Serial Device Server-ultima Quick Installation Guide

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Serial Device Server-Ultima Quick Installation Guide Introducing the Serial Device Server-Ultima The Serial Device Server-Ultima allows to connect a serial device to a Local Area Network (LAN) or Wide Area Network (WAN). Features and Benefits • • • • • • Data Conversion between RS-232/422/485 and Ethernet Dual LAN Speed Server / Client Dual Modes Web-based Setup Dynamic IP Configuration Built-in Security Control System Requirements • • Pentium® II or equivalent PC Windows® 2000 and above Package Contents • • • Serial Device Server-Ultima Power adapter QuickInstallation Serial Number Sticker For future product return or exchange, this serial number is needed. Please keep it for your reference. 04-0491A 1 Board Layout DC-In Power Outlet Terminator LAN RJ-45 Reset Button Serial I/O Port RS-232 LED Indicators Serial I/O Port RS-485/RS-422 Figure 1: Layout Power DC-In Outlet • 12 Volt DC • Inner positive / Outer negative LED Indicators • SYS (Power): Yellow - Initializing; Green - Self test; Red - Powered on. • LAN: Network signal indicator. Green: 10Mbps; Red: 100Mbps • Tx/Rx: Data send/received indicator. When data is sent or received the LED will blink. • WLAN: Not enabled for this adapter Terminator • Long distance signal attenuation compensation • Active: switch 1 & 2 ON position • Inactive: switch 1& 2 opposite position 2 Reset Button • H/W Reset • Press & hold 5 sec Ethernet Port • 10/100Base-TX • Auto-MDI/MDIX • RJ-45 Serial I/O Port of RS-422/482 • 35 Mbps for 10 Meters • 100 Kbps for 1200 Meters Software Installation When setting up your Serial Device Server-Ultima for the first time, the first thing you should do is configure the IP address. This section describes how to install the program and configure the Serial Device Server-Ultima IP address. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Insert the CD and select DSTool_ODM_Setup, folder and double click DSTool_ODM_Setup.exe, to begin installing the Windows utility. At the Installing DSTool screen, double click the Start icon. After completing the installation, at the Installation was completed successfully screen, double click OK. At the next screen choose Launch DSTool Now or Launch DSTool Later. If you choose Launch DSTool Now the DS Tools Device Configuration screen will pop-up. 3 Device Configuration 1. 4 If the Broadcast Searching box does not appear click on the Broadcast button. Otherwise, select the Serial Device Server Ultima and click on the Add button. 2. The table shows the converter's status such as IP address, Mac address, Device Name and others. If you want to specify network settings select Using Static IP. If you want your DHCP server to configure the converter select Using DHCP. Serial Port Configuration and Mapping COM Port 1. Go to Device List, you will find the Serial Device Server - Ultima in the list, select it's serial port. 5 2. Select Serial Setting tab, to configure the serial port parameters. 3. Select Service Mode tab. You can select between TCP Server mode, TCP Client mode, Virtual COM and UDP mode. 6 Device List In the Device List icon, you will find the Serial Device Server - Ultima in the list, double clicking on the device will configure the rest of it's settings. General After listing of device IP, you can click the IP as show on table, the General section lists information such as Model, IP address, MAC address, firmware version, Device Name/Location and device working status. etc. You can configure some parameters and modify device name and location. 7 Security Serial Device Server - Ultima security includes access IP & Mask list table and administration security. The Access IP Table specifies the IP address and subnet that can access to the device. The access is based on IP and Mask combination. If access is open to all hosts, do not enable this function. For administration security, you can assign a password for administrator’s management and also to prevent unauthorized access. If you assign a password, you will need to manage it (depending on your policy). When you access Windows, Web, or Telnet consoles and it also is validated to Setup Wizard configuration function. After modifying configuration, be sure to validate the changes by using Apply Only or Apply and Save. 8 Networking Serial Device Server - Ultima can support either Static IP or DHCP/BootP IP configuration. After modifying configuration and click Apply Only or Apply and Save to finish IP configuration. Notification Serial Device Server - Ultima can support 3 ways of event notification SNMP Trap, Email Notification and Syslog Notification. 9 Management In addition to DSTool, Serial Device Server - Ultima can also be managed by Web and Telnet consoles as well as SNMP trap. Web and Telnet consoles functions are enabled by default. To enable or disable the management consoles, you can use the Configuration and Management in DSTool for configuring. To enable SNMP trap support, you have to check the SNMP Management Enable device and specify SNMP settings including Community, Location, Contact, and Trap Server IP. Upgrade Firmware Contact your vendor for upgrading to the latest firmware version. 10 To update the firmware, save the firmware file to your host PC. Go to Configuration, click Update Firmware. Specify the file location by browsing, then click Update. The Serial Device Server - Ultima will reboot automatically after firmware updating. Note: All parameters will restore to default after the firmware update, except for the device IP address. 