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- Page 1 ® ABLELink SE5408/SE5416 Multi-Port Serial Server User’s Manual Version 1.1 Updated on June 8, 2010 TEL: 886-3-5508137 FAX: 886-3-5508131 http://www.atop.com.tw...
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Page 2: Important Announcement
ATOP Technologies, Inc. and is supplied for the sole purpose of operation and maintenance of ATOP products. No part of this publication is to be used for any other purposes, and it is not to be reproduced, copied, disclosed, transmitted, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any human or computer language, in any form, by any means, in whole or in part, without the prior explicit written consent of ATOP Technologies, Inc. -
Page 3: Fcc Warning
Use only shielded cables to connect other devices to the RS-232/RS-422/RS-485 ports on this equipment. Any change or modification not expressly approved by ATOP Technologies could void the warranty for the equipment. Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. -
Page 4: Table Of Contents
DNS Settings SNMP Settings ............................21 ERIAL ONFIGURATION TCP Server: Link Mode Setting TCP Client: Link Mode Setting UDP: Link Mode Setting Serial Settings Advanced Settings Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 3 -... - Page 5 VIRTUAL COM SETUP ......................49 A.1.......................49 INIMUM YSTEM EQUIREMENTS A.2. COM D ......................50 NSTALLING IRTUAL RIVER A.3. COM A ..........................50 IRTUAL CTIVATION APPENDIX B. UTILITY PROGRAM “SERIALMANAGER”...............54 Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 4 -...
- Page 6 SPECIFICATIONS ........................69 E.1..............................69 ARDWARE E.2..........................70 OFTWARE PECIFICATION E.3. RJ-45 C ..................70 ERIAL AND ONNECTORS SSIGNMENTS E.4............................71 INDICATORS APPENDIX F. WARRANTY POLICY ......................73 Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 5 -...
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Page 7: Introduction
Ethernet link status. If the link is down, the relay output could be used to signal an operator. All ATOP’s serial servers can be set up over Ethernet using Telnet, Web browser, Serial Console, or our Windows utility software called, SerialManager. The SE5408/SE5416 Multi-Port Serial Server is packed in a rugged metal housing with 19-inch rack-mount and is ideal for industrial and manufacturing installation. -
Page 8: Getting Started
Front & Rear Panels The following figures show the front and the back panels of the device. They indicate the names of the each interface. Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 7 -... -
Page 9: Step-By-Step Installation
Connect a serial device to one of the serial ports, and make sure a correct cable is used (Pin assignments for a RS-232 device and for a RS-485 cable are shown in E.3) Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan... -
Page 10: Device Size
10.x.x.x, or both to 192.168.x.x network addresses. Other default settings are shown in the following table: Parameter Default Values Security User Name admin Password Null (blank) Serial Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 9 -... -
Page 11: Device Ip Address Assignments
You may proceed to change the IP address to avoid any IP address conflict with other hosts on your LAN network or to connect the device to your existing LAN. Please consult your system administrator if you do Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan... -
Page 12: Configure Using Web Interface
Then, restart the device to let the device be automatically configured with DHCP server. Fig 4. DHCP Enabled to have the IPs assigned by a DHCP server Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan... -
Page 13: Tcp Port Numbers
4660 – 4667 for the SE5408 model, and 4660 – 4675 for the SE5416 model, each corresponding to COM1 – COM8 and COM1 – COM16, respectively. Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan... -
Page 14: Device Protocols And Operating Modes
When transmission speed is of concern, UDP is a better candidate. Often UDP mode is used to transmit multicast data to/from one or more serial devices. Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan... -
Page 15: Operating Modes
The connections are made over two different subnet networks. A set of 16 serial devices can be connected through a locally connected computer or a remote monitor via the Internet. Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 14 -... - Page 16 COM ports on a host computer for a software connection to serial devices. Basically, the Virtual COM creates a “bridge” between a serial connection and an Ethernet/IP connection. The setup and configuration of Virtual COM driver is covered in Appendix A. Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 15 -...
