Advantech EKI-1511X, User Manual

Page 1: ...User Manual EKI 1511X 1512X 1 2 port RS 422 485 Serial Device Servers ...

Page 2: ...warranty as a consequence of such events Because of Advantech s high quality control standards and rigorous testing most of our customers never need to use our repair service If an Advantech product is defec tive it will be repaired or replaced at no charge during the warranty period For out of warranty repairs you will be billed according to the cost of replacement materials service time and frei...

Page 3: ...ser will be required to correct the interference at his own expense FCC Class B This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B dig ital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to pro vide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energ...

Page 4: ...se damage 7 The openings on the enclosure are for air convection Protect the equipment from overheating DO NOT COVER THE OPENINGS 8 Make sure the voltage of the power source is correct before connecting the equipment to the power outlet 9 Position the power cord so that people cannot step on it Do not place anything over the power cord 10 All cautions and warnings on the equipment should be noted ...

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Page 7: ...earching 17 3 2 2 Cleaning the Device List and Searching Again 18 3 2 3 Manual Appending 18 3 3 Setting Ethernet Parameters 19 3 4 Setting Serial Parameters 21 3 4 1 Basic Configuration 22 3 5 Operation Mode Configuration 22 3 5 1 Virtual COM Mode 22 3 5 2 Data Mode USDG Mode 25 3 5 3 Control Mode USDG Mode 29 3 5 4 Control Mode Command List 30 3 6 Advanced Settings 31 3 7 Security Configuration 3...

Page 8: ...Page 46 5 3 System 47 5 4 Network Configuration 48 5 5 Port Configuration 48 5 6 Monitor 50 5 7 Auto Warning Alarm 52 5 8 Change Password 53 5 9 Import Export Device Settings 53 5 10 Reboot 54 Chapter 6 Telnet Configuration 57 6 1 Overview 58 6 2 Command List 58 Table 6 1 Console Command List 58 Appendix A List of Known TCP and UDP Port Numbers 65 A 1 List of Known TCP and UDP Port Numbers 66 ...

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Page 10: ...sting software 1 2 Features Up to 4096 serial ports on single host Supports 10 100 Mbps auto sensing Ethernet port Supports any baud rate setting up to 921 6 Kbps Allows max of 5 hosts to access one serial port simultaneously with VCOM operation mode EMC level 3 protection Compact slim designed metal case Terminal block connector for easy wiring 1 3 Specification LAN Compatibility IEEE 802 3 IEEE ...

Page 11: ...and Web Browser Mechanics Dimensions H x W x D 85 x 120 x 26 mm 3 35 x 4 72 x 1 02 Enclosure Metal with solid mounting hardware Mounting Wall Weight EKI 1511X 250g EKI 1522X 275g General LED Indicators System Power Status LAN Speed Link Active Serial Tx Rx Power Requirements Power Input 10 to 30 VDC Power Consumption 1 5 W Power Line Protection 1 KV burst EN61000 4 4 0 5 KV surge EN61000 4 5 Regul...

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Page 14: ...ard can access the serial port With the EKI 1510X series you are now able to access the COM port from a distance through local area network The EKI 1510X series can be integrated within the network architecture of any protocol 2 1 2 LED Indicators There are three or four LEDs located on the top panel of the EKI 1510X series each with its own specific functions Note All devices in the series which ...

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Page 17: ...etwork Connection To use the 10 100Base T Ethernet connector located on the EKI 1510X series you will simply plug one end of your Ethernet cable into the 10 100Base T connector and the other end into the hub switch connected to your network or direct connect to your PC Cabling requirements for the Ethernet Use an RJ 45 to connect the Ethernet port of the EKI 1510X series to the network hub The cab...

Page 18: ...screws to prevent the DC wires coming loose 3 Switch on the DC power supply If the EKI 1510X series is working properly the green power LED will light up indicat ing that the EKI 1510X series is receiving power 2 2 4 Serial Connection The EKI 1510X series has terminal block design for RS 422 485 serial port support With terminal block you can wire the physical cable into relative contacts easily ...

Page 19: ...nd monitor the EKI 1510 series serial device servers 1 Execute the EKI device configuration utility setup program with administrator privilege that could be found in the CD ROM shipped with the product or down loaded from official support site 2 Upon executing the setup program the Welcome Dialog Box will pop up Press the Next button to continue Note Be sure that you have Microsoft NET Framework 2...

