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NPort IA5150/5250 Series User ’ s Manual Second Edition, May 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 Worldwide: support@moxa.com.tw The Americas support@moxa.com[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual The software d escribed in t his m anual is furni shed under a l icense agreement and may be used only in accordance with the term s of that agreem ent. Copyright Notice Copyright © 2006 Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproducti o n without perm ission is pr ohi bited. Trademarks MOXA is a[...]

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

Accessible IP Settings......................................................................................................... 5-3 1 Auto W arning Settings ........................................................................................................ 5-3 2 Auto warning: E-ma il and SN MP trap .............................................[...]

1 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Welcome to the NPort IA Series of indust rial serial de vi ce servers. In this manual, we refer to the seven products in the series co llectively as “NPort IA5150 /5250 Series.” The seven models in the NPort IA5150 /5250 Series are: 1. NPort IA5150 1-port RS-232 (DB9), RS- 422/485 (TB) to Ethernet Device Server 2. NPo[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Introduction 1-2 Overview The NPort IA51 50/5250 series of device servers deliver easy and rel iable serial-t o-Ethernet connectivity for the ind ustrial automation market. The NPort IA51 50/5250 series is designed to allow an y serial d evice to connect to an Ether n et network. The compact size of NPort IA[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Introduction 1-3 Product Specifications NPort IA5150- M-SC/5150I-M-SC /5150-S-SC/5150I-S- SC LAN Fiber Port 1 100BaseFX port (SC c onnect or) NPort IA5150/515 0I/5250 LAN Ethernet Switch Po rts 2 10/100BaseT (X) ports (RJ4 5 connector) Protection Built-in 1.5 KV magnetic isolation Optical Fiber Distance Mult[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Introduction 1-4 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 (for RS -232 port only) , XON/XOFF Transmissi on Speed 110 bps to 230.4 K bps Software Fe atures Protocols IC MP, IP, TCP, UDP, D HCP , BOOT P, Telnet, Rtelnet, DN[...]

2 2 Chapter 2 Getting Started In this chapter, we give instruction s on inst alling NPort IA5150/5250 device servers. Sof tware installati on is cove red in subs equent c hapters. The following topics are covered in this chapter:  Panel Layout  Connecting the Hardware ¾ Wiring Requirements ¾ Connecting the Power ¾ Grounding NPort IA5150/52[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-2 Panel Layout NPort IA5150 Series Reset T op View Bottom View Front View Reset V1 V1+ V2 V2+ 1 Dual power input and relay output PWR1 PWR2 RDY P1 FX IA 5150-M-SC Fiber optic Ethernet RS-232 RS-422/485 P1 RS-232 RS-422/485 LED Indicators NPort IA 5250 PWR1 PWR2 RDY P1 Ethernet 1 Ethernet 2 [...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-3 Wiring Requirements ATTENTION Safety First! Be sure to disconnect th e power cord before in stalling and/or wiring your NPort IA5150/5250 Series. Wiring Caution! Calculate the maximum poss ible current in each power wire and common wire. Observe all electrical codes dictating the maximum [...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-4 V1 V1+ V2 V2+ 1 SG : The Shielded Ground (sometimes called Pr otected Ground ) contact is the left most contact of the 7- p in powe r terminal block connector when viewed from the angle shown here. C onnect the S G wire to a n appropri ate grounded metal surface. Connecting to the Network[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-5 LED Indicators The top panel s of all NP ort IA51 50/5250 device serve rs have f our LED ind icators, as described in the following table. LED Name LED Color LED Function PWR1, PWR2 red Power is being supplied to power input PWR1, PWR2. red Steady on: Power is on and NPort IA is booting u[...]

