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SW5002 Wireless Serial Server
User Manual
Version 1.0
Updated on November, 2007
TEL: 886-3-5508137
FAX: 886-3-5508131
http://www.atop.com.tw

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  • Page 1 ® ABLELink SW5002 Wireless Serial Server User Manual Version 1.0 Updated on November, 2007 TEL: 886-3-5508137 FAX: 886-3-5508131 http://www.atop.com.tw...

  • Page 2: Important Announcement

    SW5002 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 publication is to be used for any other purposes, and it is not to be reproduced,...

  • Page 3: Fcc Warning

    All the series of SW5002 products are intended to be supplied by a Listed Power Unit marked with “LPS”, “Limited Power Source” or “Class 2” and output rate 9~48VDC, 1.0A minimum. Or, use the recommended power supply in “Optional Accessories”. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - II -...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    COM Port Configuration........................ 22 5.5.1. Link Mode Settings ........................23 5.5.2. TCP Server Mode ........................23 5.5.3. TCP Client Mode........................24 5.5.4. UDP Mode ..........................24 5.5.5. Serial Settings........................25 Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - III -...
  • Page 5 System Upgrading Procedures..................... 58 C.2. Critical Issues in Upgrading Process .................... 59 Appendix D. Specifications ....................... 60 D.1. Hardware Specifications ....................... 60 D.2. Software Specifications......................... 61 Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - IV -...
  • Page 6 User manual Version 1.0 SW5002 Wireless Serial Server D.3. Pin Assignments ........................... 61 D.4. Beep & LED Status ........................61 Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - V -...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Support UDP, TCP server and client protocols for Virtual COM mode and pair connection Selectable RS-232/RS-485/RS-422 serial mode by software Configurable via console, telnet, built-in web server and Windows-based utilities Standard 2.4GHz High-gain antenna Upgradeable firmware via network Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved...

  • Page 8: Getting Started

    4 dBi Antenna x 1 Wall mount kits x 2 Atop Wireless Serial Server quick start guide x 1 Product CD containing configuration utility x 1 NOTE: Notify your sales representative if any of the above items is missing or damaged.

  • Page 9: Installation Procedures

    User shall find the IP and MAC address of SW5002. User can change IP address, gateway IP address and subnet mask networking parameters of SW5002 according to user networking configurations. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan...

  • Page 10: Software Setup

    NOTE: Press reset button for 5 seconds then release the button to restart SW5002 to the default settings. Waring: Please avoid setting LAN and WLAN IP address in the same subnet, that may make unexpect networking problem. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 4 -...

  • Page 11: Ip Assignment

    SW5002. The following figure shows how to use ARP command on MS-DOS command prompt window. Example: Set IP 10.0.50.101 to MAC address 00-60-E9-00-79-F8. Fig 3. Map IP address to MAC address by ARP Command Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 5 -...

  • Page 12: Configure Ip By Web Server

    COM1 and COM2 respectively. After the application program connected to the TCP port 4660 (or 4661) on the SW5002, data of user’s application program are transmitted transparently to SW5002 and vice versa. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan...

  • Page 13: Application Connectivity

    Fig 4. is the example of SW5002 connection topology. Fig 4. Typical Topology of SW5002 Connection Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 7 -...

  • Page 14: Virtual Com Mode

    If IP filter is enabled, only the assigned source IP is allowed to be connected to SW5002. Fig 6. TCP Server in Virtual COM Mode Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 8 -...

  • Page 15: Tunneling Mode

    For example, User can implement SW5002 tunneling mode for Master /Slave mode PLCs or between other serial devices. Fig 8. TCP Link in Tunneling mode Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 9 -...
  • Page 16 As an example, for a network of Class C of subnet 192.168.1.X and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, the maximum Multicast IP address to be configured is four destinations IP’s. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan...
  • Page 17 User manual Version 1.0 SW5002 Wireless Serial Server Fig 11. Multi-UDP Link in Tunneling Mode Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 11 -...

  • Page 18: Configure Sw5002 By Web Interface

    The overview screen shall appear (Fig. 13). 5.2. General Information This system overview window gives the general information on SW5002, included Network, and Serial information. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 12 -...
  • Page 19 User manual Version 1.0 SW5002 Wireless Serial Server Fig 13. Overview for system information by Web Interface Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 13 -...

  • Page 20: Device Information

    The COM1 (COM2) information is read only and is attributed from Serial settings of COM1 or COM2 Port of SW5002. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 14 -...

  • Page 21: Network Configuration

    Fig 16. Serial Information from Overview web page 5.3. Network Configurations There are four items allowed to change on Network page, included LAN, WLAN, DNS and SNMP Information. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 15 -...
  • Page 22 User manual Version 1.0 SW5002 Wireless Serial Server Fig 17. Network information by Web page Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 16 -...

