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SW5001 Wireless Serial Server
User's Manual
Version 1.5
Updated on June 8, 2010
TEL: 886-3-5508137
FAX: 886-3-5508131
http://www.atop.com.tw

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  • Page 1 ® ABLELink SW5001 Wireless Serial Server User’s Manual Version 1.5 Updated on June 8, 2010 TEL: 886-3-5508137 FAX: 886-3-5508131 http://www.atop.com.tw...

  • Page 2: Important Announcement

    User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server Important Announcement The information contained in this document is the property of Atop Technologies, Inc. and is supplied for the sole purpose of operation and maintenance of products of Atop Technologies, Inc. No part of this...

  • Page 3: Fcc Warning

    UL NOTICE FOR POWER SUPPLIER All the series of SW5001 products are intended to be supplied by a Listed Power Unit marked with “LPS”, “Limited Power Source” or “Class 2” and output rate 9~30VDC, 1.0A minimum. Or, use the recommended power supply in “Optional Accessories”.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server Contents 1.1...............................1 VERVIEW 1.2.................................1 EATURES 2.1............................2 ACKAGING NCLUDE 2.2..........................2 RDERING INFORMATION 2.3..............................2 NTERFACES 2.4..........................3 NSTALLATION ROCEDURES 3.1............................4 EFAULT ETTINGS 3.2. IP A ...............................5 SSIGNMENT 3.2.1.
  • Page 5 User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server 5.6.4. Restoring Factory Default Configurations................26 5.6.5. Restart System ........................27 6.1..........................28 ENERAL NFORMATION 6.2........................29 ETWORKING ONFIGURATION 6.2.1. LAN Settings..........................31 6.2.2. DNS Settings .........................31 6.2.3. SNMP Settings........................32 6.3...........................32 IRELESS ONFIGURATION 6.3.1.

  • Page 6: Overview

    RS-232/RS-485 serial communication has its limitations. For instance, it is hard to transfer data through a long distance. With SW5001, it is possible to communicate with a remote device in the Intranet environment or even in the Internet and thus, increases the communication distance dramatically.

  • Page 7: Packaging Include

    AC100~240V EU plug / DC12V, 3 pin Terminal block for TB model HG055 5.5dBi antenna, SMA (R) Female connector with 180cm cable 2.3. Interfaces The SW5001 interfaces are shown by Fig 1. 10/100M Ethernet port for settings SMA rev. Antenna...

  • Page 8: Installation Procedures

    RUN LED will blink if SW5001 functions normally. For LED Status sees Appendix D4 Use SerialManager configuration utility on the product CD to check the status of SW5001. If it starts up successfully, User shall find the IP and MAC address of SW5001. User can change IP address, gateway IP address and subnet mask networking parameters of SW5001 according to user networking configurations.

  • Page 9: Default Settings

    User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server Software Setup Now the SW5001 hardware is installed and power is on, network IP configuration will be set in this section. 3.1. Default Settings The SW5001 has two IP addresses one for Ethernet interface and another one for wireless network interface.

  • Page 10: Ip Assignment

    MAC address & IP address by ARP commands. ARP commands  ARP (address resolution protocol) commands can be used to assign a static IP address on SW5001 using its hardware MAC (media access control) address. The MAC address"0060E9-xxxxxx" is printed on the rear side of SW5001.

  • Page 11: Configure Ip By Web Interface

    3.2.4. Auto IP with DHCP DHCP server will automatically supply an IP address gateway address, and subnet mask to SW5001. By default, the DHCP client function on SW5001 is disabled, user can activate the DHCP functions by the following steps...

  • Page 12: Tcp & Udp Protocols

    TCP Server Mode and TCP Client Mode. 4.1.2. User Datagram Protocol (UDP) UDP is a faster datagram delivery protocol. User can configure SW5001 to work in the UDP mode. UDP is connectionless protocol and can transmit multicast data to/from a serial device to one/multiple host computer.

  • Page 13: Virtual Com Mode

    TCP Server in Virtual COM Mode SW5001 can be configured in the TCP server mode (PC as a client) with a unique IP and Port number, and SW5001 waits passively for the PC to establish a connection to. After the connection is established, PC can communicate to serial devices through SW5001.