3 3 Chapter 3 Initial IP Address Configuration When setting up your NPo rt IA5150/5250 for the first time, the first th ing you should do is configure the IP address. This chapter intro duces the met hods that can be used to confi gure the device server’s IP address. Select one of the initial IP Address configuration methods to configure NPort IA[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 3-2 Initializing NPort IA5150/5250’s IP Address 1. Determine whether your NPort IA5150/5250 needs to use a Static IP or Dynami c IP (either DHCP or BOOTP application). 2. If NPort IA 5150/52 50 is used in a Static IP environment , you can u se NPort IA5150 /5250 Administ ra[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 3-3 Take the following steps to use ARP to con figure the IP address: 1. Obtain a vali d IP address for y our NPort IA51 50/5250 fr om your netwo rk admi nistrator. 2. Obtain NPort IA5150/5250 ’s MAC address from the label on its bottom panel. 3. Execute the ‘arp -s’ co[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 3-4 4. Type 2 to select Netw ork settings , and t hen press Enter . 5. Type 1 to select IP address and then p ress Enter . 6. Use the Backspace key to erase the current IP address, type in the new IP address, and then press Enter .[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 3-5 7. Press any key to conti nue. 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 ad dress and restart NPort I A5150/52 50.[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 3-6 Serial Console (19200, n, 8, 1) You may use t he RS-23 2 console port to set up t he IP addre ss for NPort I A5150/525 0. We suggest using PCom m Termi nal Emulator, which is a vailable free of charge as part of the PComm Lite program suite, to carry out the installation [...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 3-7 6. Press the “ ` ” key continuously and then power on the NPort IA5150/525 0. 7. NPort IA5150/5250 will au tomatically switch fro m data mode to console mode as it receives a continuous string of “ ` ”. 8. Input the password when prompted. Note that this page will[...]

4 4 Chapter 4 Choosing the Proper Operation Mode In this chapte r, we desc ribe the va rious NP ort IA5150/ 5250 ope ration m odes. The opt ions incl ude an operatio n mode that uses a dri ver installed on the host c omputer, an d operati on modes t hat rely on TCP/IP s ocket program ming concept s. After c hoosing the pr oper operati on mode in t [...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 4-2 Overview NPort IA5 150/5250 Se rial Devi ce Servers ne twork-enabl e traditi onal RS-232/ 422/485 devices, i n which a Serial Device Server is a tiny computer equipped with a CPU, r eal-time OS, and TCP/IP protocols that can bi -directionall y translate data between the[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 4-3 ATTENTION The driver use d for Real C OM Mode com es with t he NPort I A5150/52 50 NPort Administ rator. The driver is installed automatically on your computer when you install NPort IA5150/5250 Administration Suite. One of the major conv eniences of using Real COM Mode[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 4-4 TCP Client Mode In TCP Client mode , NPort IA5150/ 5250 can actively establish a TCP connection to a pre-define d host com puter when serial data arrives. After the data has b een transferred, NPort IA5150/5250 can automatically d isconnect from the host com puter by us[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 4-5 Ethernet Modem Mode Ethernet Modem Mode is designed for use with legacy operating systems, such as MS-DOS, t hat do not support TCP/IP Ethernet . By connecting one of NPort IA5150/ 5250’s serial port t o the MS-DOS computer’s serial port, it is possi ble to use lega[...]

5 5 Chapter 5 Web Console Configuration The Web Cons ole is the m ost user-fri endly m ethod availab le to configure NPort IA 5150/5250. In this chapter, we intr oduce the Web Cons ole functi on group s and functi on defini tions. The following topics are covered in this chapter:  Opening Your Browser  Basic Settings  Network Settings  [...]

