Moxa 5110 Series - Manuals

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Introduction 1-2 Overview NPort 5110 serial device server is designed to make your industrial serial devices Internet ready instantly, and is well-suited for POS security market applications. The compact size of NPort 5110 device server makes them the ideal choice for...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Introduction 1-3 Product Specifications LAN Ethernet 10/100 Mbps, RJ45 Protection Built-in 1.5 KV magnetic isolation NPort 5110 Serial Interface Interface RS-232 No. of Ports 1 Port Type Male DB9 Signals TxD, RxD, RTS, CTS, DTR, DSR, DCD, GND Serial Line Protection 15...

2 2 Chapter 2 Getting Started This chapter includes information about installing NPort 5110. The following topics are covered: ! Panel Layout ! Connecting the Hardware " Connecting the Power " Connecting to the Network " Connecting to a Serial Device " LED Indicators

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-2 Panel Layout NPort 5110 Top Panel View DIN-Railscrew hole Wallmountscrew hole Ready Link Tx/Rx Serial Device Server 5110 10/100MEthernet RESET 9-30VDC Port 1 RS-232 Male DB9 serial port Front Panel View RJ45 10/100M Ethernet port Reset buttonPower ...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-3 Connecting to the Network Connect one end of the Ethernet cable to NPort 5110’s 10/100M Ethernet port and the other end of the cable to the Ethernet network. NPort 5110 will indicate a valid connection to the Ethernet in the following ways: ! The E...

3 3 Chapter 3 Initial IP Address Configuration When setting up your NPort 5110 for the first time, you should first configure the IP address. This chapter introduces the method to configure the device server’s IP address. For more details about network settings, see the Network Settings section from...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 3-2 Initializing NPort 5110’s IP Address 1. Determine whether your NPort 5110 needs to use a Static IP or Dynamic IP (either DHCP or BOOTP application). 2. If NPort 5110 is used in a Static IP environment, you can use NPort 5110 Admini...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 3-3 Take the following steps to use ARP to configure the IP address: 1. Obtain a valid IP address for your NPort 5110 from your network administrator. 2. Obtain NPort 5110’s MAC address from the label on its bottom panel. 3. Execute th...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 3-4 4. Type 2 to select Network settings , and then press Enter . 5. Type 1 to select IP address and then press Enter .

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 3-5 6. Use the Backspace key to erase the current IP address, type in the new IP address, and then press Enter . 7. Press any key to continue.

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 3-8 8. Input the password when prompted. Note that this page will only appear when the NPort 5110 has been set up for password protection. 9. Start configuring the IP address under Network Settings . Refer to step 4 in the Telnet Conso...

4 4 Chapter 4 Choosing the Proper Operation Mode In this section, we describe the various NPort 5110 operation modes. The options include an operation mode that uses a driver installed on the host computer, and operation modes that rely on TCP/IP socket programming concepts. After choosing the prope...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 4-2 Overview NPort 5110 Serial Device Servers are used to network-enable traditional RS-232 devices. A Serial Device Server is a tiny computer equipped with a CPU, real-time OS, and TCP/IP protocols that can bi-directionally transfer...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 4-3 UDP Mode Compared to TCP communication, UDP is faster and more efficient. In UDP mode, you can unicast or multicast data from the serial device to one or multiple host computers, and the serial device can also receive data from o...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 4-4 Ethernet Modem Mode The Ethernet Modem operation mode is designed for use with legacy operating systems, such as MS-DOS, that do not support TCP/IP Ethernet. By connecting one NPort 5110’s serial port to the MS-DOS computer’s ser...

