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Serial Port Profiles
TCP Port The TCP port that the IOLAN will use to listen for incoming connections.
Default: 10000 plus the serial port number, so serial port 5 would have a
default of 10005
Allow Multiple
Hosts to Connect
When this option is enabled, multiple hosts can connect to the serial device that
is connected to this serial port.
Default: Disabled
Enable IP Aliasing Enables/disables the ability to access a serial device connected to the serial port
by an IP address (or host name that can be resolved to the Internet Address in a
DNS network) instead of the IOLAN’s IP address and port number.
Default: Disabled
IP Address Users can access serial devices connected to the IOLAN through the network
by the specified Internet Address (or host name that can be resolved to the
Internet Address in a DNS network).
Field Format: IPv4 or IPv6 Address
Connect To When enabled, the IOLAN initiates communication to the Workstation/Server.
Default: Disabled
Host Name The name (resolvable via DNS) or IP address of the configured host the
IOLAN will connect to.
TCP Port The TCP Port that the IOLAN will use to communicate to the client.
Default: 0
Connect to
Multiple Hosts
When enabled, allows a serial device connected to this serial port to
communicate to multiple hosts.
Default: Disabled
Define Additional
Hosts Button
Click this button to define the hosts that this serial port will connect to. This
button is also used to define the Primary/Backup host functionality.
Initiate Connection
Automatically
If the serial port hardware parameters have been setup to monitor DSR or
DCD, the host session will be started once the signals are detected. If no
hardware signals are being monitored, the IOLAN will initiate the session
immediately after being powered up.
Default: Enabled
Initiate Connection
When any data is
received
Initiates a connection to the specified host when any data is received on the
serial port.
Default: Disabled
Initiate Connection
When
<hexadecimal
value> is received
Initiates a connection to the specified host only when the specified character is
received on the serial port.
Default: Disabled
Send name on
Connect
When enabled, the port name will be sent to the host upon session initiation. This
will be done before any other data is sent or received to/from the host
Default: Disabled
Permit
Connections in
Both Directions
When this option is enabled, the connection can be initiated by either the
IOLAN or a host.
Default: Disabled