E-Net E-P132-X User Manual
  1. Manuals
  2. Brands
  3. E-Net Manuals
  4. Media Converter
  5. E-P132-X
  6. User manual

E-Net E-P132-X User Manual

Serial to ethernet converter
Hide thumbs
Table of Contents

Advertisement

Quick Links

SERIAL TO ETHERNET
CONVERTER
E-P132-X
User Manual
1

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading
Need help?

Need help?

Do you have a question about the E-P132-X and is the answer not in the manual?

Questions and answers

Related Manuals for E-Net E-P132-X

Summary of Contents for E-Net E-P132-X

  • Page 1 SERIAL TO ETHERNET CONVERTER E-P132-X User Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Introduction …………………...……………………………………………..4 Overview …………………………………………………………………………. 5 Package Checklist ……………………………………………………………….6 Block Dia gram ..………...………………………………………………………….7 Product Features ...…...………………………………………………………….8 Product Specifications ……………………………………………………………9 Converter Description & Installation ………………………….….11 Product Panel Views……………………………………………………………...11 Left Side ………………………………………………………………………..12 Right Side ………………………………………………………………………..13 LED Indicators …………………………………………………………………..14 Terminator & Reset Button ……………………………………………………15 Wiring Architecture …………………………………………………………….16 RS-232 …………………………………………………………………….………16 RS-422/RS-485 …………………………………………………………………..17...
  • Page 3 Menu “View” …………………………………………………………………….20 Menu “Config” …………………………………………………………………..20 …………………………………………………22 Web Console Configuration Controller Status ………………………………………………………………..23 Controller Setup ……………………………………………………………..25 Controller Updated ……………………………………………………………..31 Factory Default Setting ………………………………………………………….32 Self-Testing ………………………………………………………………….33 Hyper Terminal for TCP/IP WinSock ……………………………………..34 Hyper Terminal for COM Port …………………………………………………37 Data Transmission …………………………………………………………..37 Appendix A - FAQ ………………………………………………………..38 Appendix B - Pin Outs and Cable Wiring...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    Introduction E-P132-X TCP/IP converter designed to make your serial devices Internet ready instantly. ARM-7 Series of E-P132-X TCP/IP converter makes the ideal choice for connecting your RS-232 or RS-422/485 serial devices—such as PLCs, meters and sensors to IP-based Ethernet LAN, making possible for your software to access serial devices anywhere and anytime over local LAN or the Internet.

  • Page 5: Overview

    Overview E-P132-X TCP/IP converter designed to make your serial devices Internet ready instantly. ARM-7 Series of GDI2000 TCP/IP converter makes the ideal choice for connecting your RS-232 or RS-422/485 serial devices—such as PLCs, meters and sensors to IP-based Ethernet LAN, making possible for your software to access serial devices anywhere and anytime over local LAN or the Internet.

  • Page 6: Package Checklist

    Package Checklist ARM-7 product shipped with the following items: 1 unit of E-P132-X TCP/IP converter 1 unit of Power Adaptor (9VDC 500mA) Documentation & Software CD NOTE: Notify your sales representative if any of above items missing or damaged.

  • Page 7: Block Diagram

    Block Diagram Low-cost devices usually are equipped with low speed processors and limited memories. In reality, they are neither having capability nor practicality to manage complicated network TCP/IP protocols. ARM-7 Series is low cost while providing high performance network solution by converting data stream between network TCP/IP and popular serial port signals.

  • Page 8: Product Features

    Product Features □ □ Data Conversion between RS-232/422/485 and Ethernet □ Convert serial device (RS-232, RS-422, RS-485) data/signal into TCP/IP packet data/signal and send them out with Ethernet data stream or convert the TCP/IP packet data/signal into serial device data/signal. □...

  • Page 9: Product Specifications

    Product Specifications  CPU : 32-bits ARM-7 CPU , 25 MHz  RAM : 2 M Bytes SDRAM ( 1 M x 16Bits )  ROM : 128 K Bytes Flash ROM  Ethernet  Port Type : RJ-45 Connector ...
  • Page 10  RS-485 : Data+ , Data- (Surge Protect)  Built–in RS-422/RS-485 Terminal Resistor  15KV ESD for all signals  Watch Dog Function  Power : DC 9 – 12 V , 500mA  Led Lamp : SYS (PWR), LAN, Rx, Tx ...

  • Page 11: Converter Description & Installation

    Converter Description Product Panel View Reset Button RS-422 / 485 Terminator DC-In Power Outlet Serial Port RS-232 Serial Port RS-485/RS-422 LED Indicators...

