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WWW.INFOPULSAS.LT / info@infopulsas.lt Atop Technologies, Inc. 1-port Modbus Gateway MB5001C/MB5001C-Sis User’s Manual Version 1.0 Updated on 2010/07/28 Tel: 886-3-5508137 Fax: 886-3-5508131 http://www.atop.com.tw...
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MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway 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...
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CD attached. FCC WARNING Class A for 1-port Modbus Gateway(MB5001C/MB5001C-Sis) This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Contents 1. Introduction ....................5 1.1 Packaging ........................5 2. Hardware Setup .................... 6 2.1 LED Indicators ....................... 7 2.1.1 LAN LED ......................7 2.1.2 COM Port LED ...................... 8 2.1.3 RUN LED ......................8 2.2 Installation Procedures ....................
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User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway 5.1 SNMP Network Management Platform ................ 22 5.2 Using NetworkView as an Example ................22 6. Diagnostics ....................24 6.1 Use Standard TCP/IP Utility Ping Command ..............24 6.2 Use DeviceView Configuration Utility Program ............24 Appendix A: Management Utility ...............
Please check ones package contains the following items: Atop MB5001C or MB5001C-Sis Modbus Gateway x 1 5 pins Terminal Block for Serial Connector x 1 (only for MB5001C-Sis) 3 pins Terminal Block for Power Connector x 1 (only for MB5001C-Sis) ...
2. Hardware Setup NOTE: 1. MB5001C (for RS-232), MB5001C-Sis (for RS422/485). Panel layout in Appendix A.3.1 2. One can press the reset button of MB5001C to reset the settings to the default value Figure 2.1 shows the interfaces. Figure 2.1 MB5001C interfaces.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Figure 2.2 MB5001C-Sis interfaces 2.1 LED Indicators 2.1.1 LAN LED Message Description Ethernet Disconnected Blinking with Green Data is transmitting on Ethernet for 100Mbps Blinking with Orange Data is transmitting on Ethernet for 10Mbps Table 1.
PC is in the same network sub-net as MB5001C. Step 3: Connect MB5001C‟s serial port to a serial device. Step 4: Placement options. One can mount MB5001C to a wall/panel (Mounting screws included) or Din-Rail rack (Require optional item model: Din-Rail-Kit DK-25).
Figure 3.2 Static IP setup dialog window 3.1.2 Auto IP (Dynamic IP) A DHCP server can automatically assign the IP address and network settings. MB5001C supports the DHCP function. By default, the DHCP function on MB5001C is disabled; one can use DeviceView software to search network information automatically by following steps:...
(Figure 3.4) Figure 3.4 Login to the system Note: One can press the default button of MB5001C 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...
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Figure 3.6 Show Configuration This page gives one the general information of MB5001C including IP address, Gateway, subnet mask, and serial information of the device. 3.2.2 IP Setup Select “2” from “Input choice and enter (1~8,a~f):” to Setup IP:( Figure 3.7) Figure 3.7 IP Setup...
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway 3.2.5 COM1 Setup Select “5” from “Input choice and enter (1~8,a~f):” to Setup COM1. One can then give the COM port alias name, set the baud rate and parity, determine number of data bit and stop bit, and decide if one want to use flow control and the type of flow control one want to use.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Figure 3.11 Link1 Setup 3.2.9 Change Password 1. Select “c” from “Input choice and enter (1~8,a~f):”. The following screen (Figure 3.12) illustrates how to change default empty password to “1111”. Figure 3.12 change the password 2.
1. Make sure one PC is located on the same network sub-net as MB5001C 2. Open a web browser, then type in the IP address of MB5001C to be configured. Default user name is admin and default password is null (leave it blank).
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Figure 3.17 Overview 3.3.2 Change Password 1. Click on the “Security” link and the following screen appears.( Figure 3.18) Figure 3.18 Change the password 2. Please input the old password in the “Old Password” field, input the new password in the “New Password”...
1. The default Baud Rate of MB5001C is 9600 and it is associated with serial port COM respectively. 2. The default value for data packet delimiter is 0. When the delimiter is set to 0 (Auto), MB5001C will automatically chooses the optimal delimiter according to the baud rate.
