Moxa NPORT 6150 manual

NPort 6000 Series User’s Manual Edition 13.0 , January 201 6 www.moxa. com/produ ct © 201 6 Moxa Inc. All rights r eserved.[...]

NPort 6000 Series User’s Manual The software described in this man ual is furn ished under a license agr eement and may be used only in a ccordance wi th the terms of that agree ment. Copyright Notice © 2016 Moxa Inc. All rights r eserved. Trademarks The MOXA logo is a registe red trademark of Moxa Inc. All other trademarks or re gistered marks [...]

Table of Contents 1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 1-1 Overview ........................................................................................................................................... 1-2 Package Check list .....[...]

Network Settings ................................................................................................................................ 5-6 Basic Network Settings ................................................................................................................ 5-6 Advanced Network Settings ..................................[...]

Configuration Import/Export ....................................................................................................... 9- 12 Load Factory Defaults ................................................................................................................ 9- 13 Cha nge Passwor d .....................................................[...]

Setting up Windows 2000 Hosts ........................................................................................................... F-6 Setting up Windows 2003 Hosts ........................................................................................................... F-8[...]

1 1. Introduction The NPort 6000 series of secur e serial devi ce servers ha s many exceptio nal features. S eventeen mod els comprise th e NPort 60 00 series of secure seri al device ser vers. The mai n differences b etween th e models are the number of ports an d the type of network connection employed. All instructions an d information presented[...]

NPort 6000 Series Introduction 1-2 Overview The NPort 600 0 can be used to connect any serial devic e to an Ethern et network a nd supports many differe nt operation mod es. In particula r, the NPort 6 000 also suppor ts Secure TCP Server, Secur e TCP Clien t, Secure Pair - Connection, and Secure Real COM modes for security - criti cal applica tion[...]

NPort 6000 Series Introduction 1-3 Standard Accessories for the NPort 6610 and NPort 6650 • 1 NPort 6600 device server • C BL - RJ45M9 - 150: 8 - pin RJ45 to DB9 mal e connection cable, 150 cm • Power cord (AC models only) • 2 rack - mount ear s • Software and Documentation CD • Quick Installation Guide (print ed) • Warranty card Cabl[...]

NPort 6000 Series Introduction 1-4 Product Features All models in the NPort 6000 serie s have the following features: • Secure data ac cess modes, including Secure Real CO M, Secure T CP Server , Secure TCP C lient, and S ecure Pair Con nectio n • Versatile so cket - operating modes, including TCP Server, TCP Client, UDP , and Real COM dri ver [...]

NPort 6000 Series Introduction 1-5 Product Serial ports Serial interface Power Casing Built - in network interface Optional network modules Configurable alarm LED and relay output SD card slot NPort 6650 - 32 - HV -T 32 RS - 232, RS - 422, RS - 485 88 - 300 VDC SECC sheet metal (1 mm) Ethernet yes yes Yes Product Specifications NPort 6150 Ethernet [...]

NPort 6000 Series Introduction 1-6 Physical Chara cteristics Housing: Metal Weight: 700 g (1.54lb) Dimension s: Without ears: 67 x 100.4 x 28 mm (2.64 x 3.95 x 1.1 i n) Wi th ears: 90 x 100.4 x 28 mm (3.54 x 3.95 x 1.1 in) Environmental L imits Operating Temperatur e: Standard Models: 0 to 55°C (32 to 131°F ) Wide Temp . Models: - 40 to 75°C ( -[...]

NPort 6000 Series Introduction 1-7 NPort 6250/625 0 -S- SC/6250 -M- SC Ethernet Inte rface Number of Ports: 1 Speed: 10/100 Mbps, aut o MDI/MDIX Connector: 8- pin RJ45 Magnetic Is olation: 1.5 KV built - in Optical Fiber I n terface (NPort 6250 -S- SC /6250 -M- SC) Fiber Port: 100Base FX, SC conne ctor Distance: Multimode: 0 to 4 km , 1300 nm ( 62.[...]

NPort 6000 Series Introduction 1-8 Applications Terminal S essions: 8 sessions p er port Physical Chara cteristics Housing: Metal Weight: 730 g (1.61lb) Dim ensions: Without ears: 77 x 111 x 28 mm (3. 30 x 4.37 x 1.1 in ) With ears: 89 x 111 x 28 mm (3.50 x 4.37 x 1.1 in) Environmental L imits Operating Temperatur e: Standard Models: 0 to 55°C (32[...]

NPort 6000 Series Introduction 1-9 NPort 6450 Ethernet Inte rface Number of Ports: 1 Speed: 10/100 Mbps, aut o MDI/MDIX Connector: 8- pin RJ45 Magnetic Is olation: 1.5 KV built - in Optical Fiber I nterface (with network module) Fib er Port: 100 BaseFX, SC connector Distance: Multimode: 0 to 4 km , 1300 nm ( 62.5/125 µm, 500 MHz*km ) Single - mode[...]

NPort 6000 Series Introduction 1- 10 Applications Terminal S essions: 8 s essions per port Physical Chara cteristics Housing: Metal, IP 30 protec tion Weight: 1020 g (2.25 lb) Dimension s: Without ears: 158 x 103 x 35 mm (6.22 x 4.06 x 1.38 i n) With ears: 181 x 103 x 35 mm (7.13 x 4.06 x 1.38 in) Environmental L imits Opera ting Temperature: Stand[...]

NPort 6000 Series Introduction 1- 11 NPort 6610/ 665 0 Ethernet Inte rface Number of Ports: 1 Speed: 10/100 Mbps, aut o MDI/MDIX Connector: 8- pin RJ45 Magnetic Is olation: 1.5 kV built - in Optical Fiber I nterface (with network module) 100BaseFX Multimod e Single - m ode Wavelength 1300 n m 1310 nm Max . TX - 10 dBm 0 dBm Min. TX - 20 dBm - 5 dBm[...]

NPort 6000 Series Introduction 1- 12 IP Routing: Static , RIP - I, RIP -II Operation Mo des Standard: Real COM, T CP Serv er, TCP Cl ient, UDP , Pair Conne ction, R FC2217 , Terminal, R everse Te lnet, Ethernet Mo dem, Pr inter, PPP , Disabled Secure: Secure Rea l COM, Secur e TCP Ser ver, Secure T CP Clien t, Secure Pa ir Connec tion, SSH, R evers[...]

NPort 6000 Series Introduction 1- 13 EMS: NPort 6600 - 8/16/32: IEC 61000 -4- 2 ESD: Contact : 4 kV; Air: 8 kV IEC 61000 -4- 3 RS: 80 M Hz to 1 GHz: 3 V /m IEC 61000 -4- 4 EFT: Power 1 kV; Signal 0.5 kV IEC 61000 -4- 5 Surge: Power 2kV IEC 61000 -4- 6 CS: 150 k Hz to 80 MHz , 3 V/m; Signa l: 3 V/m IEC 61000 -4- 8 PFMF IEC 61000 -4- 11 DIPs NPort 66[...]

2 2. Getting Started This chapter covers the hardware i nstallation of the NPort 6000. Soft ware installation is covered in the next chapter. The following t opics are cover ed in this chap ter:  Panel Layout  NPort 6150/6250  NPort 6450  NPort 6610/6650  Panel, DIN - Rail, and Rack Mounting  Connecting the Hardware  Wiring Req[...]

NPort 6000 Series Getting Started 2-2 Panel Layout NPort 6150/625 0 NPort 6150 NPort 6250 NPort 6450 Note: The LCD pan el is only availab le wit h standard temperature models.[...]