5 5 Chapter 5 Web Console Configuration The Web Console is the most user-friendly method available to configure NPort 5110. This chapter introduces the Web Console function groups and function definitions. ! Opening Your Browser ! Basic Settings ! Network Settings ! Serial Settings ! Operating Setti...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-2 Opening Your Browser 1. Open your browser with the cookie function enabled. (To enable your browser for cookies, right click on your desktop Internet Explorer icon, select Properties, click on the Security tab, and then select the three E...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-4 Basic Settings Server name Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 to 39 characters [model name]_[Serial No.] Optional This option is useful for specifying the location or application of different NPort 5110s. Web/Telnet Console The “Disable”...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-5 Network Settings You must assign a valid IP address to NPort 5110 before it will work in your network environment. Your network system administrator should provide you with an IP address and related settings for your network. The IP addre...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-7 connect to the web server. DNS is the way that Internet domain names are identified and translated into IP addresses. A domain name is an alphanumeric name, such as moxa.com, that it is usually easier to remember. A DNS server is a host t...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-8 Auto report to IP Setting Factory Default Necessity E.g., 192.168.1.1 or URL (IP addresses of the form x . x . x .0 and x . x . x .255 are invalid.) None Optional Reports generated by the Auto report function will be automatically sent to...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-9 Port alias Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 to 15 characters (E.g., PLC-No.1) None Optional “Port alias” is included to allow easy identification of the serial devices that are connected to NPort 5110’s serial port. Serial Parameters A...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-10 Operating Settings Click on Operating Settings , located under Main Menu, to display the operating settings for both of NPort 5110’s serial ports. Real COM Mode TCP alive check time Setting Factory Default Necessity 0 to 99 min 7 min Opt...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-11 Max connection 2 to 4: Allows 2 to 4 host’s Real COM drivers to open the specific NPort 5110 serial port, at the same time. When multiple hosts’ Real COM drivers open the serial port at the same time, the COM driver only provides a pure ...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-12 buffer is full or if the Force transmit time interval reaches the time specified under Force transmit timeout. The optimal Force transmit timeout depends on your application, but it must be at least larger than one character interval wit...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-14 Force transmit Setting Factory Default Necessity 0 to 65535 ms 0 ms Optional 0: Disable the force transmit timeout. 1 to 65535: Forces the NPort 5110’s TCP/IP protocol software to try to pack serial data received during the specified tim...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-15 TCP Client Mode TCP alive check time Setting Factory Default Necessity 0 to 99 min 7 min Optional 0 min: TCP connection is not closed due to an idle TCP connection. 1 to 99 min: NPort 5110 automatically closes the TCP connection if there...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-17 ( 10 (bits) / 1200 (bits/s) ) * 1000 (ms/s) = 8.3 ms. Therefore, you should set Force transmit timeout to be larger than 8.3 ms, so in this case, it must be greater than or equal to 10 ms. If the user wants to send a series of characters...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-18 UDP Mode Delimiter 1 Setting Factory Default Necessity 00 to FF None Optional Delimiter 2 Setting Factory Default Necessity 00 to FF None Optional Once the NPort 5110 receives both delimiters through its serial port, it immediately packs...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-20 Pair Connection Slave Mode TCP alive check time Setting Factory Default Necessity 0 to 99 min 7 min Optional 0 min: TCP connection is not closed due to an idle TCP connection. 1 to 99 min: NPort 5110 automatically closes the TCP connecti...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-21 Pair Connection Master Mode TCP alive check time Setting Factory Default Necessity 0 to 99 min 7 min Optional 0 min: TCP connection is not closed due to an idle TCP connection. 1 to 99 min: NPort 5110 automatically closes the TCP connect...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-22 Ethernet Modem Dial-in NPort 5110 listens for a TCP/IP connection request from the remote Ethernet modem or host. NPort 5110’s response depends on the ATS0 value, as outlined below. ATS0=0 (default): NPort 5110 will temporarily accept th...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-23 Disconnection request from remote site After the TCP connection has been shut down by the remote Ethernet modem or PC, NPort 5110 will send the “NO CARRIER” signal via the serial port and then return to command mode. Ethernet Modem Setti...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-24 16 AT&D Serial port DTR control AT&D0=recognize DTE always ready AT&D1, AT&D2=reply DTE when DTR On (default) 17 AT&F Restore manufacturer’s settings 18 AT&G Select guard time reply “OK” only 19 AT&R Serial po...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-25 TCP port Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 to 65535 4001 Required The TCP port that other devices must use to contact this device. To avoid conflicts with standard TCP ports, the default is set to 4001. TCP alive check time Setting Fac...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-26 ! Any host can access the NPort 5110 Disable this function by un-checking the “Enable the accessible IP list” checkbox. Refer to the following table for more configuration examples. Allowable Hosts Input format Any host Disable 192.168.1...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-27 From E-mail address Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 to 63 characters None Optional E-mail address 1/2/3/4 Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 to 63 characters None Optional ATTENTION Consult your Network Administrator or ISP for the ...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-28 IP address changed The user has changed NPort 5110’s IP address. When the IP address changes, NPort 5110 will send an e-mail with the new IP address before NPort 5110 reboots. If the NPort 5110 is unable to send an e-mail message to the ...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-29 Change Password Input the “Old password” and “New password” to change the password. Leave the password boxes blank to erase the password. If the password is erased, then NPort 5110 will not have password protection. ATTENTION If you forg...

