AAxeon STW-602C, User Manual

Page 1: ...Wireless Serial Ethernet Server STW 602C User s Manual Version 1 1 ...

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Page 3: ...connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help This product 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 FCC Caution Any changes or modifications not expressly a...

Page 4: ...rol Protocol TCP 6 4 1 2 User Datagram Protocol UDP 6 4 2 Connectivity Topology 6 4 2 1 Virtual COM Mode 6 4 2 2 Tunneling Mode 8 5 Configure STW 602C by web interface 10 5 1 Login to System 10 5 2 General Information 10 5 3 Network Configuration 13 5 3 1 LAN Settings 14 5 3 2 WLAN Settings 14 5 3 3 DNS Settings 14 5 3 4 SNMP Settings 14 5 4 Wireless Configuration 15 5 4 1 Wireless Detail Settings...

Page 5: ...figuration 37 6 4 1 TCP Server Mode for Link Mode 38 6 4 2 TCP Client for Link Mode 39 6 4 3 UDP for Link Mode 39 6 4 4 Serial Settings 40 6 4 5 Packet Delimiter 40 6 5 Security Configuration 42 6 5 1 Change the Password 43 Appendix A Using Virtual COM 44 A 1 Pre installation Requirements 44 A 2 Applying to the Serial Server 44 A 3 Virtual COM Communication 45 Appendix B Configuration Utility 48 B...

Page 6: ...ingle application program or multiple application programs Many control devices provide the ability to communicate with hosts through RS 232 RS 485 however RS 232 RS 485 serial communication has its limitations For instance it is hard to transfer data through a long distance With the STW 602C it is possible to communicate with a remote device in the Intranet environment or even in the Internet and...

Page 7: ...nstallation Procedures Prepare necessary cables DC power adapter and RS 232 RS 485 connector Place STW 602C under the access point signal coverage area or connect STW 602C to Ethernet cable with RJ45 connector Connect STW 602C serial port to serial device make sure the connector and wiring of RS 232 or RS 485 is correct Plug in STW 602C to DC 9 48V power source with DC jack or 3 pin terminal bock ...

Page 8: ...operty Default Value Ethernet Port IP Address 10 0 50 100 Gateway 10 0 0 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 WLAN Port IP Address 192 168 1 100 Gateway 192 168 1 254 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Security User Name Admin Password Null Leave it blank Serial COM 9600 None 8 1 No flow control packet delimiter disabled Link Mode TCP Server Listen port 4660 4661 No Filter Virtual COM disabled SNMP SysName of SNMP ...

Page 9: ...word was incorrect If there is more than one device using the same IP address in same Subnet User has to correct mapping between MAC address IP address by ARP commands ARP commands ARP address resolution protocol commands can be used to assign a static IP address on STW 602C using its hardware MAC media access control address The MAC address 0060E9 xxxxxx is printed on the rear side of STW 602C Th...

Page 10: ...sword is null leave it blank Configure IP settings from network settings menu and restart system after saved settings Please refer to Telnet Configuration section for more details 2 6 4 Auto IP with DHCP DHCP server will automatically supply an IP address gateway address and subnet mask to STW 602C By default the DHCP client function on STW 602C is disabled user can activate the DHCP functions by ...

Page 11: ...t or dual network connectivity purposes STW 602C offers two TCP operation Modes so users may choose for their specific application TCP Server Mode and TCP Client Mode 3 1 2 User Datagram Protocol UDP UDP is a faster datagram delivery protocol User can configure STW 602C to work in the UDP mode UDP is connectionless protocol and can transmit multicast data to from a serial device to one multiple ho...

Page 12: ...02C Configure STW 602C to be TCP server Using one of the three configuration methods Telnet Web and console User can configure STW 602C to be as TCP Server as following Disabled the IP filter default Set the port number default port is 4660 for COM1 4661 for COM2 If IP filter is enabled only the assigned source IP is allowed to be connected to STW 602C Fig 6 TCP Server in Virtual COM Mode TCP Clie...

