Perle Systems DS1, TS2 manual Adding/Editing Additional TruePort Hosts

Serial Port Profiles

Adding/Editing Additional TruePort Hosts

You can define a list of hosts that the serial device will communicate to through TruePort Lite or a primary/backup host.

Configure the following parameters:

Define additional	When this option is enabled, you can define up to 49 hosts that the serial device
hosts to connect to	connected to this serial port will attempt communicate to. With this mode of
	operation, the IOLAN will connect to multiple hosts simultaneously.
	Default: Enabled
Add Button	Click the Add button to add a host to the list of hosts that will be receiving
	communication from the serial device connected to the IOLAN.
	See Adding/Editing a Multihost Entry for more information.
Edit Button	Highlight an existing host and click the Edit button to edit a host in the list of
	hosts that will be receiving communication from the serial device connected to
	the IOLAN.
Delete Button	Highlight an existing host and click the Edit button to edit a host in the list of
	hosts that will be receiving communication from the serial device connected to
	the IOLAN.
Define a primary	When this option is enabled, you need to define a primary host that the serial
host and backup...	device connected to this serial port will communicate to and a backup host, in
	the event that the IOLAN looses communication to the primary host. The
	IOLAN will first establish a connection to the primary host. Should the
	connection to the primary host be lost (or never established), the IOLAN will
	establish a connection the backup host. Once connected to the backup, the
	IOLAN will attempt to re-establish a connection to the Primary host, once this
	is successfully done, it gracefully shuts down the backup connection.
	Default: Disabled

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