Page 20: ...KI 1511X 1512X User Manual 12 3 Carefully read the Software License Agreement and press I Agree to continue 4 The setup program will install the relative files into the default path that system assigned ...

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Page 24: ...ettings you can set the IP address Gateway address and Subnet mask Perform diagnostic tests Perform administrative functions Configure virtual COM port There are four major areas in the serial device server configuration utility 1 Device List Area All devices that could be managed by the utility will be searched and listed in this area You can arrange different groups and virtual COM ports 2 Devic...

Page 25: ...an auto search function to show your devices by simply executing the con figuration utility program from the Start Menu From here all device on the same network domain will be searched and display on Device List Area Note When you check a device for the first time with factory default setting the default device name is MAC ID In this case the device name EKI 1512X AE 151201 means the latest 3 MAC ...

Page 26: ...t Area and re search again You can click the button on the Quick Toolbar The utility will search for devices again without cleaning the device list 3 2 3 Manual Appending Using Add IP address to Favorite or Search a Range of IP addresses function you are able to add on deice or group of devices to Favorites These devices can be located on the local network domain or other network domain ...

Page 27: ...ion 3 3 Setting Ethernet Parameters This section explains how to configure the device network with configuration utility Click on the Ethernet interface node under the device node The Ethernet configura tion page will be shown in the Configuration Area ...

Page 28: ... 0 0 1 Obtain these spe cific IP addresses from your network administrator and then configure each Advan tech serial device server with individual IP addresses related Subnet Mask and Gateway Setting You can choose from four possible IP configure modes Static DHCP BOOTP and DHCP BOOTP Static IP User defines IP address Subnet Mask Default Gateway and DNS DHCP Auto IP DHCP server assigns IP address ...

Page 29: ...y getting DHCP response before timeouts until network settings are assigned by the DHCP server If the DHCP BOOTP server is unavailable the device will use Address auto configura tion based on RFC 3330 and RFC 3927 for IP setting 3 4 Setting Serial Parameters This section explains how to configure the serial communication parameters of serial device server using this utility There have various oper...

Page 30: ... serial devices and equipment over LAN or WAN Advantech serial device servers come with a COM port redirector Virtual COM driver that transmits all serial signals intact This means that your existing COM based software can be preserved without modifying to fulfill the needs The Virtual COM mode allows user to continue using serial communications software that was written for pure serial communicat...

Page 31: ...ss function One is Normal mode another is Round Robin mode Normal mode Disabling Response Timeout parameter the device server will operate in normal mode When multiple hosts open the serial port simultaneously the device server only offers control ability for the first connected host and provides data communica tion function for others Each serial port supports up to five simultaneous connec tions...

Page 32: ...the connected hosts are more and Response Timeout is long the process time is much longer Frame Break is a very import parameter for Round Robin mode This parameter is the smart way to reduce inefficient waiting time and the device can transmit data more efficiently Disabling the Frame Break function the device will wait Response Timeout period whether the device have transmitted the data During t...

Page 33: ...e of the port to TCP server client or UDP mode Protocol The device provides TCP and UDP two protocols In settings you can choose either TCP mode or UDP mode according to your application Data Listen Port The TCP UDP port number represents the source port number and the number is used to identify the channel for remote initiating connections Range 1024 65533 If an unknown caller wants to connect to...

Page 34: ...Mode Disabling Response Timeout parameter the device will operate in normal mode When multiple hosts open the serial port simultaneously the device only offers con trol ability for the first connected host and provides data communication function for others Each serial port supports up to five simultaneous connections so multiple hosts can transmit receive data to from the same serial port simulta...

Page 35: ...k function the device server will wait Response Timeout period whether the device have transmitted the data During this period the commands from hosts will be queued and the device just processes this command Enabling Frame Break if the serial port idle is longer than the Frame Break period the device will assume the communication is completed and continue the next host s query This is an efficien...

Page 36: ... to connect You need to fill out the IP Address and Port of network devices which you want to connect Data Pack Data pack means you can set condition of receiving data from serial port to be a package according to your application There are four options to set the data packing by data size Byte by time interval ms by character timeout 4 Bytes or by end of character ...

