Vlinx Vlinx VESR321, User Manual

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Page 3: ...Connection 8 VESR321 Family Serial Server Configuration Connections 9 Configuring the VESR321 Family Serial Server via the Network Connection 9 Configuring the VESR321 Family Serial Server via the Serial Port Console Mode 11 VESR321 Family Serial Servers Operational Connections 11 Using VESR321 Serial Servers in Direct IP Mode 12 Using VESR321 Family Serial Servers in Virtual COM Port Mode 12 Usin...

Page 4: ...rmware 24 Downloading Firmware Files 24 Uploading the Firmware to the Serial Server 25 6 Diagnostics 26 Testing a Serial Server Connection 26 Testing a Virtual COM Port 27 7 Appendix A Default Server Settings 29 8 Appendix B Product Specifications 30 Controls Indicators and Connector Specifications 30 Approvals and Certifications 32 Serial Interface Specifications 33 Fiber Optic Cable Information ...

Page 5: ...options depending on the model VESR321 family serial servers feature an additional copper Ethernet pass through port VESR321 family serial servers are built for use in industrial environments featuring an IP30 approved slim line DIN rail mountable case They operate over a range of DC power supply voltages and feature pluggable terminal block and threaded barrel power connectors VESR321 Family Seri...

Page 6: ... RS 422 485 serial port connector options The serial port is software selectable as RS 232 RS 422 or RS 485 2 or 4 wire Configuration can be done via network or direct serial connection Slim line DIN rail mountable case Accepts DC power over a wide voltage range 10 100 Mbps Ethernet with Auto Selection TCP Client or Server or UDP operation software configurable Virtual COM port and Paired Mode cap...

Page 7: ...amily serial server module DIN rail clips and panel mount brackets Quick Start Guide CD with User Manual datasheet and software VESR321 Enclosures and Mounting All VESR321 models are built into similar enclosures Modules are DIN rail and panel mountable LED Indicators VESR321 Family Serial Servers have a Power LED a Ready LED and Data LEDs Figure 2 LEDs Mode Switch A recessed momentary reset switc...

Page 8: ... a standard Ethernet network drop using a straight through or crossover RJ45 male Ethernet cable VESR321 family serial servers feature a second RJ45 receptacle which acts an Ethernet pass through connection This connection functions similarly to an Ethernet switch and allows the connection of other devices to the network Figure 4 Ethernet Connector Note Refer to Appendix D for connection pin outs ...

Page 9: ...Hardware www bb elec com www bb europe com 5 Figure 5 DB 9 Female Serial Port Connector with Pinout Figure 6 Five Position Pluggable Terminal Blocks Note Refer to Appendix D for connection pin outs ...

Page 10: ...clude a 5 08 mm 3 position pluggable terminal block and 2 5 mm barrel connector Figure 7 Power Connection Mounting Hardware VESR321 family serial server modules can be DIN rail mounted The DIN mounting clip is included with each module Figure 8 DIN Clip on a Serial Server Module ...

Page 11: ...configured to connect to serial devices using RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 2 wire and RS 485 4 wire RS 232 connections support eight signal lines plus Signal Ground Signals are single ended and referenced to Ground Default communications parameters are 9600 8 N 1 and no flow control implemented RS 422 4 wire connections support two signal pairs TDA TDB RDA RDB and GND The data lines are differential pairs...

Page 12: ... mode RS 485 2 wire mode or RS 485 4 wire mode when you configure the serial server you must connect the serial device appropriately via the 5 position terminal block Note Refer to Appendix D for connector pinout information Figure 9 VESR321 Family Connections Connecting VESR321 Serial Servers to a Network Network Connection 10BaseT 100BaseTX When connecting a serial server equipped with a 10BaseT...

Page 13: ...tion Connections VESR321 family serial servers can be configured over the network or via a serial port Configuring the VESR321 Family Serial Server via the Network Connection When configuring via the network either Vlinx Manager software or the web interface can be used Configuring with Vlinx Manager VESR321 family serial servers can be configured over the network using Vlinx Manager running on a ...

Page 14: ...Web Interface VESR321 family serial servers can be configured over the network using a standard web browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox To open the web configuration interface 1 On a PC connected to the network open a browser 2 In the browser s address bar type the IP address of the serial server Note Your serial server comes from the factory pre configured to receive an IP address from a...

