PHYSICAL PORTS

The physical ports on the SX-500 are as follows:

Port Name

Description

Power

Jack for attachment of external power supply

 

 

Ethernet

RJ-45 connector for attachment of Ethernet cable

 

 

Serial

DB-9 connector for attachment of serial interface cable

 

 

Wireless

RP-SMA connector for attachment of an external antenna

 

 

Button

Momentary push button

 

 

LED

Green, Yellow and Orange LEDs

 

 

For installation and connection of the interface ports, refer to Chapter 2.

Logical Ports

The SX-500 has logical interfaces for transfer of data and for configuration and control of the unit. These logical interfaces may share a physical port. The application firmware in the SX-500 separates and routes the data to the appropriate internal firmware task associated with the logical interface. For network ports (Ethernet, Wireless) this separation is based on the TCP or UDP protocol port number. For the serial port, data or control/status mode is controlled by specific protocol strings, only one mode is active at a time. Serial port control/status mode is only available if the unit is explicitly configured to allow it. The following table describes the logical interfaces of the unit when operating in a FIPS 140-2 approved mode.

 

FIPS-140-2 Interface

Physical

Logical Interface

 

 

 

Interface

 

 

 

Data Input

Serial

Plaintext data for transmission to network

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ethernet

Plaintext data for bridging to wireless

 

 

 

 

network

 

 

 

Wireless

Ciphertext data for Serial or Ethernet port

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data Output

Serial

Plaintext data received from wireless

 

 

 

 

network

 

 

 

Ethernet

Plaintext data received from wireless

 

 

 

 

network

 

 

 

Wireless

Ciphertext data from Serial or Ethernet port

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Control Input

Ethernet

Control data for console task received via

 

 

 

 

Telnet

 

 

 

 

Control data for web config task received

 

 

 

 

via HTTP

 

 

 

Wireless

Control data for console task received via

 

 

 

 

Telnet

 

 

 

 

Control data for web config task received

 

 

 

 

via HTTP

 

 

 

 

 

 

Introduction

Silex

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Part Number 140-00188-210A

 

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Silex technology SX-500-1402 Logical Ports, Port Name Description, Led, FIPS-140-2 Interface Physical Logical Interface

SX-500-1402 specifications

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