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NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Introduction 1-2 Overview NPort 5400 Series device servers are designed to make your industrial serial devices Internet ready instantly. The compact size of NPort 5400 device servers makes them the ideal choice for connecting RS-232/422/485 serial devices—such as PLCs...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Introduction 1-3 Product Specifications LAN Ethernet 10/100 Mbps, RJ45 Protection Built-in 1.5 KV magnetic isolation NPort 5410 Serial Interface Interface RS-232 No. of Ports 4 Port Type DB9 Male 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 5400 Series device servers. The following topics are covered: ‰ Panel Layout ‰ Connecting the Hardware ¾ Wiring Requirements ¾ Connecting the Power ¾ Grounding the NPort 5400 ¾ Connecting to the Network ¾ Connecti...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-3 Connecting the Hardware This section describes how to connect the NPort 5400 to serial devices for first time testing purposes. We cover Wiring Requirements , Connecting the Power , Grounding the NPort 5400 Series , Connecting to the Network , Conn...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-4 ATTENTION This product is intended to be mounted to a well-grounded mounting surface such as a metal panel. SG : The Shielded Ground (sometimes called Protected Ground ) contact is the left most contact of the 3-pin power terminal block connector w...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-5 Adjustable Pull High/low Resistors for the RS-485 Port In some critical environments, you may need to add termination resistors to prevent the reflection of serial signals. When using termination resistors, it is important to set the pull high/low ...

3 3 Chapter 3 Initial IP Address Configuration When setting up your NPort 5410/5430/5430I/5450/5450I for the first time, the first thing you should do is configuring the IP address. This chapter introduces the method to configure the NPort’s IP address. Select one of the initial IP Address configura...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 3-2 Initializing the NPort’s IP Address 1. Determine whether your NPort needs to use a Static IP or Dynamic IP (either DHCP or BOOTP application). 2. If the NPort is used in a Static IP environment, you can use LCM Display, NPort Admin...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 3-3 There are four push buttons on the NPort’s nameplate. Going from left to right, the buttons are: Button Name Action MENU menu activates the main menu, or returns to a lower level U up cursor scrolls up through a list of items shown...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 3-4 Main Menu Server setting Serial number Server name Firmware ver Model name D C D D Network setting Ethernet status MAC address IP config IP address Netmask Gateway DNS server 1 DNS server 2 D D C C C C C C Serial set Select port Ba...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 3-5 The second type of configurable option is when there are only a small number of options from which to choose (although only one option will be visible at a time). Consider the PARITY attribute under PORT SETTING as an example. Foll...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 3-6 Take the following steps to use ARP to configure the IP address: 1. Obtain a valid IP address for your NPort from your network administrator. 2. Obtain the NPort’s MAC address from the label on its bottom panel. 3. Execute the ‘arp...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 3-8 7. Press any key to continue… 8. Type m and then press Enter to return to the main menu. 9. Type s and then press Enter to Save/Restart the system. 10. Type y and then press Enter to save the new IP address and restart the NPort.

4 4 Chapter 4 Choosing the Proper Operation Mode In this chapter, we describe the various NPort 5400 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 5400 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 4-2 Overview NPort device servers enable network operation of traditional RS-232/422/485 devices, in which a device server is a tiny computer equipped with a CPU, real-time OS, and TCP/IP protocols that can bi-directionally translate...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 4-3 ATTENTION The driver used for Real COM Mode comes with the NPort Windows Administrator. The driver is installed automatically on your computer when you install NPort Administration Suite. The important point is that Real COM Mode...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 4-4 TCP Client Mode In TCP Client mode , the NPort can actively establish a TCP connection to a pre-defined host computer when serial data arrives. After the data has been transferred, the NPort can automatically disconnect from the ...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 4-5 Reverse Telnet Mode Console management is commonly used by connecting to Console/AUX or COM ports of routers, switches, and UPS units. Rtelnet works the same as RAW mode in that only one TCP port is listened to after booting up. ...

5 5 Chapter 5 Web Console Configuration The Web Console is the most user-friendly way to configure the NPort 5410/5430/5430I. This chapter will introduce the Web Console function groups and function definitions. This chapter uses the NPort 5230 as an example. The function and definition is totally t...

