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SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server
User's Manual
Version 1.5
Updated on 2009/07/30
Tel: 886-3-5508137
Fax: 886-3-5508131
http://www.atop.com.tw

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  • Page 1 ® ABLELink SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server User’s Manual Version 1.5 Updated on 2009/07/30 Tel: 886-3-5508137 Fax: 886-3-5508131 http://www.atop.com.tw...

  • Page 2: Important Announcement

    SE5001 Ethernet 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 the operation and maintenance of products of Atop Technologies, Inc. No part of this...
  • Page 3 Use only shielded cables to connect other devices to this equipment by RS-232 or RS-485 ports. Be cautioned that changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void ones authority to operate the equipment. Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    3.3.5 Configure SE5001 as TCP Client................. 26 3.3.6 Pair Connection....................28 3.4 Assign a New IP Address by ARP Command ..............29 4. Using Virtual COM ................... 31 Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
  • Page 5 4.1.5 Uninstalling......................32 ....................32 4.2 Virtual COM Communication 4.2.1 Enable Virtual COM on SE5001................32 4.2.2 Run Serial/IP for Atop on PC................34 4.3 Configuring Virtual COM Ports ..................34 5. SNMP Setup....................36 5.1 SNMP Network Management Platform................36 5.2 Using NetworkView as an Example................
  • Page 6 B.3 Error Messages......................49 Appendix C: Disable System Firmware..........50 Appendix D: Using ..............51 SerialManager D.1. SerialManager Introduction..................51 D.2. Interface ........................51 D.3. Functions ........................51 Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 7: Introduction

    1.1 Packaging Please check ones package contains the following items: Atop SE5001-S2 or SE5001-S5 Ethernet Serial Server x 1 5 pins Terminal Block for Serial Connector x 1 (only for SE5001-S5is) 3 pins Terminal Block for Power Connector x 1 (only for SE5001-S5is)
  • Page 8 TCP Client Mode： connection with other applications(server) in host computer actively. After the connection is established, data can be transmitted between serial device and host computer in both directions. Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
  • Page 9 In the case of the serial connection is established with two or more SE5001 to send Tunneling Mode： data over TCP/IP Network .It can avoid RS-232 interface 15 meter distance limitation imposed. Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 10: Hardware Setup

    1. SE5001-S2 (for RS-232), SE5001-S5 (for RS422/485). Panel layout in Appendix A.3.1 2. One can press the reset button of SE5001 to reset the settings to the default value Figure 2.1 shows the interfaces. Figure 2.1 SE5001 interfaces. Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 11: Led Indicators

    Step 3: Connect SE5001’s serial port to a serial device. Step 4: Placement options. One can mount SE5001 to a wall/panel (Mounting screws included) or Din-Rail rack (Require optional item model: Din-Rail-Kit DK-25). Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 12: Software Setup

    Use SerialManager that comes with product CD to configure the network parameters of SE5001. Please click “Configuration” button(ref Figure 3.1) then give it a static IP information.( Figure 3.2) Figure 3.1 Configure by SerialManager Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 13: Auto Ip (Dynamic Ip)

    ->Click “Config” button(It will pop-up Dialog Window) ->Check ”Auto IP” (Figure 3.3) ->Click “ Config Now” button(The SE5001 will restart and get IP from DHCP server automatically) Figure 3.3 SerialManager Auto IP Dialog Window Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 14: Configuration By Telnet Utility

    Note: One can press the default button of SE5001 to reset the password to the default value. 1. After verifying the password, the following terminal screen appears.( Figure 3.5) Figure 3.5 Main menu Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
  • Page 15 Figure 3.6 Overview This page gives one the general information of SE5001 including IP and MAC address, SNMP information, kernel and AP version, and connection status of the device. Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 16: Networking

    IP address and SNMP information of SE5001. Please notice that any setting change made on this page won’t take effect until one restart the device. Note: Press “ESC” key to return to the previous menu . Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 17: Change The Password

    Note: One can press the default key of product to reset password to the default value. 3.2.4 COM1 Setup Select “4” from “Input choice and enter (0~4):” the following screen appears: (Figure 3.9) Figure 3.9 Com1 setup Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
  • Page 18 1. IP filtering function is disabled if setting FILTER_IP to “0.0.0.0”. 2. IP filter is disabled by default 3. If IP filter is enabled, only source IP assigned can connect to SE5001. Figure 3.10 Link Mode-TCP server setup Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 19: Configure Se5001 As Tcp Client