Page 37: ... Ethernet Refer to the USDG Data Mode to setup the Data Listen Port Command Listen Port and Data Idle Timeout Hang up Character The default character is After you have connected to another serial device via EKI device you may need to disconnect Then you can use the command to disconnect To do this leaves your keyboard idle don t press any keys for at least several seconds then press three times Yo...

Page 38: ...on EKI will enter data mode Dial out From serial port connect to specific TCP host target User can user the AT Command ATD IP TCP port to connect to a specific TCP target host from serial port When the TCP connection is accepted by the remote host EKI will show CONNECT string to serial port and enter data mode 3 5 4 Control Mode Command List EKI supports the following commands AT command Descripti...

Page 39: ... received data to the TCP IP network Ignore Purge Some application program will purge the serial port while it is the first time opens this serial port You can ignore the purge command by enable this option Disable Character Timeout Detection Enable this option will disable the serial port character timeout detection Disable Multiple Connection Enable this option will disable the multi access func...

Page 40: ...Level FCH Flow Control Higher Trigger Level It determines when the transmission will be suspend or resume Write to FIFO size It determines the maximum characters will be written into one interrupt RTS DTR Control You can configure what happen to the RTS and DTR signals when the cellular and Ethernet connection goes down Note These settings are just for some special application cases We strongly re...

Page 41: ...essible Function Allow any IP to access The default option any host PC can communicate with this serial device server Specified IP which can access Type the IP address in the column and click Add or Delete button to make the accessible IP address list The limit of this list is 32 IP addresses ...

Page 42: ...atus It will present each serial port s operation mode and status The IP address of Host PC which is communicating with serial port will be list on the right window Click Refresh button the status will be refresh once It will be auto refresh after click Auto Refresh and the time duration is depending on the setting the default value is 1000ms ...

Page 43: ...e Setting The utility allows importing or exporting the serial device server s setting via the conf file format 3 9 2 Import Export Serial Port Setting The utility allows importing or exporting the serial port setting including Basic Set ting and Operation Setting via sps file format 3 9 3 Locate the Serial Device Server If there are many serial device servers need your management you may need to ...

Page 44: ...e clicking Lock Device Be sure to click Reset Device to restart the serial device server and store your setting pass word into the memory Click Unlock Device to unlock the serial device sever and you need to fill in the password you have set up before If you forgot the password the only way to solve this problem is to restore the setting of the serial device server to the factory default which wil...

Page 45: ...to change Be sure to click Reset Device to restart the serial device sever and store the new password into the memory 3 9 5 Restore to Factory Default Setting The configuration utility provides this function to let you can restore the serial device server to factory default settings The confirm message will be pop up while clicking Restore to Factory Default Settings If you really want to restore ...

Page 46: ...o download the latest version of the firmware Before update the firmware make sure that your host s Network domain is as same as the serial device server or the host can establish the TCP connection to the serial device server Right Click on the device name and select Update Firmware function Select the firmware file you want to update Wait for few seconds to process the updating firmware After do...

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Page 48: ...nce the virtual COM ports work like standard Windows COM ports your application software sees no difference between a local serial device and one connected to a Advantech serial device server The COM redirector utility and Virtual COM port Management utility are integrated into one utility with same GUI Advantech Serial Device Server Configuration Utility can create all Virtual COM ports using Aut...

Page 49: ...e serial ports that can be assigned to virtual COM will be shown in this window Select the serial ports you wish to map or click the Select All button and press Map Selected Ports button The selected serial ports will be mapped to virtual COM ports in sequential order ...

Page 50: ...n the sub tree of Device Server List area and select the Manual Mapping function ADAM series EDG series and EKI wireless series have only one IP address Select the serial port on the device server and the host COM that you want to set Press Map to establish the virtual COM port on the host ...

Page 51: ...evice server again Reconfiguration is not necessary so this function enhances the reliability of the system If the function is disabled the connection cannot be re established again unless the COM redirector or host is restarted The EKI 1510 series has one Ethernet port You can select one Ethernet port to establish two Ethernet connections with one virtual COM port It means that COM redirector wil...

Page 52: ...OM port you can remove them one by one or group remove ports Individually Remove Right click on COM port you have mapped and select Remove This Port Group Remove Port Right click on Virtual Com Ports on Device Server List Area and select Group Remove Port you can choose which ports you want to remove ...