6 6 Chapter 6 Configuring Windows Administrator The following topics are covered in this chapter: ! Overview ! Installing Windows Administrator ! Configuration " Broadcast Search " Unlock Password Protection " Configuring NPort 5110 " Upgrade Firmware " Export/Import ! Monitor ! ...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator 6-2 Overview Windows Administrator is designed to let you install and configure your NPort 5110 products easily over the network. Windows Administrator provides five function groups that ease the installation process, allows off-line ...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator 6-4 5. Click on Install to proceed with the installation. 6. The Installing window reports the progress of the installation.

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator 6-5 7. Click on Next to proceed with the installation. 8. Click on Finish to complete the installation of NPort 5110 Administration Suite.

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator 6-6 Configuration The Administrator-Configuration window is divided into four parts. ! The top part is the function list and online help area. (Windows NT does not support this .chm file format.) ! The left part lists the five Adminis...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator 6-10 Unlock Password Protection 1. If the NPort 5110 is password protected, then you will not be able to use the right click method to open the configuration page. 2. Instead, select an NPort 5110 with “Lock” status, right click the l...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator 6-14 Upgrade Firmware 1. Input the password to Unlock the NPort 5110, and then right click on a specific NPort 5110 and select the Upgrade Firmware function to start upgrading the firmware. 2. Select the correct ROM file to be downloa...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator 6-16 ATTENTION You can simultaneously import the same configuration file into multiple NPort 5110s that are of the same model. To select multiple NPort 5110s, hold down the Ctrl key when selecting an additional NPort 5110, or hold dow...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator 6-17 4. Select Add Target . 5. When you select Add Target, you will see a NPort 5110 list that looks the same as when using Configuration $ Broadcast Search. Check the NPort 5110 you would like to Monitor, and then click OK . 6. The N...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator 6-18 8. Select or de-select Monitor Items . Use the single arrowhead buttons to move highlighted items from one box to the other. Use the double arrowhead buttons to move all items in one box to the other. 9. Select a Refresh Rate (th...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator 6-19 10. Select Display warning 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. “New event” means that one of the NPort 5110s in the mo...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator 6-20 12. For this example, the NPort 5110 shown in the list will be monitored. 13. When one of the NPort 5110s loses connection with the Monitor program, a warning alert will display automatically. The warning music will be played at ...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator 6-22 Port Monitor The process described here is the same as in the previous “Monitor” section. The only difference is that you can select more items under Port Monitor than under Monitor. Select or de-select Monitor Items . Use the si...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator 6-23 COM Mapping Windows Administration Suite comes with Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP Real COM drivers. After you install NPort 5110 Administration Suite, there are two ways to set up the NPort 5110’s serial port as your host’s remote ...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator 6-24 3. Add the target to which you would like to map COM ports. 4. The NPort 5110 list that appears is the list generated by the previous Broadcast Search. Select the NPort 5110 that you would like to map COM ports to. 5. Select COM ...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator 6-25 6. Select the COM No. COM ports that are “In use” or “Assigned” will also be indicated in this drop-down list. If you select multiple serial ports or multiple NPort 5110s, remember to check the “Auto Enumerating” function to use ...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator 6-26 Enable/Disable Tx/Rx FIFO . If disabled, NPort 5110 will send one byte each time the Tx FIFO becomes empty; and an Rx interrupt will be generated for each incoming byte. This will result in a faster response and lower throughput....

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator 6-27 7. The Serial Parameter settings shown here are the default settings when the NPort 5110 is powered on. However, the program can redefine the serial parameters to different values after the program opens the port via Win 32 API. ...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator 6-28 9. Select Discard Change to tell Administrator NOT to save the COM Mapping information to the host. 10. To save the configuration to a text file, select Export COM Mapping . You will then be able to import this configuration file...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator 6-29 Off-line COM Mapping 1. Add a target by inputting the IP address and selecting the Model Name without physically connecting the NPort 5110 to the network. 2. Select Apply change .

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator 6-30 IP Location When NPort 5110 is used in a dynamic IP environment, users must spend more time with IP management tasks. NPort 5110 products help out by periodically reporting their IP address to the IP location server, in case the ...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Configuring Windows Administrator 6-31 3. Next, configure the Local Listen Port to be the same as the NPort 5110’s “Auto report to UDP port” setting. 4. Click Go to start receiving the Auto IP address report from the NPort 5110.