  • Page 14: Tunneling Mode

    Control Host can exchange data with several serial devices at the same time through SW5001. Configure SW5001 to be TCP client  User can configure SW5001 to be as TCP Client for example, from Fig. 7. PC, as a server, has IP address 10.0.0.100 and listening on port 1000. Each SW5001, connected with serial device, configured as TCP client mode with destination IP address 10.0.0.100 and the destination port 1000, and the IP filter is...
  • Page 15 Using one of three configuration methods (Telnet, Web, or Console) Server mode with a desired IP address and port, and with other SW5001 is configured as TCP Clients mode with Server IP and port as destination IP and port respectively.

  • Page 16: Login To System

    User has to assign IP address to SW5001 before working on web configuration operations. Please refer to section 3.2 for more detail. 5.1. Login to System Open one of the web browsers, ex. Microsoft IE or Firefox etc. Enter the IP address of SW5001 on the URL. Example: http://10.0.50.100 http://user-device-IP The following authentication screen shall appear.
  • Page 17 Fig 13. Overview for system information by Web Interface Device Information  SW5001’s system information includes model name、 Device Name、 Kernel version and AP version. The information is read only and is attributed from another setting page or system status Fig 14. Device Information from Overview web page Copyright ©...

  • Page 18: Network Configurations

    Fig 15. Network Information from Overview web page   Serial Information  SW5001 COM1 information includes UART mode, link mode, baud rate, parity, data bits, stop bits, flow control and link status. The COM1 information is read only and is attributed from Serial settings of COM1 Port of SW5001.
  • Page 19 User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server Fig 17. Network information by Web page Copyright © 2010 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 14 -...

  • Page 20: Lan Settings

    User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server 5.3.1. LAN Settings Operation: [Network] [LAN Setting] Click on the “Network” link and the following screen shall appear. Fill in IP information on TCP/IP field. Alternatively, click on DHCP to automatically obtain IP address, gateway and subnet mask information.

  • Page 21: Snmp Settings

    Fig 22. Wireless information by Web page There are 3 buttons can be operated on Wireless page Rescan: Click on the “Rescan” button, and SW5001 will start site-survey procedures, then on the site-survey list will display the access points founded.

  • Page 22: Wireless Detail Settings

    Encryption of the access point that SW5001 want to connect to. The advanced wireless settings also include roaming threshold. User can configure roaming signal threshold for the SW5001. SW5001 will change to the stronger wireless signal access point, if the original access point’s signal is less than roaming threshold.
  • Page 23 User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server Fig 24. Open Authorization and no Encryption Attach access point with WEP    Topology: Infrastructure Channel: Auto-assignment from Access point Authentication: share Encryption: WEP WEP Key1~4: Hexadecimal or ASCII / 64 or 128bit / <WEP Key>...

  • Page 24: Com Port Configuration

    User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server Attach access point with WPA‐PSK    Topology: Infrastructure Channel: Auto-assignment from Access point Authentication: WPA-PSK Encryption: TKIP or AES WPA-PSK: 8~ 63 Characters Fig 26. WPA-PSK Authorization and TKIP Encryption 5.5. COM Port Configuration Here User can configure Serial parameters, include alias, baud rate, parity, data bit and type of flow control defined by user.

  • Page 25: Link Mode Settings

    TCP Server mode is default Link mode of Serial Settings, and it can wait for connecting requirement from remote host PC which running “serial-to IP” utility or setting SW5001s in tunneling mode. User has to configure listening port to allow client establish connection to this server. Default port number of SW5001 is 4660.

  • Page 26: Tcp Client Mode

    5.5.3. TCP Client Mode User may enter destination IP & port (default: 4660) to establish connection of counter-pair (remote) host (For example, another SW5001, or PC for data-collection). SW5001 can support two destination hosts simultaneously. Fig 29. TCP Client in Link mode Copyright ©...

  • Page 27: Udp Mode

    SW5001 Wireless Serial Server 5.5.4. UDP Mode SW5001 can be configured in a UDP mode to establish connection using Unicast or Multicast data from the serial device to one or multiple host computers. Vice versa is also true. For example, the original RS-422/ RS485 bus can be transferred and extended connected distance by SW5001s.

  • Page 28: Advanced Settings

    User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server 5.5.6. Advanced Settings Fig 31-2. Advanced Settings from Web Page Time out for receiving TCP data (Default: Disabled): This field specifies how long the serial device server will wait for a response to “keep alive” packets before closing the TCP connection. The serial device server checks connection status by sending periodic “keep alive”...

  • Page 29: Configure System

    User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server If one or more of the delimiters are selected, data would be transmitted when any of the conditions are met. ATTENTION Packet delimiter by Interval timeout, This parameter defines how large a gap in serial communication the serial device server will allow before packing the serial data in its internal buffer for network transmission.

