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STE-501C
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Version 1.4

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  • Page 1 Serial-Ethernet Server STE-501C User’s Manual Version 1.4...
  • Page 2 MPORTANT NNOUNCEMENT The information contained in this document is the property of Antaira Technologies, LLC and is supplied for the sole purpose of operation and maintenance of products of Antaira Technologies, LLC No part of this publication is to be used for any other purposes, and it is not to be reproduced, copied, disclosed, transmitted, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any human or computer language, in any form, by any means, in whole or in part, without the prior explicit written consent of Antaira Technologies, LLC.
  • Page 3 It is essential that only the supplied power cord can be used. Use only shielded cables to connect the device’s RS-232 or RS-485 port. Be cautioned that changes or modifications not explicitly approved by Antaira Technologies could void your authority to operate the equipment.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    3.2.2 Networking ........................ 14 3.2.3 Change the Password ....................15 3.2.4 COM1 Setup ......................15 3.2.5 Configure STE-501C as TCP Client ................17 3.2.6 Configure STE-501C as UDP Client ................18 3.2.7 COM Port Setting ...................... 18 3.2.8 Enabling Serial Data Buffer ..................19 3.2.9 Setting Packet Delimiter ....................
  • Page 5 4.1.4 Installation ......................... 30 4.1.5 Uninstalling ....................... 30 4.2 Virtual COM Communication ................... 30 4.2.1 Enable Virtual COM on STE-501C ................30 4.2.2 Run Serial/IP on Monitoring PC ................. 32 4.3 Configuring Virtual COM Ports ..................32 5. SNMP Setup ............................... 34 5.1 SNMP Network Management Platform ................
  • Page 6 Appendix C: Disable System Firmware ......................47 Appendix D: Using Monitor.exe Utility ......................48 D.1 Run the utility ......................... 48 D.2 Detect Operational Devices .................... 48 D.3 Configure Devices ......................48 Copyright © 2017 Antaira Technologies, LLC All rights reserved.

  • Page 7: Introduction

    RS-232 or RS-485/RS-422 serial communication has its limitations. For one, it is hard to transfer data through a long distance. With STE-501C, it is possible to communicate with a remote device in the Intranet environment or even in the Internet and thus, increases the communication distance dramatically.
  • Page 8 STE-501C TCP Client Mode： STE-501C can be configured as a TCP client on TCP/IP Network to establish a connection with other applications (server) in host computer actively. After the connection is established, data can be transmitted between serial device and host computer in both directions.
  • Page 9 Serial to Ethernet Device Server STE-501C Tunneling Mode： In the case of the serial connection is established with two or more STE-501C to send data over TCP/IP Network .It can avoid RS-232 interface 15 meter distance limitation imposed. Copyright © 2017 Antaira Technologies, LLC...

  • Page 10: Hardware Setup

    2. Hardware Setup NOTE: 1. Panel layout in Appendix A.3.1 2. One can press the reset button of STE-501C to reset the settings to the default value Figure 2.1 shows the interfaces. Figure 2.1 STE-501C interfaces. Copyright © 2017 Antaira Technologies, LLC...

  • Page 11: Led Indicators

    PC is in the same network sub-net as STE-501C. Step 3: Connect STE-501C’s serial port to a serial device. Step 4: Placement options. One can mount STE-501C to a wall/panel (Mounting screws included) or Din-Rail rack (Require optional item model: Din-Rail-Kit DK-25).

  • Page 12: Software Setup

    User’s Manual Version 1.4 Serial to Ethernet Device Server STE-501C 3. Software Setup STE-501C Ethernet Serial Server is shipped with default settings shown in the following table: Property Default Value 10.0.50.100 IP Address Gateway 10.0.0.254 255.255.0.0 Subnet Mask User Name...

  • Page 13: Auto Ip (Dynamic Ip)

    Figure 3.2 Static IP setup dialog window 3.1.2 Auto IP (Dynamic IP) A DHCP server can automatically assign the IP address and network settings. STE-501C supports the DHCP function. By default, the DHCP function on STE-501C is disabled; one can use Monitor.exe software to search network information automatically by following steps：...

