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NPort 5600 Series User ’ s Manual www .moxa.com/product Fif th Edition, August 2004 Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd. Tel: +886-2-8919-12 30 Fax: +886-2-8919-1231 www.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual The software d escribed in this manual is fur nished under a l icense agreement and m ay be used only in accordance with the term s of that agreement. Copyright Notice Copyright 2004 Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction.............................................................................................. 1-1 Overview .......................................................................................................
Chapter 6 Configuring Windows Administrator ..................................................... 6-1 Overview ................................................................................................................ 6-2 Installing Windows Ad ministrato r .
1 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Welcome to the MOXA NPort 5600 Series of adva nced serial device servers that m ake it easy to network-ena ble your serial de vices.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Introduction Overview NPort 5600 Series serial device server s are designed to make your indu strial serial devices Intern et ready instantly.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Introduction Product Specifications LAN Ethernet 10/10 0 Mbps, RJ45 Protection Built-in 1.5 KV magnetic isolation NPort 5610 Serial Interface Interface RS-232 No.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Introduction Software Feat ures Protocols ICMP, IP, TCP, UDP, DHC P, BOOTP, Telnet, DNS, SNMP, HTTP, SMTP, SNTP Utilities NPort Administrator for Windo ws 95/98/ME/NT.
2 2 Chapter 2 Getting Started This chapter include s information about installin g NPort 5600 Series. The following topics are covered: Panel Layout Connecting the Hardware ¾ Wiring Requireme.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Getting Started Panel Layout Front panel of NPort 5610-16 -48V Font panel of NPort 5630- 16 Rear panel o f NPort 5610- 16 (AC Po wer) Rear panel o f NPort 5610- 16 -4.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Getting Started Connecting the Hardware This section describes how to connect NPort 5600 Series to serial devices for first time testing purposes.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Getting Started Connecting NPort 5610-16/8-48V’s Power To connect NP ort 5610-1 6/8-48V’s po wer cord wi th its term inal block, fol low the steps given below: V+ V - ON OFF 1. Loosen the screws on the V + and V - terminals of NPort 5610-16/8-4 8V’s termi nal block.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Getting Started The bottom left corner LED indicator maintains a so lid orange color when the cab le is properly connected to a 10 Mbps Ethernet network. Connecting to a Serial Device Connect the se rial data cable bet ween NPort 5 600 and the seri al device.
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3 3 Chapter 3 Initial IP Address Configuration When setting up your NPo rt 5600 for the first time, the fir st thing you should do is configure the IP address. T his chapter intr oduces several methods to co nfigure NPort’s IP address. Select the method that is the m ost convenient for you.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual In itial IP Address Configuration Initializing NPort’s IP Address 1. Determine whether your NPort needs to use a Static IP or Dynamic IP (either DHCP or BOOTP application).
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual In itial IP Address Configuration There are fou r push buttons on NPort’s nameplate. Going from left t o right, the but tons are: Button Name Action MENU menu activ.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual In itial IP Address Configuration As you use the buttons to operate the LCM display, you will no tice that with very few exceptions, mov ing up one level causes th e bottom line o f the display to move to th e top line of the display.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual In itial IP Address Configuration The part of the LCM operation th at still requires some explanatio n is how to edit the configurable options. In fact, you will only en counter two types of configura ble options. The first type involves ent ering numbers, such as IP add resses, Netmasks, etc.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual In itial IP Address Configuration In order to use this setup method, both your co mputer and NPort must be conn ected to the same LAN. Or, you may use a cross-ove r Ethernet cable to conn ect the NPort directly to your com puter’s Ethernet card.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual In itial IP Address Configuration 3. When the Telnet window opens, if you are prompted to input the Console password , input the password and then press Enter . Note that this page will only appear if the NPort is password protect ed.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual In itial IP Address Configuration 7. Press any key to continue… 8. Type m or M and then pr ess Enter to return to the main m enu. 9. Type s or S and then press Enter to Save/Rest art the system. 10. Type y or Y and then pre ss Ent er to save the new IP address and restart NPort.