Page 15: ...h for between two and ten seconds The LED indicators respond as follows 1 The Ready LED blinks while the button is being pressed 2 The serial server is in Console Mode when the Ready LED is Off To configure the serial server open the Vlinx Manager software and set up the serial server s parameters as required Note For more information on configuration options refer to Section 4 Description of Seri...

Page 16: ... can communicate across the network to the serial server as if the serial ports on the serial server are the PC s serial ports When a virtual COM port is configured on the PC using Vlinx Manager a new COM port appears in the Device Manager Windows programs using standard Windows API calls are able to interface to virtual COM ports When a program on the PC opens the new COM port it communicates dir...

Page 17: ...et on the Serial Server To initiate a Hardware Reset on the serial server press and hold the Mode switch for 0 to 2 seconds and then release it The device will reset When finished the Ready LED will be blinking Reloading Factory Defaults To reload Factory Defaults press and hold the Mode switch for more than 10 seconds then release it The serial server will reload all factory default configuration...

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Page 19: ...figuration files contain all configuration settings for the serial server When the serial server settings have been configured you can save the settings using Vlinx Manager Existing configuration files can be opened fromVlinx Manager which loads them into the serial server This allows the same configuration to be applied to multiple serial servers or to reload a previously used configuration Data ...

Page 20: ...miter are sent to the network All characters received after the end delimiter are again buffered until another end delimiter is received When both Delimiter 1 start delimiter and Delimiter 2 end delimiter are enabled characters received by the serial port will be discarded until the start delimiter character is detected on the serial port The serial server then buffers the start delimiter characte...

Page 21: ...e this parameter is grayed out because its value is controlled by the VCOM driver on the computer Flow Control determines the type of handshaking that is used to control sending and receiving of messages Options include No Flow Control Hardware Flow Control RTS CTS and Software Flow Control XON XOFF The Flow Control setting must match the requirements of the serial device connected Note Select No ...

Page 22: ...ceives a dynamic IP address from a DHCP server when it first connects to the network If there is not a DHCP Server on your network this device will automatically default to IP Address 169 254 102 39 If the serial server is unable to connect to your network using this address there are two methods to manually configure the IP Address 1 Method One Change your PC Network to Match the Serial Server a ...

Page 23: ...roperties Change the parameters to the following IP Address 169 254 102 1 Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 Default Gateway 169 254 1 1 c Use the Vlinx Manager Software to search for discover and configure the unit 2 Method Two Change the serial server s network setting to match your PC using Console Mode ...

Page 24: ...Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 192 168 0 100 Configure the serial server to IP Address 192 168 0 50 Network Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 192 168 0 100 h Save the settings and remove power from the serial server i Apply power to the serial server Open the Vlinx Manager Software and select Network as the method to connect to the serial server Link Status Link Status of the currently select...

Page 25: ...municate as if they were connected by a serial cable For Paired Mode to work one serial server must be configured as a TCP server and the other as a TCP client The serial server configured as the TCP client initiates connections You must set up the IP address and port number of the server that you want the client serial server to communicate with You also select whether you want the serial server ...

Page 26: ...Refer to the Appendix D for connector and pin out details Serial Server Name Serial Server Name is a unique name assigned to the serial server It must be a valid hostname as defined by RFC 952 and RFC 1123 The rules are It must consist only of the characters A to Z a to z 0 to 9 or It can start or end with a letter or a number but it must not start or end with a It must not consist of all numeric ...

Page 27: ...four number of simultaneous connections it will accept You can filter the connections it will accept based on specific IP addresses or ranges of IP addresses that you specify UDP User Datagram Protocol UDP User Datagram Protocol enables applications using UDP socket programs to communicate with the serial ports on the serial server UDP protocol provides connectionless communications which allows d...

Page 28: ...e of the currently selected serial server appears in the top drop down list Other serial servers that have already been discovered can be selected from the drop down list if desired The current firmware version of the selected serial server is shown in the text below the serial server name Information about the selected firmware file is shown in the third text box Downloading Firmware Files The Fi...

Page 29: ...file to the local firmware folder Uploading the Firmware to the Serial Server To upgrade the firmware 1 In the Serial Server Selection drop down list select the serial server to be upgraded 2 In the Firmware Description drop down list select the firmware to upload to the serial server 3 Click the Upgrade button Progress Bar and Progress Box provides information on the progress of the transfer 4 In...

