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3. Digi provides several utilities that discover and configure devices on a network. Download the appropriate utility to get started.
a. Click the Utilities tab.
b. Select your operating system. A list of available utilities for your operating system appears.
c. Download and run either the Device Discovery Utility or Digi Port Authority - Remote.
4. If the serial ports for your product will be managed using Digi's RealPort software, download the driver.
a. Click the Drivers tab.
b. Select your operating system. A list of available downloads and release notes for your operating system appears.
c. Download the RealPort driver and the release notes.
Note For Microsoft Windows operating systems, unzip the download package and run the executable. For Linux or UNIX operating systems, follow the instructions in the
release notes.
4 Configure the serial ports
1. Run the Digi Discovery Utility or Digi Port Authority - Remote to discover devices on your network.
2. Configure the IP address, if necessary.
3. Open the web interface. In the Digi Device Discovery Utility, click Open web interface. In Digi Port Authority - Remote, click Device Configuration. A login prompt
appears.
4. Enter the default user name (root) and the unique default password found on the device label. If a password is not printed on the label, the default password is dbps. If
the user name and password does not work, they may have been updated. Contact your system administrator.
5. In the web interface, click Configuration > Serial Ports.
6. Configure serial port settings using port profiles. Port profiles are a defined set of serial port parameters for a particular use. The web interface and the
and PortServer TS Family User Guide
device for use with other port profiles, see the user guide. To configure ports to use the RealPort profile:
a. On the Serial Port Configuration page, click the port to be configured.
b. Click Change Profile.
c. In the list of profiles, select the RealPort profile.
d. Click Apply.
7. The serial ports for the Digi One SP product are set to EIA-232 by default. For EIA-422/485, configure the DIP switches as shown in section 5.
5 Configure DIP switches
The Digi One SP has a set of DIP switches on the underside of the device for setting the EIA mode for serial communications. Set these DIP switches according to your serial
device requirements (EIA-232/422/485). See the table for the device server pinouts.
Digi One SP 1-4 port DIP switch settings:
Switch settings
Up/On
Down/Off
If switch 4 is up, the termination resistor is connected. If switch 4 is down, the termination
resistor is not connected.
Up/On
Down/Off
DB-9 pin EIA-232
1 DCD
2 RxD
3 TxD
4 DTR
5 GND
6 DSR
7 RTS
8 CTS
9 RI
Shell GND
Note If switch 4 is up, the termination resistor is connected. If the switch is down, the termination resistor is not connected.
Your Digi One SP product is now configured for basic serial port connectivity. For information on other configuration options and additional product information, see the
One Family and PortServer TS Family User
6 Next steps
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contain descriptions of the port profiles. For Digi One SP products, Digi recommends the RealPort profile. For help in configuring the
EIA-422/485 Full-duplex
CTS-
RxD+
TxD+
RTS-
GND
RxD-
RTS+
CTS+
TxD-
Guide.
EIA-485 Half-duplex
Not used
RxD+
TxD+
Not used
GND
RxD-
Not used
Not used
TxD-
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