NPort IA5150/5250 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 Int ernet Explorer i con, select Properties, click on the Security tab, and then select the three Enable option s as shown in the figu[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-3 ATTENTION If you use other web browsers, remember to Enab le the functions to “allow cookies that are stored on your com puter” or “allow per -session cookies.” NPort IA5150/5250 uses cookies only for “p assword” transmission . ATTENTION Refer to Chapter 3, “Initia[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-4 ATTENTION If you can’t remember the password, th e ONLY way to start configuring NPort IA515 0/5250 is to load factory defaults b y using the Reset button. Remember to use NPort Administrator to export th e configuration fi le when y ou have f inished the configuration. After [...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-5 ATTENTION First time users should select the time zone first. The Console will display the “real time” according to the time zone c ompared to GM T. If you woul d like to m odify th e real tim e clock, select “Loca l time.” NPo rt IA5150/5 250’s firmware will m odify t[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-6 Web console Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity Enable or Disable Enable Required Telnet console Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity Enable or Disable Enable Required ATTENTION If you disable both the “W eb console” and “Telnet conso le,” you can still use NPort Administra[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-7 Y ou must assign a valid IP address to NPort IA5150/5250 before it will work in your network environm ent. Y our network system adm inistrator s hould pr ovide you with an IP ad dress and related settings for your network. The IP address must be unique within the network (otherw[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-8 IP configuration Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity Static DHCP DHCP/BOOTP BOOTP St atic Requi red ATTENTION In Dynamic IP environments, the firm ware will retry 3 times every 30 seconds until network settings are ass igned by t he DHCP or BOOTP serve r. The Tim eout for each t [...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-9 The SNMP contact information usually incl udes an em ergency contact name and tel ephone or pager num ber. Location Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 1 to 39 characters (E.g., Floor 1 , office 2) None Optional Specify the location string for SNMP agents such as NPort IA5150/525[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-10 Serial Settings Click on Serial Settings , located under Main Menu , to disp lay serial port settings for ports 1 and 2. To modify se rial setti ngs for a pa rticular port, clic k on eithe r Port 1 or Port 2 under Serial Settings , located unde r Main Menu on the left side of t[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-11 Baud rate Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 1 10 bps to 230400 bps 1 15200 bps Required Data bits Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 5, 6, 7, 8 8 Required When the user sets Data bits to 5 bits, the Stop bits setting will automatically change to 1.5 bits. Stop bits Setting Fac[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-12 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 to an idle TCP connection. 1 to 99 min: NPort IA5150/5250 auto matically closes the TCP connection if there is no TCP activity for the given[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-13 ATTENTION When Max conn ection is set to 2, 3, or 4, this means that NPort IA5150/5250 will be using a “multi connection a pplication” (i.e., 2, 3, or 4 hosts are allowed access to the port at the same time). When using a multi connection applica tion, NPort IA5150/5250 wil[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-14 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 IA5150/5250 will automatically pack the data and send it to the Ethern et. However, to use the delimit[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-15 TCP Server 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 IA5150/5250 auto matically closes the TCP connection if there is no TCP activity for the giv[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-16 ATTENTION The Inactivity time shoul d at least be set larger tha n that of Force t ransmit t imeout. 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 i[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-17 Delimiter 2 Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 00 to FF (hex) None Optional Once the NPort IA5150/525 0 receives both delimiters through its serial po rt, it immediately packs all data currently in its buffer and sends it to the NPort IA51 50/5250’s Ethernet port. ATTENTION D[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-18 NPort IA5 150/5250 s hould se nd that seri es of char acters during a tim e interval less than the Force transmit timeout for NPort IA5 150/5250, and the total length of data must be less than or equal to NPort IA5150/5250’s in ternal buffer size. Th e serial communication bu[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-19 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 IA5150/5250 closes the TC P connection automatically if th ere is no TCP activity for the given time. Inacti[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-20 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 c[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-21 only if the internal buffer is full or if the For ce transmit time interval reaches the time specified under Force transm it tim eout. The optimal Force transmit timeo ut depends on your ap plication, but it must be at least larger than one character interval withi n the specif[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-22 Connection control Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity St artup/None , Any Character/None, Any Character/Inactivity T im e, DSR ON/DSR OFF , DSR ON/None , DCD ON/DCD OFF , DCD ON/None St artup/None Require d The meaning of each of the above settings i s given in the table bel ow[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-23 UDP Mode 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[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-24 Delimiter process Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity Do nothi ng Delimiter + 1 Delimiter + 2 Strip Delimiter Do Nothing Optional [Delimiter + 1] or [Delimiter + 2]: The data w ill be transmitted when an additional b yte (for Delimiter +1), or an additional 2 bytes (for Deli mit[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-25 Destination IP address 2/3/4 Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity Begin: Empty End: Empty IP addres s range E.g., Begi n: 192.16 8.1.1 1 End: 192.168.1.20 Port: 4001 Optional Local listen port Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 1 to 65535 4001 Required The UDP port th at NPort IA[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-26 Destination IP address Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity IP addres s or Domain Nam e (E.g., 192 .168.1.1 ) blank Optional TCP port No. 4001 Re quired The Pair Connection “Master” will contact the networ k host that has this IP address. Data will be transmitted through th e[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-27 Ethernet Modem Mode Dial-in NPort IA5150/5250 listen s for a TCP/IP connectio n request from the remote Ethernet m odem or host. NPort IA5150/52 50’s response depends on the ATS0 valu e, as outlined be low. ATS0=0 (default): NPort IA5150/5250 will temporarily accept the TCP c[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-28 Ethernet Modem Setting Va l u e Notes Necessity TCP port valid port No. The TC P port that ot her devic es must use to contact this de vice. T o avoid conflicts wi th standard TCP ports, the default is set to 4001. Required 0 TCP connection is not closed due to an idle serial l[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-29 16 A T&D Serial port DTR control AT&D0=recognize DTE always ready AT&D1, AT& D2=reply DTE when DTR On (default) 17 A T&F Re store ma nufacturer’s settings 18 A T&G Select guard t ime reply “OK” only 19 A T&R Serial port RTS option co mmand repl[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-30 Local TCP port Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 1 to 65535 4001 Required The TCP port t hat other de vices m ust use to cont act this de vice. To avoi d conflicts with standa rd TCP ports, the default is set to 4001. Reverse Telnet Mode TCP alive check time Setting Factory De[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-31 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 IA5150/5250 uses an IP address based filtering metho[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-32 Allowable Hosts Input format Any host Disable 192.168.1.120 192.168.1.120 / 255.255.255.2 55 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.254 192.168.1.0 / 255.255 .255.0 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.255 .2 54 192.168.0.0 / 255.255 .0.0 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.126 19 2.168.1.0 / 255.255 .255.128 192.16[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-33 ATTENTION Consult your Network Adm inistrator or IS P for the proper m ail server settings . The Auto warning function may not work properly if it is not co nfigured correctly. NPor t IA5150/5250 SMTP AUTH supports LOG IN, PLAIN, CR AM-MD5 (RFC 2554). SNMP Trap Server SNMP trap[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-34 Password ch anged The user has changed NP ort IA5150/ 5250’s pass word. Wh en the password c hanges, NPort IA5150/5250 will send an e-mail w ith the password ch anged notice before NPort IA 5150/5250 reboots. If the NPort IA5150/5250 is unable to send an e-mail message to the[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-35 DCD changed A change in the DCD (Data Carrier Detect) signal indicates that the m odem connection status has changed. For example, If t he DCD signal changes t o low, it means that the connection line is down. When the DCD signal changes to low, NPort IA will immediately send a[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-36 Monitor Monitor Line Click on Line under Monitor to show the operation mode and status of each connection (IPx), for each of the two serial ports. Monitor Async Click on Async under Monitor to show the current status of each of t he two serial ports. Monitor Async-Settings Clic[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-37 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. If the password is erased , then NPort IA5150/5250 will not have password prot ection. ATTENTION If you forget the p assword, th[...]