NPort 6000 Series Getting Started 2-3 NPort 6610/665 0[...]

NPort 6000 Series Getting Started 2-4 Panel, DIN - Rail, and Rack Mounti ng Wall or Cab inet Mounting The NPort 6150, 6250, and 6450 devi ce servers hav e built - in “ears” for atta ching the d evice server to a wall or the i nside of a cab inet. We suggest using two scr ews per ear to atta ch the device server s to a wall or the insid e of a c[...]

NPort 6000 Series Getting Started 2-5 Connecting the Ha rdware This section d escribes ho w to connec t the NPort 60 00 to serial devi ces for the fir st time . Wiring Requirements ATTENTION Disconnect the power before in stalling an d wiring Disconnect the power cord before in stalling and/or wiring your NPort 6000. Do not exce ed the ma ximum cu [...]

NPort 6000 Series Getting Started 2-6 Grounding the NPort 6600 V DC Grounding an d wire r outing help li mit the effects o f noise due to e lectromagnet ic interfer ence (EMI). Run th e ground connection from the ground s crew to the grounding surface before connecting d evices. The Shielded G round (som etimes call ed Protected Ground) co ntact is[...]

NPort 6000 Series Getting Started 2-7 LED Name LED Color LED Function P1 to P16 Rx (6610/6650) Orange The serial port is receiving data. Off No data is bein g received thr ough the ser ial port. The NPort 6450 and 6650 models have additional LEDs for the alarm and opt ional network modules: LED Name LED Color LED Function Module (6450/6610/6650) Gr[...]

NPort 6000 Series Getting Started 2-8 NPort 6450 NPort 6650 DIP Switc hes SW 1 2 3 Pull High Pull L ow Terminator ON 1 K Ω 1 K Ω 120 K Ω OFF 150 K Ω 150 K Ω –[...]

3 3. Initial IP Address Configura tion When setting up the NPort 600 0 for the first time, the first thing you shoul d do is configure its IP address. Thi s chapter introd uces the diff erent metho ds that can be u sed. R efer to Chapter 9 , System Management Settings , f or more details about network settings. The following t opics are cover ed in[...]

NPort 6000 Series Initial IP Address Configuration 3-2 Static and Dynamic IP Addresses Determine wh ether your NPor t 6000 needs t o use a static I P or dynamic IP a ddress (either DHCP or BOOTP/PPPoE applicat ion). • If your NPort 6000 is used in a stati c IP environment , you will assign a specific IP address , using one of the tools de scribed[...]

NPort 6000 Series Initial IP Address Configuration 3-3 ATTENTION If a password has been enabled for the NPort 6000 console and the LCM console is configured for wri teable status, the LC M console w ill requir e you to enter the passw ord before allo wing you ac cess. The pa ssword will not be require d if the LCM conso le is config ured for read -[...]

NPort 6000 Series Initial IP Address Configuration 3-4 To use ARP to co nfigure the I P address, comp lete the foll owing: 1. Obtain a va lid IP address for your NPort 6000 from your network administrator. 2. Obtain your NPort 6000’s MAC address from the label on the bottom panel. 3. Execute the arp s command from your compu ter’s MS - DOS prom[...]

NPort 6000 Series Initial IP Address Configuration 3-5 3. The following page will only appear if the NPort 6000 is password protected. Enter the console password if you are prompted to do so, and press ENTER . 4. Press N or use the arrow keys to sele ct Network and then press ENTER . 5. Press B or use the arrow keys to select Basic an d then pre ss[...]

NPort 6000 Series Initial IP Address Configuration 3-6 7. Press ESC twice to return to previous page. Press Y to confirm the modification. 8. Press ESC to return to previo us page. 9. Press A or use the arrow keys to select Save and then press ENTER . Press ENTER again to confirm the save command . 10. Press R or use the arrow keys to s elect Resta[...]

NPort 6000 Series Initial IP Address Configuration 3-7 1. Turn off the power to the NPort 6000. Use a serial cable to connect the NPort 6000 ’s serial console por t to your computer’s male RS - 232 seri al port. ATTENTION The NPort 6610 / 6650 has a dedicated ser ial conso le port. For the PIN def inition, see the RS - 232 PINOUT on Page A - 2 [...]

NPort 6000 Series Initial IP Address Configuration 3-8 The NPort 6000 will then automatically switch from data mode to c onsole mode. 7. If the NPort 6000 has been set up for pa ssword protection, you will be prompted to en ter the password. After you enter ed the password, or if pass word protection was not enabled, you will be prompted to select [...]

4 4. Introducing Serial Port Opera tion Modes In this chapter , we de scribe the various ope ration modes of the NP ort 6000. NPort 6000 modes are g rouped by type of applica tion, such as Dev ice Control o r Reverse Ter minal. The opt ions includ e an operatio n mode that relies on a dr iver installed on the hos t computer a nd opera tion modes th[...]

NPort 6000 Series Introducing Serial Port Operation Mo des 4-2 Overview The NPort 6000 net work enables tradi tional serial (RS - 232 /422/485) dev ices. The ser ial device server is a t iny computer equipped with a CPU and TCP/IP p rotocols that can bi - direct ionally transla t e data be tween the s erial and Ethernet f ormats. Your c omputer can[...]

NPort 6000 Series Introducing Serial Port Operation Mo des 4-3 Device- Control Appli cations For device - control applications, the NPort 6000 offers t he following modes: Real COM/Secure Real COM mode and RFC2217 mode. Real COM and Secure Real COM Modes The NPort 6000 comes bundled w ith Real COM driv ers for Windows sy stems an d TTY drivers for [...]

NPort 6000 Series Introducing Serial Port Operation Mo des 4-4 Reverse Real COM Mode Real COM mode will not work when the NP ort 6000 is using a private IP addres s, or if the NPort 6000 is in a dynamic IP a ddress env ironment. In either of these cases , the remote host/serv er will no t be able to connec t to the NPort 6000. Private I P address a[...]

NPort 6000 Series Introducing Serial Port Operation Mo des 4-5 Socket Applicatio ns For socket applicati ons, the NPort 6000 offers t he following modes: TCP Server/S ecure TCP Server, TCP Cl ient/ Secure TCP Client, and UDP. TCP Server and Secure TCP Server Modes In TCP Server mode, the serial port on the NP ort 6000 is assigned a port number whic[...]

NPort 6000 Series Introducing Serial Port Operation Mo des 4-6 UDP Mode Compared to TCP communication, UDP i s faster and more effici ent. In UDP mode, you can unicast or multi - unicast data from a serial device to one or mu ltiple host compute rs ; a nd the serial de vice can receiv e data from one or multip le host co mputers. Thes e traits make[...]

NPort 6000 Series Introducing Serial Port Operation Mo des 4-7 Ethernet Mo dem Mode Ethernet Mod em mode is des igned for us e with legacy op erating sys tems, such as MS - DOS, tha t do not su pport TCP/IP Ethernet. By co nnecting the properly confi gured NPort 6000 serial port to t he MS - DOS computer’s serial port, it is po ssible to use lega[...]

NPort 6000 Series Introducing Serial Port Operation Mo des 4-8 Terminal ASCII Mode Terminal ASCII mode can han dle up to 8 sessio ns per port w ith the ability to switch be tween sessio ns on the same termina l. This mode is used for t ext - b ased terminals with no file t ransfer capability or encryption. Terminal BIN Mode Terminal BIN mode allows[...]

