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User Manual STE211W Serial to Ethernet Device Server sales@ctcu.com...
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8F, No. 60 Zhouzi St., Neihu, Taipei 114, Taiwan T +886-2-26591021 F +886-2-26590237 E sales@ctcu.com H www.ctcu.com 2022 CTC Union Technologies Co., LTD. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Technical information in this document is subject to change without notice.
Introduction STE211W Serial to Ethernet+WiFi Interface Converter provides the ways of connecting serial devices to both Ethernet and Wireless LAN (Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n ). It is designed to operate serial ports through Ethernet (10/100Mbps) and wireless (Wi- Fi 802.11 b/g/n) over TCP/IP network.
Wi-Fi host, and making it possible for your software to access Serial interface devices anywhere and anytime. STE211W supports TCP Server Mode, TCP Client Mode, and UDP Mode for selection. It also provides manual configuration via web browser and offers various protocols including HTTP, DHCP, ICMP, and ARP.
Product Panel Views Antenna Side DC-IN Power Outlet Antenna Ethernet (DC Jack) LAN port Reset Button DC-IN Power Outlet (beneath the (Terminal Block) antenna) Antenna Connector The connector for antenna is a standard reverse SMA jack. Simply connect it to a 2.0dBi dipole antenna (Standard Rubber Duck).
Reset Button (1) Press reset key after 5 seconds until SYS LED flash then release the key will reset network default IP and gateway IP back to default. The other parameters keep same as last confirmation. (2) Press reset key after 5 seconds until both SYS LED and WiFi LED flash then release the key will make all parameters back to factory default.
LED Indicators SYS (Green): Power indicator. When the power is on, the LED will be on and blink per second. WiFi (Red): WiFi indicator. When the WiFi is working, this LED will be blinking. Tx (Green): Data sending indicator. When data sends to the device from LAN, this LED will blink.
Wiring Architecture 1. RS-232 2. RS-422/RS-485 When you complete the steps mentioned above, the LED indicators will be lit. This means that the converter is connected and installed correctly. To proceed with the parameters setup, please use a web browser (IE or Chrome) to configure the detailed settings.
Configuration When setting up your converter for the first time, the first thing you should do is to configure the IP address. You can use IP Device Search tool to find the IP or simply use the default IP to login to the device. The following topics are covered in this chapter: ...
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4. Click on “Find” button. It will scan the network and show up the IP of Gateway. 5. Click “Goto” button will open a web page of configuration. (Default Username: admin; Default Password: admin).
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6. You can also use the default IP address (10.1.1.1) of this device to login to the configuration webpage with the default Username: admin and Password: admin. Note: The default Ethernet IP address is 10.1.1.1/24; while, the default WiFi IP address is 10.0.0.1/24.
Web Browser Configuration There are 4 setup pages as “System”, “Network”, “Serial” and “Over TCP/IP”. System Setup 1. System: where you can change Password, set up Auto Reset time and modify Device Name, Description of device. 2. Appearance of Wireless and Ethernet setup. Please note that the default WiFi IP address is 10.0.0.1/24 and the default Ethernet IP address is 10.1.1.1/24.
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3. HTTP & NTP: Enable / Disable HTTP or NTP function; Set up NTP server and Time Zone. Firmware update: If necessary, click “Browse” to open file manager. Then, select the file with specified version and click “open” button. When the selected file name appears on the input column, click “Update” button.
5. Up to now, Setup is successfully configured. Please click “Save” and go to other pages for configuration or click “Save and Restart” to run new configuration. Network Setup...
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1. Wireless section: 1.1 Type: Click to select “Access Point” or “Infrastructure”. “Infrastructure” is for connecting to a local Router. 1.2 If “ACCESS POINT” is selected, input password (1234567890) for the AP and assign IP address with “DHCP” or “STATIC”.
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1.3 When “ACCESS POINT” is selected, this Device acts as an Access Point which is allowed to be connected by PC /NB /Smart Phone/ PAD. It supports DHCP server function. Soft AP broadcasts its SSID “STE_2.4G”. PC /NB /Smart Phone/PAD should connect to this SSID and then able to open web browser with default IP of this Device.
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1.5 Encrypt 1.5 Mode: select “DHCP” to let AP assign IP address to itself, or select “STATIC” to input assigned IP address, Subnet Mask manually.
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2. Ethernet section: Select “STATIC” or “DHCP” to assign IP address. 3. Gateway and DNS: To check with MIS for right IP address. 4. TCP Keep Alive: Set up TCP keepalive time, interval and probes.
5. Up to now, Setup is successfully configured. Please click “Save” for this page temporarily and go to other pages for configuration or click “Save and Restart” to run this Device with new settings. Serial Port Setup Please correctly input each parameters to match with the remote terminal units. Baud Rate: 300 bps to 921.6K bps Parity: None, Even, Odd Data Bits: 5, 6, 7, 8...
Over TCP/IP Setup 1. There are TCP modes for selection: TCP Server / TCP Client / UDP. 2. TCP Server: Configure TCP server port number and message time out period. At this mode, this device will wait for client connection.
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3. TCP Client: Allow to configure 4 remote destination host IP address, port number. At TCP client mode, this device establishes a connection with remote host and sends data to remote host actively. 4. UDP: Allow to configure 4 remote destination host IP address, port number. At UDP mode, this Device establishes a connection with remote host and sending data to remote host actively.
5. Up to now, Setup is successfully configured. Please click “Save” and go to other pages for configuration or click “Save and Restart” to run new configuration. 6. After configuring all parameters, click “Save and Restart” to reboot system. Reset Push Button (1) Press reset key for 5 seconds or longer until SYS LED flash.
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Date Version 2022/9/30 V1.0 (202101a) Preliminary version (outsourced)
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