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 IA5150/5250 ¾ Upgrading the Firmware ¾ Export Configuration ¾ Import Configuration  Monitor  Port Monitor ?[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-2 Overview Device Server Administra tor lets you in stall and configu re your NPort I A5150/5250 Series products easil y over t he network. Five funct ion group s are pr ovided to ea se the instal lation pr ocess, allow off-li ne COM m apping, an d provide m onitoring and IP[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-3 3. Click on Next to install the program using th e default pr ogram nam e, or sel ect a different name. 4. Click on Install to proceed with the installation.[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-4 5. The Installing window reports the prog ress of the installation. 6. Click on Next to proceed with the installation.[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-5 7. Click on Finish to complete the installation of NPort IA5150/5250 Administration Suite. Configuration The Admi nistrator-Co nfigurat ion windo w is divi ded into fo ur parts. y The top sectio n contains t he function l ist and online hel p area. (Wind ows NT does not su[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-6 Broadcast Search The Broadcast Search function is used to locate all NPort IA5150/5250s that ar e connected to the same LAN as your c omputer. Since the Broadcas t Sea rch function searches by MAC address and not IP address, all NPort IA5150 /5250s connected to the LAN wil[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-7 ATTENTION Before modifying NPort IA5 150/5250’s configuratio n, use Broadcast Sea rch to locate all NPort IA5150/5250s conn ected to the LAN, or use Specify by IP Address to locate a particular NPort IA5150/5250. Unlock Password Protection If the NPort IA5150/5250 is pas[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-8 3. The “Lock” status will change to “Unlock,” and th e Administrator utility will keep this NPort IA5150/5250 in th e Unlock status throug hout this Administrator session. The meanings of the si x “Status” states are given below (note that the term Fixed is bor[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-9 2. Unlock the NPort IA5150/5250 you wish to configure if it is pa ssword protected. Right click on the NPort IA5150 /5250 and select Configure to start the configu ration. 3. The progress b ar shows that Administrator i s retrieving configuration info rmation from the spec[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 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 sim ultaneously m odify the c onfigurat ions of m ultiple NPort IA5150/52 50s that are of the same model. To select multiple NPort IA5150/525 0s, hold down the Ctrl[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-11 2. Unlock the NPort IA5150/5250 you wish to configure if it is pa ssword protected. Right click on a specific NPort IA5150/5250 an d select the Upgrade Firmware f unction t o start upgrading the firmware. 3. Select the correct ROM file to download. 4. Wait while the Upgra[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-12 Export Configuration To export the conf iguration of an NPort IA515 0/5250, right click on the NPor t IA5150/5250 and select Export Configuration and then follow the onscreen instructions. The Export Configu ration function is a handy t ool that c an be used t o produce a[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-13 ATTENTION You can simultaneously import the same config uration file into multiple NPort IA515 0/5250s that are of the same model. To select multiple NPort IA5150 /5250s, hold down the Ctrl key wh en selecting an add itional NPort IA5150/5250 , or hold down the Shift key [...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-14 Monitor Æ Add Target Æ Rescan 1. Click on Monitor under Func tion . 2. Click on Monitor Æ Add T arget from the menu bar, or cli ck the right m ouse butt on and select Add Target . 3. Click on Rescan .[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 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 IA5150/5250 list will a ppear on the Monitor screen. 2. Right cli ck the panel a nd select Settings .[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-16 3. Select or de-select Monitor I tems . Use the single arro whead but tons to move highl ighted items from one box to the other. Use the double arrowhead buttons to move all items in one box to the othe r. 4. Select a Refre sh Rate (the defaul t is 3 seconds) on the Gener[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 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” mean s that one of the NPort IA5150/5250s in[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-18 8. When o ne of the NP ort IA51 50/5250s l oses connectio n with t he 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 NPort IA5150/5250s that are “Not Alive?[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-19 11. The NPort IA5150/5250s that were reconnected , and are now “Alive,” w ill be shown in black color. Port Monitor The process de scribed here is the sam e as in the pre vious “Monit or” section. T he only di fference is that you can select more items und er Port[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-20 COM Mapping Windows Admin istration Suite comes with Windows 95 /98/ME/NT/2000/XP Real COM d rivers. After you install NPort IA5150/5250 Administratio n Suite, there are two ways to set up the NPort IA5150/5250 serial po rt as your host’s remote COM port. The first way [...]

