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

When this option is enabled, multiple hosts can connect to the serial device that

Hosts to Connect

is connected to this serial port.

 

Default: Disabled

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

When enabled, allows a serial device connected to this serial port to

Multiple Hosts

communicate to multiple hosts.

 

Default: Disabled

Define Additional

Click this button to define the hosts that this serial port will connect to. This

Hosts Button

button is also used to define the Primary/Backup host functionality.

Initiate Connection

If the serial port hardware parameters have been setup to monitor DSR or

Automatically

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

Initiates a connection to the specified host when any data is received on the

When any data is

serial port.

received

Default: Disabled

Initiate Connection

Initiates a connection to the specified host only when the specified character is

When <hex value>

received on the serial port.

is received

Default: Disabled

Permit

When this option is enabled, the connection can be initiated by either the

Connections in

IOLAN or a host.

Both Directions

Default: Disabled

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