NPort 6000 Series Introducing Serial Port Operation Mo des 4-9 NPort 6000 reverse terminal modes allow the use of the NPort 6000 User Table or a RADIUS server f or identity verification purposes. Please refer to the M isc. Network S ettings sec tion in Chapter 9, Sy stem Ma nagement Settings , for instructions on setting up the NPort 6000 User Tabl[...]

NPort 6000 Series Introducing Serial Port Operation Mo des 4- 10 Dial In/Out Modes The NPort 6000 provides dial - in/dial - out access f or ISPs and ent erprises th at need a remote acc ess solution . When a user at a remote sit e uses a PPP d ial - up connection to access t he NPort 6000 , the NPort 6 000 plays th e role of a dial - up server, but[...]

5 5. Configuration with the Web Con sole The web console is the mos t user - friendly method available to config ure the NPort 6000. With a standard web browser, you have easy and intuitive access to a ll settin gs and optio ns. In this chapter, we introduce the we b console and go t hrough the basic configuration opti ons. The same configuration o[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuration w ith the Web C onsole 5-2 Using Your Web Browser Browser Cookie Settings Verify that cookies are enabled for your browser. I f the cookies are disabled, you w ill not be able to use the web console. (Cookies are only used for password transmission.) 1. For Inte rnet Explorer, enable coo kies by select ing Internet O[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuration w ith the Web C onsole 5-3 Trusted Site Settings For Windows 2003 users, you may need to add the NPort 6000’s I P address to your browser’s list of trusted sites. 1. If you see the following wi ndow while att empting to view th e web console, cli ck on Add… to modify the l ist of trus ted sites: You may also d [...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuration w ith the Web C onsole 5-4 Opening the Web Console Open your web browser and enter 192.168. 127.254 in the webs ite address line. This is the default I P address fo r the NPort 6000 – if a new address has been assigned , enter the new address ins tead. Press ENTER to load the page. ATTENTION The example s and figur[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuration w ith the Web C onsole 5-5 Web Console Navigation On the NPort 6000 web console, the left panel is the navigation panel and contains an expandable menu tree for navigating among the various settings and categories. When you click on a menu item in the navigation panel, the main window will display the corresponding o[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuration w ith the Web C onsole 5-6 ATTENTION A risk of an e xplosion exists if the real - time cloc k battery is repla ced with t he wrong type! The NPort 6000’s real tim e clock is powered by a l ithium battery. We strongly recommend that you do not attempt replacement of t he lithium battery without hel p from a qualifie[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuration w ith the Web C onsole 5-7 You can access Basic Network Settings by expanding the Network S ettings i tem in the navigation p ane l. Basic Network Settings is where you assign the NPort 6000 IP address, netmask, Gateway, and other IP parameters. NOTE: You must assign a valid IP address to your NPort 6000 before it wi[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuration w ith the Web C onsole 5-8 The NPort 6000 wi ll play the rol e of a D NS client, in t he sense th at it will actively query the DN S server for t he IP address associated with a particular domain name. The following functions on the NPort 6000 web console support the us e of domain names in p lace of IP addr esses: T[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuration w ith the Web C onsole 5-9 IPv6 Gat eway Gateway: Enter the IPv6 address of the gateway if a pplicable. A gate way is a network computer tha t acts as an entrance to another net work. Usually, the computers that c ontrol traffic within the network or at the local Internet serv ice provider ar e gateway nod es. The NP[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuration w ith the Web C onsole 5- 10 RIP is considered an eff ective solution for small homogeneous net works . For larger , more co mplicated networks, transmitting the entire routing t able every 30 seconds can bog down the network with a lot of extra traffic. RIP 2 is an extension of RIP. Its purpose is to expand the amou[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuration w ith the Web C onsole 5- 11 Configuring Routes to the I nternet In this exampl e, the Notebo ok PC dials into the NPort 60 00 to request a connection to the Interne t host at 210.48.96.9 , which is not on the local netw ork 203.67.6. xxx . This causes th e NPort 6 000 to act a s a route r and send the datagram to th[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuration w ith the Web C onsole 5- 12 Configuring Routes to the I ntranet In this example, dial - in users ca n make reque sts to Intran et hosts 202.65.66.4 or 202.65. 66.5 , which are on ne twork 202.65.66. xxx (located out side network 203.67.6 . xxx ). You will need to add a route entry for the next - hop router, 203.67.6[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuration w ith the Web C onsole 5- 13 Configuring Multiple- point Routes For multi lo cation ent erprises, NPor t 6000 serv ers can be placed i n different br anch offic es and used as both multipoint rou ters and as r emote access ser vers. When ho sts (e.g., th e Web/FTP and E - mail/ News servers shown in the fi gure) send[...]

6 6. Module Settings In this chapter , we describe a dditional s ettings rela ted to the NM - TX01, NM - FX01 -M- SC , NM - FX01 -S- SC , NM - FX02 -M- SC, and NM - FX0 2 -S- SC modu les. The same configuratio n options ar e also availab le from the Telnet and seri al consoles. The following t opics are cover ed in this chap ter:  NM - TX01, NM [...]

NPort 6000 Series Module Setting s 6-2 NM- TX01, NM - TX02, NM -FX01-M-SC, NM-FX01-S- SC, NM -FX02-M- SC, NM -FX 02 -S-SC Using Ethernet Redundancy Setting up Ethernet Redundancy on your NPort 6000 network helps protect critical links against failure, protects against network loops and achieve s the Ring topology, and keeps network downtime at a mi[...]

NPort 6000 Series Module Setting s 6-3 The STP/RSTP Concept Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) was designed to help reduce link failures on a network and provide protection from loops. Networks that have a complicated architecture are prone to broadcast storms caused by unintended lo ops on th e network. The Moxa NPort 6000’s STP feature is disabled by[...]

NPort 6000 Series Module Setting s 6-4 What happens if a link failure is detec ted? As shown in n ext figure, th e STP proce ss reconfigur es the netw ork so that traffic from LAN segment 2 flows through Bridge B. STP will determine which path between each bridged segment is the most efficient and then assign a spec ific reference po int on the net[...]

NPort 6000 Series Module Setting s 6-5 STP Calcula tion The first step o f the STP process is to perfor m calculatio ns. During this stage, ea ch bridge o n the network transmits BPDUs. The fo llowing i te ms will be calcu lated: • Which bridge should b e the Root Bridge ? Th e Root Bridge i s the central re ference poin t from which the network [...]

NPort 6000 Series Module Setting s 6-6 STP Example The LAN show n below has th ree segments , with adjacent segments co nnected using two possib le links. T he various STP factors , such as Cost, Root Port, Designated B ridge Port, and Bloc ked P ort are shown in the figur e. • Bridge A has been se lected as the Root Br idge, sinc e it was determ[...]

NPort 6000 Series Module Setting s 6-7 Configuring R STP Bridge priority Setting Description Factory De fault Numerica l valu e selected by us er Increase this d evice’s bri dge priority by selecting a lower number. A device with a higher bridge priority has a greater chance of bein g established as the root of th e Spanning Tr ee topology. 32768[...]

NPort 6000 Series Module Setting s 6-8 Configuration Limits of RSTP/STP The Spanning Tree Algori thm places li mits on three of the configur ation item s described above: [Eq. 1]: 1 s ec ≦ Hello Time ≦ 1 0 sec [Eq. 2]: 6 s ec ≦ Max. Age ≦ 40 sec [Eq. 3]: 4 s ec ≦ Forwarding Delay ≦ 30 sec These three va riables are fur ther restrict ed [...]

