Configure The Digi One Iap Using Ia Profiles; About Ia Configuration Profiles; Key Terms In Ia Configuration Profiles - Digi One IAP Haz User Manual

Configure the Digi One IAP using IA profiles
This section describes the IA configuration profiles available for the Digi One IAP, and describes how to
configure the Digi One IAP for use in an IA environment.

About IA configuration profiles

Port profiles simplify serial port configuration by displaying only those items that are relevant to the
currently selected profile.
There are several port profile choices for the Digi One IAP, on the Serial Port Configuration page of the
web interface. If a port profile has already been selected, it appears at the top of the Serial Port
Configuration page in the web interface. Everything displayed on the Serial Port Configuration page
between Port Profile Settings and the links to the Basic Serial Settings and Advanced Serial
Settings depends on the port profile selected.
You can change the selected profile or modify individual settings of a selected profile.

Key terms in IA configuration profiles

IA configuration profiles involve the following key terms and concepts.
Term
Com port redirection
IA
master (or protocol master)
Digi One IAP Family User Guide
Description
A method of redirecting the serial data
generated by a PC-based master to a slave
connected to a port on a network-based device
server. In this scheme, the master "thinks" it is
communicating with a device connected to a
serial port on the PC system when, in fact, the
data is encapsulated in network packets and
transported across the network to a device
connected to a serial port on the Digi One IAP.
Many applications, written to support serial
communication only, require this service in order
to communicate over the Ethernet.
Abbreviation for industrial automation.
The host or IA device that initiates all
communication with a protocol slave.
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