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Atop ABLELink SE5404 Series User Manual

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Atop ABLELink
SE5404 Series
4-Port Ethernet Serial Server
Version 1.2
Updated on 2007/03/21
Tel: 886-3-5508137
Fax: 886-3-5508131
www.atop.com.tw

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  • Page 1 User’s Manual ® Atop ABLELink SE5404 Series 4-Port Ethernet Serial Server Version 1.2 Updated on 2007/03/21 Tel: 886-3-5508137 Fax: 886-3-5508131 www.atop.com.tw...

  • Page 2: Important Announcement

    Ethernet Serial Server SE5404 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...

  • Page 3: Fcc Warning

    It is essential that only the supplied power cord can be used. Use only shielded cables to connect the device’s ’ RS-232 or RS-485 port. Be cautioned that changes or modifications not explicitly approved by ATOP Technologies could void your authority to operate the equipment.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    3.2.6 Configuring SE5404 as UDP client......21 3.2.7 Setting COM port............22 3.2.8 Enabling Network to Serial (Serial to Network) data buffer .................23 3.2.9 Setting packet delimiter ..........24 Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 3 -...
  • Page 5 4.2.2 Running Serial/IP on monitoring PC......41 4.3 Configuring Virtual COM Ports................41 5. SNMP SETUP....................43 5.1 SNMP Network Management Platform ..............43 5.2 Using NetworkView: An Example................. 43 Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 4 -...
  • Page 6 A.4.3 COM Port .................55 A.4.4 RUN APPENDIX B: UPGRADING SYSTEM FIRMWARE........56 B.2 Critical Issues ...................... 56 B.3 Error Messages ....................57 APPENDIX C: RUNNING MONITOR.EXE UTILITY ........58 Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 5 -...
  • Page 7 User manual Version 1.2 ® ABLELink Ethernet Serial Server SE5404 C.1 Running Monitor.exe utility .................. 58 C.2 Detecting Operational Devices................58 C.3 Configuring Devices .................... 58 Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 6 -...

  • Page 8: Introduction

    RS-422—are limited in their transmission distance of 15 m. Examples of these devices are PLC controllers, card readers, display signs, security controls, CNC controller, etc. ATOP Technologies has overcome the limit with a family of SE5404 Series Ethernet Serial Servers. The SE5404 sever family is...
  • Page 9 –the host computer. After the connection is established, data can flow in both directions (Figure 1.2). Figure 1.2 TCP Client Mode Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 8 -...
  • Page 10 UDP mode on a TCP/IP Network to establish a connection, using unicast data to and from a serial device to one or multiple host computers (Figure 1.3). Figure 1.3 UDP Mode Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 9 -...

  • Page 11: Hardware Description

    LAN1(2) 100 Off and ACT On Ethernet 10Mbps connected LAN1(2) 100 On Ethernet 100Mbps connected ACT Blinking Green Data transmitting on Ethernet at 100Mbps Table 1. LAN LED Status Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 10 -...

  • Page 12: Com

    Step 3: Connect SE5404’s serial port to a serial device. Step 4: Mount SE5404 to a Rack with one pair L type Rack mounting ears included Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 11 -...

  • Page 13: Software

    SysLocation of SNMP location SysContact of SNMP contact 3.1 Configuration by monitor.exe utility 3.1.1.Static IP Figure 3.1. Configuring the static IP with monitor.exe utility Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 12 -...

  • Page 14: Dhcp Client (Dynamic Ip)

    ->Check ”Auto IP” ( Figure 3.3) ->Click “ Config Now” (The SE5404 will restart and obtain the IP from the DHCP server automatically) Figure 3.3. monitor.exe Auto IP Dialog Window Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 13 -...

  • Page 15: Configuration By Telnet Utility

    (1) One may press the Default button over 2 seconds to reset username and password.. (2) Login username and password are case sensitive 1. Then the following main menu shall appear ( Figure 3.5) Figure 3.5 System main menu Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 14 -...

  • Page 16: System Overview

    This system overview window gives the general information on Model Name, IP Address, MAC address, kernel and AP version. 3.2.3 Networking Enter “2” on “Main Menu” to select “Networking” ( Figure 3.7). Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 15 -...
  • Page 17 -> Enter “4” in “IP Mode” to change the settings to Static IP or DHCP client alternative. Note: (1) Enter “0” to return to the previous menu. (2) Setting changes will not take effect until the device is restarted. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 16 -...
  • Page 18 2. Enter “1 “ on “SNMP Settings” to enable or disable SNMP function alternative 3. Enter “2” to “4” separately to change the “System Name”、”System Location”、”System Contact” in sequence. Figure 3.9 SNMP configuring using Telnet Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 17 -...

  • Page 19: Com1 Setup

    Enter” 2” on “COM1 Settings” to select “Working Mode” One shall Input one of the number 1~3 to select TCP server/TCP client/UDP on “Set Working Mode Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 18 -...

