms[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -30- 4.4.3 UDP Client mode When the ICS-10x be configured to UDP Client mode, it al lows Serial device tha t connected to serial port of ICS-10x to quickly transmit data to multip le Remote Hosts over Intranet or In ternet network by uni cast or multica st. It also makes the Serial device to recei ve data from more than o[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -31- The page includes the follow ing fields: • Local UDP Port Enter the local port number • Remote Address Enter th e IP address o f the remote device. • Remote Port Enter the remote port number of the remo te device. 4.4.4 Virtual COM mode When the ICS-10x be configured to Virt u al COM mode, it allows Serial devi[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -32- The page includes the follow ing fields: • TCP Port Number The TCP port that ICS-10X uses to lis ten to connections and that other device must use to contact ICS-10X. To avoid c onflicts w ith well known TCP ports, the default is set to “1024” . • Inactive Timeout Use the pa rameter to se t an inactive timeou[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -33- Figure 4-28 Example: V irt u al COM C onf igurat i on sc r e en 2. Set the S er ia l P ort Co nf i gu r at io n of IC S- 10 x as bel o w: Mode: RS-232 Baudrar e: 9600 Character Bi ts: 8 Parity Type : none Stop Bit : 1 Hardware Flow Control: none Figure 4-29 Example: Se rial Port Configuration screen[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -34- VCOM Utility to create v irtual COM port 3. This mode will run with the softw are-“ PLANET VCOM Utility ”. Open the VCOM utility , click “Search Device” to po int out the ICS-10x that want to be configured. Figure 4-30 Example: V irt u al COM C onf igurat i on sc r e en 4. Choose the VC OM tab and create COM [...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -35- Hyper Te rminal setup a new co nne ction with v irt ual COM port 5. On the File menu, click New Connection. 6. In the Name box, type a name that describes the connection. 7. In the Icon box, click the appropriate icon, and then click OK. Figure 4-32 Example: Hy perTerminal Configuration screen 8. In the Connect to di[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -36- Figure 4-34 Example: Hy perTerminal Com port properties screen 10. After the Virtual C OM connection is established , open the VCOM util ity again to ch eck the COM9 information. Figure 4-35 Example: VCOM Utility, COM9 informa tion 11. Then can u se the console like connect the se rial cable with the switch.[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -37- Figure 4-36 Example: Hy per Terminal COM port scre en 4.4.5 Telnet Ser ver mode TELNET (TELecommunication NETwork) is a ne twork protoc ol used on the Internet or local area network (LAN) connections. The Telnet protocol type is the corre ct setting for most servers and serial devices, such as Managed Ethernet switch[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -38- Figure 4-38 Telnet Ser v er C onf i g urat ion scre en The page includes the follow ing fields: • TCP Port Number The TCP port that ICS-10X uses to lis ten to connections and that other device must use to contact ICS-10X. To avoid c onflicts w ith well known TCP ports, the default is set to “1024” . • Inactiv[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -39- Setup Operation M ode and Serial Port of ICS- 10x 1. Set the ICS-10X mode to “Telnet ser ver mode ” from web interfa ce. 2. Set the S er ia l P ort Co nf i gu r at io n of IC S- 10 x as bel o w: Mode: RS-232 Baudrar e: 9600 Character Bi ts: 8 Parity Type : none Stop Bit : 1 Hardware Flow Control: none Execute “[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -40- Figure 4-42 Example Windows Excuse - Telnet 7. To quit the Telnet session, p ress “CTRL+]” and then type “quit” Figure 4-43 Example Windows Excuse - Telnet Example 2: Putty softwa re in Window s Platf orm PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and Unix platforms, along with an x term termi[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -41- Figure 4-44 Putty Co nf i g ur at i on sc r e en 8. Then can telnet IP address like to telnet switch’s IP. Figure 4-45 Putty telnet sc reen[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -42- 4.4.6 Pair Connection– Local mode The paramete r defin es the main tenan ce statu s for listen fo r the pair connectio n . To ma ke a long d istance communica tion between two serial e quipme nt, configure tw o IC S-10x w ith Pa ir Conne ction mode and setup on e as a Ma ster (Local side) and the other as a Slave ([...