NPort 6000 Series Module Setting s 6-9 The user does no t need to co nfigure any of t he NPort 6000 uni ts as the master to use Turbo Ring or Turbo Ring V2. If none of the NP ort 6000 in the ring is config ured as the master, the n the protoco l will auto matically assign master statu s to one of the NPort 600 0 units. In fact , the master is o nly[...]

NPort 6000 Series Module Setting s 6- 10 Redundant Ports Setting Description Factory De fault 1st Redundant Port Select any LAN port of the NPort 6000 to be one of the redundant ports. Port 1 2nd Redundant Port Select any LAN port of the NPort 6000 to be one of the redundant ports. Port 2 Configuring Turbo Ring 2 Master Setting Description Factory [...]

7 7. Configuring Serial Port Opera tion Modes In this chapter , we ex plai n how to configur e the ind ividu al seria l port mo des. The following t opics are cover ed in this chap ter:  Port Setting Basics  Device Control Ap plication s  Real COM Mo de  Reverse Real C OM Mode  RFC2217 Mode  Socket Applications  TCP Server Mode[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7-2 Port Setting Basics Each serial por t on the NPort 6000 can be c onfigured in d ependently. To configure the operati on mode and settings for a port, expand Seri al Port Settings in the navigat ion panel ; then expand the port that you would like to configure. In dividual port settings a[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7-3 Device Control Applications Real COM Mode TCP alive ch eck tim e (defa ult=7 min ) : This f ield spe cifies how lon g the NPor t 6000 will wait for a response to keep - alive packets b efore closing the TCP connection. T he NPort 6 000 check s connecti on status by sending period ic keep[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7-4 Allow driver cont rol (defau lt=No) : Thi s option det ermi nes how the port will proceed if driver c ontrol commands are received from multiple hosts that are connect ed to the port. If No is selected, driv er control commands will be ignored. If Yes is selected , control co mmands wil [...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7-5 Packet leng th (defa ult=0) : The packet length setting ref ers to the maximum a mount of data that i s allowed to accumulate in the serial po rt buffer befor e sending. A t the default of 0 for pa cket length, no maximum amount is sp ecifie d , and data in the buffer wi ll be sent as sp[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7-6 Reverse Real COM Mode TCP alive ch eck time (default=7 min): Th is field specif ies how long th e NPor t 600 0 will wait for a response to keep - aliv e packets b efore clos ing the TCP co nnection. Th e NPort 6000 checks the conn ection statu s by sending period ic keep - al ive packets[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7-7 Destination address 1 through 2 (defaul t=None): Specifying an IP address allows the NPort 6000 to connect ac tively to the remot e host. At lea s t one des tination mu st be provided . TCP port (default=60950): This is the TCP port number assignme nt for the Remot e Host/Serv er. It is [...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7-8 As data is recei ved through t he serial por t, it is stored by the NPort 6 000 in the int ernal buff er. The NPor t 6000 transmits data stored in the buffer via TCP/IP, bu t only when the int ernal buffer is full or as spe cified by the force tran smit time . When set to 0, the for ce t[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7-9 Packet leng th (defa ult=0) : The packet length setting ref ers to the maximum a mount of data that i s allowed to accumulate in the serial po rt buffer be fore sending. At the default of 0 for packet length, no maximum amount is spec ified and data in the buffer w ill be sent as sp ecif[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7- 10 TCP alive ch eck time ( default=7 m in .) : This field specifies how long the NPort 6000 will wait for a respons e to keep - alive p ackets before clos ing the TC P connection . The NPor t 6000 check s connect ion status by sendin g period ic keep - alive pa ckets. If the r emote host [...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7- 11 Command by com mand op eration (default =Disable ) : Command by command mode can only support one r equest and on e response from each of the different hosts. When the NPort 6000 receives a command from any host on the Ether net, the NPort 600 0 will sto re all the commands in the buff[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7- 12 • Do Nothing: Da ta in the buffer will be trans mitted when t he delimiter is received . • Delimiter + 1: Data in the buffer will be transmitted after 1 addition al byte is r eceived fo llow ing the delimit er. • Delimiter + 2: Data in the buffer will be transmitted after 2 addit[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7- 13 ATTENTION Inactivity time is ONLY active when Connection Con trol (see be low) is set to Any character/Inactivi ty time. Ignore jamm ed IP (d efau lt =Disable ) : This optio n determines how the port wi ll proceed if multiple hosts are connected and one or more o f the hosts stops r es[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7- 14 Packet leng th (defau lt=0) : Th is field r efers to th e maximu m amount of data that i s allowed to accumu lat e in the serial port buffe r before sending. At the de fault of 0 for packet length, no maximum amount is speci fied and data in the buffer wi ll be sent as specified by the[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7- 15 Dynami c Destina tion (def ault=d isable) : When enabled, the destination address and port number are decided by the source (IP address and UDP port number) of the las t data rec eived. When the function is enabled , you are NOT able to speci fy ranges of IP addresses f or the serial p[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7- 16 Pair Connection Mode Pair Connect io n mode can b e used to r emove the 15 - meter dis tance l imitation impos ed by the R S - 232 interface. It establishes a connection between a serial port on one NPort 6000 server and another s erial port on anothe r NPort 6000 server. One of the se[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7- 17 Pair Conne ction Slave Mo de TCP alive ch eck tim e (defa ult=7 min ) : This f ield spe cifie s how lon g the NPor t 6000 will wait f or a res ponse to keep - alive packets before clos ing the TC P connection . The NPor t 6000 check s connect ion status by sendin g period ic keep - ali[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7- 18 The NPort 6000 accepts the AT command ATD IP address:TCP port (for example, IPv4 : ATD 192.127.168.1:4001 / IPv6 : A DT [fe80::290: e8ff:fe0d:b0fb] :65500 ) from the seri al port and then r equests a TCP connection from the remote Ethernet Modem or P C. Here IP address is the IP addres[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7- 19 AT Comma nds The NPort 6000 supports the following common AT commands as used with a typical modem: No. AT command Description Remarks 1 ATA Answer ma nually 2 ATD <IP>:<Port > Dial up the IP address : Port No. 3 ATE ATE0=Echo OFF ATE1=Echo ON (default) 4 ATH ATH0=On- hook [...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7- 20 S Registe rs No. S Register Descripti on & de fault va lue Remarks 1 S0 Ring to au to - answer (default=0) 2 S1 Ring counter (always=0) no action applied 3 S2 Escape cod e characte r (defa ult=43 ASCII “+”) 4 S3 Return character (default=13 ASCII) 5 S4 Line feed char acter (def[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7- 21 Authenticat ion type (d efault=Non e) : This field allows you to configure the method used, if any, t o verify a user’s ID and authorization. Option Description Local Verify the ID a gainst the NPo rt 6000 User T able. RADIUS Verify the ID against t he external RA DIUS server. RADIUS[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7- 22 Password pro mpt (default=passw o rd:) Login user name : Enter the ter minal login I D here. Login pass word : Enter the password for the terminal login here. Terminal BIN ( TERM_BIN) Terminal Binary mode can be used to transfer files with XMODEM or ZMODEM. You are only allowed to open[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7- 23 Telnet TCP port (default=23) : By default, the Teln et TCP port number is set to 23, w hich is the d efault T CP port number for Telnet. Terminal t ype (default =ansi) : Some older ter minal applica tions may req uire that the ter minal typ e be transmitted before the connection can be[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7- 24 Inactivity ti me (default=0 min) : Thi s field specifies how long the NP ort 6000 will wait for incomi ng and outgoing data thro ugh the seria l port before closing the TCP connection. The TCP connection is closed if there is no incoming or outgoi ng data through the se rial port for t[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7- 25 Reverse Terminal Applic ations Reverse Telnet Mode TCP alive ch eck tim e (defa ult=7 min ) : This f ield sp ecifies how long the NPort 6000 will wait for a response to keep - alive packets b efore closing the TCP connection. T he NPort 6 000 check s connecti on status by sending perio[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7- 26 Option Description <CR - LF> carriage return + line feed (i.e., the cursor will jump to the next line, and return to the first chara cter of the lin e) <CR> carriage retur n (i.e., the cur s or will return to the first cha racter of the line) <LF> line feed (i.e., th [...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7- 27 Authenticat ion type (d efault=Non e) : This field allows you to configure the method used, if any, t o verify a user’s ID and authorization. Option Description Local Verify the ID a gainst the NPo rt 6000 User T able. RADIUS Verify the ID against t he external RA DIUS server. RADIUS[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7- 28 TCP port num ber : This fiel d is automatic ally filled in by the NPort 6000 and cannot be set by the user. Th e host uses th is value to deter mine the Group to which t he printer a ttached to thi s serial por t belongs. Gro ups 01 to 06 are mapped to ports 2048 to 2063 respective ly.[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7- 29 Dial In/Out App lications PPP Mode PPP provides standard PPP servic e for both dial - in and dial - out. Destination IP addr ess : This is t he IP address o f the remote d ial - in/ d ial - out serv er. Source IP ad dress : Th e Source IP add ress is IP addre ss assigned to this serial[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7- 30 Disconnect by (defa ult=None) : If this fiel d is set as DC D - off , the connectio n will be disconnected when the DCD signa l is off. If this field is set as DSR - off , the conne ction will b e disconn ected when the DSR signa l is off. PPPD Mode PPPD (PPP on demand) is used for dia[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7- 31 Disconnect by (defa ult=None) : If this fiel d is set as DC D - off , the co nnectio n will be disconn ected when th e DCD signa l is o ff. If this field is set a s DSR - off , the connect ion will b e disconne cted when t he DSR signa l is off. SLIP Mode SLIP provides standard SLI P s[...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7- 32 SLI PD Mode SLIPD (SLIP on demand) is used for dial - in services, s ince it provid es SLIP serv ices only when receivin g a request from a remote P C. Destination IP addr ess : This is t he IP address o f the remote dia l - in/ d ial - out serv er. Source IP ad dress : Th e Sou rce I [...]