  • Page 20: Configuring Se5404 As Tcp Client

    Enter” 2” on “Set Working Mode for COM 1 ”(Figure 3.12) ： Input destination IP on “Set Destination IP 1 ” ( for instance: 10. 0. 29. 130) Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 19 -...
  • Page 21 Vice versa is also true. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 20 -...

  • Page 22: Configuring Se5404 As Udp Client

    Enter destination IP address2 on “Set destination IP 2” to “10.0.29.253” Enter destination Port2 on “Set destination port 2” to “6665” Figure 3.13 Link Mode-UDP client setup Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 21 -...

  • Page 23: Setting Com Port

    3. For Data bits setting：Enter “5” on “COM1 Settings” of COM1 4. For Stop bits setting：Enter “6” on “COM1 Settings” of COM1 5. For Flow control setting：Enter “7” on “COM1 Settings” of COM1 Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 22 -...

  • Page 24: Enabling Network To Serial (Serial To Network) Data Buffer

    (2) Enabling “Delimiter (Network to Serial)” to clear the output buffer when the network connection to or from the device is disconnected Figure 3.15 Com port-Enabling serial data buffer Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 23 -...

  • Page 25: Setting Packet Delimiter

    “0x0d0a”, then the entire data buffer of the serial device is transmitted. NOTE：The characters are case sensitive, make sure to use lower case. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 24 -...

  • Page 26: Security-Changing Username And Password

    Figure 3.17 Setting packet delimiter-character pattern terminator 3.2.10 Security-Changing username and password 1. Select “4” on “Security” ( Figure 3.18). Figure 3.18 changing password using Telnet Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 25 -...

  • Page 27: Restart

    “password” then click on OK. The default user name is admin and the default password is null (leave it blank). Figure 3.19 login the system via Web Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 26 -...

  • Page 28: Network Settings

    2. The changes will not become effective until SE5404 is restarted ( Figure 3.21) Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 27 -...
  • Page 29 User manual Version 1.2 ® ABLELink Ethernet Serial Server SE5404 Figure 3.21 Network setup Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 28 -...

  • Page 30: Configuring Se5404 As Tcp Server

    2.IP filtering function is disabled by setting FILTER_IP to “0.0.0.0”. 3.IP filter is disabled by default 4.If IP filter is enabled, only source IP assigned is connected to SE5404. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 29 -...
  • Page 31 SE5404 COM1, data of ones application program are transparent to both COM1 and SE5404. 2. SE5404-S5is only have RS-422 and RS-485 serial interface for one to configure. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.

  • Page 32: Configuring Se5404 As Tcp Client

    One may configure 2 sets of destination IP addresses after check “Destination 2” to enable Destination IP2 Enter “destination IP2” & “destination Port2” Click on “Save Configuration” button to save the changes Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 31 -...

  • Page 33: Configuring Se5404 In Udp Mode

    SE5404 can be configured on a UDP mode to establish connection using unicast data from the serial device to one or multiple host computer. Vice versa is also true. There are 2 UDP communication Modes： Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 32 -...
  • Page 34 Figure 3.24 Com 1 setup –UDP mode On “Local port “ enter “4660 ”. On “destination IP” enter “10.0. 0.1 “~”10” On “destination port “ enter “4660”. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 33 -...
  • Page 35 Figure 3.26 Data Transmission in a UDP Master(Client) Mode . Slave (Server) Mode：To establish a connection using unicast data from one or multiple host computer to a serial device.(Figure 3.27) Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 34 -...
  • Page 36 NOTE ： The configuration is limited by the Local Listening Port (For example, on the SE5404 listening the port is 4660 which receiv es data from the Host Computer Figure 3.27 Data Transmission in a UDP Slave (server) Mode Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 35 -...

  • Page 37: System Configuration

    NTP server’s IP address. In addition, one may assign a time zone to match where ones location is(Figure 3.28). Don’t check “Enable NTP” If one want to configure system date and time manually. Figure 3.28 System-NTP setup Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 36 -...

  • Page 38: Changing Password

    5. Click on “Save Configuration” to update the password. Note: (1) One may press the Default key on the product to reset password to the default value. (2) Login Password is case sensitive. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 37 -...

  • Page 39: Set To Default

    3.4.4 Restart Press “Restart” button to restart SE5404, the restart will be completed when the RUN LED starts blinking again (Figure 3.31). Figure 31 System-Restart Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 38 -...

  • Page 40: Using Virtual Com

    Windows Me, Windows 98, Windows 95, Microsoft NT/2000 Terminal Server, Citrix MetaFrame 4.1.2 Cautions on Use The Virtual COM driver supports firmware AP v3.0 or later for the SE5404 Ethernet Serial Server. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 39 -...