NPort 5400 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 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-4 Basic Settings Server name Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 to 39 characters NP[model name]_[Serial No.] Optional This option is useful for specifying the location or application of different NPort device servers. Time The NPort 5410/5...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-5 Click on the Modify button to open the Modify time settings window to input the correct local time. Time server Setting Factory Default Necessity IP or Domain address (E.g., 192.168.1.1 or time.stdtime.gov.tw or time.nist.gov) None Option...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-6 password, press SEL , etc. Once the password has been entered, press SEL until the LCM screen is activated. Reset button protect Setting Factory Default Necessity No or Yes No Required Options are No and Yes , with default = No . NOTE: Se...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-7 IP Address Setting Factory Default Necessity E.g., 192.168.1.1 (IP addresses of the form x . x . x .0 and x . x . x .255 are invalid.) 192.168.127.254 Required An IP address is a number assigned to a network device (such as a computer) as...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-8 DNS server 1 / DNS sever 2 Setting Factory Default Necessity E.g., 192.168.1.1 (IP addresses of the form x . x . x .0 and x . x . x .255 are invalid.) None Optional When the user wants to visit a particular website, the computer asks a Do...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-9 configure the Auto IP report function. There are two ways to develop an “Auto IP report Server” to receive the NPort’s Auto IP report. 1. Use NPort Administrator’s IP Address Report function. 2. Refer the Appendix E for the “Auto IP repor...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-10 Port alias Setting Factory Default 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 the NPort’s serial port. Serial Par...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-11 Interface Setting Factory Default Necessity NPort 5410: RS-232 only NPort 5410: RS-232 Required NPort 5430: RS-422, 2-wire RS-485, 4-wire RS-485 NPort 5430: RS-485 2-wire Required NPort 5450: RS-232, RS-422, 2-wire RS-485, 4-wire RS-485 ...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-13 Default = 0, The Delimiter Process will be followed, regardless of the length of the data packet. If the data length (in bytes) matches the configured value, the data will be forced out. The data length can be configured for 0 to 1024 by...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-17 is specified in milliseconds and must be larger than 10 ms. If the user wants to send a series of character in a packet, the serial device attached to the NPort should send characters without time delay larger than Force Transmit timeout...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-20 is specified in milliseconds and must be larger than 10 ms. If the user wants to send a series of characters in a packet, the serial device attached to the NPort should send characters without time delay larger than Force Transmit timeou...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-21 Connect/Disconnect Description Startup/None (default) A TCP connection will be established on startup, and will remain active indefinitely. Any Character/None A TCP connection will be established when any character is received from the s...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-22 Delimiter 2 Setting Factory Default Necessity 00 to FF None Optional Once the NPort receives both delimiters through its serial port, it immediately packs all data currently in its buffer and sends it to the NPort’s Ethernet port. Note: ...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-23 Destination IP address 1 Setting Factory Default Necessity Begin: Empty End: Empty IP address range E.g., Begin: 192.168.1.1 End: 192.168.1.10 Port: 4001 Required Destination IP address 2/3/4 Setting Factory Default Necessity Begin: Empt...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-26 Disabled Mode When Operation mode is set to Disabled, that particular port will be disabled. Check the “Apply the above settings to all serial ports” to apply this setting to the other port. Accessible IP Settings The NPort has an IP add...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-27 Allowable Hosts Input format Any host Disable 192.168.1.120 192.168.1.120 / 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.254 192.168.1.0 / 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.255.254 192.168.0.0 / 255.255.0.0 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.126 19...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-28 ATTENTION Consult your Network Administrator or ISP for the proper mail server settings. Auto warning function may not work properly without proper settings. NPort SMTP AUTH supports LOGIN, PLAIN, CRAM-MD5 (RFC 2554). SNMP Trap Server SN...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-29 Password changed The user has changed the NPort’s password. When the password changes, the NPort will send an e-mail with the password change notice before the NPort reboots. If the NPort fails to send mail to the mail server after 15 se...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-30 Monitor Monitor Line Click on Line under Monitor to show the operation mode and status of each connection (IPx), for each of the four serial ports. Monitor Async Click on Async under Monitor to show the current status of each of the four...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-31 Change Password Input the “Old password” and “New password” to change the password. Leave the password boxes blank to erase the password. In this case, the NPort will not have password protection. ATTENTION If you forget the password, th...

6 6 Chapter 6 Configuring NPort Administrator The following topics are covered in this chapter: ‰ Overview ‰ Installing NPort Administrator ‰ Configuration ¾ Broadcast Search ¾ Specify by IP Address ¾ Password Protection ¾ Unlock Password Protection ¾ Configuring the NPort 5400 ¾ Web Console ¾ Upgra...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-2 Overview NPort Administration Suite is an integrated software suite that bundles NPort Administrator and the IP Serial Library, providing everything you need to manage, monitor, and modify your NPort 5400 from a remote location. Wit...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-3 3. Click on Next to install the program using the default program name, or select a different name. 4. Click on Install to proceed with the installation.

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-4 5. The Installing window reports the progress of the installation. 6. Click on Next to proceed with the installation.