NPort 6000 Series Configuring Serial Port Operation Modes 7- 33 Dynamic mode int egrate s PPPD, SL IPD, an d Termina l dial - in services. Dynamic mod e automatica lly detects which remote connection mode is being used, and prov ides corresp onding ser vices. You can individuall y enable/disab le PPP/SLI P/Terminal serv ices by sel ecting Yes or No[...]

8 8. Addi tional Serial Port Settin gs In this chapter , we describe a dditional ser ial port sett ings on the NPor t 6000. The same configurat ion option s are also available through the Telnet and s erial consol e. The following t opics are cover ed in this chap ter:  Port Communication Param eters  Serial Parameters  Port Data Buffering[...]

NPort 6000 Series Additional Ser ial Port Settings 8-2 Port Communicat ion Parameters Port alias : This optional field allows you to assi gn an alias to a port for ea sier identification. Serial Parameters ATTENTION The seria l parameters fo r the each ser ial port on th e NPort 600 0 should match th e parameters used by the connected ser ial devic[...]

NPort 6000 Series Additional Ser ial Port Settings 8-3 FIFO (default=Enable) : This field enab les or disabl es the 128 - byte FIFO buffer. The NPort 6000 provides FIFO buffers for each se rial port, for both the Tx and Rx si gnals. Note, however, that you shou ld disable the port’s FIFO setting if the attached serial d evice does no t have a FIF[...]

NPort 6000 Series Additional Ser ial Port Settings 8-4 Seri al dat a logging enable (de fault=D isable) : If this fi eld is set to Enable , the NPor t 6000 w ill store da ta logs on the sys tem RAM for a ll serial port s. Note that thi s data is not sav ed when the NPort 60 00 is powered of f. Each serial por t is allotted 6 4 KB to store that port[...]

NPort 6000 Series Additional Ser ial Port Settings 8-5 Port Cipher Settings Serial Port Settings  Port N  Cipher Sett ings Used to choose cipher pri ority for SSL and SSH to build secure c onnections. The Secure M ode(SSL) Ciphers are for when Secur e mode is be se lected. Th e SSH/Reverse SS H Ciphers are only for SSH terminals and Reverse S[...]

NPort 6000 Series Additional Ser ial Port Settings 8-6 Welcome Message You can enable and enter a welco me messa ge to greet dia l - in or terminal users. For ports configure d for other modes, the we lcome messag e will not app ly.[...]

9 9. System Management Settings In t his chapter, we descr ibe addit ional server sett ings on the NPort 60 00. The same conf iguration op tions are also ava ilable t hrough t he Telnet a nd serial console. The following t opics are cover ed in this chap ter:  Misc. Network Set tings  Accessible IP List  SNMP Agent Settings  DDNS  Ho[...]

NPort 6000 Series System Mana gement Sett ings 9-2 Misc. Network Settings Accessible IP List The NPort 6000 uses an IP address - based fil tering metho d to contro l access to its s erial ports. The Accessib le IP list a llows you r estrict net work acces s to the NPort 6000. Access is controlled by IP address. When the access ible IP list is en ab[...]

NPort 6000 Series System Mana gement Sett ings 9-3 SNMP Agent Settings SNMP : To ena ble the SNM P Agent funct ion, select the Enable option , and enter a communi ty name (e.g ., public ). Read community string (default=public_admin ): This is a text passw ord mechani sm that is used to weakly authenticate q ueries to ag ents of manag ed network d [...]

NPort 6000 Series System Mana gement Sett ings 9-4 DDNS Please refer to Appendix C, D ynamic Domai n Name Server , f or information on setting up DDNS on your NPort 6000 Host Table The Host Table may be u sed to simplify IP address entry on the NP ort 6000 console by assigning a Host Name to a Host IP Address. When you assign a Host Name to a Host [...]

NPort 6000 Series System Mana gement Sett ings 9-5 User Table The NPort 6000 User Table may be used f or to authenti cate users for term inal or reverse ter minal acces s a nd is useful if you do n ot have an ext ernal RADIUS server f or authentication. The NP ort 6000 User Table stores up to 64 entries, with fields for User Name, Password, and Pho[...]

NPort 6000 Series System Mana gement Sett ings 9-6 TACACS+ ser ver: If you are using a TACACS+ server for u ser authentication, enter its IP address or domain name here. TACACS+ se cret: If you are using a TACACS+ server for user authenticati on, e nter its passw ord here. TACACS+ accounti ng: Use this field to enable or disable TACACS+ accounting.[...]

NPort 6000 Series System Mana gement Sett ings 9-7 OpMode Connect Op Mode is in used Discon nect Op Mode sw itched from in use to disco nnect. Authentic ation Fail The Authen tication f ailed in t erminal ; revers e terminal ; or dial in /out ope ration modes Restart S erial port wa s restarted . Configure the Remote Log Server SYSLOG server IP add[...]