  • Page 41: Limitation

    Select Serial IP in the list of installed software. Click the Add/Remove button to remove the program, or From Windows Start menu select Programs, Serial IP for ATOP, Uninstall Serial IP to remove the program. 4.2 Virtual COM communications 4.2.1 Enabling Virtual COM on SE5404 From the web browser, access SE5404 by typing its IP address.

  • Page 42: Running Serial/Ip On Monitoring Pc

    Ethernet Serial Server SE5404 4.2.2 Running Serial/IP on monitoring PC On Window Start Menu, go to \program\serial/IP for ATOP\control panel\Select Port\, then select the serial port. Then the “ Serial I/P for Atop Control Panel” window appears ( Figure 4.4).
  • Page 43 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. - 42 -...

  • Page 44: Snmp Setup

    The following screen shall appear, on Addresses field, Enter in the IP address range for searching(Figure 5.1). Figure 5.1 NetworkView-IP discovery parameters setup Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 43 -...
  • Page 45 NOTE: 1. NetworkView is limited to information extracting and viewing only. 2. 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. - 44 -...

  • Page 46: Writing Ones Own Applications

    One may start the sample program tcptest.vbp to test different functions. For more information, please press Help.. NOTE: Be sure Microsoft visual studio family or its equivalent software is installed. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 45 -...

  • Page 47: Tcptest2 In Visual C

    A modem can also be used 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 © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 46 -...

  • Page 48: Diagnostics

    The TCP Server is connected. The system is configured as a TCP Client and not yet connected. The system is configured as a TCP Client and trying to Connect. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 47 -...

  • Page 49: Using Tcptest.exe Or Tcptest2.Exe Sample Program

    7.3 Using TCPTEST.EXE or TCPTEST2.EXE Sample Program Sample programs TCPTEST.EXE and TCPTEST2.EXE can be used to check the status of SE5404. Refer to chapter 6.2 for running the sample programs. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 48 -...

  • Page 50: Appendix A: Specification

    6) Flow Control: None, Hardware CTS/RTS, Software Xon/Xoff LED indication RUN * 1 100Mbps LAN * 2 LAN Active *2 COM Port TX* 4 COM Port RX* 4 Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 49 -...

  • Page 51: Software Specification

    TCP transmitting buffer size = 16K bytes RS-232 or RS-485/RS-422 receiving buffer size = 4K bytes RS-232 or RS-485/RS-422 transmitting buffer size = 4K bytes Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 50 -...

  • Page 52: Panel Layout And Connector Pin Assignments

    User manual Version 1.2 ® ABLELink Ethernet Serial Server SE5404 A.3 Panel Layout and Connector Pin Assignments A.3.1. Panel Layout A.3.1.1 DB9 for SE5404 (RS-232/RS-422/RS-485) Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 51 -...
  • Page 53 User manual Version 1.2 ® ABLELink Ethernet Serial Server SE5404 A.3.1.2 SE5404-S5is (only RS-422/RS-485) Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 52 -...

  • Page 54: Db9 Pin Assignments

    For SE5404-S5is For SE5404-S5is Data+ Data- SG (Signal Ground) SG (Signal Ground) A.3.3.3 Ethernet Port (RJ-45) Pin Assignments 1. Category 5 UTP cable, 8 core wires. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 53 -...

  • Page 55: Note: Device Will Not Be Damage If The Polarity Is Reverse

    NOTE: Device will not be damage if the polarity is reverse. A.4 Buzzer/LED Message A.4.1 Buzzer “ ^ “: Beep twice “ = “: Beep off Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 54 -...

  • Page 56: Lan

    Description LED on AP firmware malfunction or power is not properly on. LED blinking (rate: 0.5Sec) AP firmware is running Table 4. RUN LED Message Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 55 -...

  • Page 57: Appendix B: Upgrading System Firmware

    It takes around 5 seconds to complete the programming process. If an error occurs during the programming process, SE5404 will clear the corresponding memory and the system remains the same before the process. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 56 -...

  • Page 58: Error Messages

    SE5404 handshaking problem SE5404 ACK Start Address Error SE5404 ACK Length Error SE5404 Response Command Error Configuration file Remote IP not found Open configuration file failure Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 57 -...

  • Page 59: Appendix C: Running Monitor.exe Utility

    2 Select the device to be configured from IP Address. Click on the “Config” button, a configuration dialog box will popup as shown in Figure C2: Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 58 -...
  • Page 60 Specify the number of times that an Invite request is re-sent. Locate Locate the specified device. Reset Reset the selected device. Config Configure the selected device. Exit Exit this utility. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 59 -...
  • Page 61 Indicates the AP version of the responding device. Indicates the model number of the responding device. This field is only available Model for monitor.exe version 2.0 and above. Copyright © 2007 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan. - 60 -...

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