Preparing The Operating Pc Or Service Notebook - Siemens 7XV5655-0BA00 Application Instructions

P reparing the Operating PC or Service Notebook
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Before commissioning the Serial Hub, the following precautions must be taken on the
on the operating PC or service Notebook:
Installation of the hub driver
To operate a serial hub from a WINDOWS
is intended to be established, a driver providing a virtual serial COM port must
first be installed, using the configuration tool. This is done by installing and
setting up the configuration software.
In the application, the virtual COM ports look like interfaces integrated into the
PC/Notebook. Up to 255 virtual COM ports (minus the number of physical COM
ports) can be installed on a PC/Notebook.
This requires the following operating systems
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
These Windows Operating Systems were used to test the installation as well as
the full scope of functionalities of the device.
• Installing the Configuration Software
For the installation of the configuration tool corresponding set-up files are
available for the various WINDOWS
"ipEther.config.Setup_x86.exe" for Windows
"ipEther.config.Setup_x64.exe" for Windows
There are two ways of configuring the Serial Hub, using the configuration tool, via
the Ethernet interface.
1. The Serial Hub is connected directly to the operating PC/Notebook, using
a cross-over patch cable. After the configuration tool has been started, the
connected Serial Hub is automatically located and can be configured.
2. The Serial Hub is connected with a patch cable to a switch in an existing
network, to which the operating PC/Notebook is connected as well. After
the configuration tool has been started, all connected Serial Hubs are
located automatically and can be configured. To configure Serial Hubs
that are located in another network segment (e.g. behind a router), they
must be searched for in the network by manually entering the IP address.
• Configuring the Ethernet Interface of the Operating PC
In order to enable the operating PC to communicate with the Serial Hub, the
Ethernet interface of the operating PC/Notebook must be configured accordingly.
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