Page 30: ...r The Computer Information box displays information about the type of network connections the IP addresses Subnet Masks and Default Gateways in use Figure 16 Diagnostics Dialog Box Testing a Serial Server Connection To run diagnostics on a serial server 1 Click the Diagnostics icon The Diagnostics dialog box appears 2 Select the option a serial server 3 In the drop down box select the specific ser...

Page 31: ...igure 17 Testing a Serial Server Connection Testing a Virtual COM Port To run diagnostics on a virtual COM port 1 Transmit and Receive must be shorted together 2 Click the Diagnostics icon The Diagnostics dialog box appears 3 Select the option a virtual communications port 4 In the drop down box select the specific COM port you want to check ...

Page 32: ...Diagnostics www bb elec com www bb europe com 28 5 Click the Start button Information about the progress of the pinging process is displayed in the Test Progress box Figure 18 Testing a VCOM Port ...

Page 33: ...MAC Address Fixed see bottom label Firmware Version X X X Current Version Hardware Version X X Current Version Port 1 Serial port mode RS 232 Baud Rate 9600 Data bits 8 Parity None Stop bits 1 Flow Control None Protocol TCP Serial timeout Not Set If set then 1 ms Net Work Watchdog Close Connection TCP Keep alive timeout Not Set If set then 1 min If set then 2 mins Connection Mode Client Delimiter ...

Page 34: ... such as Internet Explorer or Firefox Software Vlinx Manager for serial server configuration Win XP 32 64 bit 2003 Server 32 64 bit Vista 32 64 bit Windows 7 32 64 bit Windows 2008 Server 32 64 bit Environment Operating Temperature 40 to 80 C 40 to 176 F Storage Temperature 40 to 85 C 40 to 185 F Operating Humidity 10 to 95 non condensing Maximum Ambient Surrounding Air Temp 80 C Enclosure Rating ...

Page 35: ...t open Blink Data traffic RJ45 Ethernet Link LED Color Green On 100BaseTX Off 10BaseT Blink Data traffic Ready LED Color Green Blink once per second System in Normal Mode Off System in Console Mode Fiber Ethernet Link LED Off No connection On 100BaseFX connection Connectors 10BaseT 100BaseTX Ethernet Single RJ 45F 8 pin LC fiber LC connector LC Multi Mode fiber LC multi mode connector Serial one D...

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Page 37: ...600 1200 2400 4800 7200 9600 14 4k 19 2k 28 8k 38 4k 57 6k 115 2k 230 4k Data Bits 5 6 7 8 Parity None even odd mark space Stop bits 1 1 5 2 Flow control None RTS CTS XON XOFF RS 422 485 biasing 1 0 K ohm pullups and pulldowns RS 485 data control Auto control via MCU Fiber Optic Cable Information Mode and Distance Wavelength Output Power Receive Sensitivity Multi mode 2 km 1310 nm 23 to 14 dBm 31 ...

Page 38: ...7000 UDP Configuration 8899 Device Discovery Network Communications LAN 10 100 Mbps Auto detecting 10BaseT or 100BaseTX Network Physical Layer Standards Ethernet IEEE 802 3 auto detecting auto MDI MDX 10BaseT 100BaseTX and 100BaseFX Protocols Supported TCP IPv4 ARP HTTP 1 0 ICMP PING DHCP BOOTP IP Mode Static DHCP or Auto IP TCP User definable Connection Modes Server Client Search Serial direct CO...

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Page 40: ...Glossary www bb elec com www bb europe com 36 Figure 20 Dimensional Diagram of a VESR321 Serial Server Two Fiber Ports ...

Page 41: ...Glossary www bb elec com www bb europe com 37 Figure 21 Dimensional Diagram of a VESR321 Serial Server One Copper Port and One Fiber Port ...

Page 42: ...w bb europe com 38 VESR321 Series DB9M Pin RS 232 Direction RS 232 RS 422 485 4 Wire RS 485 2 Wire 1 DCD Input RDA 2 RD Input RDB 3 TD Output TDB Data A 4 DTR Output TDA Data B 5 GND GND GND 6 DSR Input 7 RTS Output 8 CTS Input 9 ...

Page 43: ...DA D RDB E GND GND In the RS 422 mode TX lines are outputs and RX lines are inputs Connect the serial server TXB line to the RXB line of the serial device and the serial server TXA to the RXA of the serial device Ground is signal ground and provides a common mode reference for the RS 422 Receiver and Transmitters ...