  • Page 30: Configure Time By Ntp Service

    User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server Fig 32. Subsystem menu of system settings Web Interface 5.6.1. Configure Time by NTP Service Operation: System Time User can set date and time manually by fill in “Set Date and Time manually” field. User can also configure NTP Server to obtain Network time automatically.

  • Page 31: Security (Change The Password)

    5.6.4. Restoring Factory Default Configurations Operation: System Set to Default User can click on “set to default and restart” button to restore SW5001’s settings to factory default (Fig. 36). Copyright © 2010 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan...

  • Page 32: Restart System

    Operation: System Restart The changes of networking parameters will take effect only after the SW5001 is restarted. User can restart the SW5001 manually by click on Restart button on the restart menu web page (Fig 37). Fig 37. Restart system by Web Telnet Configuration User can also use Telnet utility to change SW5001 configuration settings.

  • Page 33: General Information

    Then the following main menu shall appear Fig 39. Overview information by telnet If the SW5001 does not receive any command within 1 minute, Telnet will be terminated automatically. The changes of networking parameters will take effect only after the SW5001 is restarted.

  • Page 34: Networking Configuration

    User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server IP: [Allows for changes in Auto IP of Network Page] Connected: [SSID name, if Wireless SW5001 is connected] Fig 40. System Information from Overview DNS Information: DNS1: [IP address of 1 DNS Server, Allows for changes in Auto IP of Networking Page]...
  • Page 35 Note: Press “0” key to return to the previous menu This section allows for changes in IP address, subnet mask, gateway IP address and SNMP information. Please note that setting changes will not take effect until the SW5001 is restarted. Copyright © 2010 Atop Technologies, Inc.

  • Page 36: Lan Settings

    User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server 6.2.1. LAN Settings Operation: [Main] [2 Networking] [1 LAN Settings] Select “1” from “Input choice (0~3) and enter on Networking page:” to enter LAN Settings page. The MAC address, IP address, subnet mask, gateway address, and IP mode information will be shown (Fig.

  • Page 37: Snmp Settings

    SNMP, and set network identification information on SNMP Settings page. The changes will not become effective until SW5001 is restarted SW5001 basically supports get/set SNMP parameters, these are SysName (System Name), SysLocation (System Location) and SysContact (System Contact). These fields will response and supply basic system information from standard SNMP query.

  • Page 38: Wireless Ip, Netmask, Gateway And Ip Mode Settings

    [3 Wireless Setting] [5 Region] WLAN Region is the geography area that user want to implement the SW5001. Because the wireless channel implement the frequency band differently in a different regions. User can configure the WLAN Region by enter 5 at Wireless Settings page and enter the menu according to user’s region.

  • Page 39: Site Survey

    After user do the site survey the result of all access points nearby will be displayed (Fig.49). Then user can select the access point that user want SW5001 to be connected to by enter the number of access point (Fig. 50).

  • Page 40: Manual Wireless Settings

    [3 Wireless Setting] [7 Manually Settings] User can manually configure SW5001 wireless configurations by enter 7 at the Wireless Settings page. Then user can set any wireless parameters by enter the menu corresponding to that parameters. Wireless parameters are shown in Fig. 51 below.
  • Page 41 [7 Manually Settings] [8 Encryption Type] For security reason, Wireless SW5001 can configure to use WEP key of 40 bits or 128 bits, or advance WPA-PSK to securely communicate in the wireless network. WEP key manually configure via telnet screen is shown as Fig.

  • Page 42: Configure Infrastructure Mode

    The 802.11 infrastructure networking framework is the framework which devices communicated with each other have to connect to an Access Point (AP) first before connect to the other devices. Wireless SW5001 supports different type of authorizations in infrastructure modes; include Open system, shared encryption with WEP64/128, WPA-PSK, from wireless encryption features.
  • Page 43 User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server Fig 54. Wireless: Open authorization and none encryption Configure share authorization with WEP encryption Topology: Infrastructure Channel: Auto-assignment from Access point Authentication: shared Encryption: WEP Fig 55. Wireless: Share authorization and WEP encryption Copyright ©...

  • Page 44: Com Port Configuration

    User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server Configure wireless network via access point with WPA-PSK Topology: Infrastructure Channel: Auto-assignment from Access point Authentication: WPA-PSK Encryption: TKIP or AES WPA-PSK: 8~ 63 Characters Fig 56. Wireless: WPA-PSK authorization and TKIP encryption 6.4.
  • Page 45 User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server Fig 57. Select COM Port from Serial Settings by Telnet Fig 58. The COM1 Setting page Copyright © 2010 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 40 -...

