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v EKI-1351/1352 User Manual Contents Chapter 1 Overview ...............................................1 1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................... 2 1.2 Features ......................................................................

EKI-1351/1352 User Manual 2 1.1 Introduction Advantech's EKI series of Industrial Device Servers are a robust, feature-rich, andcost effective way to network-enable equipment in an industrial automation environ-ment. The EKI-1351/1352 provides one or two serial ports, 802.11b/g wireless LANinterface...

3 EKI-1351/1352 User Manual Chapter 1 O verview 1.2 Features „ Expand up 255 serial ports for one Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista (X86) host „ Provides 802.11b/g standard „ Supports wireless LAN Ad-Hoc and Infrastructure modes „ Supports high transmission speed up to 1.2M bps totally „ Supports various ope...

EKI-1351/1352 User Manual 4 1.4 Package Check List „ One EKI serial device server „ One RS-232 loopback DB9 tester „ Panel mounting bracket „ CD-ROM for utility and manual „ EMI Dia. 7.8mm/L82mm Wireless LAN Antenna

EKI-1351/1352 User Manual 6 2.1 Understanding EKI-1351/1352 The EKI-1351/1352 is network-based, serial device server for connectingRS-232/422/485 devices, such as CNCs, PLCs, scales, and scanners, directly to aTCP/IP network. Once connected through EKI-1351/1352, serial device will be ableto send an...

9 EKI-1351/1352 User Manual Chapter 2 G etting Started 2.1.3 TCP Server Mode In TCP server mode, you might initiate the TCP connection from host to EKI serialdevice server. This operation mode support max. five simultaneous connections foreach serial port on EKI serial device server from one host or...

EKI-1351/1352 User Manual 10 2.1.5 Serial Tunneling Mode Two native serial devices can communicate over an Ethernet network without anyintermediate host PC and software programming. Serial Tunneling is very simple touse. You can use Advantech Serial Device Server Configuration Utility to designateon...

11 EKI-1351/1352 User Manual Chapter 2 G etting Started 2.2 Hardware In this section, we will give you an overview of EKI-1351/1352 hardware andinstallation. 2.2.1 LED Indicators There are LEDs display the power status, network status, and serial communicationstatus located on the front panel of EKI...

EKI-1351/1352 User Manual 14 2.3 Connecting Hardware Next, we will explain how to find a proper location for your EKI-1351/1352, and thenexplain how to connect to the network, hook up the power cable, and connect to theEKI-1351/1352 serial port. 2.3.1 Choosing the Location Due to its versatility and...

EKI-1351/1352 User Manual 16 2.3.2 Wireless Connection EKI-1351 and EKI-1352 operate in the 802.11b/g WLAN environment, which iscreated by an access point working with 802.11b/g protocols. Locate your accesspoint and connect to the Ethernet network first. Then build up the connectionbetween the acce...

17 EKI-1351/1352 User Manual Chapter 2 G etting Started 2.3.4 Serial Connection EKI-1351/1352 provides one or two ports DB9 (male) connectors. RS-232/422/485pin assignments as below: 2.4 Serial Device Server Configuration Utility Advantech Serial Device Server Configuration Utility integrates device...

EKI-1351/1352 User Manual 22 3.1 Configuration Utility Overview EKI-1351/1352 provides an easy-to-use configuration utility to configure your serialdevice server through an Ethernet connection. For secure administration, it can alsorestrict the access rights for configuration to only one host PC to ...

23 EKI-1351/1352 User Manual Chapter 3 C onfiguration 3.2 Discovering Serial Device Servers 3.2.1 Auto Searching Advantech Serial Device Server Configuration Utility will automatically search all theEKI, ADAM and EDG series device servers on the network and show them on theDevice Server List Area of...

EKI-1351/1352 User Manual 26 3.2.2 Clear Device List and Search Again You can click the button on the “Quick Tool Area”; utility will clear all list device servers in the Device Server List Area and re-search again. Don’t use this functionfrequently. The warning message will be pop-up when you doubl...

27 EKI-1351/1352 User Manual Chapter 3 C onfiguration 3.3 Setting Ethernet Parameters This section explains how to configure EKI-1351/1352 network using this utility sothat it can communicate over a network with serial devices. Click on the “+” before the model name (e.g. EKI-1352), and the utility ...

EKI-1351/1352 User Manual 28 l Mac Address: The MAC address is for the local system to identify and locateeach serial device servers. This MAC address is already set before deliveryfrom factory, hence no need for further configuration. l IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Default Gateway: The IP address i...

31 EKI-1351/1352 User Manual Chapter 3 C onfiguration 3.3.3 Wireless Authentication EKI-1351 and EKI-1352 now support WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryptionoperation mode. WEP is a kind of standard to encrypt the data frame. We willenhance other encryption mode in future. l Authentication Type: T...

