7 Login
Click Login. (Password is blank from factory) The General page appears.
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Setup the Network
Click Network to open the Network page.
Select I want DHCP to setup the network for dynamic IP addressing (recommended)
Or, deselect it and type in the IP Address, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway addresses.
Click Next.
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Setup the Serial Port Parameters
Click Port 1 Serial to open the Serial Port Parameters page. Select the type of serial connection between the serial server and the serial device.
Select the Baud Rate, Data Bits, Stop Bits, Parity and Flow Control needed to communicate with the serial device.
If your serial server is 2 port, select the next port in the Description box, then repeat the previous steps.
Click Next.
10 Setup the Port Network Parameters
Click Port 1 Network to open the Port Network Parameters page.
Select the type of network protocol you want to use: TCP, UDP, VCOM or Paired Mode.
If you select TCP, select whether the serial server will operate as a Client or Server, then configure the required IP address, port numbers and other related parameters.
If you select UDP, configure the IP addresses, ports and other related parameters for the devices you want to receive from and send to.
If you want the serial server to act as a virtual communications port for a computer, select VCOM.
If you want the serial server to operate in Paired mode with another serial server, select Paired, then configure it as a client or server and set up the IP address, port numbers and other related parameters (similar to setting up TCP).
11 Setup Advanced Parameters
If you want to set up Advanced parameters, click Advanced on the Port Network Parameters page.
If necessary for your application, select I want to control when connections are forced closed, then set up the Network Watchdog and Serial Watchdog as required.
If necessary for your application, select I want to control data packets are sent over the network, then set up the Character Count, Forced Transmit, Intercharacter Timeout, Delimiters and Delimiter Removal as required.
Click Next.
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Save andd LLooggoouutt
If you have completed the configuration, click Save to save the configuration to the serial server.
To Logout, click the Logout button.
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Set up serial server as a TCP Server on serial port 1.
Set serial port to
Set to 9600
Loopback serial port 1 by connecting TD to RD.
Open a DOS window and type “telnet x.x.x.x yyyy” where x.x.x.x is the IP address of the serial server and yyyy is the port number of the serial port.
Type characters on the keyboard. The characters should appear in the window. If not, double check your settings.
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