  • Page 46: Tcp Server Mode For Link Mode

    [1 Link mode] [1 TCP Server] TCP Server mode is default setting for Link mode of serial settings of SW5001, and it can be configured to wait for the host computers to establish a connection with the serial device through SW5001. SW5001 needs to be configure the listening port to waiting for host connection, Default Port number of SW5001 is 4660 and it is associated with the serial port COM1.

  • Page 47: Udp For Link Mode

    [1 Link mode] [3 UDP] SW5001 can be configured to work in UDP mode to establish connection using Unicast or Multicast protocol. Data can be transmitted from one or multiple serial devices to/from one or multiple host PCs and vice versa. For example, the original RS-422/ RS485 bus data is transferred over the extended connected distance by SW5001s, The destination IP is assigned by single IP or group IPs, The configuration is limited by the Local Listening Port, default 4660 on the COM1 port of SW5001.

  • Page 48: Serial Settings

    [2 Baud rate]/ [3 Parity]/[4 Data bits]/ [5 Stop bits]/ [6 Flow control] User can configure baud rate、data bits, parity、stop bit and type of flow control. Fig 62. Serial Settings by Telnet Note: The isolation one, SW5001-WgN1Sis (TB), only supported max 230Kbps baud rate. 6.5. Security Configuration Operation: [Main] [5 Security] User can change password of SW5001 with this menu.

  • Page 49: Change The Password

    User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server 6.5.1. Change the Password Operation: [Main] [5 Security] [1 Change Password] Enter desired password on “New password” fields. Fig 66. Changing the Password by Telnet Note: User may press the reset key on the product to reset to default password(blank).

  • Page 50: Using Virtual Com

    Virtual COM driver mode for windows converts COM port data (RS232) to IP data to control the RS-232C port on a SW5001 over the IP network. By creating Virtual COM ports on the PC, Virtual COM redirects the communications from the Virtual COM ports to an IP address and port number on a SW5001 which connected to the serial devices.

  • Page 51: Virtual Com Communication

    Enable Virtual COM on SW5001 by web interface  From web browser access to SW5001 by typing its IP address, click on “Serial” link to access Serial page, on the top half of the page click on “TCP Server” and enable Virtual COM by putting a check in front of the “Enable”...
  • Page 52 User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server Login SW5001 via Telnet  Fig 69. Login into SW5001 by Telnet or Console Select serial setting for TCP server/Client, and enabling Virtual COM mode Fig 70. Enable Virtual COM mode by Telnet Copyright © 2010 Atop Technologies, Inc.
  • Page 53 On Port Number, enter the TCP port number of the SW5001. On Server Credentials, the default is No Login Required. If the SW5001 does require login by the Virtual COM Redirector, the Virtual COM Redirector must provide a username and/or password every time an application tries to access the SW5001.
  • Page 54 User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server Fig 72. Configuration Wizard from Serial to IP tool Copyright © 2010 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 49 -...