Page 13: ...r longer One STW 602C can be configured to be the TCP Server Mode with serial device connected and also another STW 602C is configured as TCP client with serial device connected After the connection is established both serial devices can exchange data to each other transparently For example User can implement STW 602C tunneling mode for Master Slave mode PLCs or between other serial devices Fig 8 ...

Page 14: ...Telnet Web and console User can configure STW 602C to UDP mode In UDP mode STW 602C can be configured to communicate to more than one node Multicasting Note that the Multicast IP address is limited by the Class of IP address and subnet mask As an example for a network of Class C of subnet 192 168 1 X and a subnet mask of 255 255 255 0 the maximum Multicast IP address to be configured is four desti...

Page 15: ...IP address of STW 602C on the URL Example http 10 0 50 100 or http user device IP The following authentication screen shall appear Enter user name and password then click on OK The default user name is admin and password is null leave it blank Fig 12 Authorization request for system security The overview screen shall appear Fig 13 4 2 General Information This system overview window gives the gener...

Page 16: ... information by Web Interface Device Information STW 602C s system information includes model name Device Name Kernel version and AP version The information is read only and is attributed from another setting page or system status ...

Page 17: ...dress WLAN MAC address WLAN IP address and WLAN status Fig 15 Network Information from Overview web page Serial Information STW 602C COM1 COM2 information includes UART mode link mode baud rate parity data bits stop bits flow control and link status The COM1 COM2 information is read only and is attributed from Serial settings of COM1 or COM2 Port of STW 602C Fig 16 Serial Information from Overview...

Page 18: ...13 4 3 Network Configurations There are four items allowed to change on Network page included LAN WLAN DNS and SNMP Information Fig 17 Network information by Web page ...

Page 19: ...ation on WLAN settings fields Alternatively User may activate DHCP client function by checking on Obtain an IP automatically field to automatically obtain IP address gateway and subnet mask from DHCP server Fig 19 WLAN Setting from Network web page 4 3 3 DNS Settings Operation Network DNS Settings Click on the Network link and the following screen shall appear Fill in DNS information on DNS Settin...

Page 20: ...changes of SNMP Settings will take effect only after the STW 602C restarted Fig 21 SNMP Setting from Network web page 4 4 Wireless Configuration There are three fields of information on Wireless Configuration page which are Default Current and Site Survey Information Click on Wireless link and the following screen shall appear Fig 22 Wireless information by Web page There are 3 buttons can be oper...

Page 21: ...r can configure SSID wireless topology Wireless Band Mode TxRate Channel Authentication and Encryption of the access point that STW 602C want to connect to The advanced wireless settings also include roaming threshold User can configure roaming signal threshold for the STW 602C STW 602C will change to the stronger wireless signal access point if the original access point s signal is less than roam...

Page 22: ...cryption WEP WEP Key1 4 Hexadecimal or ASCII 64 or 128bit WEP Key Fig 25 Share Authorization and WEP Encryption Note1 Enter 5 ASCII value or 10 Hexadecimal digit if select WEP64 encryption Note2 Enter 13 ASCII value or 26 Hexadecimal digit if select WEP128 encryption Attach access point with WPA PSK Topology Infrastructure Channel Auto assignment from Access point ...

Page 23: ...n TKIP or AES WPA PSK 8 63 Characters Fig 26 WPA PSK Authorization and TKIP Encryption 4 5 COM Port Configuration Here User can configure Serial parameters include alias baud rate parity data bit and type of flow control defined by user ...

Page 24: ... Settings and it can wait for connecting requirement from remote host PC which running serial to IP utility or setting STW 602Cs in tunneling mode User has to configure listening port to allow client establish connection to this server Default port number of STW 602C is 4660 IP filtering function is a simple ACL Access Control List It can be disabled by setting FILTER_IP to 0 0 0 0 User can config...