  • Page 23: Lan Settings

    Settings field. Alternatively, User can configure DNS by checking on “Obtain an IP automatically” field in LAN Settings or WLAN Settings fields to automatically obtain DNS from DHCP server. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan...

  • Page 24: Snmp Settings

    There are three fields of information on Wireless Configuration page which are Default, Current and Site-Survey Information. Click on “Wireless” link and the following screen shall appear. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 18 -...

  • Page 25: Wireless Detail Settings

    SW5002. SW5002 will change to the stronger wireless signal access point, if the original access point’s signal is less than roaming threshold. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 19 -...

  • Page 26: Sample Wireless Application Cases

    Below are some screen shot examples of wireless detail settings for different wireless security schemes. Attach access point without Authorization Topology: Infrastructure Channel: Auto-assignment from Access point Authentication: open Encryption: None Fig 24. Open Authorization and no Encryption Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 20 -...
  • Page 27 Note2: Enter 13 ASCII value or 26 Hexadecimal digit if select WEP128 encryption 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 Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 21 -...

  • Page 28: Com Port Configuration

    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. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 22 -...

  • Page 29: Link Mode Settings

    “0.0.0.0”. User can configure one or group IP for source IP. If IP filter is enabled, only source IP assigned can be connected to SW5002 Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 23 -...

  • Page 30: Tcp Client Mode

    Listening Port. For example, on SW5002 listening port is 4660 which receive data sending from the host computers. SW5002 can support up to 4-group IPs for UDP connection, if users needed. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan...

  • Page 31: Serial Settings

    Flow control: None or Xon/Xoff or Hardware (RTS/CTS). Fig 31. Serial Communication Settings from Web Page Note: The isolation, SW5002-WgN1Sis (TB), only support max 230Kbps baud rate. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 25 -...

  • Page 32: Delimiter Settings

    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. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 26 -...

  • Page 33: Configure Wlan Region

    5, 9 and 13 for European Union countries 5.6.3. Security (change the Password) Operation: System->Security Click on the “Security” link and the following screen shall appear (Fig. 35). Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 27 -...

  • Page 34: Restoring Factory Default

    The changes of networking parameters will take effect only after the SW5002 is restarted. User can restart the SW5002 manually by click on Restart button on the restart menu web page (Fig 37). Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan...
  • Page 35 User manual Version 1.0 SW5002 Wireless Serial Server Fig 37. Restart system by Web Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 29 -...

  • Page 36: Telnet Configuration

    If the SW5002 does not receive any command within 1 minute, Telnet will be terminated automatically. The changes of networking parameters will take effect only after the SW5002 is restarted. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 30 -...

  • Page 37: General Information

    DNS Server, Allows for changes in Auto IP of Networking Page] DNS2: [IP address of 2 DNS Server, Allows for changes in Auto IP of Networking Page] Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 31 -...

  • Page 38: Networking Configuration

    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 SW5002 is restarted. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan...

  • Page 39: Lan Settings

    Select “2” from “Input choice (0~3) and enter on Networking page:” to enter DNS Settings page. Fill in the DNS information DNS1 or DNS2 or both according to user DNS server (Fig. 43). Fig 43. DNS Settings by Telnet Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 33 -...

  • Page 40: Snmp Settings

    User can configure wireless IP, Netmask, Gateway, IP mode, and Region by enter the corresponding menu and corresponding values. Fig 45. Configure Wireless Settings by Telnet Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 34 -...

  • Page 41: Configure Region

    User can configure the WLAN Region by enter 5 at Wireless Settings page and enter the menu according to user’s region. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan...

  • Page 42: Site Survey

    (Fig.49). Then user can select the access point that user want SW5002 to be connected to by enter the number of access point (Fig. 50). Fig 49. Wireless AP List from Site Survey Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 36 -...

  • Page 43: Configure Ad-Hoc Mode

    An IBSS may consist of as few as two stations. Unlike infrastructure mode, all stations are capable of communicating directly with each other without access point. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 37 -...
  • Page 44 For security reason, Wireless SW5002 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. 53 below. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 38 -...
  • Page 45 The Figures below are some screen shot schemes for different authorized modes. Settings with open authorization and none encryption Topology: Infrastructure Channel: Auto-assignment from Access point Authentication: open Encryption: None Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 39 -...
  • Page 46 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 © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 40 -...

  • Page 47: Com Port Configuration

    User can configure serial parameters, include COM1(COM2) operation mode, port parameters, enable or disable serial buffer’s data and packet delimiter. Fig 57. Select COM Port from Serial Settings by Telnet Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 41 -...