  • Page 12: Left Side

    500mA of current. A suitable power supply adapter part of the packaging. Connect power line to power outlet at left side of E-P132-X TCP/IP converter and put adapter into socket. If power is properly supplied, the “SYS” red color LED will be blinks each time in one second.

  • Page 13: Right Side

    Right Side RS-232 RS-422 / 485 Serial Port of RS-232/RS-422/RS-485 Connect serial data cable between the converter and serial device. Follow the setup procedure to configure the parameters of the converter. (See the following chapters).

  • Page 14: Led Indicators

    LED Indicators SYS “Red LED”: Power indicated (When power on, LED will flash each time in one second.) Rx “Green LED”: Network signal receiving indicated (When receive any signal form network LED will flash.) Tx “Red LED”: Network signal transforming indicated (When transmit any signal to network LED will flash.) LAN “LED”: On-line indicated (When converter link to LAN then the LED will keep on.)

  • Page 15: Terminator & Reset Button

    Terminator & Reset button Reset Button Terminator Resent Button Press the button then turn on the power and waiting for 3 seconds. Converter will reset to factory default. Terminator There terminator resistor built in. If switch 1 & 2 are set in “ON” position, 120 Ohm resistor connected between the signals.

  • Page 16: Wiring Architecture

    Wiring Architecture RS-232 Wiring Architecture...
  • Page 17 RS-422 / RS-485 Wiring Architecture When you finish the steps mentioned above and LED indicators as shown, the converter installed correctly. You can use the Setup Tool “ETM.exe” to setup IP Address. For setup proceed the advanced parameters, please use web browser (IE or Netscape) to continue the detailed settings.

  • Page 18: Converter Configuration

    Converter Configuration Initial IP Configuration When setting up your converter for first time, the first thing you should do configure the IP address. This chapter introduces of method to configure the device server IP address. For more details about network settings, see “Web Console Configuration”...

  • Page 19: Device Management Utility Of Etm

    Device Management Utility of ETM On PC we provide Device Management Utility named ETM.exe which an executable program in Windows 32 bit environments. ETM Setup Tool used to detect and setup the installed converters. It uses UDP broadcast packets to query and configure converters on the network. When you activate the tool, it will detect the existence of installed converters and depict the converters status such as IP address, Subnet Mask, MAC Address and Device ID (see Figure 3.1).

  • Page 20: Menu "View

    (Figure 3.1) Menu “View” □ □ View -> Refresh F5 □ Refresh the status. ETM will send another query to get updated information. (See the Figure 3.2.) Note: Always run the “View-> Refresh” after any data change. (Figure 3.2) (Figure 3.2) View ->...
  • Page 21 Press ENTER or select [IP Address] in the [Config] menu, a dialog will be shown (see Figure 3.4). Note: Because ETM uses broadcast UDP packets for sake of security, it allows configuration only when setup the device password is empty. (Figure 3.4) (Figure 3.4) Assign IP Address with same Subnet Mask of your computer, avoiding any...

  • Page 22: Web Console Configuration

    Web Console Configuration In addition of basic IP address and subnet mask, specific device settings can be set through HTTP protocol with popular browsers, e.g. Internet Explorer, Netscape, etc. Setup converter as easy as surfing on WWW, no special software will be required. Press [Alt] + [Enter] or select [Device Settings] in the [Config] menu will open a new window in browser to login the device.

  • Page 23: Controller Status

    Controller Status The Login Page For Setup of E-P132-X TCP/IP converter as easy as surfing on WWW, no special software will be required. Popular Browsers such as IE or Netscape can easily do the setup process. In the browser URL field, set IP address of device directly, to enter “Controller Status”...
  • Page 24 “Reset” button and hold it to turn on the power. The password will be reset to the factory default as “empty”. E-P132-X TCP/IP converter uses the same password protection mechanism commonly used Windows NT or UNIX. If there are more than “3 consecutive failures”...