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Page 54: ...ng is 10 0 0 1 but you should use the IP which you have previously assigned for this device Once the IP is entered you will be presented with the following windows 5 2 Accessing the Web Page By Configuration utility Note Before using the web based configuration make sure your host PC Ethernet network IP domain is as same as the serial device server or it can establish the TCP connection with the s...

Page 55: ...nual Chapter 5 Web Based Configuration 5 3 System You can change the Device Name and Device Description on this page You can also enable or disable the Web Telnet and SNMP functions You can also set the Time zone related setting ...

Page 56: ...ion there are Net Mode IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway and DNS Enter the corresponding values for your network environment Remember press Save after fill in all values 5 5 Port Configuration There are Basic Operation Mode and Advanced Setting in the serial port configura tion ...

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Page 61: ...f you want to disable the password protection just change the password to the default None leave the new password column blank Be sure to press the Save button and reboot the serial device server to make the change effective 5 9 Import Export Device Settings You can Import or Export the serial device server all setting as the conf file format ...

Page 62: ...figuration will take effect after clicking Save button But all configurations will save to flash memory after this reboot step Press the Reboot button and the system will give a reset response It will take a few seconds to reconnect with the new values ...

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Page 66: ...port Show or configure the serial ports information portadv Show or configure the serial ports advanced settings mvcom Show or configure the serial ports in Virtual COM mode mctrl Show or configure the serial ports in Control mode USDG mdata Show or configure the serial ports in Data mode USDG net Show or configure the Ethernet ports settings password Set or change the password apply Write setting...

Page 67: ...on and configure the serial ports settings Usage port nn or port all Function Show the nn th port or all ports information Usage port nn desc XXXX Function Set the nn th port s description XXXX maximum length 127 bytes Usage port nn all type 422 485 flow 0 1 2 3 Function Set serial ports type and flow control Flow 0 None Flow 1 XOn XOff Flow2 RTS CTS Flow3 DTR DSR Usage port nn all baud XXXX parit...

Page 68: ...Function Set the nn th or all serial ports as the Control mode Usage mctrl nn all idleto XX guardt XX hangchr XX Function Set the nn th or all serial ports data idle timeout guard time and hang character mdata Show and setup the Data mode Usage mdata Function Show all serial ports mode and related information Usage mdata nn all Function Set the nn th or all serial ports as the Data mode Usage mdat...

Page 69: ...etmask XX XX XX XX gw XX XX XX XX Function Set IP address subnet mask and default gateway Usage net 1 2 dns auto specific Usage net 1 2 dns1 XX XX XX XX Usage net 1 2 dns2 XX XX XX XX Function Set the DNS function password Manage the password protection status Usage password new XXXX Function Set new password XXXX maximum 31 characters Usage password old XXXX new XXXX Function Confirm the old pass...

Page 70: ... Usage monitor port 1 2 16 ip Function Monitor the serial ports connected IP address alarm Show or configure the auto warning function Usage alarm Function Show current alarm information Usage alarm mail server null address from null address to1 null address to2 null address to3 null address to4 null address Function Set current mail server configuration Usage alarm trap server null address ver 1 ...

Page 71: ...e 12 0 1 12 Function Set the current timezone configuration Usage time daylight on off begin MMDD end MMDD Function Set the current time daylight saving configuration Usage time ntp XXXX Function Set the NTP timeserver XXXX time server service Enable or disable some extra service Usage service web enable disable Function Enable or disable the web based configuration Usage service telnet enable dis...

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Page 73: ...Appendix A A List of Known TCP and UDP Port Numbers ...

Page 74: ...tion Utility 5202 TCP VCOM RVCOM 9999 TCP Firmware Download 22 TCP SSH 23 TCP Telnet 25 TCP SMTP Mail Client 53 TCP UDP DNS 67 UDP BOOTP Server DHCP 68 UDP BOOTP Client DHCP 80 TCP Web Interface HTTP 123 TCP NTP 161 UDP SNMP 162 TCP UDP SNMP Trap 443 TCP HTTPS 502 TCP Modbus TCP Default 514 UDP Syslog 546 TCP UDP DHCPv6 Client 547 TCP UDP DHCPv6 Server ...

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