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Manual Documentation Number: LWS300A-1105m
Black Box Corporation - 1000 Park Drive - Lawrence, PA 15055-1018
www.blackbox.com -- Tech Support and Ordering: 724-746-5500 - Fax: 724-746-0746
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Manual Documentation Number: LWS300A-1105m
Black Box Corporation - 1000 Park Drive - Lawrence, PA 15055-1018
www.blackbox.com -- Tech Support and Ordering: 724-746-5500 - Fax: 724-746-0746
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- Page 1 Manual Documentation Number: LWS300A-1105m Manual Documentation Number: LWS300A-1105m pn7008-rev000 Black Box Corporation - 1000 Park Drive - Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 Black Box Corporation - 1000 Park Drive - Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 www.blackbox.com -- Tech Support and Ordering: 724-746-5500 - Fax: 724-746-0746...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Documentation Number: LWS300A-1105m Manual Documentation Number: LWS300A-1105m Table of Contents Black Box Corporation - 1000 Park Drive - Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 Black Box Corporation - 1000 Park Drive - Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 www.blackbox.com -- Tech Support and Ordering: 724-746-5500 - Fax: 724-746-0746... - Page 3 Documentation Number: LWS300A-1105m Manual Documentation Number: LWS300A-1105m Table of Contents Black Box Corporation - 1000 Park Drive - Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 Black Box Corporation - 1000 Park Drive - Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 www.blackbox.com -- Tech Support and Ordering: 724-746-5500 - Fax: 724-746-0746...
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Page 4: Chapter 1: Introduction
DC power supply range and removable screw terminal power connectors. programs to communicate with the asynchronous serial ports on the serial server. In this mode the LWS300A is configured as a TCP or UDP server. A serial device connected to the serial port on your LWS300A can be... -
Page 5: Virtual Com Port
802.11 Wireless Networking Basics Virtual COM Port mode (also called COM port redirection) allows you to map a COM port on your PC to the serial port on your LWS300A. Using the LWS300A wireless serial servers allow you to connect non-network-... - Page 6 This mode allows individual computers to set up a network where wireless infrastructure does not exist. LWS300A wireless serial servers can be configured to operate in infrastructure or ad hoc mode. From the Web Configuration and Management Interface you can set up the type of network, naming the network (specifying the SSID, or service set identifier) and other parameters.
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Page 7: Chapter 2: Hardware Overview
(link integrity) has been established between the serial server and an access point. The LWS300A module • If this LED is blinking slowly the LWS300A is in ad hoc A printed version of this user manual mode. • A printed version of the LWS300A Quick Start Guide If this LED is blinking quickly the LWS300A is scanning for a network. -
Page 8: Antenna Connector
(+) power supply. The power supply voltage range is 10 VDC to 30 VDC. In Serial Tunneling mode two serial devices can communicate via two Wireless Serial Servers. Connecting the Hardware A typical connection for the LWS300A Wireless Serial Server is infrastructure mode operation, which... -
Page 9: Chapter 3: Getting Started
TCP Server, UDP server, Serial Bridge, etc) LWS300A Configure the serial port settings for the selected Port Profile (s.g. In Connect the LWS300A serial port to the serial port on your serial TCP Sockets select client or server, TCP port numbers, etc.) Also device configure baud rate, data bits, etc in Basic Serial Settings. -
Page 10: Chapter 4: Configuring The Ip Address
Identify your LWS300A by its MAC address (printed on a label on the LWS300A). If you need to change the IP address of the LWS300A, you can accomplish this using the discovery software, or you can open the Web Configuration and Management Interface and do it there. (See Configuring Network Settings later in the next chapter.) -
Page 11: Chapter 5: Using The Web Configuration And Management Interface
Using the Web Configuration and Management Interface Using Tutorial and Help You can access the LWS300A Tutorial by clicking Tutorial on the Configuration and Management homepage. Clicking Help on any page of the Configuration and Management Interface opens topics specific to that page. -
Page 12: Ip Settings
Figure 9. Network Configuration, Wireless LAN Settings When the LWS300A is first connected it will try to obtain an IP address By making the appropriate selection you can configure your serial server to automatically. If it fails, it will assign an IP address to itself using the Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) protocol. -
Page 13: Wireless Security Settings
<Unassigned>.) wireless network. To access detailed settings for the LWS300A serial port, click Port 1. The Access the online Help file for detailed descriptions of these settings. Serial Port Configuration page that appears includes three sections with hyperlinked menu bars. - Page 14 Select RealPort to implement the use of virtual COM ports. This allows you to map a COM port on a PC to the serial port on your LWS300A. Using RealPort software (included with the LWS300A) you create a virtual COM port on the Figure 11.
