Software Installation Information; Pin Assignments And Cable Wiring - Moxa Technologies NPort 5250AI-M12 Quick Installation Manual

Software Installation Information

For the NPort's configuration, the default IP address of the NPort is: LAN:
Static IP = 192.168.127.254; netmask = 255.255.255.0
You may log in with the password moxa to change any settings to meet
your network topology (e.g., IP address) or serial device (e.g., serial
parameters). If you would like to apply the Real COM mode to your
application, you will need to install the NPort's driver on your desktop.
You may also refer to Moxa's support website
https://www.moxa.com/support
and NPort Search Utility.
NOTE For the NPort with DB Male serial ports, you may refer to the DB9
Male Ports pin assignment section to loop back pin 2 and pin 3 for
the RS-232 interface.

Pin Assignments and Cable Wiring

Ethernet M12 D-coded 4-pin female connector:
Housing: shield
Power M12 5-pin male connector:
RS-232/422/485 (Male DB9) Pinouts
Four cables are available as optional accessories that can be used to
connect the NPort 5000AI-M12 series to RS-232 serial devices. The pin
assignments for both connector types are shown below.
PIN Description
1 Input V+
2 Not assigned
3 Input V-
4 Not assigned
5 Functional ground
PIN RS-232
1 DCD
2 RXD
3 TXD
4 DTR
5 GND
6 DSR
7 RTS
8 CTS
9 –
for the user's manual, driver, SNMP MIB,
RS-422/
RS-485 (4W)
TxD-(A)
TxD+(B)
RxD+(B)
RxD-(A)
GND
–
–
–
–
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RS-485 (2W)
–
–
Data+(B)
Data-(A)
GND
–
–
–
–