Page 25: ... 4 5 4 UDP Mode STW 602C can be configured in a UDP mode to establish connection using Unicast or Multicast data from the serial device to one or multiple host computers Vice versa is also true For example the original RS 422 RS485 bus can be transferred and extended connected distance by STW 602Cs The destination IP is assigned by single IP or group IPs The configuration is limited by the Local L...

Page 26: ...0 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 Parity None or Odd or Even or Mark or Space Data bits 7 or 8 Stop bits 1 or 2 Flow control None or Xon Xoff or Hardware RTS CTS Fig 31 Serial Communication Settings from Web Page 4 5 6 Delimiter Settings Packet delimiter Packet delimiter is a way of controlling the number of packets in a serial communication It is designed to keep packets in track STW 602C prov...

Page 27: ...t delimiter indicated 4 6 Configure System There are five subsystems for system settings included Time WLAN Region Security Set to default and Restart Fig 32 Subsystem menu of system settings Web Interface 4 6 1 Configure Time by NTP Service Operation System Time User can set date and time manually by fill in Set Date and Time manually field User can also configure NTP Server to obtain Network tim...

Page 28: ... configurations for deployments are channels 1 6 and 11 for FCC countries and 1 5 9 and 13 for European Union countries 4 6 3 Security change the Password Operation System Security Click on the Security link and the following screen shall appear Fig 35 Enter the old password on Old Password field then enter the new password on New Password and the Verified Password fields and then click on Save Co...

Page 29: ...tings to factory default Fig 36 Fig 36 Set all parameters to factory default by Web Interface 4 6 5 Restart System Operation System Restart The changes of networking parameters will take effect only after the STW 602C is restarted User can restart the STW 602C manually by click on Restart button on the restart menu web page Fig 37 Fig 37 Restart system by Web ...

Page 30: ... The system then prompts for username and password the default username is admin and the default password is null blank Fig 38 Login into System by Telnet Then the following main menu shall appear Fig 39 Overview information by telnet If the STW 602C does not receive any command within 1 minute Telnet will be terminated automatically The changes of networking parameters will take effect only after...

Page 31: ...s in SNMP settings Kernel Version Read Only Generated by system AP Version Read Only Generated by system Ethernet Information MAC Read Only IP Allows for changes in Network Page WLAN Information MAC Read Only IP Allows for changes in Auto IP of Network Page Connected SSID name if Wireless STW 602C is connected Fig 40 System Information from Overview DNS Information DNS1 IP address of 1 st DNS Serv...

Page 32: ...n Odd Space Mark Allows for changes in Serial Page Data bits 8 or 7 bits Allows for changes in Serial Page Stop bits 1 bit or 2 bits Flow Control None Xon Xoff RTS CTS 5 2 Networking Configuration Operation Main 2 Networking Select 2 on Input choice 0 6 and enter to enter Networking settings page Fig 41 Networking Settings by Telnet Note Press 0 key to return to the previous menu This section allo...

Page 33: ...so can set IP Netmask Gateway and IP mode of LAN interfaces by enter the corresponding menus and values For example enter 1 for setting the IP address on LAN interface Fig 42 LAN Settings by Telnet 5 2 2 DNS Settings Operation Main 2 Networking 2 DNS Settings Select 2 from Input choice 0 3 and enter on Networking page to enter DNS Settings page Fill in the DNS information DNS1 or DNS2 or both acco...

Page 34: ...tion and SysContact System Contact These fields will response and supply basic system information from standard SNMP query User can set the SNMP system parameters by enter the corresponding menus and values For example enter 2 for changing the SysName then enter the desired name Fig 44 SNMP Settings by Telnet 5 3 Wireless Configuration Operation Main 3 Wireless Settings Select 3 from Input choice ...

