NPort 5200 Series User’s Manual
Getting Started
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ATTENTION
This product is intended to be mounted to a well-grounded mounting surface such as a metal
panel.
SG
V+
V-
12-30V
SG
: The
Shielded Ground
(sometimes called
Protected Ground
) contact
is the left most contact of the 3-pin power terminal block connector
when viewed from the angle shown here. Connect the SG wire to an
appropriate grounded metal surface.
Connecting to the Network
Connect one end of the Ethernet cable to NPort 5200’s 10/100M Ethernet port and the other end of
the cable to the Ethernet network. If the cable is properly connected, NPort 5200 will indicate a
valid connection to the Ethernet in the following ways:
y
The Ethernet LED maintains a solid green color when connected to a 100 Mbps Ethernet
network.
y
The Ethernet LED maintains a solid orange color when connected to a 10 Mbps Ethernet
network.
y
The Ethernet LED will flash when Ethernet packets are being transmitted or received.
Connecting to a Serial Device
Connect the serial data cable between NPort 5200 and the serial device. Serial data cables are
optional accessories for NPort 5210. Refer to Chapter 1 under
Optional Accessories
for
information about the RJ45-to-DB25 and RJ45-to-DB9 cables.
LED Indicators
The top panels of all NPort 5200 device servers have four LED indicators, as described in the
following table.
LED Name
LED Color
LED Function
red
Steady on: Power is on and NPort 5200 is booting up.
Blinking: Indicates an IP conflict, or DHCP or BOOTP server
did not respond properly.
green
Steady on: Power is on and NPort 5200 is functioning normally.
Blinking: The device server has been located by
Administrator’s Location function.
Ready
off
Power is off, or power error condition exists.
orange
10 Mbps Ethernet connection.
green
100 Mbps Ethernet connection.
Ethernet
off
Ethernet cable is disconnected, or has a short.
orange
Serial port is receiving data.
green
Serial port is transmitting data.
P1, P2
off
No data is being transmitted or received through the serial port.