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Page 17: Tcp Client Mode
The SE5408/SE5416 Multi-Port Serial Server series in TCP Client mode allows connecting up to two destination host computers. Fig 9. Three SE5416 devices in TCP client mode sharing the same computer server to make a serial connection Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 16 -... -
Page 18: Tunneling Mode (Client-Server Pair)
TCP server which is 4700 in this example. Fig 11. HMI and PLC “Tunneling” over a LAN using device server in Tunneling Mode Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 17 -... -
Page 19: Udp
TCP sockets. Fig 12. SE5408/5416 Working in UDP mode Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 18 -... -
Page 20: Web-Based Configuration
Fig 13. First (Authentication) Screen on a Web Browser General Information Once the User name and Password are correctly entered, the Overview window (Fig 14) shall appear. Fig 14. Overview Window: Web Configuration Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 19 -... -
Page 21: Network Configuration
If you enable the option to obtain IP address automatically using DHCP on LAN1 and/or LAN2, the DNS server addresses will be assigned automatically. Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 20 -... -
Page 22: Snmp Settings
Serial communication. As discussed before, there are three modes a serial port can be assigned to: TCP Server link mode TCP Client link mode UDP link mode Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 21 -... -
Page 23: Tcp Server: Link Mode Setting
Note: The “Virtual COM” box must be enabled only to assign the port to run in the Virtual COM mode. Please go to Appendix A for detailed Virtual COM setup description. Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan... -
Page 24: Tcp Client: Link Mode Setting
The same Destination IP addresses and the same Destination Port numbers will be set to all COM ports. This is different from the “TCP Server” mode where “Apply to all serial ports” means all “Local Port” will be incremented by 1 sequentially. Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 23 -... -
Page 25: Udp: Link Mode Setting
Fig 12. If “Apply to all serial ports” is checked, then the same configuration will be configured to all other serial ports. Note that UDP mode does not support Virtual COM mode. Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan... -
Page 26: Serial Settings
Data bits: 7 or 8 Stop bits: 1 or 2 Flow control: None, Xon/Xoff or Hardware (RTS/CTS) Fig 23. Serial Parameters Setting for TCP mode: Web Configuration Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 25 -... -
Page 27: Advanced Settings
The optional “Internal timeout” transmit time depends on your application, but it must be at least larger than one character interval within the specified baud rate. For example, assume that the serial port is set Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan... -
Page 28: Alert Configuration
To set up an e-mail alert function, you need to configure recipient’s e-mail address and the mail server. Fig 25 shows the dialog to enter a sender’s e-mail address and to enter up to five recipients’ e-mail addresses. Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 27 -... -
Page 29: Alert Event
Note that, before checking the “Trap” box, make sure a SNMP trap server is installed, and its address is defined at “SNMP Trap Server” under “Network” configuration as shown in Fig 19. Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan... -
Page 30: System Configuration
The Link State information window displays the status of all serial ports including Link mode (TCP Server, TCP Client and UDP) and the port status, e.g. Listening, Sending, etc. Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan... -
Page 31: Time Settings
LCM (setting) and the hardware “Reset Button” are not. In this case, one can view the system via the LCM panel, and the hardware reset button can be used to reset the system to the default values. Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan... -
Page 32: Import/Export
You may use “Export” function to save the configuration file on your computer. You can also use the saved configuration file to set up the other devices quickly using “Import” function. Fig 32. Configuration File Import and Export: Web Configuration Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 31 -... -
Page 33: Set To Default
When the system fails to respond, one can press the “Restart” button to reboot the system. Rebooting is complete when the “Ready” LED on the front panel starts blinking. Fig 34. Restart: Web Configuration Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 32 -... -
Page 34: Telnet Configuration
To show the overview information of the device, enter “1” on the keyboard to select “[1] Overview”. The system overview page gives the general information of Model Name, IP address, MAC address, and Kernel and AP version of the device. Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 33 -... -
Page 35: Networking: Telnet
Netmask, Gateway address, and the mode to obtain IP addresses, respectively. The LAN 2 Settings is similar to that of the LAN 1 interface. Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 34 -... -
Page 36: Operation: Main [2]Networking [3]Dns Settings