Page 35: ...Wireless Settings page and enter 1 for static IP address or enter 2 for DHCP mode Fig 47 Fig 46 Configure Wireless Networking by Telnet Fig 47 Configure Wireless IP mode by Telnet 5 3 2 Configure Region Operation Main 3 Wireless Setting 5 Region WLAN Region is the geography area that user want to implement the STW 602C Because the wireless channel implement the frequency band differently in a diff...

Page 36: ...o assignment wireless parameters and attached to access point selected automatically After user do the site survey the result of all access points nearby will be displayed Fig 49 Then user can select the access point that user want STW 602C to be connected to by enter the number of access point Fig 50 Fig 49 Wireless AP List from Site Survey ...

Page 37: ...1 below Fig 51 Configure Wireless LAN by Manual 5 3 5 Configure Ad Hoc Mode Operation Main 3 Wireless Setting 7 Manually Settings 2 Topology Independent Basic Service Set IBSS the most basic type of IEEE 802 11 wireless LAN is commonly referred to as an ad hoc network An IBSS may consist of as few as two stations Unlike infrastructure mode all stations are capable of communicating directly with ea...

Page 38: ...ons from customer s requirements Configure Wireless for WEP Operation Main 3 Wireless Setting 7 Manually Settings 8 Encryption Type For security reason Wireless STW 602C can configure to use WEP key of 40 bits or 128 bits or advance WPA PSK to securely communicate in the wireless network WEP key manually configure via telnet screen is shown as Fig 53 below ...

Page 39: ...g framework is the framework which devices communicated with each other have to connect to an Access Point AP first before connect to the other devices Wireless STW 602C supports different type of authorizations in infrastructure modes include Open system shared encryption with WEP64 128 WPA PSK from wireless encryption features The Figures below are some screen shot schemes for different authoriz...

Page 40: ...ig 54 Wireless Open authorization and none encryption Configure share authorization with WEP encryption Topology Infrastructure Channel Auto assignment from Access point Authentication shared Encryption WEP ...

Page 41: ... authorization and WEP encryption Configure wireless network via access point with WPA PSK Topology Infrastructure Channel Auto assignment from Access point Authentication WPA PSK Encryption TKIP or AES WPA PSK 8 63 Characters ...

Page 42: ...d TKIP encryption 5 4 COM Port Configuration User can configure serial parameters include COM1 COM2 operation mode port parameters enable or disable serial buffer s data and packet delimiter Fig 57 Select COM Port from Serial Settings by Telnet ...

Page 43: ... for connection requested from remote PC which installed serial to IP tool or counter pair STW 602C in tunneling mode After the application program being connected to the TCP port 4660 4661 on the STW 602C data of user application program are transmitted transparently to serial devices through STW 602C and vice versa User enters 1 at COM1 COM2 Settings page and enters 1 for the TCP Server mode To ...

Page 44: ...simultaneously Fig 60 is the TCP Client page Fig 60 TCP Client mode in link mode 5 4 3 UDP for Link Mode Operation Main 4 Serial Settings 1 Link mode 3 UDP STW 602C can be configured to work in UDP mode to establish connection using Unicast or Multicast protocol Data can be transmitted from one or multiple serial devices to from one or multiple host PCs and vice versa For example the original RS 4...

Page 45: ... Settings 8 Delimiter Network to Serial 9 Delimiter Serial to Network Packet delimiter is a way of controlling the number of packets in a serial communication It is designed to keep packets in track STW 602C provides two ways in packet delimiter parameter setting 1 Packet delimiter by timer and 2 Packet delimiter by character By default packet delimiter timer is 10 ms The ranges of packet delimite...

Page 46: ...ket delimiter timer s value as the packet delimiter indicated in Fig 63 below Fig 63 Configure Network Delimiter using Timer Configure Network Delimiter using Characters Main 4 Serial Settings 8 Delimiter Network to Serial 9 Delimiter Serial to Network 2 Characters User can choose packet delimiter character pattern as the packet delimiter indicated in the Fig 64 below Fig 64 Configure Network Deli...