  • Page 14: Configuration By Telnet Utility

    (Figure 3.4) Figure 3.4 Login to the system Note: One can press the default button of STE-501C to reset the password to the default value. 1. After verifying the password, the following terminal screen appears.( Figure 3.5) Figure 3.5 Main menu...

  • Page 15: Networking

    Figure 3.7 Network settings This page allows one to change network settings of the device including IP address, subnet mask, gateway IP address and SNMP information of STE-501C. Please notice that any setting change made on Copyright © 2017 Antaira Technologies, LLC...

  • Page 16: Change The Password

    Figure 3.9 Com1 setup The page gives one the opportunity to configure parameters of COM1 setting which include COM1 working mode, port parameters, enabling or disabling serial buffer’s data and setting packet delimiter. Copyright © 2017 Antaira Technologies, LLC All rights reserved.
  • Page 17 1. IP filtering function is disabled if setting FILTER_IP to “0.0.0.0”. 2. IP filter is disabled by default 3. If IP filter is enabled, only source IP assigned can connect to STE-501C. Figure 3.10 Link Mode-TCP server setup Copyright © 2017 Antaira Technologies, LLC...

  • Page 18: Configure Ste-501C As Tcp Client

    User’s Manual Version 1.4 Serial to Ethernet Device Server STE-501C 3.2.5 Configure STE-501C as TCP Client  Type 2 in the “Input choice(1~5) and enter：“(Figure 3.11)  Input destination IP in the “Please input Destination IP：”  Input destination port in the “Please input Destination port：”...

  • Page 19: Configure Ste-501C As Udp Client

    User’s Manual Version 1.4 Serial to Ethernet Device Server STE-501C 3.2.6 Configure STE-501C as UDP Client For example the local port is 4660, the destination IP is 10.0.29.254, destination port is 1234. ( Figure 3.12) Figure 3.12 Link Mode-UDP client setup 3.2.7 COM Port Setting...

  • Page 20: Enabling Serial Data Buffer

    TCP/IP Ethernet connection is broken, serial data collected from serial device will be empty in STE-501C once TCP/IP connection is resumed, the serial data will be sent through Ethernet connection, one can disable it if one wish.( Figure 3.14) Figure 3.14 Com port-Enabling serial data buffer...

  • Page 21: Configuration Using Web Browser

    1. Make sure ones PC is located on the same network sub-net as STE-501C 2. Open a web browser, then type in the IP address of STE-501C to be configured. Default user name is admin and default password is null (leave it blank).

  • Page 22: Change The Password

    Figure 3.17 login the system via Web 3. The following overview page appears.( Figure 3.18) Figure 3.18 Overview 3.3.2 Change the password 1. Click on the “Security” link and the following screen appears.( Figure 3.19) Copyright © 2017 Antaira Technologies, LLC All rights reserved.
  • Page 23 Password” and the “Verified Password” fields, and then click on “Save Configuration” to update the password. Note: One can press the default key of product to reset password to the default value. Copyright © 2017 Antaira Technologies, LLC All rights reserved.

  • Page 24: Network Setup

    STE-501C.( Figure 3.20) Figure 3.20 Network setup 3.3.4 Configure STE-501C as TCP Server one can configure STE-501C as transparent mode by default (Figure 3.21)  Click on the “COM1” link and the following screen appears.  Configure STE-501C as TCP server ...
  • Page 25 1. IP filtering function is disabled if setting FILTER_IP to “0.0.0.0”. 2. IP filter is disabled by default 3. If IP filter is enabled, only source IP assigned can connect to STE-501C. Copyright © 2017 Antaira Technologies, LLC All rights reserved.

  • Page 26: Configure Ste-501C As Tcp Client

    Figure 3.21 Com1 setup-TCP server Note: 1. Default Port number of STE-501C is 4660 and it is associated with serial port COM1 respectively. After ones application program connects to the TCP port 4660 of STE-501C, data being sent to this TCP connection from ones application program are transparent to the COM1 of STE-501C.

