Aport-211S User Guide 1. Introduction Aport-211 provides the easiest way to enable serial industrial device with networking capability. Aport-211 converts the serial data to standard TCP/IP protocol therefore the serial device can be accessed everywhere via Internet or Ethernet. In addition, Aport-211 provides an embedded Web server which allows user to save the custom web page therefore user can use a standard Web browser to remote manage the serial device.
Aport-211S User Guide 2. Getting Started Panel Layout Connecting Power Connecting 9~40VDC power line with the Aport-211 terminal block or the power jack. If the power is properly supplied, the Power LED will keep solid yellow color. Connecting Ethernet Port Connect a RJ45 Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port of Aport-211.
Aport-211S User Guide Switch SW1 Settings Set the SW1 setting to RS-232 mode and pin definition of Aport-211 serial port is as follow: SW1 Key RS-232 RS-422 RS-485 Normal DHCP Default Console SW1 Setting Normal: Aport is in Normal Operation Mode ...
Aport-211S User Guide Serial Port Pin Assignments Serial Port COM1 uses a Male DB9 connector and it includes RS-232, RS-422 and RS-485 signal and pin assignments are described as follow: Transmission Signals Pin No. RS-232 4-wire RS-485 RS-485 TxD- TxD+...
Aport-211S User Guide Factory Default Settings If you forget your Aport-211 settings, you use SW1 to reset Aport to factory default settings. The factory default settings are: IP Address: 192.168.2.127 Data Port: 4000 Telnet Port: 5001 Web Port: 80 Baud rate: 19200...
Aport-211S User Guide 3. Java Configuration 3.1 Install Java Configuration Utility To install the Java Configuration Utility, you can simply copy manager.jar to the desired folder. Double click on the icon will start the manager.jar. Once this program started, it will perform a broadcast search to find the Aport device in the network. If you cannot find the Aport module and you know the IP address of the module, you can click Search by IP item and specify the IP address to find the Aport-211.
Aport-211S User Guide Note When the SW1 is set to Console mode, Aport-211 cannot be discovered by the Configuration Utility and the configurations are controlled by serial console. When enter the configuration mode, the READY LED will be flashing and TCP Data Port will be disabled and data transfer between serial port and Ethernet port will be stopped.
Aport-211S User Guide 3.5 Access Control Settings Aport-211 provides IP address filtering method and password authentication for access control. Enable IP Filtering: When this option is checked, user can specify the starting IP address and ended IP address which are allowed to access Aport-211 TCP port in order to prevent unauthorized access.
Aport-211S User Guide 3.7 Save Configuration to File You can also save current configuration to file by click the Save to File button. A new window to specify the path of the file will pop out as follow: The configuration is a text file and uses extension of txt. If you use Text editor to open the configuration command, you will notice that the configuration file contains the ASCII command set of the configuration.
Aport-211S User Guide 4. Web Configuration 4.1 Overview Aport-211 can also be configured by Web Browser. The build-in Web server and Web configuration pages makes Aport-211 configurable anywhere via a Web browser such as IE and Firefox. To open the Web configuration pages, you can simply type the IP address to the Web Address input such as 192.168.2.127.
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Aport-211S User Guide After you complete your web page design, you can use the Manager Utility (manager.jar) to upload the Web page to Aport-211 Web server. The web files need to be converted to binary format first before download to server. Place the web files in the source directory and assign the output directory for the binary file.
Aport-211S User Guide 5. Serial / Telnet Command 5.1 Overview Aport-211 provides a set of ASCII command to configure Aport through a serial and Ethernet port. User can use serial terminal or Telnet command to configure Aport-211 when Web browser and Java utility are available.
Aport-211S User Guide 5.4 Forgot Password If you forgot the Password, you can switch SW1 to Factory Default setting mode and use default IP Address 192.168.2.127 and enter the Web console pages. Once the configuration is completed, remember to switch SW1 back to Normal operation mode and reboot the module by Reset Command or push reset button.
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Aport-211S User Guide NONE SF: Flow Control RTS/CTS XON/XOFF RS-232 SI: Interface RS-422 RS-485 LI: IP Address e.g. $SLI192.168.2.127 LN: Netmask e.g. $SLN255.0.0.0 LG: Gateway e.g. $SLG192.168.2.254 0: Static IP LC: IP Mode Network 1: DCHP LM: MAC Default Link fail...
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Aport-211S User Guide e.g. $SVP4000 CI: Destination IP e.g. $SCI192.168.1.211 CP: Destination Port e.g. $SCP4001 TCP Client 0: Reserved for PPPoE CC: Connection Logic 1: Establish connection when Serial Data in R: Reboot system F: Reset to default setting and reboot...
Aport-211S User Guide 5.6 Echo Syntax After Aport-211 console port received correct command string, it will response Echo String and the Echo Syntax is as follow: [Delimiter][Function][Status] Delimiter (One byte): A percentage sign “%” Function (Two bytes): function string ...
Aport-211S User Guide 6. Appendix A: Tiny Encryption Algorithm 1. Example of TEA.C /************************************************ The Tiny Encryption Algorithm (TEA) by David Wheeler and Roger Needham of the Cambridge Computer Laboratory. Placed in the Public Domain by David Wheeler and Roger Needham.
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Aport-211S User Guide z-= (y<<4 ^ y>>5) + y ^ sum + k[sum>>11 & 3]; sum -= delta; y-= (z<<4 ^ z>>5) + z ^ sum + k[sum&3]; w[0]=y; w[1]=z; 2. The TEA.H #ifndef __XTEA_H__ #define __XTEA_H__ void encipher(unsigned long *const v,unsigned long *const w, const unsigned long *const k);...
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