  • Page 25: Controller Setup

    Controller Setup □ □ The Setup Page □ Type the correct password in “Password” field and click the [Login] button in “Controller Status” page, then “Controller Setup” page will appear (see the Figure 3.7). Note: If you forget the password or can’t login successfully, please contact the manufacturer directly.
  • Page 26 □ □ IP Address □ The IP address of E-P132-X TCP/IP converter by separated 4 digits, don’t let conflict with other devices on network. If DHCP client mode enabled and there is DHCP server on the network, this field will be assigned by DHCP server automatically.
  • Page 27 □ □ Network link speed □ The Physical Ethernet of speed link. “Auto” means the speed automatically selected by the converter. You can also specify “10Mbps” or “100Mbps” to match speed of HUB. □ □ DHCP client □ DHCP client mode could be enabled/disabled statues. If DHCP enabled, there should be DHCP server on the network.
  • Page 28 User assigned ID number for converter. Available ID is “0 ~ 65535”. □ □ Report device ID when connected □ In TCP mode, if this parameter enabled every time when the socket connected, E-P132-X TCP/IP converter will immediately report device ID in the following formats: Serial #1 nnnnnA[LF][CR] Serial #2...
  • Page 29 □ □ Serial Port 1 □ The first serial port of E-P132-X series is RS-232. □ □ Socket port □ □ □ Port number □ A socket port assigned for serial port. It’s 16-bit numbers, ranging from 1 to 65535. Because the numbers below 1000 are used for specific purposes (e.g.
  • Page 30 □ □ Socket port □ □ □ Port number □ A socket port assigned for serial port. It is 16-bit numbers, ranging from 1 to 65535. Because numbers below 1000 are used for specific purposes (e.g. 80 is for HTTP protocol), we suggest you use the numbers larger than 1000. Generally port number 4660 is used for serial communication.

  • Page 31: Controller Updated

    Controller Updated Press “Update” Button After you finish the detailed parameter setting. The converter will save all parameters into internal non-volatile memory and then reboot (see Figure 3.8). It takes about 5 seconds to complete the whole process and new login page will be presented (see Figure 3.1).

  • Page 32: Factory Default Setting

    Factory Default Setting By the chance, if you forget to setup password or have incorrect settings making the converter inoperable, there are two ways to reset setting and following procedures can be used to reset all settings to factory default: 1.

  • Page 33: Self-Testing

    Self-Testing After completing the wiring and parameter setting, we should verify if setting correct or not. This chapter will introduce how to use a single computer to test if converter behaves well. The operating system can be Windows 95, 98, ME, XP, 2000. The “Hyper Terminal”...

  • Page 34: Hyper Terminal For Tcp/Ip Winsock

    Hyper Terminal for TCP/IP WinSock Initiate Hyper Terminal from Start Menu in Windows (see Figure 4.1), give terminal name, choose an icon and press “OK” button (see Figure 4.2). (Figure 4.1) (Figure 4.2) Select “TCP/IP (Winsock)” option at the “Connect using:” field (see Figure 4.3).
  • Page 35 (Figure 4.3) After pressed “OK” button, Figure 4.4 appears. Enter converter IP address (e.g. 192.168.0.10) at the “Host address:” field and set Socket port number for Serial Port 1 at “Port number” field (e.g. 4660). (The Socket type of the Serial Port 1 should be “TCP Server”.) (Figure 4.4) After pressed “OK”...
  • Page 36 (Figure 4.5)

  • Page 37: Hyper Terminal For Com Port

    Hyper Terminal for COM Port Initiate another Hyper Terminal as COM Port Terminal (in Figure 4.3, select COM 1 or other COM port instead of “TCP/IP (Winsock)”). To set COM port Properties same as Serial Port of converter (9600.N.8.1). (Figure 4.3) Data Transmission When all steps described above are finished, type any characters on COM Port Terminal and check if the typed characters are also displayed on...

  • Page 38: Appendix A - Faq

    d FAQ Q. Why can’t ETM.exe detect the converter on network? A. Please check . Power properly plugged to the converter. (Please refer “SYS’ LED) . Network cable properly connected between converter and Hub. (Please refer LAN LED) 3. Close the Windows or antivirus program firewall. (Please refer Device Management Utility of ETM) Q.

  • Page 39: Appendix B - Pin Outs And Cable Wiring

    Pin outs and Cable Wiring □ DC Power outlet □ □ □ RJ-45 Pin Assignment □ □ □ □ RS-232 Pin Assignment □ The pin assignment scheme for 9-pin male connector on DTE is given below. PIN 1 : DCD PIN 2 : RXD PIN 3 : TXD PIN 4 : DTR...

  • Page 40: Rs-422 Pin Assignment

    □ □ RS-422 Pin Assignment □ The pin assignment scheme for given 4-pin of RS-422 below. 1 2 3 4 PIN 1 : T+ PIN 2 : T- PIN 3 : R+ PIN 4 : R- □ □ RS-485 Pin Assignment □...

Table of Contents