SNMP function such as MIB (Management Information Base), SNMP Trap server, Read/Write Community, SysName (System Name), SysLocation (System Location) and SysContact (System Contact). Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 35 -... -
Page 37: Com Port Configuration: Telnet
TCP server. Set “IP Filter” to “0.0.0.0” to disable “IP filtering function”. If IP filter is enabled, one may configure one or group IP addresses of computer hosts that are allowed to establish TCP connections. Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 36 -... -
Page 38: Operation: Main [3]Com Port Setting [1-16]Select Port [1]Link Mode [2]Tcp Client
UDP connection. The device can support up to 8 groups of IP addresses for eight sets of the computer hosts. Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan... -
Page 39: Operation: Main [3] Com Port Setting [1-16]Select Port [2]Com Settings
You may select “4” in the main menu to configure the alert functions of the device. There are two settings, E-mail address and server setting and alert event trigger setting. Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan... -
Page 40: Operation: Main [4] Alert Settings [1]E-Mail Settings
SNMP Trap. If the SNMP Trap is used, you need to configure SNMP Trap server’s IP address. Fig 48. Alert Event Settings :Telnet Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 39 -... -
Page 41: Operation: Main [5]System [1]Link State
IP address of an NTP server. The common NTP server is time.nist.gov. You may select different NTP server according to your network information. You may contact your network administrator for NTP server information. Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 40 -... -
Page 42: Operation: Main [5]System [3]Security
You may change the administrator password of the device. Enter old password on “Old password” and the new password on “New password” and again on “Confirm new password” to verify the new password. Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan... -
Page 43: Reset To Factory Defaults
Fig 54. Reset to Factory Defaults :Telnet Restart Operation: Main [7] Restart Here one can reboot the device to make the configuration changes take effect. Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 42 -... - Page 44 User manual Version 1.1 SE5408/SE5416 Multi-port Serial Server Fig 55. Restart System :Telnet Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 43 -...
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Page 45: Configuring On Lcm
Display AP version 4.Lan 1 1.Lan status Display status of LAN1 2.MAC Display MAC address of LAN1 5.Lan 2 1.Lan status Display LAN of LAN2 Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 44 -... - Page 46 8. 38400 9. 57600 10. 115200 11. 230400 12. 460800 13. 921600 2.Parity 1. None Display or Change Parity mode 2. Odd 3. Even 4. Mark Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 45 -...
- Page 47 COM mode 2.Enable 2.Local port Display or Change Local port for Listening port 3.Max Display or Change connect maximum Client Number (1~4) 4.IP Filter 1.Disable Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 46 -...
- Page 48 Enable & Change Destination IP 5 and Destination port 5 No. 8.Destinatio 1.Disable 2.Enable Enable & Change Destination IP 6 and Destination port 6 No. 9.Destinatio 1.Disable Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 47 -...
- Page 49 IP address for LAN1 2.Lan 2 Use "ping" command to check specific IP address for LAN2 5.Restart 1.No Cancel Restart command 2.Yes Restart immediately Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 48 -...
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Page 50: Appendix A. Virtual Com Setup
Appendix A. Virtual COM Setup In the Virtual COM setup, ATOP’s software “Serial-IP” emulates a remote serial port on a host computer. The emulated port is called the “Virtual COM port”. The maximum number of Virtual COM ports supported by “Serial-IP” is 4096. -
Page 51: Installing Virtual Com Driver
Its corresponding “Virtual port” on the host computer is COM3 with the same “Local Port” (TCP port) of 4660. This means your host computer already has two physical COM ports, COM1 and COM2. Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 50 -... - Page 52 Fig 59. Select Link Mode TCP Server Virtual COM Enable to enable the Virtual COM function as shown in Fig 60. Fig 59. Login: Telnet Console Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 51 -...
- Page 53 If Log does not show errors, click Use Settings, and return to the Control Panel On COM Port Options, check the Restore Failed Connections box if any network transmission is interrupted. Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 52 -...
- Page 54 User manual Version 1.1 SE5408/SE5416 Multi-port Serial Server Fig 62. Serial/IP Configuration Wizard Window Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 53 -...
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Page 55: Appendix B. Utility Program "Serialmanager
“SerialManager” is ATOP’s utility program for managing all of our Serial-to-Ethernet products. One can locate all ATOP serial servers in the network, access the Web-based configuration of the serial servers, and configure the serial servers directly. The program provides most functions found in the Web-based configuration. - Page 56 The program will sequentially make a contact with each IP address in the range; therefore, it should work in any subnet network. Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan...
