B&B Electronics RS-485, RS-422, RS-232 manual Software Overview, Menus

Using ESP Manager

Figure 21. The VLINX ESP Manager Window

Software Overview

The VLINX ESP Manager window provides the following information:

•Menus (Server, View, Exit, Help)

•Server Icons (Firmware Upgrade, Virtual COM Configuration, Searching Server, Uninstall Virtual COM, Monitor Port Status)

•Serial Server / Virtual COM Lists

•Software Status (Ready, Updating, Searching, etc)

Menus

Server

•Firmware Upgrade - Used when downloading new firmware to the Serial Server.

Note:

See Chapter 8 for more information on upgrading firmware.

•Virtual COM Configuration - Selects the Virtual COM List. Double clicking on any COM port in the Virtual COM List brings up a window that allows changing the virtual COM settings such as Flow Control, Protocol, IP address, and Port Number. Virtual COM settings must match Serial Server port settings.

Using ESP Manager

•Searching Server - Searches for Serial Servers on the network and brings back configuration information that will be displayed in the Server Properties window.

•Uninstall Virtual COM - Allows virtual COM ports to be uninstalled from the ESP Manager window.

•Monitor Port Status - Brings up a screen that displays the following information associated with the selected serial port:

oSerial TX: Displays the number of bytes of data sent to the serial device since the IP connection was established.

oSerial RX: Displays the number of bytes of data received from the connected serial device since the IP connection was established.

oDTR/RTS: The DTR/RTS Port Status indicator displays the current logic state of the DTR and RTS hardware handshake (output) lines for the selected Serial Server port (1 = asserted, 0 = not asserted).

o DCD/DSR/CTS: The DCD/DSR/CTS Port Status indicator displays the current logic state being received on the DCD, DSR and CTS hardware handshake (input) lines for the selected Serial Server port (1 = asserted, 0 = not asserted)

oStatus: Indicates whether the client software has made a connection with the Serial Server.

oIP Address: Displays the IP address of the connected client when there is a client connection

•Save Configuration File - Allows the user to save the current configuration information to a file with a .vcom extension.

•Load Configuration File - Allows the user to load a configuration file.

View

Provides three viewing options for the ESP Manager screen:

•Toolbar – allows the toolbar (directly under the menu bar) to be viewable or hidden

•Status Bar – allows the Status Bar (at the bottom of the screen to be viewable or hidden

•Split – allows the position of the split between the Icons pane and the Virtual COM List / Serial Server List panes to be dragged horizontally using the mouse