Black Box RS-485 manual

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68

Go to page of

A good user manual

The rules should oblige the seller to give the purchaser an operating instrucion of Black Box RS-485, along with an item. The lack of an instruction or false information given to customer shall constitute grounds to apply for a complaint because of nonconformity of goods with the contract. In accordance with the law, a customer can receive an instruction in non-paper form; lately graphic and electronic forms of the manuals, as well as instructional videos have been majorly used. A necessary precondition for this is the unmistakable, legible character of an instruction.

What is an instruction?

The term originates from the Latin word „instructio”, which means organizing. Therefore, in an instruction of Black Box RS-485 one could find a process description. An instruction's purpose is to teach, to ease the start-up and an item's use or performance of certain activities. An instruction is a compilation of information about an item/a service, it is a clue.

Unfortunately, only a few customers devote their time to read an instruction of Black Box RS-485. A good user manual introduces us to a number of additional functionalities of the purchased item, and also helps us to avoid the formation of most of the defects.

What should a perfect user manual contain?

First and foremost, an user manual of Black Box RS-485 should contain:
- informations concerning technical data of Black Box RS-485
- name of the manufacturer and a year of construction of the Black Box RS-485 item
- rules of operation, control and maintenance of the Black Box RS-485 item
- safety signs and mark certificates which confirm compatibility with appropriate standards

Why don't we read the manuals?

Usually it results from the lack of time and certainty about functionalities of purchased items. Unfortunately, networking and start-up of Black Box RS-485 alone are not enough. An instruction contains a number of clues concerning respective functionalities, safety rules, maintenance methods (what means should be used), eventual defects of Black Box RS-485, and methods of problem resolution. Eventually, when one still can't find the answer to his problems, he will be directed to the Black Box service. Lately animated manuals and instructional videos are quite popular among customers. These kinds of user manuals are effective; they assure that a customer will familiarize himself with the whole material, and won't skip complicated, technical information of Black Box RS-485.

Why one should read the manuals?

It is mostly in the manuals where we will find the details concerning construction and possibility of the Black Box RS-485 item, and its use of respective accessory, as well as information concerning all the functions and facilities.

After a successful purchase of an item one should find a moment and get to know with every part of an instruction. Currently the manuals are carefully prearranged and translated, so they could be fully understood by its users. The manuals will serve as an informational aid.

Table of contents for the manual

  • Page 1

    LE S3 01A us er m anu al B L A C K B O X ® A c c e s s a s e r i a l R S- 2 3 2 o r R S- 42 2/ 48 5 d e v i c e o v e r a 1 0 - or 1 0 0 - Mbps net work. • Re mo t ely mo n it or , ma n age , an d c on tr ol a n i nd ust ri a l devi c e in t he f iel d . • Ea sy to c onf ig u re t h ro ug h a W eb b ro wser , ser i al c on so le , T el ne t ?[...]

  • Page 2

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 2 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om T rademark s Us ed in this Manua l W e ‘ re he r e t o h el p! If y o u h av e a n y q ue s t i on s a bo ut y o u r a p p l i c a t i o n or o ur p rod ucts, c on tact Bl ack B o x T ech S upp ort at 7 2 4 -74 6 - 5 5 0 0 or go t o blac kbo[...]

  • Page 3

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 3 LE S3 01A us er m anu al FC C and IC RF I Stat ements Feder al Comm uni cati ons Commi ssion and Ind us try Canada Rad io F requency Interference S tatements This e quipmen t generates, uses, and c an radiate radio -freq uenc y energy , and if not installed and used p[...]

  • Page 4

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 4 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om NOM Stat ement Instrucc iones de Segu ridad ( Normas Ofic ia les Mexicanas E lectrica l Safety Stat ement) 1 . T o das las instrucciones de seguridad y operación d eberán ser leídas ant es de que el apara to el éctrico sea operado. 2 . Las[...]

  • Page 5

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 5 LE S3 01A us er m anu al T able of Content s C h a p t e r P a g e 1 . Specific ations ........................................................................................................................................................................ 7 1 . 1 Hard[...]

  • Page 6

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 6 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om T able of Content s C h a p t e r P a g e 5. Using Vir tual C OM ............................................................................................................................................................... 37 5 . 1 Se tu p o[...]

  • Page 7

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 7 LE S3 01A us er m anu al Cha pter 1: Specif icat ions 1 . Spe cificati ons 1 . 1 Hardwa re Speci ficat ions Baud Rate — 1 2 00 bps to 230 kbps CPU — 1 6 -bit embedded CPU , 1 00 M Hz Data Bits — 7 , 8 EEPRO M — 5 1 2 b y t e s Flash Memo r y — 5 1 2 KB Flow [...]

  • Page 8

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 8 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Cha pter 1: Specif icat ions 1 . 3 DB9 P in Assignments T able 1 - 1 shows the LES301 A unit’ s DB9 connector pin assignments. T able 1 - 1 . DB9 connec tor pin assignments. Pin RS -232 full- duplex 2-W ire R S - 4 85 hal f- dup lex RS - 422[...]

  • Page 9

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 9 LE S3 01A us er m anu al Cha pter 1: Specif icat ions 1 .5 Power T ermi na l Block C onnec t or F . G. VIN- VI N + Figure 1 - 2. T ermin al block signa ls. NOTE: VI N - and V IN + can be reverse d. 1 .6 Buzz er/ LE D Message 1 .6. 1 Buzz er “ ^ ”: Be ep twice “=[...]