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Page 57: Firmware Options
You may want to check for the firmware upgrade from our website to upgrade the serial server device. The updated firmware will have some bug fixes, some improvement, and some new features for the Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan... -
Page 58: Security Options
User manual Version 1.1 SE5408/SE5416 Multi-port Serial Server device. Please check our main website http://www.atop.com.tw (under “Support”) for the new firmware updates. Firmware Upgrade from Disk Once we have downloaded a new firmware from our website, you may use “Upgrade from disk” function to download the newest firmware from a disk to a serial server device. -
Page 59: Configuration Options
This function is for the network manager to know that your have completed your session. Change Password This function is self-explanatory. B.5. Configuration Options This is the key function of SerialManager. The sub-menu and the icons are shown below: Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 58 -... - Page 60 The user can manually assign an IP address to the device using SerialManager program. You may also configure to utilize DHCP to do the assignment automatically. Fig 73. SerialManager Network Setting Window Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 59 -...
- Page 61 (unlike the Web-based configuration where you can enter up to eight sets at the time). The following two windows show the entry for the first two set of IP address ranges. Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan...
- Page 62 This is an important function which does not exist in the Web-based program. Click “Locate” on a given device on the list to force the serial server to beep continuously; you can only stop beeping by clicking “Locate” again. Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 61 -...
- Page 63 To import the saved “.adm” setting file and apply it to COM2, click “Import Setting”, open the saved file on the hard disc, and enter “COM2” on “Selected COM Port” then “OK”. Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan...
- Page 64 Click the “Virtual Com” function to pop up the following window. Click “Set” to finalize the selection; meanwhile click “advanced” to yield the “IP-Serial” Control Panel. Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 63 -...
- Page 65 For example, the boxed text, “rescan”, appears when the mouse is over the icon. Fig 84. SerialManager “Options” Window Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 64 -...
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Page 66: View" Options
Fig 85. Five “View Options” Provided by SerialManager B.7. Help ”Help” is where the logo of “SerialManager” is displayed. Fig 86. “Help” Showing SerialManager Logo Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 65 -... -
Page 67: Appendix C. Snmp By "Networkview
Click “OK” to start the “discover” process. After the search is complete, NetworkView will display the “Discover” result as shown below. Double-click a selected device to view its “Properties”. Fig 88. SNMP “Discover” Result Using NetworkView Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 66 -... - Page 68 Fig 89. NetworkView Display of “Device Properties” Note: The freeware NetworkView is limited to information extracting and viewing only. To modify configuration, use a Web-based tool, Telnet or SerialManager. Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 67 -...
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Page 69: Appendix D. Firmware Upgrading
SE5408/SE5416 Multi-port Serial Server Appendix D. Firmware Upgrading The newest firmware can be viewed at http://www.atop.com.tw/ (under “Support” and “Download” section of the website). Once you have downloaded the updated firmware for your device, click the firmware file to unzip it to any directory. The firmware file uses .bin as the file extension. -
Page 70: Appendix E. Specifications
Max. 8.5 W FCC Class A, CE Class A Mechanical Dimensions 436mm x 43.5mm x 200mm (W x H x D) Casing SECC sheet metal (1 mm) Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 69 -... -
Page 71: Software Specification
Using 9-pin Female D-to-RS-232/RS485/RS422 Connectors RS-232 RS-485 RS-422 Pin 1 Pin 2 Data+ Pin 3 Pin 4 Pin 5 Pin 6 Data- Pin 7 Pin 8 Pin 9 Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 70 -... -
Page 72: Led Indicators
Pin 6 Pin 6 Data+ Data- Pin 7 Pin 7 Data- Pin 8 Pin 8 E.4. LED indicators Name Color Message Power Power ON (Steady Green) Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 71 -... - Page 73 No Data Reception (Light Off) 100Mbps Ethernet connected (Steady Amber) 10Mbps Ethernet Connection or 100 Mbps (Light Off) LAN1/LAN2 Disconnected Ethernet Port in Activity (Blinking Green) Copyright © 2010 ATOP Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 72 -...
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Page 74: Appendix F. Warranty Policy
ATOP will be reimbursed by ATOP. After 3 months and still within the warranty period, it is up to ATOP whether to replace the unit with a new one; normally, as long as a product is under warranty, all parts and labor are free of charge to the customers.
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