NPort IA5150/5250 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 IA5150/5250 list that appears is the list generated by the previous Broadcast Search. Select the NPort IA5150/525 0 to which you would like to map COM por ts. 5. Select COM Settin gs to modify COM No[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 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 IA5150/5250s, remember to check the “Auto Enum erating” functi on to use t he CO M No. you sele[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-23 function, the NPort driver will keep queryi ng NPort’s firmware several times to make sure there is really no data queued in the NPor t firmware buffer, rather than just flushi ng the local buffer. This kind of design is us ed because of som e special considerations. Ho[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 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 Chan ge to tell Administrator [...]

NPort IA5150/5250 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 C OM Mapping settings i n the other host. Off-line COM Mapping 1. Add a target by inputting the IP addr es[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-26 2. Modify t he port set tings as needed . 3. Right click in the NPort list section and select Apply Change .[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-27 IP Location When NPo rt IA5150/ 5250 is use d in a dyna mic IP envi ronment, use rs must spe nd more tim e with IP managem ent tasks. NP ort IA5 150/525 0 Series prod ucts help out by pe riodicall y reporting t heir IP address to the IP location server, in case the dynami[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-28 4. Click Go to start receiving the Auto IP addr ess report from the NPort IA5150/5250[...]

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

NPort IA5150/5250 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 s ubroutines . IP Serial Library is designed to reduce t he comple xity and poor effi ciency of seri al communi cation over TCP/IP. For exam ple, Telnet can only trans[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 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 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_SetRea[...]