11 Save/Load After finishing setup, be sure to click Apply and Save button. Apply and Save is for applying all parameters save and flash but the changes are valid after rebooting the device. Load default is all parameters changes to factory’s default except network setting. Reboot Device will reboot device and start broadcasting to search for the device. Import is for retrieving saved configuration file to apply in current device. Export is saving the current parameters onto a file and export to a current host for saving. Port Port Configurations is for configuring serial parameters, serial communication modes, data packing options, and event notifications. 12 • • • • • • • • Port Alias: remark the port to the connected device Baud rate: from 110bps to 460.8kbps Parity: No, Even, Odd, Mark, Space Data Bits: 5, 6, 7, 8 Stop Bits: 1, 2 (1.5) Flow Control: No, XON/XOFF, RTS/CTS, DTR/ DSR Interface: RS232 Performance: Throughput - guarantees highest transmission speed. Latency - guarantees shortest response time Delimiter Settings For advanced data packing options, you can specify delimiters for Serial to Ethernet and / or Ethernet to Serial communications. You can define 4 delimiters (00~FF, HEX) for each way and until the delimiters are received, the data will not transmit success. Flush Ethernet to Serial Data Buffer After is for counting the flush times out of data transmitted between Ethernet and Serial. Force TX interval time is for specifying the timeout when no data has been transmitted and the timeout is reached or TX buffer is full (4K Bytes), the queued data will be sent. If you want to disable and the parameter is setting “0”. (factory default) 13 Service Modes UDP Mode When the Serial Device Server - Ultima is configured as TCP Server, it gives the connected serial device a unique IP: Port address on a TCP/IP network that it can be accessed by other host on the network. A TCP Server waits passively to be contacted by the host computer, allowing the host computer to establish a connection with and get data from the serial device. This operation mode supports up to 5 simultaneous connections, so that multiple hosts can collect data from the same serial device at the same time. Virtual COM Mode Enables the serial port of the Serial Device Server - Ultima to act and be controlled as PC’s COM port for Windows. One PC can have as many as COM ports on the network without the limitation of PC’s physical slots. The Virtual COM ports on the network can also be shared by multiple hosts. TCP Client Mode When the Serial Device Server - Ultima is configured as TCP Client, it allows the connected serial device the ability to initiate the TCP connection to remote host software when needed. When the connection is successful, the data is transmitted bi-directionally untill the data transmission is finished, then connection will be closed by TCP Client. The connect-on-demand TCP Client operation helps the host computer to manage high number of remote devices that exceeds the maximum simultaneous TCP connections allowed. 14 Notification Port status can be sent to administrator by email, SNMP trap, or System Log. To activate the notification, specify the event type and the notification methods. The SNMP trap Server, Email SMTP server, or Log server IP should be configured first in deviceConfiguration Management. • • • • • • DCD changed: When DCD (Data Carrier Detect) signal changes, indicating the modem connection status has changed, the event will be triggered. RI changed: When RI (Ring Indicator) signal changes, indicating the incoming of a call, the event will be triggered. DSR changed: When DSR (Data Set Ready) signal changes, indicating that the data communication equipment is powered off, the event will be triggered. CTS changed: When CTS (Clear To Send) signal changes, indicating that transmission between computer and DCE can proceed. Port connected: In TCP Server Mode, when the device accepts an incoming TCP connection, this event will be triggered. In TCP Client Mode, when the device has connected to the remote host, this event will be triggered. In Virtual COM Mode, when Virtual COM is ready to use, this event will be triggered. Port disconnected: In TCP Server/Client Mode, when the device has lost the TCP link, this event will be triggered. In Virtual COM Mode, when Virtual COM is not available, this event will be triggered. 15 VCOM List You can monitor the COM port status from the “VCOM” function. The monitored items can also be defined by the “Select Monitor Items” at right side of upper corner. The COM ports must be configured first before monitoring the status Setup Wizard DSTool offers 5 Setup Wizards to help you manage Serial Device Server - Ultima devices as a group and streamline the management tasks. Virtual COM Wizard Serial Device Server - Ultima COM port driver is installed when you install DSTool. Select the Virtual COM Wizard from Setup Wizard. There are only 3 steps to follow up. 16 Select the available port of the Serial Device Server - Ultima on the network. Continue by configuring the settings of the serial port. In Performance mode, there are Throughput mode and Latency mode. In Throughput mode, the throughput is high. In Latency mode, the response time is low. 17 Specify the Virtual COM port range and continue by checking the COM port table. 18 Serial Tunnel Wizard The Serial Tunnel Wizard gives you the option to transparently pair two devices over the network. Select the devices that should be paired and move the devices into IP1 and IP2. After configuring the serial port settings, the serial tunnel will be built by assigning one port as the TCP Server mode and the other as the TCP Client mode. 19 Group IP Wizard When you have more than one device to configure, use Group IP Wizard to configure the IP addresses of the devices. Select Group IP Wizard after opening DSTool, or use Broadcast to find the Serial Device Server - Ultima on the network and double click the button Click here located at the lower right hand corner of the window. 