  • Page 55: B.3. F Unctions

    User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server Appendix B. Configuration Utility B.1. SerialManager Utility Introduction SerialManager Utility, developed by ATOP, is a special tool for device management and configuration, and can realize the daily management on various ATOP network devices for address search, device positioning, parameter configuring, firmware downloading and so on.
  • Page 56 User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server Or, select by clicking a button on the toolbar, as below: Broadcast Rescan Search Copyright © 2010 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 51 -...
  • Page 57 User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server B3.1.1 Broadcast Search Once Broadcast Search is selected, a box will pop up as below: The user may type in or select different broadcast address based on his/her own requirement. B3.1.2 Search by IP address...
  • Page 58 User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server B3.1.3 Search by MAC Address If Search by MAC Address is selected, another box will pop up as below: Here the user may search in two ways: Search a MAC address to search or Search devices in the range of MAC address B3.1.4 Rescan...
  • Page 59 User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server B3.2 Firmware This function is applied to downloading a firmware into a selected device. Upgrade from disk Upgrade from disk Copyright © 2010 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan...
  • Page 60 User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server The user can enter the window for downloading by firstly clicking a designated network device, and then selecting the submenu option Upgrade from disk in the main menu option Firmware, or directly clicking the button Upgrade from disk.
  • Page 61 User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server In addition for some devices with JFFS2 file system supported, the user can download the related parameter data into the device that supports the JFFS2 file system through a submenu Download Parameter. See details as the figure below: Note: Some of old firmware version did not support SerialManual firmware upgrade function.
  • Page 62 User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server B3.3.1 Login This function is applied to the login to any network device, as some important devices can only be operated after a successful login, shown as the figure below: The user can also select several devices at one time, and log in them at the same time by selecting Apply for all selected devices.
  • Page 63 User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server The user can also select several devices at one time, and modify their pins at the same time by selecting Apply for all selected devices. B3.4 Configuration This function is applied to the configuring, import and export of work parameters for any network device, and here are mainly supplied with: ‘Network …’, ‘COM Port…’, ‘Locate’, ‘Reset’, ‘Erase Flash’, ‘Import...
  • Page 64 User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server B3.4.1 Network … The user can modify the IP address of any selected device, shown as the figure below: B3.4.2 COM Port … ATOP has developed various network products, and some of the ATOP devices are specially supplied to some serial-port servers, while this function is applied to the configuration of COM port parameters.
  • Page 65 User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server The user can also select several devices at one time, and carry out the configuration for them at the same time by selecting Apply for all selected same model devices Note: 1． COM tags: generated automatically according to the COM port number of the device. If a device has 4 COM port, there will be 4 tags: respectively COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, and the like.
  • Page 66 User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server TCP Server mode TCP Client mode UDP mode 3． COM port property: it mainly represents the working parameter of the serial port setting, including: serial-port working type, baud rate, data bit, stop bit, parity bit, data packet delimiter and flow control, etc.
  • Page 67 User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server The user can also select several devices at one time, and lead the parameter information of a standard parameter file into all the selected devices by selecting Apply for all selected devices have same model.
  • Page 68 User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server The user can also select several devices at one time, and save the parameter information of these selected devices into a designated parameter file by selecting "Save all the selected devices". B3.4.8 Virtual COM Some devices are supplied with the function of virtual serial port, and the user can carry out any related setting through the submenu option "Virtual COM", shown as the figure below:...
  • Page 69 User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server B3.4.9 Configure by IE Some devices are supplied with build-in Web servers, and the user can carry out any parameter setting directly through the submenu option Config by IE, shown as the figure below: B3.4.10 Option...
  • Page 70 User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server B3.6 Help This function is mainly applied to displaying some help information of the SerialManager utility, shown as the figure below: Copyright © 2010 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan...

  • Page 71: Appendix C. Upgrading System Software

    C.1. System Upgrading Procedures Follow the upgrading procedures below for the latest firmware. Make sure the PC and SW5001 on the same network. Use command “ping” or SerialManager” utility program to verify their availability Edit “dll.bat ” to fit the system requirements, Be sure to save all modifications Run dll.bat ,or type command and parameters by linux_dl_v2.exe, the following screen shall...

  • Page 72: Critical Issues In Upgrading Process

    SW5001 Wireless Serial Server C.2. Critical Issues in Upgrading Process If the upgrading is successful, SW5001 shall re-program the flash memory, and the buzzer will beep before restarting. It takes around 5 seconds to complete the re-programming. If an error occurs during the process, SW5001 will clear the corresponding memories, and the system will remain the same as the one before the upgrading process.

  • Page 73: Appendix D. Specifications

    User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server Appendix D. Specifications D.1. Hardware Specifications Specifications 150MHz RISC with MMU support Memory Flash: 8MB /2MB for Bootloader / SDRAM: 16MBytes. Interface Mini-PCI Slot (for Wireless Module) Watchdog Hardware Watchdog Reset Debug Port CPU Build in Com.

  • Page 74: Software Specifications

    User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server Environment Operating: 0 to 60°C (32 to 140°F), 5 to 95% RH Storage: -20 to 85°C (-4 to 185°F), 5 to 95%RH D.2. Software Specifications Item Specifications ICMP, IP, TCP, UDP, DHCP Client, Telnet, DNS, SNMP, HTTP, SMTP, SNTP...

  • Page 75: Beep & Led Status

    “ = “ : Beep off Wireless Signal Strength status  The BSS quality can be detected by LED indicator on SW5001. On running time, pressed default key and then released, one of the specified actions below shall be done that depend on the released time after you heard how many beeps.
  • Page 76 User manual Version 1.5 SW5001 Wireless Serial Server WLAN LED Message  Description Message LED Off No data is transmitting on Ethernet LED blinking Data is transmitting on Ethernet COM Port LED Message  Message Description LED off No data is transmitting on COM port LED on blinking state Data is transmitting on COM port RUN LED Message ...

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