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-5 7. Click on Finish to complete the installation of NPort 5400 Administration Suite. Configuration The Administrator-Configuration window is divided into four parts. y The top section contains the function list and online help area. ...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-6 Broadcast Search The Broadcast Search function is used to locate all NPort 5400s that are connected to the same LAN as your computer. Since the Broadcast Search function searches by MAC address and not IP address, all NPort 5400s co...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-7 Password Protection The NPort 5400 can be password-protected to prevent unauthorized configuration changes. The six possible protection states are described below. Note that the term “Fixed’ is borrowed from the standard fixed IP ad...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-8 1. Select the NPort 5400 with “Lock” status, click the right mouse button, and then select Unlock . 2. Input the password and then click on OK . 3. NPort Administrator will display an “Unlock ok” message. 4. The “Lock” status will c...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-9 1. To start NPort Administrator, click on Start Æ NPort Administration Suite Æ NPort Administrator . 2. Unlock the NPort 5400 you wish to configure if it is password protected. Right click on the NPort 5400 and select Configure to s...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-10 4. Refer to Chapter 5 for each parameter’s function definition. To modify the configuration, you must first click in the modify box to activate the parameter setting box. For example, click on the middle modify box. 5. You will now...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-11 Web Console You can use the web console to configure device servers in the NPort 5000 line. The web console can be opened from NPort Administrator by right clicking on the device server and selecting the Web function. Upgrading the...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-12 3. Select the correct ROM file to download. 4. Wait while the Upgrade Firmware action is processed. ATTENTION You can simultaneously upgrade the firmware of multiple NPort 5400s that are of the same model. To select multiple NPort ...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-13 Export Configuration To export the configuration of an NPort 5400, right click on the NPort 5400, select Export Configuration , and then follow the onscreen instructions. The Export Configuration function is a handy tool that can b...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-16 4. Select your targets from the list, and then click on OK . Monitor Æ Load Configured COM Port Use the Load Configured COM Port function to monitor device servers that are being used for COM Mapping. Once the Monitor function is r...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-17 2. Right click the panel and select Settings . 3. 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 b...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-18 5. On the Advanced Settings page, select Display warning message for new event and/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...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-20 11. The NPort 5400s that were reconnected, and are now “Alive,” will be shown in black color. Port Monitor The process described here is the same as in the previous “Monitor” section. The only difference is that you can select more...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-21 COM Mapping Windows Administration Suite comes with Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP Real COM drivers. After you install NPort 5400 Administration Suite, there are two ways to set up the NPort 5400 serial port as your host’s remote COM ...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-22 3. Add the target to which you would like to map COM ports. 4. The NPort 5400 list that appears is the list generated by the previous Broadcast Search. Select the NPort 5400 to which you would like to map COM ports. 5. Select COM S...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-23 6. Select the COM Number . This assigns a COM Number that your PC host can use to access the NPort’s serial port. Available COM Numbers and status are shown in the drop-down list. COM Numbers that are already being used by the syst...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-25 9. After setting the COM Mapping, remember to select Apply Change to save the information in the host system registry. The host computer will not have the ability to use the COM port until after Apply Change is selected. 10. Select...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-26 11. To save the configuration to a text file, select Export COM Mapping . You will then be able to import this configuration file to another host and use the same COM Mapping settings in the other host. Off-line COM Mapping 1. Add ...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-27 2. Modify the port settings as needed. 3. Right click in the NPort list section and select Apply Change .

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-28 IP Address Report When the NPort 5400 is used in a dynamic IP environment, users must spend more time with IP management tasks. To make things easier, the NPort 5400 can periodically report its IP address to the IP location server,...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-29 4. Click Go to start receiving the Auto IP address report from the NPort 5400 Automatic Message Log Since NPort Administrator may be used in a multi-user environment, it is possible for a user to modify a device server’s configurat...

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

NPort 5400 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 5400 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 ¾ Ethernet Port Pinouts ¾ Serial Port Pinouts ‰ Cable Wiring Diagrams ¾ Ethernet Cables ¾ Serial Cables

B B Appendix B Well Known Port Numbers This appendix is for your reference about the Well Known port numbers that may cause network problem if you set the NPort into the same port. Refer to RFC 1700 for Well Known port numbers of refer to the following introduction from the IANA. The port numbers ar...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Well Known Port Numbers B-2 49 (Login Host Protocol) (Login) 53 Domain Name Server (domain) 79 Finger protocol (Finger) 80 World Wide Web HTTP 119 Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) 123 Network Time Protocol 213 IPX 160 – 223 Reserved for future use UDP Socket Appl...

C C Appendix C SNMP Agents with MIB II & RS-232 like group The NPort 5400 has built-in SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) agent software. It supports SNMP Trap, RFC1317 RS-232 like group and RFC 1213 MIB-II. The following table lists the standard MIB-II group, as well as the variable impl...

NPort 5400 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...

D D Appendix D Auto IP Report Protocol NPort device servers provide several ways to configure Ethernet IP addresses. One of them is DHCP Client. When you set up the NPort to use DHCP Client to configure Ethernet IP addresses, it will automatically send a DHCP request over the Ethernet to find the DH...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Auto IP Report Protocol D-2 Auto IP Report Format “MOXA”, 4 bytes Info[0] Info[1] … Info[n] Info [n] Field ID Length Data Length 1 1 Variable, Length is “Length Field” ID List ID Value Description Length Note 1 Server Name Variable ASCII char 2 Hardware ID 2 Little-en...

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 5400 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 5400 Series User’s Manual Service Information E-3 Problem Report Form MOXA NPort 5400 Series Customer name: Company: Tel: Fax: Email: Date: 1. MOXA Product: † NPort 5410 † NPort 5430 † NPort 5430I † NPort 5450 † NPort 5450I 2. Serial Number: ___________ ______ Problem Description: Please descr...

NPort 5400 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 ...