NPort 6000 Series System Mana gement Sett ings 9-8 Dout is only available on the NPort 6450 and 6650 and refers to cha nging the status of the relay output (the DOUT socket at the back of the NPort 6000) and of the alarm LED. Cold sta rt : This refers to starting the s ystem from a power off stat e, or after upgrading your fi rmware Warm start : Th[...]

NPort 6000 Series System Mana gement Sett ings 9-9 DCD cha nged A change in the DCD (Data Carrier D etect) signal indicates that the mo dem conne ction sta tus has chang ed. For example , if the DCD sig nal cha nges to low, i t indicat es that the co nnect ion line is down. When the DCD sign al changes to low, the NPort 6000 will automatically send[...]

NPort 6000 Series System Mana gement Sett ings 9- 10 Mail ser ver : This f i eld is for your mail server’s dom ain name or IP address. User name : This field is for your mail serve r’s user name, if require d. Password : This field is for your mail server’s password, if required. From e - mail address : Th is is the e - mai l address fro m wh[...]

NPort 6000 Series System Mana gement Sett ings 9- 11 password - protected and LCM is configured for writeable access, you will need to enter the password to submit any cons ole sett ing changes. Please refer to Change Password later in this chapter for more inform ation on passwords . Finally, you may also enable or disable the reset button. Ping Y[...]

NPort 6000 Series System Mana gement Sett ings 9- 12 Configuration Import/Export The NPort 6000 can sh are or back up its configurati on by exporting all set tings to a file, which can then be imported into anoth er NPort 6 000. To import a configuration, go to System Ma nagement  Ma intenance  Conf iguration Import . Enter the configuration [...]

NPort 6000 Series System Mana gement Sett ings 9- 13 Load Factor y Defaults This function will reset all of NPort 6000’s s ettings to the factory default values. All previous settings including the console p assword wi ll be lost . If you wish t o keep the N Port 6000 IP a ddress, netma sk, and oth er IP settin g s, make sure Keep IP settings is [...]

NPort 6000 Series System Mana gement Sett ings 9- 14 ATTENTION If you forget the password, the ONLY way to configure the NPort 6000 is by using the reset button on the NPort 6000’s casing to l oad the factory defaults. Before you set a pass word for the first time, it is a g ood idea to export the configuration to a file when you have finished se[...]

NPort 6000 Series System Mana gement Sett ings 9- 15 System Monitoring Serial to Network Connections Go to Serial to N etwork Co nnections under Serial Status to view the operation mode and status of each connection for each serial port. All monitor functions will refresh automatic ally every 5 secon ds.[...]

NPort 6000 Series System Mana gement Sett ings 9- 16 Serial Port Status Go to Serial Port Status under Se rial Status to view the curre nt status of each serial por t. Serial P ort Sta tus  Buffering . Monitor port - buffering usage (bytes) of each serial port. Serial Port Error Count Go t o Serial Port Error Count under Serial St atus to view t[...]

NPort 6000 Series System Mana gement Sett ings 9- 17 Break: Break i nterrupt ind icates that t he received dat a input was he ld low for long er than a full - word transmis sion time. A full - word transmiss ion time i s defined a s the total ti me to trans mit the star t, data, par ity, and stop bits. Serial Port Settings Go to Serial Port Sett in[...]

NPort 6000 Series System Mana gement Sett ings 9- 18 Network Connections Go to Network Conn ections under System Status to v iew netwo rk co nnection information.[...]

NPort 6000 Series System Mana gement Sett ings 9- 19 Network Statis tics Go to Network Stati stics under System Status to view network sta tistics . Ethernet statisti cs Sent: Total number of output datagram packets delivered to the Ethernet. Received : Total number of input datagram packets rec eived from the Ethernet. Sent: Total number of output[...]

NPort 6000 Series System Mana gement Sett ings 9- 20 SEchoReq: Received pack ets from local ping request . SEchoRp ly: Responding pa ckets to loca l ping req uest. UDP statistics Received : Received UDP datagram packets. E rrPorts: Received UDP datagram packets with invalid destination port. ErrHeader: Received UDP datagram packet with incorrect he[...]

NPort 6000 Series System Mana gement Sett ings 9- 21 Serial Data Log Data logs for each serial port can be viewed in ASCII or HE X format. After selectin g the serial port and format, you may click Select all to select th e entire log if you wi sh to copy a nd paste th e contents into a tex t file. System Log This option displays the system l og. Y[...]

NPort 6000 Series System Mana gement Sett ings 9- 22 Routing Go to Routing under System Status to display the routing i nformation. Iface: Name of the physical network interfa ce. Destina tion: Network or host that the rou ter allow s you to connect to. Gateway: IP Address of the gateway you configured for this route. I f you are directly connected[...]

NPort 6000 Series System Mana gement Sett ings 9- 23 Dout State (f or 6450/6600) Dout State refers to the relay output stat us, which can be c onfigured to ch ange upon the occurrence o f certain system events throug h Auto Warning Settings under System Management . You may click Dout State und er System Status to display a l ist of events tha t ma[...]

NPort 6000 Series System Mana gement Sett ings 9- 24 Save Configuration Go to Save Configu ration a nd then cli ck Save to save the your submitted configuration c han ges to the NPort 6000’s flash memor y. The conf iguration cha nges will then b e effective when th e NPort 6000 is restarted. If y ou do not save your changes bef ore restart ing, t[...]

NPort 6000 Series System Mana gement Sett ings 9- 25 Restart Ports Go to Restart Ports under Restart and then sele ct the po rts to be restarted . Click Sele ct All to sel ect all th e ports. Click Submit to resta rt the selected p orts.[...]

10 10. Software Installa tion/Configuration The following t opics are cover ed in this chap ter:  Over view  NPort Windows Drive r Ma nager  Installing NPor t Windows Driver Manag er  Using NPort Windows Driver Mana ger  NPort Search Uti lity  Installing NPort Search Utility  Configuring NPort Search Utility  Linux Real TTY [...]

NPort 6000 Series Software Installa tion/Configur ation 10 -2 Overview The Docu mentatio n & Sof tware CD i nclud ed with yo ur NPor t 6000 is design ed to make the in stallat ion and configuration procedure eas y and straightforward. This auto - run CD includes NPort Windows Driver Manager (for COM mapping), NPort Search Utilit y (to broadcast[...]

NPort 6000 Series Software Installa tion/Configur ation 10 -3 3. Click Next to install the program’s shortcuts in the appropriate Start Menu folder. 4. Click Next to proceed wit h the instal lation. T he insta ller th en disp lays a su mmary of the insta llation o ption s. 5. Click Install to begin the installation. The setup win dow will report [...]

NPort 6000 Series Software Installa tion/Configur ation 10 -4 6. Click Finish to comple te the instal lation of the NPort Windows Driver Manager. Using NPort Windows Driver Manager Real COM Mode After you install NPort Windows Drive r Manager, you can se t up the NPort 6000’s s erial ports as re mote COM ports for your PC h ost. Make sure that th[...]

NPort 6000 Series Software Installa tion/Configur ation 10 -5 4. Alternatively, you can select Inpu t Manually a nd then manua lly enter th e NPort IP Addr ess, 1st Data Port, 1st Command Port, and Total Ports to which COM ports will be mapped. Click OK to p roceed to th e next step . Note that the Add NPort page supports FQDN (Fully Qualified Doma[...]

NPort 6000 Series Software Installa tion/Configur ation 10 -6 6. In Windows XP, a message is displayed during activation o f each port, indicating that t he software has not passed Windo ws Logo certif ication. Cl ick Continue Anyway to proceed. 7. Ports that have been activated will appear in blac k.[...]

