Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product NETRS232_2 StarTech.com
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Instruction Manual FCC C ompliance Statement This equipment has been tested and f ound to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules . These limits are desig ned to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
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Instruction Manual 1 Introduction Thank you for pur chasing a StarT ech.com Ethernet Remote Serial inter face con ver ter . With this one, two , or four port converter , your RS-232 serial devices can be placed anywhere on your Ethernet W AN/LAN and still per f orm as if they were right beside you.
Serial Rx LED Serial Tx LED Serial Port Network LEDs RJ-45 Port Pow er LED DC Pow er Port Instruction Manual 2 Hardwar e Guide.
Hardwar e Installation 1. Plug the power adapt er into the Power port on the conv er ter and plug the other end into an available pow er source. The red Po wer LED onthe converter should now be illuminated.
Conguring the Network Settings The IP Extender Manager software displays information in a format similar t o Window s Explorer . Any NETRS232 devices on your network are displayed in the “IP Extenders Near Me” branch of the “My IP Extender Network ” tree.
Conguring Network Settings U sing a W eb Browser The NETRS232 converter contains an embedded web server that allows y ou to congure your device ’ s net w ork settings through your web browser .
6. Congure the devic e. T he following network and port settings for the device can be congured in a T elnet session: Device settings (for the interface converter device): • IP address • Net.
Activating and Deactivating NETRS232 Ports NETRS232 por ts that ha ve been detected as existing on the network are not initially activated for your PC. T o access a serial por t, y ou must rst ac tiva te it. Y ou can ac tivat e a port on one computer , some computers, all computers, or none of the comput ers on your network.
There are two ic ons that depic t the stat e of the NE TRS232_x ports and devices: Icon: Device available on the network. Icon with red X: Device not available on the network. Icon with green square: Under “My Computer , ” this icon means the port is available.
Adv anced Settings Ports that have been activated on y our PC can generally be used without any fur ther conguration. There are , however , additional conguration options available through the IP Extender Manager . P or t Modes The interface converter converts serial port data to and from TCP/IP packets over Ethernet.
Virtual por t (driv er) settings The virtual por t allow s a serial por t on an NETRS232 device to be used in same manner as a local serial port when the por t is congured in Windows Mode (described above).
T o prevent this diculty, NETRS232 Links have a “ discovery ” mode that allows the correct NETRS232 Link por t to be f ound even when the IP address of the associated box has changed. T o use this discovery mode, a “port binding” must be created for that virtual por t.
Binding to IP Address The IP address of a network device is assigned by either the sy stem administrator or through a DHCP server . Binding a vir tual port to an IP address will for ce that virtual por t to attempt a c onnec tion to an y device with that particular IP address only .
W AN Activation Activating and accessing the virtual serial port on a NE TRS232 device across a WAN can be done in two dierent wa ys, depending on how the NETRS232 device is accessible. • NETRS232 device is accessible externally – is directly accessible on the Internet.
Instruction Manual 14 4. Ensure that the port(s) to use W AN ac tiva tion on are congured for “Driver Mode” . 5. Record the TCP port number of the por t(s) to be accessible .
Instruction Manual 15 Specications Internet Protoc ols IP , HTTP , ICMP , T CP , TFTP , and UDP Connectors 1 x RJ-45 Ethernet port (female) 1 x DC Pow er NETRS232_1 1 x DB-9 serial port (male) NETR.
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