A A Appendix A Pinouts and Cable Wiring The followin g topics are c overed in t his appe ndix:  Port Pinout Diagrams ¾ RS-232/422/485 (male DB9) Pinouts ¾ 4W/2W RS-485/RS-422 (Term inal Block) Pinouts ¾ Power Input and Relay Output Pinouts  Cable Wiring Diagrams ¾ Serial Cables[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Pinouts and Cable Wiring A-2 Port Pinout Diagrams RS-232/422/485 (male DB9) Pinouts 12345 6789 PIN RS-232 RS-422/ RS-485 (4W) RS-485 (2W) 1 DCD TxD-(A) --- 2 RXD TxD+(B) --- 3 TXD RxD+(B) Data+ (B) 4 DTR RxD-(A) Dat a-(A) 5 GND GND GND 6 DSR --- --- 7 RTS --- -- - 8 CTS --- --- 9 --- --- --- 4W/2W RS-485/RS-[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Pinouts and Cable Wiring A-3 Cable Wiring Diagrams Serial Cables Female DB9 to Male DB9 NPort IA 9 pins 9 pins DCD RxD TxD DTR GND DSR RTS CTS RS-232 Device DCD TxD RxD DSR GND DTR CTS RTS Cable Wiring 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Female DB9 Male DB9 Male DB9 Female DB9 Female DB9 to Male DB25 NPort IA 9 [...]

B B Appendix B Well Known Port Numbers In this appendix, which is in cluded for your re ference, we p rovide a list of Well Known port numbers that may cause network problems if you set NPort IA515 0/5250 to one of these por ts. Refer to RFC 1700 f or Well Known po rt numbers , or refer t o the following intr oduction from the IANA. The port num be[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Well Known Port Numbers B-2 TCP Socket Application Service 43 Whois (nickname) 49 (Login Host Prot ocol) (L ogin) 53 Domai n Name Server (domain) 79 Finger protocol (Finger) 80 W orld W i be W eb HTTP 1 19 Netword news T ransfer Protocol ( NNTP) 123 Network T im e Protocol 213 IPX 160 – 223 Re served for f[...]

C C Appendix C SNMP Agents with MIB II & RS-232 like groups NPort IA5150/5250 has built-in SNMP (Simple Network Manag ement Protocol) agent software that supports SNMP Tr ap, RFC1317 RS-232 like gro ups and RFC 1213 MIB-II . The following table lists the standard MIB-II groups, as we ll as the variable implementation for NPort IA5150/5250. RFC1[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual SNMP Agents C-2 System MIB Interfaces MIB IP MIB ICMP MIB SysServices ifInUnknownProtos ipReasmFails IcmpOutT im eExcds ifOutOctets ipFragOKs IcmpOutParmProbs ifOutUcastPkts ipFragFails IcmpOutSrcQuenchs ifOutNUcastPkts ipFrag Creates IcmpOutRedirects ifOutDiscards ipAdEntAddr IcmpOutEchos ifOutErrors ipAdEn[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 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 tc[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual SNMP Agents C-4 The Input Signal T able The Ou tput Signal T able rs232InSigT able rs232 OutSigT able rs232InSigEn try rs232OutSigEntr y rs232InSigPor tIndex rs232 OutSigPortIndex rs232InSigN ame rs232OutSigNa me rs232InSigState rs232OutSigState[...]

D D Appendix D Auto IP Report Protocol NPort Series provides sev eral ways to configur e Ethernet IP addresses. One is DHCP Client. When you set up NPort to use DHCP Client 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 available IP addr[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Auto IP Report Protocol D-2 Auto IP Repo rt Format “MOXA”, 4 b ytes Info[0] Info[1] … Info[ n] Info [n] Field ID Length Data Length 1 1 V ariable, Length is “Le ngth Fi eld” 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 [...]

E E Appendix E Service Information This appen dix shows you how to contact M oxa for i nformati on about thi s and othe r product s, 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 IA5150/5250 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 Int ernet Servi ces has been set up to provid e technical sup port, driver updates, product infor mation, and user’s manual upda tes.[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Service Information E-3 Problem Report Form MOXA NPort IA5150/5250 Series Customer name: Comp any: T el: Fax: Email: Date: 1. Moxa Product:  NPort IA5150  NPort IA5150- M-SC  NPort IA5150- S-SC  NPort IA5150I  NPort IA5150 I-M-SC  NPort IA5150I -S-SC  NPort IA 5250 2. Serial Number: ____[...]

NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual Service Information E-4 Product Return Procedure For product repair, exc hange, or refund, the custom er must:  Provide e vidence of ori ginal purchase.  Obtain a Product Return Agreement (PRA) from the sales representative or dealer.  Fill out the Problem Report Form (PRF). Include as much detail a[...]