- Page 15 Figure 13. UDP Server Settings UDP Client Settings If your LWS300A is configured as a UDP client you can automatically distribute serial data from you LWS300A to many devices at the same time. This is sometimes referred to as Data Distribution or UDP Multicast.
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Page 16: Basic Serial Settings
Stop Bits and Flow Control parameters. For all profiles except RealPort, the Basic Serial Settings configuration section allows you to set these GPIO is not supported in the LWS300A but it is possible to use the Send parameters. When the RealPort profile is selected the serial port settings will alarms based on GPIO pin states feature to generate alarms based on the condition of some RS-232 hardware handshake lines. -
Page 17: Alarm Destinations
Manual Documentation Number: LWS300A-1105m pn7008-rev000 Manual Documentation Number: LWS300A-1105m pn7008-rev000 Chapter 5 Black Box Corporation - 1000 Park Drive - Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 Black Box Corporation - 1000 Park Drive - Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 www.blackbox.com -- Tech Support and Ordering: 724-746-5500 - Fax: 724-746-0746... -
Page 18: Chapter 6: Managing The Lws300A
Adding New Users The System configuration page contains two sections: the Device Identity The root user of the LWS300A (using the default username and password), Settings and the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Settings. has complete administrative rights, including access and control of all configuration parameters. -
Page 19: Managing Serial Ports And Connections
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Page 20: Chapter 7: Using Administrative Features
GPIO The Backup/Restore page allows you to back up the current configuration Not applicable to the LWS300A settings on your LWS300A to a folder on your PC. You can also restore the configuration from a saved file. Serial The Serial page displays a table containing the following information: Update Firmware •... -
Page 21: Network
Using Administrative Features Using Administrative Features Reboot The Reboot page allows you to reboot the LWS300A. If you click on Reboot the process will take approximately one minute to complete. Figure 15. Serial Port Diagnostics Page Network The Network page displays statistics related to IP, TCP, UDP and ICMP protocol activities. -
Page 22: Chapter 8: Using Realport
Virtual COM ports allow you to set up a connection between your PC and dialog appears. the device connected to the serial port on your LWS300A via an Ethernet network connection using TCP/IP. If you will be using virtual COM ports 4. -
Page 23: Updating Realport
5. Select the device to be removed and click Next. 6. In the Select COM Port dialog that appears, select the COM port number to be assigned to the LWS300A. Click Next. A progress screen will appear. 7. When the process is complete click Finish. -
Page 24: Appendix A: Default Configuration Settings
Appendix A Appendix A Manual Documentation Number: LWS300A-1105m Black Box Corporation - 1000 Park Drive - Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 Black Box Corporation - 1000 Park Drive - Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 www.blackbox.com -- Tech Support and Ordering: 724-746-5500 - Fax: 724-746-0746... -
Page 25: Appendix B: Product Specifications
Manual Documentation Number: LWS300A-1105m Manual Documentation Number: LWS300A-1105m Appendix B Black Box Corporation - 1000 Park Drive - Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 Black Box Corporation - 1000 Park Drive - Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 www.blackbox.com -- Tech Support and Ordering: 724-746-5500 - Fax: 724-746-0746... - Page 26 Manual Documentation Number: LWS300A-1105m Manual Documentation Number: LWS300A-1105m Appendix C Black Box Corporation - 1000 Park Drive - Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 Black Box Corporation - 1000 Park Drive - Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 www.blackbox.com -- Tech Support and Ordering: 724-746-5500 - Fax: 724-746-0746...
- Page 27 Appendix D Manual Documentation Number: LWS300A-1105m Appendix D Black Box Corporation - 1000 Park Drive - Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 Black Box Corporation - 1000 Park Drive - Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 www.blackbox.com -- Tech Support and Ordering: 724-746-5500 - Fax: 724-746-0746...
- Page 28 Appendix D Manual Documentation Number: LWS300A-1105m Appendix D Black Box Corporation - 1000 Park Drive - Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 Black Box Corporation - 1000 Park Drive - Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 www.blackbox.com -- Tech Support and Ordering: 724-746-5500 - Fax: 724-746-0746...