  • Page 48: Tcp Server Mode For Link Mode

    “0.0.0.0”. User can configure one or group IPs for source IP in IP filtering. If IP filtering is enabled, only source IP assigned can connect to SW5002. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 42 -...

  • Page 49: Tcp Client For Link Mode

    Operation: [Main] [4 Serial Settings] [1 Link mode] [3 UDP] SW5002 can be configured to work in UDP mode to establish connection using Unicast or Multicast Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 43 -...

  • Page 50: Serial Settings

    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, SW5002-WgN1Sis (TB), only supported max 230Kbps baud rate. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 44 -...

  • Page 51: Packet Delimiter

    [8 Delimiter (Network to Serial)]/ [9 Delimiter(Serial to Network)] [2 Characters] User can choose packet delimiter character pattern as the packet delimiter indicated in the Fig. 64 below: Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 45 -...

  • Page 52: Security Configuration

    Fig 64. Configure Network Delimiter using Characters 6.5. Security Configuration Operation: [Main] [5 Security] User can change password of SW5002 with this menu. Fig 65. Security settings by Telnet Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 46 -...

  • Page 53: Change The 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). Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 47 -...

  • Page 54: Appendix A. Using Virtual Com

    Virtual COM driver provides user to select up to 256 COM ports as Virtual COM ports in a monitoring PC. User can select them from a list of COM ports, which is from COM1 up to COM256. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan...

  • Page 55: Virtual Com Communication

    User may also enable Virtual COM through telnet by setting Serial as a TCP server, and enter the local port number for Serial, then enable virtual COM as shown in the following procedure: Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan...
  • Page 56 Fig 69. Login into SW5002 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 © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 50 -...
  • Page 57 SW5002. The Configuration Wizard is capable of determining the correct settings. On COM Port Options, the settings must match the COM port behavior expected by the PC application. The Configuration Wizard will recommend such settings. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 51 -...
  • Page 58 User manual Version 1.0 SW5002 Wireless Serial Server Fig 72. Configuration Wizard from Serial to IP tool Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 52 -...

  • Page 59: Appendix B. Configuration Utility & Snmp

    Bring up devices information by executed monitor.exe Select the device to be configured from IP Address, Click on the “Config” button, a configuration dialog box will popup as shown in 074. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 53 -...

  • Page 60: Functional Description

    Except for the default IP 255.255.255.255, other items (IPs) are read from the file “seg.cfg”. This field specifies a detecting IP range. It may be a designated IP or a broadcast IP. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 54 -...

  • Page 61: Snmp Network Management Platform

    Click on the button to open a new file. The following screen shall appear, on Addresses field, Enter in the IP address range for searching. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 55 -...
  • Page 62 After the search is complete, NetworkView will display the devices found on the main window, as shown below Fig 79. NetworkView displays the founded devices Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 56 -...
  • Page 63 Fig 80. NetworkView displays device information Notes1: NetworkView is limited to information extracting and viewing only. To modify the configurations, use the web server, Telnet or monitor.exe configuration utilities. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 57 -...

  • Page 64: Appendix C. Upgrading System Software

    User manual Version 1.0 SW5002 Wireless Serial Server Appendix C. Upgrading System Software Updated version of firmware can be downloaded from www.atop.com.tw. C.1. System Upgrading Procedures Follow the upgrading procedures below for the latest firmware. Make sure the PC and SW5002 on the same network. Use command “ping” or “monitor.exe”...

  • Page 65: Critical Issues In Upgrading Process

    It takes around 5 seconds to complete the re-programming. If an error occurs during the process, SW5002 will clear the corresponding memories, and the system will remain the same as the one before the upgrading process. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 59 -...

  • Page 66: Appendix D. Specifications

    Data Length: 7/8 Bit Stop Bit: 1/2 Flow Control: None/ Software: Xon/Xoff / Hardware: RTS/CTS Power Input DC 9V-48V Consumption 4.5 W max @Tx Mode Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 60 -...

  • Page 67: Software Specifications

    RS-232/RS-485 transmitting buffer size = 4K bytes D.3. Pin Assignments DB9 male connector pin assignments for Serial Pin# RS-485 RS-422 RS-232 Data+ SG (Signal Ground) Data- Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 61 -...
  • Page 68 Good Signal Strength (80%) ● ● ● ● ● ● Excellent Signal Strength (100%) Note: The lowest LED is indicated for STATUS at SW5002’s front plate. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 62 -...
  • Page 69 No data is transmitting on COM port LED on blinking state Data is transmitting on COM port RUN LED Message Description Message LED blinking (rate: 0.5Sec) AP firmware is running Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan - 63 -...

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