  • Page 27: Pair Connection

    Figure 3.22 Com1 setup-TCP client 3.3.6 Pair Connection In the case of the serial connection is established with two or more STE-501C to send data over Ethernet network, i.e. pair connection mode, one can choose “pair connection” which is indicated in the following figure to cope with any type of serial device.

  • Page 28: Assign A New Ip Address By Arp Command

    Step3: Using new IP to configure STE-501C via telnet ->Input telnet 10.0.50.101 Note 1: When using this method to change IP address, PC's IP address and STE-501C 's IP address must belong to the same subnet. Copyright © 2017 Antaira Technologies, LLC...
  • Page 29 Note 2: The changed IP address must be legal, otherwise it will be changed back to the default value (10.0.50.100) after restart. Figure 3.27. Assigning a new IP address by ARP command Copyright © 2017 Antaira Technologies, LLC All rights reserved.

  • Page 30: Using Virtual Com

    Virtual COM driver mode for windows converts COM data to LAN data to control the RS-232 port on a STE-501C via the LAN. By creating virtual COM ports on the PC, the Virtual COM driver redirects the communications from the virtual COM ports to an IP address and port number on a STE-501C that connects the serial line device to the network.

  • Page 31: Installation

    4.2.1 Enable Virtual COM on STE-501C From web browser access to STE-501C by typing its IP address, click on COM1 link to access COM1 page, on the top half of the page click on “TCP Server” and enable Virtual COM by putting a check in front of the “Enable”...
  • Page 32 User’s Manual Version 1.4 Serial to Ethernet Device Server STE-501C Figure 4.3 Enable Virtual Com via telnet Copyright © 2017 Antaira Technologies, LLC All rights reserved.

  • Page 33: Run Serial/Ip On Monitoring Pc

    For IP Address of Server, enter a numeric IP address for the serial server. For Port Number, enter the TCP port number that the serial server uses to provide its serial ports to the network. Copyright © 2017 Antaira Technologies, LLC All rights reserved.
  • Page 34 For COM Port Options, the settings must match the COM port behavior expected by the PC application that will use this COM port. The Configuration Wizard will recommend a combination of settings. Copyright © 2017 Antaira Technologies, LLC All rights reserved.

  • Page 35: Snmp Setup

    5. SNMP Setup 5.1 SNMP Network Management Platform STE-501C is an SNMP device that allows many popular SNMP Network management platforms such as HP OpenView and SunNet Manager to conduct monitoring on the device. Depending on the network management tools one are using, device STE-501C information can be collected from running the management tools including IP address, DNS name, system descriptions and NIC information etc.

  • Page 36: Start Writing Ones Own Applications

    (see chapter 3 Hardware Installation section). 3. Configure STE-501C as TCP Server using default TCP port number 4660. 4. The host (PC) application program must be configured as a TCP client and connects to STE-501C with designated TCP port number 4660 for COM1.

  • Page 37: Tcptest2 In Visual C

    One can also use modem to connect to the serial server. Command "AT\Od" sends standard AT command to the modem which in return responds with "OK\0D\0A" message to the host application. Always use '=' then Enter key to exit the program. Copyright © 2017 Antaira Technologies, LLC All rights reserved.

  • Page 38: Diagnostics

    Serial to Ethernet Device Server STE-501C 7. Diagnostics There are several ways one can check on the status and availability of STE-501C. 7.1 Use Standard TCP/IP Utility Ping Command From Windows Start menu, select Run and type in “ping <TCP Server IP address>”.

  • Page 39: Use Tcptest.exe Or Tcptest2.Exe Sample Program

    7.3 Use TCPTEST.exe or TCPTEST2.exe Sample Program Use sample programs TCPTEST.exe and TCPTEST2.exe that comes with the product CD to check on the status of STE-501C. Please refer to chapter 6.2 to run the sample programs. Copyright © 2017 Antaira Technologies, LLC...