4 4 Chapter 4 Choosing the Proper Operation Mode In this section, we describe th e various NPort operation m odes. The options i nclude an operati on mode that uses a driver installed on the host com puter, and ope ration mode s that rely on TC P/IP socket programmin g concepts.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual C hoosing the Proper Operation Mode Overview NPort De vice Servers netwo rk-enable t raditional RS- 232/422/485 de vices, in whi ch a Device Server is a tiny computer eq uipped with a CPU, real-tim e OS, and TCP/IP protocols that can bi-directionally translate data between t he serial and Ethernet formats.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual C hoosing the Proper Operation Mode TCP Client Mode In TCP Client mode , NPort can actively establish a TCP connection t o a pre-defin ed host com puter when serial data arri ves.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual C hoosing the Proper Operation Mode The driver used for Real COM Mode comes with the NPort Windows Administrator which will install automatically on your computer when you install NPort Administration Suite.
5 5 Chapter 5 Web Console Configuration The Web Cons ole is the m ost user-friendly method availa ble to configure NPort 5600 Se ries. This chapter will introduce the Web Console function groups and function definition s.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration Opening Your Browser 1. Open your browser with the cookie function en abled . (To enable your brow ser for cookies, right click on you r desktop Internet Explorer icon, select Properties, click on the Security tab , and then select the three Enable option s as shown in the figure below.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 4. The NPort 5600 homepage will open. On this page, you can see a brief descripti on of the Web Console’s nine functi on groups.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration Basic Settings Server name Setting Factory Defau lt Necessity 1 to 39 charact ers NP[model nam e] -[Port No.]_ [Serial No.] Optional This option i s useful fo r specifying t he lo cation or application of different NPorts.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration Click on the Modify button to open the Modify time settin gs window to input the correct local time. Time server Setting Factory Defau lt Necessity IP or Domain addr ess (E.g., 192 .168.1.1 or time.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration Network Settings Y ou must assign a valid IP address to NPort 5600 before it will work in your network env ironment. Y our networ k system administrator sh ould provide you with an IP address and related settings for your network.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration network. Choose a prop er IP address which is unique and valid in your network environ ment.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration server 2 configuration items to configure the IP ad dress of the DNS server. DNS server 2 is included f or use when DNS s erver 1 is u navailable.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration Auto report to IP Setting Factory Defau lt Necessity E.g., 192.168.1.1 (IP addresses of th e form x . x . x .0 and x . x . x .255 are inva lid.) None Optional Reports generated by the Auto report fun ction w ill be sent automatically to this IP address.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration Port alias Setting Factory Defau lt Necessity 1 to 15 characters (E.g. , PLC-No .1) None Optional “Port Alias” is specially designed to allow easy identification of the serial devices which are connected to NPor t’s serial port.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration Flow control Setting Factory Defau lt Necessity None, R TS/CTS, DTR/ DSR, Xon/Xof f R TS/CTS Requi red FIFO Setting Factory Defau lt Necessity Enable, Disabl e Enable Required NPort’s seri al ports provide a 16-byte FIFO both in the Tx and Rx directions.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration Real COM Mode TCP alive check time Setting Factory Defau lt Necessity 0 to 99 m in 7 min Optional 0 min: TCP connection is not closed due to an idle TCP connection. 1 to 99 min: NPort automatically closes TCP connection if there is no TCP activity for the given time.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration Delimiter 1 Setting Factory Defau lt Necessity 00 to FF None Optional Delimiter 2 Setting Factory Defau lt Necessity 00 to FF None Optional .
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration TCP Server Mode TCP alive check time Setting Factory Defau lt Necessity 0 to 99 m in 7 min Optional 0 min: TCP connection is not closed due to an idle TCP connection. 1 to 99 min: NPort automatically closes the TCP connection if th ere is no TCP activity for the given time.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration If the Inactivity time is set to 0, the current TCP connection is kept active until a connection close request is received.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration This parameter defines the time interval during which NPort fetches the serial data from its internal buffer. If data is incoming through the se rial port, NPort stores the data in the internal buffer.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration TCP Client Mode TCP alive check time Setting Factory Defau lt Necessity 0 to 99 m in 7 min Optional 0 min: TCP connection is not closed due to an idle TCP connection. 1 to 99 min: NPort automatically closes the TCP connection if th ere is no TCP activity for the given tim e.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration The Inactivity time should at least be set larger tha n that of Force transm it timeout. To prevent the unintended loss of data due to the session being disconnected , it is highly recommended th at this value is set large enoug h so that the in tended data transf er is co mpleted.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration NPort shoul d send that se ries of characters duri ng a time interval less than the Force Transmit timeout fo r NPort, and t he total le ngth of data m ust be less than or equal to NPo rt’s internal buffer size.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration UDP Mode Delimiter 1 Setting Factory Defau lt Necessity 00 to FF None Optional Delimiter 2 Setting Factory Defau lt Necessity 00 to FF None .
