Appendix C Using SerialManager Utility | Black Box RS-485, RS-422

Appendix C: Using SerialManager Utility

COM property represents the parameter of the serial port including: serial port type, baud rate, data bit, stop bit, parity bit, data packet delimiter, and flow control, etc.

Locate

Apply this function to locate a device when you know its IP address but you don’t know its position. If you locate the device, it will beep. Locate the device by selecting the Configuration submenu “Locate” or by clicking the “Locate” button on the toolbar.

Reset

Restart the device after you configure the parameters. You can also carry out a restart through the submenu option “Reset.”

Import Setting

If a network has a large number of devices that are used for the same purpose, it would be very complicated to configure the parameters for each device in the network one by one. You can import the parameter configuration from a parameter file directly into all the devices in the network through the submenu option “Import setting” or by clicking the “Import setting” button on the toolbar. The import parameter settings dialog box is shown below.

Figure C-14. Import a File dialog box.

You can also select several devices at once, and upload the configuration file into all the selected devices by selecting “Apply for all selected devices have same model.”

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RS-422, RS-485, 1-Port 10/100 Device Server, RS-232 specifications

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