NPort 6000 Series Software Installa tion/Configur ation 10 -7 Reverse Real COM Mode After you install NPort Windows Drive r Manager, you can set up the NPort 60 00’s serial po rts as remote COM ports for your PC host. Make sure that the serial port(s) on your NPort 6000 are set to Reverse Real COM mode when mapping COM ports with the NPort Window[...]

NPort 6000 Series Software Installa tion/Configur ation 10 -8 Example: I f you want to ma p port 15 only for NPort 6000 (A), the configuration will be as foll ows: MAC Address of NPort Th e MAC address of NPort (A) for ide ntification 00:90:18:18:f 1:36 1st Mapping Port Index Index or port 15 15 Total Number of Ports Only port 15 will be mapped , a[...]

NPort 6000 Series Software Installa tion/Configur ation 10 -9 Configure the mapped COM por ts For Real COM Mode/Reverse R eal COM Mode, to re - configure the se ttings for a particular seri al port on the NPort 6000 , sele ct t he row correspond ing to the desir ed port and then click the Setting icon. 1. On the Basic Sett ing windo w, use the COM [...]

NPort 6000 Series Software Installa tion/Configur ation 10 - 10 2. Click the Advanced Setting tab to modify Tx Mode, F IFO, and Flash Flush. Tx Mode Hi - Performan ce is the default for Tx mode. After the driver sends data to the NPort 6000, t he driver immediately issues a “Tx Empty” response to the program. Un der Classic al mode, the drive r[...]

NPort 6000 Series Software Installa tion/Configur ation 10 - 11 Return error if network is un available If this option is disable d, the driver will not return a ny error s even wh en a connectio n cannot be esta blished to the NPort 6000. With this option enabled, calling the Win32 Comm function will result in the error return code “STATUS_NETWO[...]

NPort 6000 Series Software Installa tion/Configur ation 10 - 12 4. Click the Secu rity tab to configure secur ity settin gs. Select the Enab le Da ta Encrypti on optio n to e nable data to be encrypte d when transmitted over th e COM ports. After s electing the encryption opti on, select the Keep connect ion option to start encryption on COM port s[...]

NPort 6000 Series Software Installa tion/Configur ation 10 - 13 6. To save the config ur ation to a text file , select Export from the COM Mapping menu. You will then be able to import this configurati on file to another host a nd use the same COM Mapping setti ngs in the other host. NPort Search Utility Installing NPort Search U tility 1. Click t [...]

NPort 6000 Series Software Installa tion/Configur ation 10 - 14 4. Click Next to install the program’s shortcuts in the appropriate Start Menu folder. 5. Click Next to proceed with the installation . The installer then displa ys a summary of the installation options. 6. Click Install to begin the installation. The setup win dow will report the pr[...]

NPort 6000 Series Software Installa tion/Configur ation 10 - 15 Configuring NPort Search Utility The Broadcas t Search functio n is used to locate al l NPort 600 0 servers that are co nnected to th e same LAN a s your computer. After loc ating an NPort 6000, you will be able t o chang e its IP addr ess. Since the Broa dcast Search f unction sear ch[...]

NPort 6000 Series Software Installa tion/Configur ation 10 - 16 Linux Real TTY Drivers Basic Procedures To map an NPort 6000 serial port to a Linux host’s tt y port, follow these instructions: 1. Set up the NPort 6000. After verifying that the IP configuration works and you can access the NPort 6000 (by using p ing, tel net, etc. ), configur e th[...]

NPort 6000 Series Software Installa tion/Configur ation 10 - 17 Mapping tty po rts automa tically To map tty po rts auto matica lly, you may execute m xaddsvr with just the IP address and n umber of ports, as in the following exa mple: # cd /usr/lib/npreal2/driver # ./mxaddsvr 192.168.3.4 16 In this example, 16 tty ports will be added, all with IP [...]

NPort 6000 Series Software Installa tion/Configur ation 10 -18 The UNIX Fixed TTY Driver NOTE The newest inf ormation, ple ase refer to readme.txt o n Fixed TTY Driv er Installing the UNIX D river 1. Log in to UNIX and c reate a directory for the Moxa T TY. To create a directory named /usr/etc , exec ute the command: # mkdir – p / usr/etc 2. Copy[...]

NPort 6000 Series Software Installa tion/Configur ation 10 - 19 Device nam ing rule For UnixWar e 7, UnixW are 2.1.x , and SVR4. 2, use: pts /[ n ] For all other UNIX ope rating systems, u se: ttyp [ n ] Starting moxattyd Execute the co mmand init q or reboot your UNIX operating system. Adding an a dditional s erver 1. Modify t he text file mox att[...]

A A. Pinouts and Cable Wiring The following topics are covered in this appendix:  Port Pinout D iagrams  NPo rt 6150/6250/6450: RS - 232/422/ 485 (male DB9)  NPort 6600: RS - 232/422/ 48 5 (male RJ45 )  Cable Wiring Dia grams  Ethern et Cables  Serial Cables (RS - 232)  Serial Cables (RS - 422/4 - Wire RS - 485)  Serial Cabl[...]

NPort 6000 Series Pinouts and Cable Wiring A-2 Port Pinout Diagrams NPo rt 6150/6250/6450 : RS - 232/422/485 (male DB9) 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) Data - (A) 5 GND GND GND 6 DSR – – 7 RTS – – 8 CTS – – 9 – – – NPort 6600: RS - 232/42[...]

NPort 6000 Series Pinouts and Cable Wiring A-3 Cable Wir ing Di agrams Ethernet Cables Serial Cables (RS - 232) RJ 45 (8 - pin) to Female DB9[...]

NPort 6000 Series Pinouts and Cable Wiring A-4 RJ45 (8 - pin) to M ale DB9 RJ45 (8 - pin) to Female D B25 RJ45 (8 - pin) to M ale DB25[...]

NPort 6000 Series Pinouts and Cable Wiring A-5 Serial Cables (RS - 422/4 - Wire RS - 485) RJ45 (8 - pin) to Female D B9 RJ45 (8 - pin) to M ale DB9 RJ45 (8 - pin) to Female D B25[...]

NPort 6000 Series Pinouts and Cable Wiring A-6 RJ45 (8 - pin) to M ale DB25 Serial Cables (2 - wire RS - 485) RJ45 (8 - pin) to Female D B9 RJ45 (8 - pin) to M ale DB9 RJ45 (8 - pin) to Female D B25[...]

NPort 6000 Series Pinouts and Cable Wiring A-7 RJ45 (8 - pin) to M ale DB25 Pin Assignments for DB9 and DB25 Connect ors Pin Assig nments for DB9 Male a nd Female C onnectors DB9 Male C onnector DB9 Female Connecto r Pin Assig nments for DB2 5 Male and Female Conne ctors DB25 Male Conn ector DB25 Femal e Connect or[...]

B B. RFC2217 This appendix ex plains how to set up th e environmen t to use RFC - 2217 mode. RFC2217 defin es general COM port control options based on th e Telnet protocol and is used to allow the mapping of virtu al COM ports to network ports. Any third - party driver that supports RFC - 2217 can be used to imp lement the virtua l COM po rt on th[...]

C C. Dynamic Domain Name Se rver This appe ndix exp lains h ow to use t he NPor t 6000 with DDNS. W hen the NPort 600 0 receiv e s its IP ad dress from a DHCP (Dynamic Host Con figuration Protocol) server, re mote servers will be unable to access it using a fixed IP ad dress. With DDNS (Dyna mic Doma in Nam e Ser ver), a remote server can access th[...]

