Serial Port Profiles

General Tab Field Descriptions

The TruePort General tab determines how the TruePort connection is initiated and then sets up the appropriate connection parameters.

Configure the following parameters:

Connect to remote

When enabled, the IOLAN initiates communication to the TruePort client.

system

Default: Enabled

Host Name

The configured host that the IOLAN will connect to (must be running

 

TruePort).

 

Default: None

TCP Port

The TCP Port that the IOLAN will use to communicate through to the TruePort

 

client.

 

Default: 10001 for serial port 1, then increments by one for each serial port

Connect to

When enabled, the IOLAN will establish a connection to multiple clients

Multiple Hosts

(Hosts). When using the multiple hosts feature, all TruePort clients must be

 

running in Lite mode.

 

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.

 

See Adding/Editing Additional TruePort Hosts on page 80 for more

 

information.

Listen for

When enabled, the IOLAN will wait for connections to be initiated by the

Connection

TruePort Client.

 

Default: Disabled

TCP Port

The TCP Port that the IOLAN will use to communicate through to the TruePort

 

client.

 

Default: 10001 for serial port 1, then increments by one for each serial port

Allow Multiple

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

Hosts to Connect

is connected to this serial port. Note: These multiple clients (Hosts) need to be

 

running TruePort in Lite mode.

 

Default: Disabled

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DS1, TS2 specifications

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