Features - Moxa Technologies NPort Express DE-211 Hardware Installation Manual

NPort Express DE-211
NPort Express DE-211 provides a data communications solution for
connecting Windows and Linux hosts to asynchronous serial devices over
a TCP/IP Ethernet. You may connect your Windows host to a native
RS-232/422/485 serial port, or your PC-based Linux host to a real tty port,
through a TCP/IP Ethernet. With one asynchronous serial port connection
on one end, and a 10 Mbps Ethernet connection on the other, NPort
Express allows virtually any serial device to attach to a network. NPort
Express works like an add-on single-port serial board to your PC server,
but with one major advantage—the TCP/IP network. Since the host
communicates with the COM port on NPort Express over a TCP/IP network,
you are able to control your asynchronous serial device from virtually any
location.
Although it connects through the virtual link of the Ethernet, the port on
NPort Express is recognized as a real COM port by Windows or a real tty
port by Linux. NPort Express provides both the basic transmit/receive
data functions, as well as RTS, CTS, DTR, DSR, and DCD control signals.
NPort Express can be used with your existing applications that support
serial communication, and come with a utility program providing a simple
step-by-step installation procedure and a maintenance wizard that gives
you easy access to your asynchronous device.

Features

• 3-in-1 RS-232/422/485 interface and 10 Mbps Ethernet
• Supports 4- and 2-wire RS-485 with patented ADDC™ and built-in
terminator
• Supports industrial 12/24 VDC power input and optional Power over
Serial
• Terminal block accessory for easy RS-422/485 serial wiring
• Supports MAC based IP configuration
• Supports configuration store and copy for easy deployment
• Supports Windows Real COM driver and Linux real TTY driver
• Supports Driver Mode, TCP Server/Client, UDP Server/Client,
Ethernet Modem, Pair Connection
Introduction
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