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User Manual GW211W-MB Modbus RTU to Modbus TCP Gateway 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 GW211W-MB RTU/ASCII to TCP Gateway provides the easy way of connecting Modbus Serial devices to Wireless and Ethernet LAN in Modbus TCP and RTU/ASCII networks at the same time. The wireless supports 802.11 b/g/n in AP/Station mode with WEP/WPA/WPA2 encryption for data transmission security. Ethernet support 10/100 Mbps auto-detecting communication speeds.
Meters and/or Sensors to an IP-based Wi-Fi LAN, and makes it possible to access Serial interface devices anywhere and anytime via your software. GW211W-MB provides TCP Server Mode, TCP Client Mode, and UDP Mode for selection. It supports manual configuration via web browser and support various protocols including TCP, IP, UDP, HTTP, DHCP, ICMP, and ARP.
Product Panel Views Antenna Side DC-IN Power Outlet Ethernet (DC Jack) LAN port Antenna DC-IN Power Outlet (Terminal Block) Reset Push Button (beneath the antenna) DC-IN Power Outlet The Serial to Ethernet+WiFi Converter is powered by a single 12V DC (Inner positive, outer negative) power supply and 1A Current.
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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.
Serial Interface Side RS-232 RS-422/485 Serial Port of RS-232/RS-422/RS-485 Connect the Serial data cable between the device and the Serial interface device. Follow the procedure of web page configuration to set up parameters.
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 or WiFi, 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 Gateway 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. “Device Search” will pop up on the screen after installation or you may double click the icon on desk top of host computer to open this tool. 5. Click on “Find” button. It will scan the network and show up the IP of Gateway. 6.
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7. Click “Goto” button will open a web page of configuration. (Default Username: admin; Default Password: admin). 8. You can also use the default IP address (10.1.1.1) 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;...
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9. When you successfully login to the device, the following main screen will pop up.
Web Browser Configuration There are 4 setup pages as “System”, “Network”, “Serial” and “Gateway”. 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. NTP: Enable / Disable NTP function; Set up NTP server and Time Zone. 4. 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 1. Wireless section: 1.1 Type: Click to select “Access Point” or “Infrastructure”. “Infrastructure” is for connecting to a local Router.
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1.2 If “ACCESS POINT” is selected, input password (1234567890) for the AP and assign IP address with “DHCP” or “STATIC”. 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.
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1.4 Password: Key in password for the selected AP. 1.5 Encrypt...
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1.6 Mode: select “DHCP” to let AP assign IP address to itself, or select “STATIC” to input assigned IP address, Subnet Mask manually. 1.7 If “Infrastructure” type is selected, set SSID of Router and the other inputs.
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1.8 Go to item SSID, click “Scan” will get list of available SSID of Access Points, select the one in your network to link. For example: 1.9 On the NB/PC, choose same SSID to link. NB/PC must disconnect Ethernet in advance otherwise the data transmission would not work.
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3. Gateway and DNS section: check with MIS for right IP address of Ethernet or Wi-Fi. The Gateway must be set with the correct IP enable to connect with other devices. 4. 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”...
Serial Port Setup Please clearly set each parameters from Serial 1 to Serial 2 (Default 9600, n, 8, 1). Baud Rate: 300 bps to 921.6K bps Parity: None, Even, Odd Data Bits: 5, 6, 7, 8 Stop Bits: 1, 2 Flow Control: None, XON/XOFF RxDelay(ms) TxDelay(ms)
Gateway Setup 1. There are Modbus Serial” #1 and #2 over TCP/IP. 2. Gateway Type: 4 types for selection or to disable this function.
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3. For TCP Client, users can set up to 8 clients. 4. 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. 5. After configuring all parameters, click “Save and Restart” to reboot system.
Testing Verification After completing the wiring and parameter setting, we should verify if the setting is correct. This chapter will introduce how to use a single computer to test whether the converter work well. The operating system can be Window 7/8/10. The “Hyper Terminal” utility should be installed on host PC/NB.
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2. Key in a file name of connection (eg. test) and then click “OK”. 3. Choose TCP/IP, then click “OK”. 4. Key in the Converter’s IP address and Socket port then click “OK”. *for testing RS-232: default Port Number is 100 *for testing RS-422/485: default Port number is 101...
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5. A HyperTerminal window will show up. The time counter start at the down left corner if connect is correct.
6. Echo Loop Test For RS-232 testing: Short DB9 connector #2 pin and #3 pin as circuit. For RS-422 testing: Short the green Terminal Block T+ to R+ and T- to R- or TX to RX. In RS-422/485 setup page: choose RS422 firstly. ...
Reset Push Button (1) Press reset key for 5 seconds or longer until SYS LED flash. Then, releasing the reset key will reset network default IP and gateway IP back to default settings. The other parameters remain the same as the last confirmation. (2) Press reset key for 5 seconds or longer until both SYS LED and WiFi LED flash.
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