Page 47: ...42 5 5 Security Configuration Operation Main 5 Security User can change password of STW 602C with this menu Fig 65 Security settings by Telnet ...

Page 48: ...Password Operation Main 5 Security 1 Change Password Enter desired password on New password fields Fig 66 Changing the Password by Telnet Note User may press the reset key on the product to reset to default password blank ...

Page 49: ...lied with the following requirements Processor Intel compatible Pentium class Operation system Windows Server 2003 Windows XP Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 SP5 or later Windows Me Windows 98 Windows 95 Microsoft NT 2000 Terminal Server Citrix Meta Frame Windows Installer 2 0 Network Microsoft TCP IP networking software A 2 Applying to the STW 602C Limitation Virtual COM driver provides user to selec...

Page 50: ...Virtual COM on STW 602C by web interface From web browser access to STW 602C by typing its IP address click on Serial link to access Serial page on the top half of the page click on TCP Server and enable Virtual COM by putting a check in front of the Enable checkbox then type in the local port number in the Local Port field as indicated in the following screen Fig 68 Enable Virtual COM Mode by Web...

Page 51: ...46 Login STW 602C via Telnet Fig 69 Login into STW 602C by Telnet or Console Select serial setting for TCP server Client and enabling Virtual COM mode Fig 70 Enable Virtual COM mode by Telnet ...

Page 52: ...IP Address of Server enter STW 602C IP address On Port Number enter the TCP port number of the STW 602C On Server Credentials the default is No Login Required If the STW 602C does require login by the Virtual COM Redirector the Virtual COM Redirector must provide a username and or password every time an application tries to access the STW 602C Click the Configuration Wizard button and then click t...

Page 53: ...48 Fig 72 Configuration Wizard from Serial to IP tool ...

Page 54: ...on B 2 Interface The operating interface of the SerialManager utility shown as below B 3 Functions B3 1 Device Search This function is applied to search devices in the network The user can use four ways to search devices They are search by broadcast search by special IP addresses search by special MAC addresses and rescanning devices by using the current search way The user can select his required...

Page 55: ...50 Or select by clicking a button on the toolbar as below B3 1 1 Broadcast Search Once Broadcast Search is selected a box will pop up as below Broadcast Search Rescan ...

Page 56: ...cast address based on his her own requirement B3 1 2 Search by IP address Once Search by IP Address is selected an interface will pop up as below Here user may have two options Select an IP address to search or Search device in the range of IP address ...

Page 57: ...will pop up as below Here the user may search in two ways Search a MAC address to search or Search devices in the range of MAC address B3 1 4 Rescan Once the user click the Rescan button on the toolbar the SerialManager utility shall re search devices by using the current search way ...

Page 58: ...ding by firstly clicking a designated network device and then selecting the submenu option Upgrade from disk in the main menu option Firmware or directly clicking the button Upgrade from disk And then the user can select and download the required firmware from the disk as shown in the figure below Upgrade from disk Upgrade from disk ...

Page 59: ... selecting Apply for all selected devices have same model In addition for some devices with JFFS2 file system supported the user can download the related parameter data into the device that supports the JFFS2 file system through a submenu Download Parameter See details as the figure below Download Parameter ...

Page 60: ...as to supply some necessary protection to a device for configuration modifying configuration leading in and leading out and some other important functions Here three functions are mainly supplied including Login Logout and Change Password shown as the figure below B3 3 1 Login This function is applied to the login to any network device as some important devices can only be operated after a success...

Page 61: ...ys carry out a logout after he she has finished the operating action to any important device shown as the figure below The user can also select several devices at one time and log out them at the same time by selecting Apply for all selected devices B3 3 3 Change Password This function is applied to modifying the password for logging in any network device but can only be realized after a successfu...

Page 62: ...ere are mainly supplied with Network COM Port Locate Reset Erase Flash Import Setting Export Setting Virtual COM Config by IE and Options and some other application functions The user can carry out a configuration operating through menu or by clicking the corresponded button on the toolbar shown as the figure below B3 4 1 Network The user can modify the IP address of any selected device shown as t...