3.4 Assign a New IP Address by ARP Command Use ARP command to assign a static IP address of MB5001C using its hardware MAC address. The MAC address is printed on the rear side of device in the format of "0060E9-xxxxxx". The following example shows how it works within MS-DOS command prompt window.
5. SNMP Setup 5.1 SNMP Network Management Platform MB5001C is an SNMP device that allows many popular SNMP Network management platforms such as HP Open View. Depending on the network management tools one are using, device MB5001C information can be collected from running the management tools including IP address, DNS name, system descriptions and NIC information etc.
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User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Figure 5.2 Searching progress 3. After the search is completed, NetworkView will display the devices found in the main window, as shown below (Figure 5.3). Figure 5.3 NetworkView display the devices found 4.
MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway 6. Diagnostics There are several ways one can check on the status and availability of MB5001C. 6.1 Use Standard TCP/IP Utility Ping Command From Windows Start menu, select Run and type in “ping <TCP Server IP address>”.
Appendix A: Management Utility A.1. DeviceView utility Introduction DeviceView utility, developed by ATOP, is a special tool for device management and configuration. It can realize the daily management on various ATOP network devices for address search, device positioning, parameter configuring, and firmware downloading.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway A.3. Functions A.3.1. Device Search This function is applied to search devices in the network. There are four methods to search devices, Search by Broadcast, Search by IP addresses, Search by MAC addresses and Rescanning devices by using the current search method.
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User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway 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 own requirement. Search by IP address Once “Search by IP Address”...
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User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway 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”...
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Rescan Once the user click the “Rescan” button on the toolbar, the DeviceView utility shall re-search devices by using the current search way. A.3.2. Firmware This function is applied to downloading a firmware into the selected device. The user can enter the window for downloading by firstly clicking a designated network device, and then selecting the submenu option “Firmware Download”...
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User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway And then the user can select and download the required firmware from the disk, as shown in the figure below. 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.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway A.3.3. Configuration This function is for device configuration to set up parameters, to import and to export the parameters, and to set up some options. Here is the list of configurations: “Network”, “SNMP”, “COM Port”, “Locate”, “Reset”, “Import Setting”, “Export Setting”, “Virtual COM”, “Config by browser”...
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User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Network The user can modify the IP address of any selected device, shown as the figure below. You can statically assign IP address, Subnet mask, and Gateway. Optionally, you can set up the device with a host name.
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User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Locate The user can apply this function to locate a device when its IP address is known, but its position is unknown. If a device is selected, the device will appear to sing.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Options The option is mainly applied to setting some common working rules of DeviceView utility, such as the device search time interval or whether to display any device information tip. The dialog is shown in the figure below.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Note: It could be reversed for the pin of VIN- and VIN+. B.4 Buzzer/LED Message B.4.1 Buzzer “ ^ “: Beep twice “ = “: Beep off Message Description ^===^===^===^===^===^===^... (1sec) Watchdog problem, return service is required ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^...
Remote_IP 10.0.50.100 Load U5001ap.hex The first line identifies the IP address of MB5001C, the second line identifies the firmware (.Hex file) name to be downloaded. 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.
If MB5001C does not receive any upgrading data within 30 seconds, MB5001C will restart automatically and the system remains intact. After the upgrading process finishes, MB5001C will program the flash memory and buzzer beeps 6 times then restarts. Normally, it takes around 10 seconds to complete the programming process. If an error occurs during the programming process, MB5001C will clear the corresponding memory and the system remains intact of what it was.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway C.3 Error Messages Firmware upgrade may not be successful if errors occur during the process. Error Cause Message Comments Illegal Hex file format Hex File Text Error Hex File Check-Sum Error...
MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Appendix D: Disable System Firmware The AP (application program) firmware of MB5001C can be disabled. This function is used in the situation that one downloaded a wrong version of firmware that caused the system crashed.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Appendix E: Specification Specifications System 16-bit x86 Embedded CPU Flash 512K Bytes DRAM 512K Bytes EEPROM 512 Bytes Watchdog Hardware built-in Ethernet Compliance IEEE802.3 Port 1-port Transmission Rate 10/100Mbps Auto-detection Connector...
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