D D. Well - Known Port Numbers In this appendi x, we provide a list of well - known port numbers that may cause network problems if you set the NPort 6000 to one of these ports. Refer to RFC 1700 for well - known port numbers or to t he following introduction from the IANA: The port numb ers are divided into three ranges: the We ll - Known Po rts, [...]

NPort 6000 Series Well - Known Port Numbers D-2 UDP Sock et Application Servic e 0 Re serve d 2 Ma nagement U tility 7 Echo 9 Di scard 11 Active Users ( systat) 13 Daytime 35 Any private printer serve r 39 Resource Location Protocol 42 Host name serv er (names ser ver) 43 Whois (nic kname ) 49 Login Host Protocol (l ogin) 53 Domain Name Serve r ( d[...]

E E. SNMP Agents with MIB II & RS - 232 Like Groups The NPort 6000 has built - in SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) agent software that supports SNMP Trap, RFC 1317 and RS - 232 - like groups, and RFC 1213 M IB - II. The following table lists the standard MIB -II groups as well as the vari able implementation for the NP ort 6000. The fo[...]

NPort 6000 Series SNM P Agents with MIB II & RS - 232 Like Groups E-2 RFC1213 MIB - II Supported SNMP Variables System MIB Inter faces MIB IP MIB ICMP MIB sysDescr ifN umber ipFor warding icmpInM sgs sysObjectID ifIndex ip Defaul tTTL icmpInErrors sysUpTime ifDescr ipInRec eives icmpInDestUnr eachs sysContact ifType ipInHdrErrors icmpInTi meExc[...]

NPort 6000 Series SNM P Agents with MIB II & RS - 232 Like Groups E-3 Address Translation MIB TCP MIB UD P MIB SNMP MIB atI fIndex tcpRtoAlg orithm udpInDatagrams sn mpInPkts atPhysAddress tcpRtoMi n udpNoPorts snmpOutPkts atNetAddress tcpRtoMax udpInErrors snmpInBadVersions tcpMaxConn udpOutDatagrams sn mpInBadCo mmunity Names tcpA ctiveOpen s[...]

NPort 6000 Series SNM P Agents with MIB II & RS - 232 Like Groups E-4 Moxa - NP6000 - MIB overview ba sicSett ing net workSetti ng opModeSetting modelNa me serverName ipConfiguration portIndex serialNumber serverLo cat ion sysIpAddress portApplication firmwareVersion timeZone netMask portMode macAddress lo calTime defa ultGatew ay viewLanSpeed [...]

NPort 6000 Series SNM P Agents with MIB II & RS - 232 Like Groups E-5 deviceContr ol Mode socket Mode socketUdpDes tination Address4E nd socketUdpDestinationPort4 socketUdpLoca lListenPo rt pairConnect ion Mode ethern etModem Mod e pairConnect ionTcpAliv eCheck ethernetMod emTcpAliveC heck pairConnectionSecure ethernetModemTcpPort pairConn ecti[...]

NPort 6000 Series SNM P Agents with MIB II & RS - 232 Like Groups E-6 comParamS etting dataBu ffering modemSett ing portAlias portBuffering Enable portEnableMod em portInterface portBufferingLocation portIni tialStr ing portBaudRa te portB uffering SDFil eSize portDialUp portBaudRateManua l portSerialDataLoggingEnable portPhoneNumber portData B[...]

NPort 6000 Series SNM P Agents with MIB II & RS - 232 Like Groups E-7 welcomeMes sage sysManagement trapServerAuthFailure alarmServerEthernet1LinkDown alarmServerEthernet2LinkDown alarmServerEthernet3LinkDown mailDCDch ange trapDCDchange alarmDCDchange mailDS Rchang e trapDSRchange alarmDSRchange emailWar ning MailServ er emailRe quires Authent[...]

NPort 6000 Series SNM P Agents with MIB II & RS - 232 Like Groups E-8 sysStatus saveConf igurat ion restart relayOutputEthernet1LinkDown ethernet1LinkDow nAcknowledg e relayOutputEthernet2LinkDown ethernet2LinkDow nAcknowledg e relayOutputEthernet3LinkDown eth ernet3Link DownAcknowle dge portDCDChangedStatus portDCDChangedAcknowledge portDSRCha[...]

F F. RADIUS Server Managing div erse serial l ines and mode m pools for larg e numbers o f users creates the need for significan t administrative support. Since modem pools are links to the outside world, careful attention must be paid to security, authorization, and accounting. This can best be achieved by managing a single database of users allow[...]

NPort 6000 Series RADIUS Serv er F-2 What is RADIUS? Definiti on Remote Au thenticatio n Dial - up User Serv ice, or RA DIUS, is th e standard for centra lizing the authen tication , authorization, and accounting of remote acc ess users. Here is a brief d escription of how RADIUS works: Whe n a user dials i n to a remote ac cess device, that devic [...]

NPort 6000 Series RADIUS Serv er F-3 Setting up t he NPort 60 00 Setting up the RADIUS Server IP Ad dress RADIUS serv er I P : This i s the IP addres s of the RADIUS ser ver. RADIUS key : This is the pa ssword that i s used to acces s the RADIUS s erver IUS serv er UDP port : This is th e RADIUS ser ver’s assi gned UDP port . RADIUS accounting : [...]

NPort 6000 Series RADIUS Serv er F-4 Setting up Windows NT Hosts 1. Install Wi ndows NT OPTION PACK 4.0 on the Windows NT serve r. 2. Open Start  Programs  Wind ows NT 4.0 Optio n Pack  Microsoft Int ernet In formati on Server  Managemen t Console Manger . 3. Go to Console Root  Internet Informat ion Server (in the left pane). Your c[...]

NPort 6000 Series RADIUS Serv er F-5 6. Select Service . Verify that the RADIUS ports assignments match you r configuration. [Authentication ] 1645 or 1812 [Acc ounting] 1646 or 1813 7. Select Client and then click Add . Enter the NPort 600 0’s IP address in the IP address fie ld. Enter the NPo rt 6000’s RADI US key in th e password field. Thi [...]

NPort 6000 Series RADIUS Serv er F-6 Setting up Windows 2000 Hosts 1. Open Start  Pr ograms  Administ rative T ools  R outing and Remote Access . 2. Right click Server (Local) and select Conf igure and Ena ble Routing and Rem ote Acce ss . Click Next to continue . 3. Select Remote a ccess ser ver and click Next to continue. 4. Select Set u[...]

NPort 6000 Series RADIUS Serv er F-7 5. Select TCP/IP p rotocol , then cl ick Next to continue. 6. Specify your IP address as shown on the f ollowing screens:[...]

NPort 6000 Series RADIUS Serv er F-8 7. Select Yes , I want to use a RADIUS serv er and click N ext . Setting up Windows 2003 Hosts Windows 2003 uses the IAS service inst ead of the RADIUS ser vice. For thi s reason, you need to install the IA S service to use RADIUS with Windows 200 3 (The IAS serv ice will not b e installed by def ault). 1. Click[...]

NPort 6000 Series RADIUS Serv er F-9 3. Select Details and then selec t Internet Authenticat ion Serv ice . Continue cl icking OK until the installa tion i s complet e. 4. After the installat ion is compl ete, click Adm inistrat ive To ols and run th e Internet Au thentication Servi ce . Thi s will o pen the f ollowing windo w. 5. Select New RADIUS[...]