Page 63: ...selecting Apply for all selected same model devices Note 1 COM tags generated automatically according to the COM port number of the device If a device has 4 COM port there will be 4 tags respectively COM1 COM2 COM3 COM4 and the like 2 Connecting mode it means the connecting mode between the serial port server and other network devices Each COM corresponds to a connecting mode through which the tra...

Page 64: ... restart through the submenu option Reset B3 4 5 Erase Flash Some devices are supplied to the user with a certain capacity of Flash memory to save the user s data And the user can erase the Flash through the submenu option Erase Flash or clicking the Erase Flash button on the toolbar when the memory capacity is to be used up or the history data are unnecessary to be saved B3 4 6 Import Setting If ...

Page 65: ...a same purpose it would be very complicated to carry out the parameter configuration for each of the devices in the network one by one while the user can save the parameter information of a standard device into a parameter file through the submenu option Export setting or clicking the Export setting button on the toolbar thus the parameter information can be led in over again from this parameter f...

Page 66: ...ecting Save all the selected devices B3 4 8 Virtual COM Some devices are supplied with the function of virtual serial port and the user can carry out any related setting through the submenu option Virtual COM shown as the figure below B3 4 9 Configure by IE Some devices are supplied with build in Web servers and the user can carry out any parameter setting ...

Page 67: ... as search for the time interval of a network device or whether to display any device indication and so on shown as the figure below 3 5 View The user can select a display mode of the network device according to his her own requirement through the menu option View such as display in sequence of device module name or display in sequence of IP address and so on shown as the figure below ...

Page 68: ...63 B3 6 Help This function is mainly applied to displaying some help information of the SerialManager utility shown as the figure below ...

Page 69: ..._dl_v2 exe zImage bin 192 168 1 160 device s IP is 192 168 1 160 Tips linux_dl_v2 exe is the upgraded executing file can find on setup cd and zImage bin is the name of the firmware file xxx xxx xxx xxx is the IP address of STW 602C Fig 81 Start firmware upgrade procedure for STW 602C STW 602C shall automatically perform the download at first phase and restart after downloaded process at secondary ...

Page 70: ...65 process STW 602C will clear the corresponding memories and the system will remain the same as the one before the upgrading process ...

Page 71: ...uto fallback Transmission distance Up to 300 meters 12 Mbps in open areas Mobile for Fast Roaming Interfaces Reverse SMA Connector for Antenna Network Protocol 10 100M Auto Negotiation Fast Ethernet Interface RJ 45 Connector with 2LEDs Protection Built in 1 5 KV magnetic isolation Application Configuration with Telnet Protocol Serial Protocols Support RS232 485 422 Software Selection Interface Ter...

Page 72: ...es for Windows 98 2000 XP 2003 Vista Configure Utilities Supported for Windows 98 2000 NT XP 2003 Vista Configuration Web browser Telnet Console Windows utility Buffer Size TCP receiving buffer size 8K bytes TCP transmitting buffer size 16K bytes RS 232 RS 485 receiving buffer size 4K bytes RS 232 RS 485 transmitting buffer size 4K bytes D 3 Pin Assignments DB9 male connector pin assignments for S...

Page 73: ...lity can be detected by LED indicator on STW 602C On running time pressed default key and then released one of the specified actions below shall be done that depend on the released time after you heard how many beeps BSS quality is indicated by count of LEDs as shown below RSSI LEDs Message Off On blinking Operations Status LED1 LED2 LED3 LED4 LED5 Connecting Search AP sequentially blinking Connec...

Page 74: ...LED blinking Data is transmitting on Ethernet COM Port LED Message Message Description LED off No data is transmitting on COM port LED on blinking state Data is transmitting on COM port RUN LED Message Message Description LED blinking rate 0 5Sec AP firmware is running ...