7 7 Chapter 7 IP Serial LIB The following topics are covered in this chapter: ! Overview ! IP Serial LIB Function Groups ! Example Program

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 7-2 Overview What is IP Serial Library? IP Serial Library is a Windows library with frequently used serial command sets and subroutines. IP Serial Library is designed to reduce the complexity and poor efficiency of serial communication over TCP/IP. For e...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 7-3 IP Serial LIB Function Groups Server Control Port Control Input/Output Data Port Status Inquiry Miscellaneous nsio_init nsio_end nsio_resetserver nsio_checkalive nsio_open nsio_close nsio_ioctl nsio_flowctrl nsio_DTR nsio_RTS nsio_lctrl nsio_baud nsi...

A A Appendix A Pinouts and Cable Wiring In this appendix, we cover the following topics. ! Port Pinout Diagrams " Ethernet Port Pinouts " Serial Port Pinouts ! Cable Wiring Diagrams " Ethernet Cables

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Pinouts and Cable Wiring A-2 Port Pinout Diagrams Ethernet Port Pinouts Serial Port Pinouts DB9 Male RS-232 port pinouts for NPort 5110 PIN SIGNAL 1 DCD 2 RxD 3 TxD 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 ---

B B Appendix B Well Known Port Numbers In this appendix, which is included for your reference, we provide a list of Well Known port numbers that may cause network problems if you set NPort 5110 to one of these ports. Refer to RFC 1700 for Well Known port numbers, or refer to the following introducti...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Well Known Port Numbers B-2 TCP Socket Application Service 42 Host name server (names server) 43 Whois (nickname) 49 (Login Host Protocol) (Login) 53 Domain Name Server (domain) 79 Finger protocol (Finger) 80 World Wide Web HTTP 119 Network news Transfer Protocol (NNT...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Well Known Port Numbers B-3 UDP Socket Application Service 161 SNMP (Simple Network Mail Protocol) 162 SNMP Traps 213 IPX (Used for IP Tunneling)

C C Appendix C SNMP Agents with MIB II & RS-232 Like Groups NPort 5110 has built-in SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) agent software that supports SNMP Trap, RFC1317 RS-232 like groups and RFC 1213 MIB-II. The following table lists the standard MIB-II groups, as well as the variable impl...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual SNMP Agents C-3 Address Translation MIB TCP MIB SNMP MIB AtNetAddress tcpRetransSegs snmpInTotalSetVars tcpConnState snmpInGetRequests tcpConnLocalAddress snmpInGetNexts tcpConnLocalPort snmpInSetRequests tcpConnRemAddress snmpInGetResponses tcpConnRemPort snmpInTraps...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual SNMP Agents C-4 The Input Signal Table The Output Signal Table rs232InSigTable rs232OutSigTable rs232InSigEntry rs232OutSigEntry rs232InSigPortIndex rs232OutSigPortIndex rs232InSigName rs232OutSigName rs232InSigState rs232OutSigState

D D Appendix D Auto IP Report Protocol NPort Series provides several ways to configure Ethernet IP addresses. One method is DHCP Client. When you set up the NPort to use DHCP Client to configure Ethernet IP addresses, a DHCP request is sent automatically over the Ethernet to find the DHCP Server. In...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Auto IP Report Protocol D-2 You will then be able to develop your own programs to receive this information from the NPort. Here is NPort’s Auto IP Report Protocol. Click on the following link to link to a specific example. http://web2.moxa.com.tw/services/download/dow...

E E Appendix E Service Information This appendix shows you how to contact Moxa for information about this and other products, and how to report problems. In this appendix, we cover the following topics. ! MOXA Internet Services ! Problem Report Form ! Product Return Procedure

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Service Information E-2 MOXA Internet Services Customer satisfaction is our number one concern, and to ensure that customers receive the full benefit of our products, Moxa Internet Services has been set up to provide technical support, driver updates, product informat...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Service Information E-3 Problem Report Form MOXA NPort 5110 Customer name: Company: Tel: Fax: Email: Date: Moxa Product: NPort 5110 Serial Number: ___________ ______ Problem Description: Please describe the symptoms of the problem as clearly as possible, including any...

NPort 5110 Series User’s Manual Service Information E-4 Product Return Procedure For product repair, exchange, or refund, the customer must: % Provide evidence of original purchase. % Obtain a Product Return Agreement (PRA) from the sales representative or dealer. % Fill out the Problem Report Form ...