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration to 1200 bps, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and non e for parity. In this case, the total number of bits needed to send a character is 10 bits, and the time required to transfer one character is ( 10 (bits) / 1200 (bi ts/s) ) * 1000 (m s/s) = 8.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration Accessible IP Settings NPort has an IP address base d filtering method to cont rol access to itself. Accessible IP Settings allows y ou to add or block rem ote host IP addresse s to prevent unauthorized a ccess.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration Auto Warning Settings Auto warning: E-mail and SNMP Trap Mail Server Mail server Setting Factory Defau lt Necessity IP or Domain Nam e None .
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration Consult your Network Adm inistrator or ISP for t he proper mail server setti ngs. The Auto warni ng function may not work properly if it is not co nfigured corr ectly. NPort SMTP AUTH supports LOGIN, PLAIN, CR AM-MD5 (RFC 2554).
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration with the pa ssword change notice before NPort reboot s. If the NPort is unable to send an e-mail message to the mail server within 15 seconds, NP ort will reboot anyway, an d abort th e e-mail auto warning.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration Change Password Input the “Old password” and “N ew password” to change the pa ssword. Leave the password boxes blank to erase the password. In this case, the NPort will no t have password protection .
6 6 Chapter 6 Configuring Windows Administrator Windows Admi nistrator and Web C onsole are two powerful tool s that can be use d to configure the settings of your NPorts.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator Overview We understand the importance of software as the foundation of your application , and with this in mind, we designed NPort Administrator to let y ou easily in stall and configur e your NPort 5600 Series product over t he network.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator 4. Click on Next to install the program using the default pr ogram name , or select a different name. 5. Click on Install to proceed with the installation. 6. The Installing window rep orts the progr ess of the installation.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator 8. Click on Finish to complete the installation of NPort Administration Suite. Configuration The Admi nistrator-Config uration wi ndow is divi ded into fo ur parts. z The top part is the function list and online help area.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator Broadcast Search The Broadcast Search function is used to locate all NPorts that are connected to the same LAN as your computer.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator Unlock Password Protection If the NPort is password protected, then you will not be able to use the double click method to open the configuration page. Instead, select an NPort with “Lock” status, right click the lock ed NPort, and then select the Unl ock button.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator session, activating various utilities for this NPort w ill not require re-entering th e server password. Blank The NPort is not password pro tected, and “B roadcast Search” was use d to locate it.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator You can sim ultaneously m odify the configu rations of m ultiple NPorts that are of the same model. To select multiple NPorts, hold down the Ctrl ke y when selecting additional NPor ts, or hold down the Shift key to select a group of NPorts.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator Export/Import Input the password to Unlo ck the NPort, and then right click on a specific NPor t and select the Export function to start Exporting the configu ration file.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator Click on Monitor . Select Add Target . When you select add target, you will see an NPort list th at looks the same as when using Conf iguration Æ Broadcast Search. Check the NPort you would like to Monitor, and th en click OK .
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator Select a Refresh Ra te (the default is 3 second s). Select Display warnin g message for new event or Play warning music for new event. In the second case, you must enter the path to the WAV file that you want to be played.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator In the Monitor screen, you can see the “Not Alive” NPort is marked with red color. Click the Alive column. The Monitor program will sort the NPort list and put all “Not Alive” NPorts at the top of the list.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator Select or de-select Moni tor Items . Use the single arrowhead but tons to m ove highlig hted items from one box to the other. Us e the double arrowhead buttons to move all i tems from one box to the other.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator Add the target to which you would like to map COM ports. The NPort list that appears is the list generated by the previous Broadcast Search. Select the NPort to which you would like t o map COM ports.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator Fast Flush (only flush loc al buffer) 1. We have added one optional “Fast Flush” f unction in our new NPort Real COM driver. NPort Administrator Suite for 2G NPort adds it after version 1.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator Select Discard Ch ange to tell Administrator NOT to save the COM Mapping information to the host.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator Apply chan ge. IP Location When NPort 5600 series products are used in a dynamic IP envir onment, users m ust spend m ore time wit h IP management tasks.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator Click GO to start receiving the Auto IP address report from the NPort . 6-18.