    Input idle time in “Please input idle time to send TCP alive packet(4*10sec)：”(If one input 2->the sending TCP keep alive packet period will be change to 2*10 sec) Figure 3.11 Link Mode-TCP client setup Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 20: Configure Se5001 As Udp Client

    3.2.6 Configure SE5001 as UDP Client For example the local port is 4660,the destination IP is 10.0.29.254, destination port is 666. ( Figure 3.12) Figure 3.12 Link Mode-UDP client setup Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 21: Com Port Setting

    SE5001 once TCP/IP connection is resumed, the serial data will be sent through Ethernet connection, one can disable it if one wish.( Figure 3.14) Figure 3.14 Com port-Enabling serial data buffer Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 22: Setting Packet Delimiter

    2. Open a web browser, then type in the IP address of SE5001 to be configured. Default user name is admin and default password is null (leave it blank). Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 23: Log In To The System

    OK. The user name is admin and password is left it blank by default. Figure 3.17 login the system via Web 3. The following overview page appears.( Figure 3.18) Figure 3.18 Overview Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 24: Change The Password

    Password” and the “Verified Password” fields, and then click on “Save Configuration” to update the password. Note: One can press the default key of product to reset password to the default value. Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 25: Network Setup

    TCP keep alive packet period will be change to 2*10 sec) Input TCP Inactivity time in “TCP Inactivity Time Before Disconnect( sec) ”(If one input 2->TCP ： Inactivity beyond 2 sec will cause disconnect ) Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
  • Page 26 1. IP filtering function is disabled if setting FILTER_IP to “0.0.0.0”. 2. IP filter is disabled by default 3. If IP filter is enabled, only source IP assigned can connect to SE5001. Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 27: Configure Se5001 As Tcp Client

    ： one input 0->disable the function; if one input 2 ->the serial Inactivity beyond 2 sec will cause disconnect) Click on “Save Configuration” button to save the changes Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
  • Page 28 User Manual Version 1.5 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server Figure 3.22 Com1 setup-TCP client Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 29: Pair Connection

    Figure 3.24 Com 1 setup –UDP mode 1. Click on “Save Configuration” to save the changes. 2. If the update is successful, the following screen appears.( Figure 3.25) Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 30: Assign A New Ip Address By Arp Command

    Note 2: The changed IP address must be legal, otherwise it will be changed back to the default value (10.0.50.100) after restart. Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
  • Page 31 User Manual Version 1.5 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server Figure 3.27. Assigning a new IP address by ARP command Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 32: Using Virtual Com

    The Virtual COM driver provides user to select up to 256 COM ports as Virtual COM ports in a SerialManager PC. User can select them from a list of COM ports, which is from COM1 up to COM256. Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 33: Installation

    3. Click the Add/Remove button to remove the program, or From Windows Start menu select Programs, Serial IP for ATOP, Uninstall Serial IP for ATOP to remove the program. 4.2 Virtual COM Communication 4.2.1 Enable Virtual COM on SE5001 From web browser access to SE5001 by typing its IP address, click on COM1 link to access COM1 page, on the top half of the page click on “TCP Server”...
  • Page 34 User Manual Version 1.5 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server Figure 4.3 Enable Virtual Com via telnet Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 35: Run Serial/Ip For Atop On Pc

    4.2.2 Run Serial/IP for Atop on PC In the Window Start Menu, go to “Programs”, select “Serial/IP for ATOP” and select “Control Panel”. When “Select Port” windows pop-up, please select the serial port one want to configure. Then the configuration window will appear.
  • Page 36 For COM Port Options, the settings must match the COM port behavior expected by the PC application that will use this COM port. The Configuration Wizard will recommend a combination of settings. Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 37: Snmp Setup

    Enter in the IP address range to search (Figure 5.1). Figure 5.1 IP address searching 2. Click on “OK” and the following dialog box shall display the searching progress (Figure 5.2). Figure 5.2 Searching progress Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
  • Page 38 Note: 1. The NetworkView tool is limited to information extracting and viewing only. 2. To modify the configurations please use the web server, Telnet or SerialManager configuration utilities. Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 39: Start Writing Ones Own Applications

    (Figure 6.1). For more information, please press Help in the program to get detail explanation. Note: Please be sure the Microsoft visual studio family software is installed on the computer. Otherwise the sample program will not run. Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 40: Tcptest2 In Visual C

    One can also use modem to connect to the serial server. Command "AT\Od" sends standard AT command to the modem which in return responds with "OK\0D\0A" message to the host application. Always use '=' then Enter key to exit the program. Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 41: Diagnostics

