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NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Introduction 1-2 Overview NPort 5400 Series serial 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 your RS-232 (NPort 5410) or RS-422/...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Introduction 1-3 Product Specifications LAN Ethernet 10/100 Mbps, RJ45, Auto MDI/MDIX 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 Lin...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Introduction 1-4 Software Features Protocols ICMP, IP, TCP, UDP, DHCP, BOOTP, Telnet, DNS, SNMP, HTTP, SMTP, SNTP Utilities NPort Administrator for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP Real COM/TTY Drivers Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP COM driver, Linux real TTY driver Configura...

2 2 Chapter 2 Getting Started This chapter includes information about installing NPort 5400 Series. The following topics are covered: ‰ Panel Layout ‰ Connecting the Hardware ¾ Wiring Requirements ¾ Connecting the Power ¾ Grounding NPort 5400 ¾ Connecting to the Network ¾ Connecting to a Serial Devi...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-2 Panel Layout

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-3 Connecting the Hardware This section describes how to connect NPort 5400 to serial devices for first time testing purposes. We cover Wiring Requirements , Connecting the Power , Grounding NPort 5400 Series , Connecting to the Network , Connecting t...

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...

3 3 Chapter 3 Initial IP Address Configuration When setting up your NPort 5410/5430/5340I for the first time, the first thing you should do is configuring the IP address. This chapter introduces the method to configure NPort’s IP address. Select one of the initial IP Address configuration methods to...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 3-3 Initializing 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 NPort is used in a Static IP environment, you can use LCM Display, NPort Administrat...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 3-4 There are four push buttons on 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 o...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 3-5 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 ...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 3-6 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. Fo...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 3-7 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 ‘a...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 3-9 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 NPort.

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 4-2 Overview NPort Device Servers network-enable 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 data between...

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 , NPort can actively establish a TCP connection to a pre-defined host computer when serial data arrives. After the data has been transferred, NPort can automatically disconnect from the host com...

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 NPort 5410/5430/5340I. This chapter will introduce the Web Console function groups and function definitions. This chapter uses NPort 5230 as an example. The function and definition is totally the same ...

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 NPorts. Time NPort 5410/5430/5340I has a bu...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-5 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 Optional NPort 5410/5430/5340I uses SNTP (RFC-1769) for auto time calibration. Input the correct “Time Ser...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-6 Reset button protect Setting Factory Default Necessity No or Yes No Required Options are No and Yes , with default = No . NOTE: Select the Yes option to allow limited use of the Reset Button. In this case, the Reset Button can be used for...

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 NPort’s Auto IP report. 1. Use NPort Administrator’s IP Address Report function. 2. Refer the Appendix E for the “Auto IP report protocol” to develop your own software. Auto report to IP Setting Factory Default Necessity E.g., 192.168.1.1...

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 NPort’s serial port. Serial Paramet...

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 Operating Settings Press Operating Settings to display th...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-12 1 to 99 min: NPort automatically closes TCP connection if there is no TCP activity for the given time. After the connection is closed, NPort starts listening for another Real COM driver’s connection from another host. Max Connection Sett...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-13 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 receives both delimiters through its serial port, it immediately packs all data curr...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-16 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. ATTENT...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-17 Local TCP port Setting Factory Default Necessity 1 to 65535 4001 Required The TCP port that NPort uses to listen to connections, and that other devices must use to contact NPort. To avoid conflicts with well known TCP ports, the default ...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-20 Destination IP address 1 Setting Factory Default Necessity IP address or Domain Address (E.g., 192.168.1.1) None Required Allows NPort to connect actively to the remote host whose address is set by this parameter. Destination IP address ...

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 5-23 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 NPort has an IP address...

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 support LOGIN, PLAIN, CRAM-MD5 (RFC 2554). SNMP Trap Server SNM...

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

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 Unlock Password Protection ¾ Configuring NPort 5400 ¾ Upgrading the Firmware ¾ Export Configuration ¾ Import Configuration ...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-2 Overview Device Server Administrator lets you install and configure your NPort 5400 Series products easily over the network. Five function groups are provided to ease the installation process, allow off-line COM mapping, and provide...

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 ATTENTION Before modifying NPort 5400’s configuration, use Broadcast Search to locate all NPort 5400s connected to the LAN, or use Specify by IP Address to locate a particular NPort 5400. Unlock Password Protection If the NPort 5400...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-8 4. The “Lock” status will change to “Unlock,” and the Administrator utility will keep this NPort 5400 in the Unlock status throughout this Administrator session. The meanings of the six “Status” states are given below (note that the...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-9 2. Unlock the NPort 5400 you wish to configure if it is password protected. Right click on the NPort 5400 and select Configure to start the configuration. 3. The progress bar shows that Administrator is retrieving configuration info...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-10 5. You will now be able to modify Time Zone , Local Date , Local Time , and Time Server . ATTENTION You can simultaneously modify the configurations of multiple NPort 5400s that are of the same model. To select multiple NPort 5400s...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-11 2. Unlock the NPort 5400 you wish to configure if it is password protected. Right click on a specific NPort 5400 and select the Upgrade Firmware function to start upgrading the firmware. 3. Select the correct ROM file to download. ...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-12 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 6-13 ATTENTION You can simultaneously import the same configuration file into multiple NPort 5400s that are of the same model. To select multiple NPort 5400s, hold down the Ctrl key when selecting an additional NPort 5400, or hold down ...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-15 4. Select your targets from the list, and then click on OK . Once the Monitor function is running: 1. The NPort 5400 list will appear on the Monitor screen. 2. Right click the panel and select Settings .

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-16 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 box to the other. 4. Select a Refresh Rate (the ...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-17 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 6-19 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 6-20 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 6-21 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 6-22 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 5400s, remember to check the “Auto Enumerating” function to use th...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-24 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 6-25 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 6-26 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 6-27 IP Location When NPort 5400 is used in a dynamic IP environment, users must spend more time with IP management tasks. NPort 5400 Series products help out by periodically reporting their IP address to the IP location server, in case...

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-28 4. Click Go to start receiving the Auto IP address report from the NPort 5400

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 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 are di...

C C Appendix C SNMP Agents with MIB II & RS-232 like group NPort 5400 has a 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 implem...

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 Series provides 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 DHCP Serv...

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 2. Serial Number: ___________ ______ Problem Description: Please describe the symptoms of the pro...

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 ...