Perle Systems SCS, STS Setting Up the Network

Setting Up the Network

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zTruePort (Virtual COM Port)—Allows a networked system to communicate with your serial

device through a virtual COM or TTY port, using the Perle TruePort software.

zTCP Sockets (Raw TCP)—Allows hosts on the network to communicate with a serial device

that requires raw data throughput (such as a printer or card reader) connected to the IOLAN

serial port.

zTerminal—Allows a terminal device to connect to a specified host on the network through a

serial port on the IOLAN.

zPrinter—Allows hosts on the network to talk to a printe r usin g LPD connected to the IOLAN.

zSerial Tunneling—Allows IOLANs on the network to establish a virtual link bet ween their

serial ports. Typically, one IOLAN’s serial port is configured as a Tunnel Server and the other

IOLAN’s serial po rt is configured as a Tunnel Client.

Setting Up the Network

The most important part of settin g up the net work is assigning an IP address to the IOLAN, whether

this is a static IP address or enabling a DHCP/BOOTP-assigned IP address. You should also assign a

name to the IOLAN, to make it easier to recognize. This section deals primarily with setting the IP

address.

To use the DeviceManager, you must first install it on a W i ndows operating system. The

DeviceManager is able to automatically discover all IOLANs on your local network, even if they

have not yet been assigned an IP address. If routers on the network have been setup to propagate

multicasts, DeviceManager will also be able to discover IOLANs in other networks. The

DeviceManager installation wizard can be found on the CD-ROM included in the IOLAN package.

1. Connect the IOLAN to the network.

2. Power on the IOLAN.

3. From the CD-ROM that was included in the IOLAN packaging, select the DeviceManager link.

4. Click on the link under Location and click Open to automatically start the DeviceManager

installation.

5. Install the DeviceManager by following the installation wizard. On the last window, check the

Yes, I want to launch Devic eManager now. box and click the Finish button.

6. When you launch the DeviceManager, it will automatically scan the local network and disp lay

any IOLANs that it can find.

7. Any IOLAN that does not have an IP address will be displayed as Not Configured, with the

Model and MAC Address to identify the IOLAN. Highlight the IOLAN that you want to assign

an IP address to and click the Assign IP button.

8. Choose the method you want to use to assign an IP address to the IOLAN:

zTyp e in the IP address that yo u want to assign to this IOLAN.

zEnable the Have the IOLAN automatically get a temporary IP address option. This will

turn on DHCP/BOOTP, so the IOLAN will attempt to get its IP address from your

DHCP/BOOTP server. If you don’t have a DHCP/BOOTP server, DeviceManager will

temporarily assign an IP address in the range of 169.254.0.1-169.254.255.255 that will

be used only for the duration of the DeviceManager/IOLAN communication.

Click the Assign IP button.

9. You are now ready to configure the IOLAN. Double-click the IOLAN you just configured IP

address for to open a configuration session. Type superuser (the facto ry default Admi n user

password) in the Login window and click OK.