    Use SerialManager configuration program that comes with the product CD or diskette to check on the status of SE5001. The status and version can be read from the tool. Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 42: Use Tcptest.exe Or Tcptest2.Exe Sample Program

    Use sample programs TCPTEST.exe and TCPTEST2.exe that comes with the product CD to check on the status of SE5001. Please refer to chapter 6.2 to run the sample programs. Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 43: Appendix A: Specifications

    5VDC Jack or DC +9~30V Terminal Block, 2.8 Watt Max Power Requirement Operation: 60℃ ℃ Temperature Storage: to 70 ℃ ℃ 20%~90% non-condensing Humidity 65mm(L) x 78mm(W) x 28mm(H) Housing Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 44: Software Specifications

    RS-232 or RS-485/RS-422 receiving buffer size = 4K bytes RS-232 or RS-485/RS-422 transmitting buffer size = 4K bytes A.3 Panel Layout and Connector Pin Assignments A.3.1 Panel Layout A.3.1.1 DB9 for SE5001-S2 (RS-232)/ SE5001-S5 (RS-422/RS-485) Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 45: Db9 Pin Assignments

    One can choose either 568A or 568B definition. If one want to make a crossover cable, one should use 568A and 568B definition respectively in each terminal of a UTP cable. Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 46: Power Terminal Block Connector

    A.4.3 COM Port LED Message Description LED off No data is transmitting on COM port LED on blinking state Data is transmitting on COM port Table 3. COM Port LED Message Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 47: Run Led

    Jumper JP1 pin1 and pin2 are short to disable AP firmware in the flash memory. LED blinking (rate: 0.5Sec) AP firmware is running Table 4. RUN LED Message Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 48: Appendix B: Upgrade System Firmware

    Execute the utility program download.bat, it can be found in the product CD. Input the user name and password credential, the new firmware will be downloaded. SE5001 will automatically restart each time the firmware is successfully downloaded. Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 49: Critical Issues Of Upgrading

    Normally, it takes around 10 seconds to complete the programming process. If an error occurs during the programming process, SE5001 will clear the corresponding memory and the system remains intact of what it was. Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 50: Error Messages

    Hex File End of Record Error SE5001 handshaking problem SE5001 ACK Start Address Error SE5001 ACK Length Error SE5001 Response Command Error Configuration file Remote IP not found Open configuration file failure Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 51: Appendix C: Disable System Firmware

    4. Download the correct AP firmware to SE5001. 5. Remove the pin 1 and pin2 of jumper JP1 to enable AP firmware. 6. Close the case and continue ones operations. Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 52: Appendix D: Using

    SerialManager D.1. SerialManager Introduction SerialManager, 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 53 User Manual Version 1.5 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server Or, select by clicking a button on the toolbar, as below: Broadcast Rescan Search Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
  • Page 54 Once Search by IP Address is selected, an interface will pop up as below: Here user may have two options: Select an IP address to search or Search device in the range of IP address. Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
  • Page 55 Here the user may search in two ways: Search a MAC address to search or Search devices in the range of MAC address D3.1.4 Rescan Once the user click the Rescan button on the toolbar, the SerialManager shall re-search devices by using the current search way. Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
  • Page 56 User Manual Version 1.5 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server D3.2 Firmware This function is applied to downloading a firmware into a selected device. Upgrade from disk Upgrade from disk Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
  • Page 57 The user can also select several same devices at one time, and realize the firmware updating for them by selecting Apply for all selected devices have same model. Download Parameter Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
  • Page 58 Here three functions are mainly supplied, including: Login, Logout and Change Password, shown as the figure below: Login Logout Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
  • Page 59 This function is applied to modifying the password for logging in any network device, but can only be realized after a successful log-in, shown as the figure below: Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
  • Page 60 Locate Network … Import Export Port … Setting Setting … Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
  • Page 61 The user can modify the IP address of any selected device, shown as the figure below: D3.4.2 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 62 The user can set each corresponded connecting mode and the working parameter by clicking the button "Option", shown as the figure below: Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
  • Page 63 Flash through the submenu option Erase Flash or clicking the Erase Flash button on the toolbar when the memory capacity is to be used up or the history data are unnecessary to be saved. Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
  • Page 64 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. Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
  • Page 65 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: Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
  • Page 66 The user can select a display mode of the network device according to his/her own requirement through the menu option "View", such as: display in sequence of device module name, or display in sequence of IP address and so on, shown as the figure below: Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
  • Page 67 User Manual Version 1.5 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server D3.6 Help This function is mainly applied to displaying some help information of the SerialManager, shown as the figure below: Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

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