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -43- 4.4.7 Pair Connection – R emote mode The paramete r defines the maintenance status for li sten for the pair connection . In effe ct, thi s converte r will be ac ting as a TCP client. The screen in Figure 4-48 appea rs. When the changed operation mode, the user shou ld be changed the Serial Port Configuration. Figur[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -44- Example: Two ICS-10x w ith Pair Connection mode One be configured as Pair Connection – Loca l (Master) The other one be configured as Pair Connection – Remote (Slave) Via the RS-485 in terface, the external scanners, speed dome camera s and PTZ receivers can be controlled by the keyboard which provi des upward, d[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -45- 1. Connect the converter with the IP camera fo r RS-485 interface like PLANET product: “ICA-651”. 2. Connect the converter with the cont rol keyboard for RS-485 interface like PL ANET product: “CAM-KB300”. ICS-10x – Master: be config ur ed as Pai r- Con ne cti o n-Lo cal 3. From Web interface, login the ICS[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -46- Figure 4-52 Pair Connection –Remote, operation mo de configuration 6. Set the Se rial Port mode of ICS-10x-S lave to RS-485 . Figure 4-51 Pair Connection – Local, serial port con figuration 7. Then the control keyboard cans remote control the IP camera.[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -47- 4.5 Serial Port Configurat ion The page show s the converter’s serial Port configuration. The screen in Figu re 4-52 appears. Figure 4-52 Converter Status page screen The page includes the follow ing fields: • Mode From the drop-dow n menu, select the serial port mode:  RS232  RS-422  RS-485 • Baudrate[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -48- contained in the serial buffer is paced in an Ethe rnet packet and sent ou t the Ethernet port. Silent Time: For the defined pe riod of time pa ssed, the serial port stops da ta transmission and close the connection to remote host. Drop Character: If the incoming data contain character 1 or character 2, the packet wi[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -49- 5. SOFTWARE VCOM UTILITY The ICS-10X Web Smart Media Con verter provides software for Converter smart fun ction configura tion when the Converter opera tion mode on “ Virtual COM ”. - They can be configured through th e Console . Two function groups are provide to easy used, can sea rch device and create virtual [...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -50- 3. The Installing window reports the progress of the installation. 4. Click Finish to complete Figure 5-3 VCOM installation screen 5. To run t he P LA NET VCO M ut i lit y on th e c omp ut e r, cli ck “ Start ” “ Programs ” “ PLANET VOM Uti lity ” “ VCOM ” Figure 5-4 VCOM program path The VCOM c[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -51- 5.2 Search the Dev ice Click the Search Device button to find the ICS-10X. It will show the IC S-10X device name, proj ect name, MAC address, IP address, Sub Mask, Gateway and the con nect port number. 1. Clic k th e s hort c ut of VCOM on the desktop to run the VCOM program. 2. Click " Search Device " butt[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -52- Figure 5-6 VCOM Conf ig ur at i o n 5. Then set the HyperTe rminal parameter Figure 5-7 Hyper T er mi n a l C onf igur at i o n 6. then the VCOM w ill show connect in formation like below:[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -53- Figure 5-8 VCOM Conf ig ur at i o n 7. Once the Virtual C OM Port- COM9 connection i s establ ished, from the Windows Device Manage r, a COM Port is added to the de vice list. Figure 5-9 Windows Device Server - Virtual COM Port When the Virtual C OM create com port, the Device Manager w ill add “Virtual Serial Port[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -54- APPENDIX A A.1 PLANET Smart Discov ery Utility For easily list the ICS-10X in y our Ethernet en vironment, th e Planet Smart Discovery Utility from user’s manual CD-ROM is an ideal solution. The following in stall instructions guiding you for run the Planet Smart Discovery Utility. 1. Deposit the Planet Smart Di sc[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -55- 1. Th is utility show all necessary informa tion from the devi ces, such as MAC Address, Devic e Name, firmwa re version, Device IP Subnet address, also can assign new password, IP Subnet address and de scription for the device s. 2. After setup comple ted, press “Update D evice” , “Update Multi” or “Update[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -56- A.4 RJ-45 cable pin assignment 21 3 6 1 2 3 6 2 1 3 6 There are 8 wires on a standard U TP/STP cable and each wire is color-coded . The following shows the pin allocation and color of straight ca ble and crossover cable connection : Straight Cable SIDE 1 SIDE2 SIDE 1 12345678 12345678 SIDE 2 1 = White / Oran ge 2 = O[...]

User’s Manual of ICS-10x -57- A.5 Fiber Optical Cable Connection Parameter The wiring de tails are as below : ■ Fiber Optical patch Cables: (For ICS-102 / ICS-102S) Standa rd Fiber Type Cable Specifica tion 100Base-FX (1300nm) Multi-mode 50/125 μ m or 62.5/125 μ m Multi-mode 50/125 μ m or 62.5/125 μ m 100Base-FX (1310nm) Single-mode 9/125 ?[...]

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