33 EKI-1351/1352 User Manual Chapter 3 C onfiguration 3.3.4 Wireless Advanced The tab identifies several parameters that are related to the 802.11b/g wireless net-work. We strongly suggested the default settings are not changed unless necessary.If you want to recovery to factory value, you click the...

EKI-1351/1352 User Manual 34 3.3.4.2 RTS Threshold RTS Threshold is the frame size above that an RTS/CTS handshake will be per-formed before attempting to transmit. RTS/CTS ask for permission to transmit toreduce collisions, but add considerable overhead. Disabling RTS/CTS can reduceoverhead and lat...

35 EKI-1351/1352 User Manual Chapter 3 C onfiguration 3.4.1 Setting Serial Port Parameters „ Description: You can give a more detailed description on the function of the port for easier management and maintenance. Descriptions have a limit of 128 char-acters. „ Type: The EKI-1351/1352 offers three k...

EKI-1351/1352 User Manual 36 „ Stop Bits: The EKI-1351/1352 provides three options: 1, 1.5 and 2. „ Flow Control: The EKI-1351/1352 provides four options: None, XOn/XOff, RTS/CTS, and DTR/DSR. 3.4.2 Setting Virtual COM Operating Mode Parameters The Advantech serial device servers extend traditional ...

EKI-1351/1352 User Manual 38 „ Round-Robin mode: Enabling “Response Timeout” parameter, the EKI-1351/1352 will operate in “Round-Robin mode”. Each serial port supports up to five simultaneous connections, so multiple hosts can transmit/receive data to/from the same serial port simultaneously. Every ...

EKI-1351/1352 User Manual 40 „ Protocol: TCP and UDP. „ Enable Time sharing: This function is the same with the Multi-Access function. Please refer to the virtual COM operating mode setting. „ Peers to Receiving Data: You can set maximum 4 network devices which you want to connect. You need to fill ...

EKI-1351/1352 User Manual 42 3.5 Security Configuration 3.5.1 Accessible Function „ Allow any IP to access. If this function is enabled, any PC can access data from this serial device server. „ Specified IP which can access If you want to restrict access to certain PCs, you can list their IP address...

43 EKI-1351/1352 User Manual Chapter 3 C onfiguration 3.5.2 Port Monitor Advantech Serial Device Server Configuration Utility provides an excellent function tomonitor the serial port status. Users can check the status of the serial ports. „ Refresh Update port status manually when you click “Refresh...

45 EKI-1351/1352 User Manual Chapter 3 C onfiguration 3.6.3 Lock Device The configuration utility provides Lock Device function (password protection), whenyou use this function you need to fill in a set of password. Then, other host computerswill no longer to configure this device server. Notice tha...

EKI-1351/1352 User Manual 46 3.6.5 Upgrading the Firmware Advantech continually upgrades its firmware to keep up with the ever-expandingworld of computing. You can use the update firmware function in the utility to carryout the updating procedure. Please access Advantech’s Website at http://www.adva...

EKI-1351/1352 User Manual 50 4.1 Setting COM Redirector(Virtual COM port) Advantech COM port mapping software is a serial COM port redirector that createsvirtual COM ports and provides access to serial devices connected to Advantechserial device servers. Your serial device applications can communica...

EKI-1351/1352 User Manual 52 4.1.2 Manual Mapping Right click the serial device name on the sub-tree of Device Server List area andselect the “Manual Mapping” function. ADAM series, EDG series, and EKI wireless series have only one IP address. Youcan select the serial port on the device server and t...

EKI-1351/1352 User Manual 54 4.1.3 Manual Direct Mapping Virtual COM Port Click the button on the Quick Took area, you can add a target by selecting the Device Type and inputting the IP address without physically connecting the serialdevice server to the network. 4.1.4 Remove the Virtual COM Port If...

55 EKI-1351/1352 User Manual Chapter 4 S etting COM R edirector 4.2 Running Diagnostic Test The purpose of this test is to make sure the communication from host PC to EKI-1351/1352 is OK. If there is still an error, you can check the communication from theEKI-1351/1352 to the devices. If the test is...

EKI-1351/1352 User Manual 58 There are two ways to complete the wireless connection between an access pointand EKI-1351/1352; via Diagnostic Ad hoc Mode or Diagnostic Infrastructure Mode.We recommend you use Ad hoc if your host PC is equipped with a wireless module. A.1 Diagnostic Ad hoc Mode (With ...

59 EKI-1351/1352 User Manual Appendix A Q uick Start 7. Reset the Ethernet Basic settings and Wireless Basic settings as needed. (About these settings, please refer to section 3.3.1 and 3.3.2 of the manual) 8. Power off EKI-1351/1352, adjust the switch to Normal Mode , and then reboot it to finish t...