7 7 Chapter 7 IP Serial LIB The following topics are covered in this chapter: Overview IP Serial LIB Function Groups Example Program.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB Overview What is IP Seri al Library? IP Serial Library is a Windows library w ith freq uently used serial comm and sets and subrouti nes. IP Serial Library is designed to reduce t he comple xity and p oor efficiency of serial communicat ion over TCP/IP.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB IP Serial LIB Function Groups Server Control Port Co ntro l Input/ Output Data Po rt Status Inquiry Miscellaneous nsio_init nsio_end nsio_resetserv er n.
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A A Appendix A Pinouts and Cable Wiring In this appendix, we cover the fo llowing topics. Port Pinout Diagrams ¾ Ethernet Port Pinouts ¾ Serial Port Pinouts ¾ Async Port 4-wire RS-422 Pinouts (.
NPort 5600 Series User’s M anual Pinouts and Cable Wiring Port Pinout Diagrams Ethernet Port Pinouts Serial Port Pinouts RS-232 Pi nouts 4-wire RS-422 Pinouts A-2.
NPort 5600 Series User’s M anual Pinouts and Cable Wiring 2-wire RS-485 Pinouts Cable Wiring Diagrams Ethernet Cables A-3.
NPort 5600 Series User’s M anual Pinouts and Cable Wiring Serial Cables RJ45 (8 pins ) to DB9 Femal e for NPort 5 610 RJ45 (8 pins) to DB9 Male f or NPort 5610 RJ45 (8 pins ) to DB25 Fem ale for NPo.
NPort 5600 Series User’s M anual Pinouts and Cable Wiring RJ45 (8 pins ) to DB25 M ale for NPort 5610 Pin Assignments for DB9 and DB25 Connectors Pin Assignments for DB9 Male and Female Connectors D.
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B B Appendix B Well Known Port Numbers In this appendix, which is in cluded for your re ference, we pr ovide a list of Well Known p ort numbers that may cause network problems if you set NPort 560 0 to one of these ports. Refer to RFC 1700 for Well Known port numbers, or refer to the follo wing introduction from the IANA.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Well Known Port Numbers 43 Whois (nickname) 49 (Login Host Prot ocol) (Logi n) 53 Domai n Name Server (dom ain) 79 Finger protocol (Finger) TCP Socket Application Ser.
C C Appendix C SNMP Agent with MIB II & RS-232 Like Group NPort 5600 has built-in SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) ag ent software. It supports SNMP Tr ap, RFC1317 RS-232 like gr oup and RFC1213 MIB-II. The follo wing table lists the standard MIB-II group, as well as the variable implementation for NPort 5600.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual SNMP Agent with MIB II & RS-232 Like Group System MIB Interfaces MIB IP MIB ICMP MIB SysServices ifInUnknownProtos ipReasmFails IcmpOutT imeExcds ifOutOctets ipFr.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual SNMP Agent with MIB II & RS-232 Like Group UDP MIB TCP MIB SNMP MIB UdpInDatagrams tcpRtoAlgorithm snmpInPkts UdpNoPorts tcpRtoMin snmpOutPkts UdpInErro rs tcpRto.
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D D Appendix D Auto IP Report Protocol NPort Series provides sev eral ways to configu re Ethernet IP addresses. One of them is DHCP Client. When you set u p the NPort to u se DHCP Clie nt to configure Ethernet IP addresses, it will automatically send a DHCP request over the Ethe rnet to find the DHCP Server.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Auto IP Report Protocol And then you can develop your own programs to recei ve t his information from the NPort. Here is NPort’s Auto IP Report Protocol. We provide an example for you to easily deve lop your own programs.
E E Appendix E Service Information This appen dix shows yo u how to contact M oxa for i nformation a bout this and other product s, and how to repo rt problems.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Service Information MOXA Internet Services Customer satisfaction is our num b er one concern, and to ensure that customers receive the full benefit of ou r products, Mo xa Internet Ser vices has been set up to provide technical support, dri ver updates, product info rmation, and user’s manua l updates.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Service Information Problem Report Form MOXA NPort 5600 Series Customer name: Comp any: T el: Fax: Email: Date: 1. Moxa Product: NPort 5610-16- 48V ( DC Powe r) .
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Service Information Product Return Procedure For product repair, excha nge, or re fund, the custom er must: Provide e vidence of original purchase. Obtain a Product Return Agreement (PRA) from the sales representative or dealer.
NPort 5600 Series User’s Manual Service Information E-5 Revision History Document Edition Revision Date Revision Detai ls 2 nd November 27, 20 03 1. Update the edition of this manual on the title page. 2. Include product inf ormation for NPort 5630 into related chapters of this User’s Manual.
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