20 Search the devices in local network (i.e. same subnet), or search by an IP range. Select the devices for group IP configuration and define the IP address range manually or by DHCP. Click Next to confirm the setup and the IP configuration is finished, you will see the IP addresses for the devices. 21 Group Setup Wizard Group Setup Wizard can help you to copy the configuration of one device to other converters. You can select the items to be copied or not. Go to Setup Wizard, Group Setup Wizard, and choose Next to continue. Select a device model. 22 Select the source device for the configuration and destination devices. 23 Click Next to confirm and finish the wizard. Group Firmware Wizard Use the Group Firmware Wizard to upgrade 24 Select the Serial Device Server - Ultima model, and select available converters on the network for the upgrade. Specify the firmware image and select next. Confirm the firmware upgrade and continue operation. DSTool will upgrade firmware of the converter and reboot to finish. 25 IP Collection DSTool supports auto IP report function to report the current IP address of the Serial Device Server - Ultima to the administrator. To enable the function, check Auto IP Report, in Configuration, General. Specify the host that the device should report it's IP to, or define current host as the report host. Be sure to define the Report Interval time. Zero is disabled. Go to the IP Collection function of the main menu and find the converters auto IP report list. See image on the next page. 26 System Log You can use the calendar at the button of System Log screen to search the history of your logged messages. 27 Wiring Architecture RS-232 Wiring Architecture RS-422/RS-485 Wiring Architecture 28 Pin out and Cable Wiring DC Power outlet RJ-45 Pin Assignment RS-232 Pin Assignment The pin assignment scheme for a 9-pin male connector on a DTE is given below. Pin 1: DCD Pin 2: RXD Pin 3: TXD Pin 4: DTR Pin 5: GND Pin 6: DSR Pin 7: RTS Pin 8: CTS Pin 9: X 29 RS-422 Pin Assignment The pin assignment scheme for a 4-pin RS-422 is given below. 1 2 3 4 PIN 1: R- Pin 2: R+ PIN 3: T- PIN 4: T+ RS-485 Pin Assignment The pin assignment scheme for a 4-pin RS-485 is given below. 1 2 3 4 PIN 1 : X 30 PIN 2 : X PIN 3 : D+ PIN 4 : D- Technical Support and Warranty QUESTIONS? SIIG’s Online Support has answers! Simply visit our web site at www.siig.com and click Support. Our online support database is updated daily with new drivers and solutions. Answers to your questions could be just a few clicks away. You can also submit questions online and a technical support analysts will promptly respond. SIIG offers a 5-year manufacturer warranty with this product. Please see our web site for more warranty details. If you encounter any problems with this product, please follow the procedures below. A) If it is within the store's return policy period, please return the product to the store where you purchased from. B) If your purchase has passed the store's return policy period, please follow these steps to have the product repaired or replaced. Step 1: Submit your RMA request. Go to www.siig.com, click Support, then RMA to submit a request to SIIG RMA. If the product is determined to be defective, an RMA number will be issued. Step 2: After obtaining an RMA number, ship the product. • Properly pack the product for shipping. All software, cable(s) and any other accessories that came with the original package must be included. • Clearly write your RMA number on the top of the returned package. SIIG will refuse to accept any shipping package, and will not be responsible for a product returned without an RMA number posted on the outside of the shipping carton. • You are responsible for the cost of shipping. Ship the product to the following address: SIIG, Inc. 6078 Stewart Avenue Fremont, CA 94538-3152, USA RMA #: • SIIG will ship the repaired or replaced product via Ground in the U.S. and International Economy outside of the U.S. at no cost to the customer. 31 About SIIG, Inc. Founded in 1985, SIIG, Inc. is a leading computer upgrade manufacturer of I/O connectivity products, including PCI & ISA serial and parallel ports, USB, Serial ATA & UltraATA controllers, FireWire (1394a/b), networking, sound cards, and other accessories. SIIG is the premier one-stop source of upgrades. SIIG products offer comprehensive user manuals, many user-friendly features, and are backed by an extensive manufacturer warranty. High-quality control standards are evident by the overall ease of installation and compatibility of our products, as well as one of the lowest defective return rates in the industry. SIIG products can be found in computer retail stores, mail order catalogs, through major distributors, system integrators, and VARs in the Americas and the UK, and through e-commerce sites. PRODUCT NAME Server Device Server-Ultima FCC RULES: TESTED TO COMPLY WITH FCC PART 15, CLASS B OPERATING ENVIRONMENT: FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENT: This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. THE PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCT COMPLIANCE SIIG, Inc. 6078 Stewart Avenue Fremont, CA 94538-3152, USA Serial Device Server-Ultima is a trademark of SIIG, Inc. SIIG and the SIIG logo are registered trademarks of SIIG, Inc. Microsoft, Windows and Windows Vista are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Other names used in this publication are for identification only and may be trademarks of their respective companies. July, 2008 Copyright ©2008 by SIIG, Inc. All rights reserved.