  • Page 40: Appendix A: Specifications

    5VDC Jack or DC +9~30V Terminal Block, 2.8 Watt Max  Temperature Operation: 0℃ to 60℃  Storage: -20℃ to 70℃  Humidity 20%~90% non-condensing  Housing 65mm(L) x 78mm(W) x 28mm(H) Copyright © 2017 Antaira Technologies, LLC All rights reserved.

  • Page 41: Software Specifications

    RS-232 or RS-485/RS-422 receiving buffer size = 4K bytes  RS-232 or RS-485/RS-422 transmitting buffer size = 4K bytes A.3 Panel Layout and Connector Pin Assignments A.3.1 Panel Layout A.3.1.1 DB9 for STE-501C Copyright © 2017 Antaira Technologies, LLC All rights reserved.

  • Page 42: Db9 Pin Assignments

    User’s Manual Version 1.4 Serial to Ethernet Device Server STE-501C A.3.2 DB9 Pin Assignments The pin assignments of DB9 connector on STE-501C is shown in the following table: RS-232 RS-485 2-wire RS-422/RS-485 4-wire Pin# Full Duplex Half Duplex Full Duplex...

  • Page 43: Power Terminal Block Connector

    A.4.3 COM Port LED Message Description LED off No data is transmitting on COM port LED on blinking state Data is transmitting on COM port Table 3. COM Port LED Message Copyright © 2017 Antaira Technologies, LLC All rights reserved.

  • Page 44: Run Led

    Description LED on Jumper JP1 pin1 and pin2 are short to disable AP firmware in the flash memory. LED blinking (rate: 0.5Sec) AP firmware is running Table 4. RUN LED Message Copyright © 2017 Antaira Technologies, LLC All rights reserved.

  • Page 45: Appendix B: Upgrade System Firmware

    10.0.50.100 Load U5001ap.hex The first line identifies the IP address of STE-501C, the second line identifies the firmware (.Hex file) name to be downloaded. Execute the utility program download.bat, it can be found in the product CD. Input the user name and password credential, the new firmware will be downloaded.

  • Page 46: Critical Issues Of Upgrading

    If STE-501C does not receive any upgrading data within 30 seconds, STE-501C will restart automatically and the system remains intact. After the upgrading process finishes, STE-501C will program the flash memory and buzzer beeps 6 times then restarts. Normally, it takes around 10 seconds to complete the programming process. If an error occurs during the programming process, STE-501C will clear the corresponding memory and the system remains intact of what it was.

  • Page 47: Error Messages

    Hex File Text Error Hex File Check-Sum Error Hex File Format Error Hex File End of Record Error STE-501C handshaking problem STE-501C ACK Start Address Error STE-501C ACK Length Error STE-501C Response Command Error Configuration file Remote IP not found Open configuration file failure Copyright ©...

  • Page 48: Appendix C: Disable System Firmware

    STE-501C Appendix C: Disable System Firmware The AP (application program) firmware of STE-501C can be disabled. This function is used in the situation that one downloaded a wrong version of firmware that caused the system crashed. To disable the current version of firmware and prevent it from executing, please do the followings: 1.

  • Page 49: Appendix D: Using Monitor.exe Utility

    Appendix D: Using Monitor.exe Utility The configuration utility monitor.exe comes with the product CD or diskette is the main utility program to demonstrate and configure STE-501C’s settings. D.1 Run the utility Start the program under Windows 95/98/NT/2000 environment and the following window appears (Figure D1).
  • Page 50 After one click the “Configure Now” button, the target device will return an ACK message indicating the modification is successful as shown in the following: The following table lists the functional descriptions for all the fields. Field Name Field Descriptions Copyright © 2017 Antaira Technologies, LLC All rights reserved.
  • Page 51 Indicates the OS version of the responding device. AP Version Indicates the AP version of the responding device. Model Indicates the model number of the responding device. This field is only available for monitor.exe version 2.0 and above. Copyright © 2017 Antaira Technologies, LLC All rights reserved.

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