  • Page 10

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 1 0 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Cha pter 1: Specif icat ions 1 .6.4 RUN LED T able 1 - 6. RU N L ED . Message Descr ipt ion LED o n Jum per JP1 Pin 1 and Pin 2 ar e sh or t; this dis abl es AP fir mware in flash me mor y LED is blink ing at t he rate o nce ever y 0.5 se c [...]

  • Page 11

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 1 1 LE S3 01A us er m anu al Chapte r 2 : Over view 2. Over vie w 2. 1 Intr oduc ti on The LES3 0 1 A E th er ne t Ser ia l Se rver is a g at ew ay betwe en Et he rne t (T C P/ IP) and RS - 23 2 or RS -4 8 5 / RS- 42 2 c om mu ni ca ti on s. Th e inf ormation transmitte[...]

  • Page 12

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 1 2 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Chapte r 2 : Over view DB 9 m a l e s e r i al port DC 9 –30 V Re set but to n RJ - 4 5 10 - / 10 0 - M b p s por t DI N rail screw hole W allmount screw hole Figure 2 - 2. T op panel. DB 9 m a l e s e r i al port Figure 2 -3 . Fron t pane[...]

  • Page 13

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 1 3 LE S3 01A us er m anu al Chapte r 2 : Over view TCP Client M ode : LE S30 1 A can be co nf ig ur ed as a T C P cl ien t on T C P/ IP netwo rk to estab li sh a co nn ecti on wi th oth er applications (s er ver ) in the host computer ac tively . Af ter the connection [...]

  • Page 14

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 1 4 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Cha pter 3 : Hardw ar e Setup 3. Har dwar e Setup NOTE: Figures 2- 1 through 2- 3 in Chapter 2 show the LES30 1 A unit ’s back, top, and front view s. NOTE: T o reset the settings to the default value, pres s the LES30 1 A ‘s reset butto[...]

  • Page 15

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om P age 1 5 LE S3 01A us er m anu al Cha pter 3 : Hardw ar e Setup 3. 1 . 2 COM P or t LED T able 3-2 . C O M p ort L ED mes sage. Message Descr ipt ion Off No dat a is t ransmi tte d o n th e COM por t LED i s blinking Data is trans mit ted on the COM p or t 3. 1 . 3 RU N LED [...]

  • Page 16

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 1 6 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Cha pter 4 : Soft war e Setup 4. Sof t wa re Setu p The LES301 A Ethe rnet Serial S er ver is shipped with defa ult settings shown in T able 4 - 1 . T able 4 - 1 . D efa ult s oft ware set tings. Prope r ty D efault va lue IP a ddre ss 10.0.[...]

  • Page 17

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 1 7 LE S3 01A us er m anu al Cha pter 4 : Soft war e Setup Figure 4 - 2. Static I P s etup dialog window . 4. 1 .2 Auto IP (Dynamic IP) A DHC P serve r ca n au t om at ica ll y ass i gn t he IP ad dr ess an d netw ork sett in gs . The LES3 0 1 A s upp orts th e DHC P fu[...]

  • Page 18

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 1 8 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Cha pter 4 : Soft war e Setup 4. 2 Con figu rat ion b y T el net Uti li t y Y ou can use the T elnet utility to change configur ation settings of the LES301 A . 4. 2. 1 Log in to the S ystem Open the MS - DOS ® c o m m a nd pr o m pt wi n d[...]

  • Page 19

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om P age 1 9 LE S3 01A us er m anu al Cha pter 4 : Soft war e Setup Figure 4 - 6. O ver view . Th is page giv es you gene r al in fo rm at io n abo ut the LES30 1 A, in cl ud in g IP a nd MA C addr es s, S NMP in f or ma ti on , k er ne l an d AP inf ormation , and connection st[...]

  • Page 20

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 2 0 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Cha pter 4 : Soft war e Setup 4. 2.2 N etworki ng Selec t “ 2 ” from “Input choice and enter ( 0 – 4) :” to enter the Net working pag e ( see Figure 4 - 7). Figure 4 - 7 . Net work s ett ings. This pag e allows you to change the LE[...]

  • Page 21

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om P a ge 2 1 LE S3 01A us er m anu al Cha pter 4 : Soft war e Setup 4. 2.3 Change t he Password 1 . Sel ect “ 3” fr om “In pu t ch oi ce and en te r (0 – 4):” an d th e f ol lo win g sc re en appe ars (see F ig ur e 4- 8). Figure 4 - 8. C hange the pas sword. 2 . T o [...]

  • Page 22

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 2 2 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Cha pter 4 : Soft war e Setup The page enables you to confi gure C OM 1 paramete r set tings, includi ng C O M working mode, p or t parameters, enabli ng or disabling serial buffer’ s data, and set ting packet delimiter . F i gu re 4- 1 0.[...]

  • Page 23

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 2 3 LE S3 01A us er m anu al Cha pter 4 : Soft war e Setup Figure 4 - 1 1 . Link M ode —T CP ser ver setup. 4. 2.5 Con figu re the L ES30 1 A as a TCP C li ent 1 . T ype “ 2 ” at the “Input choice ( 1–5) and enter :“ prompt (se e Figure 4 - 1 1) 2 . Input th[...]

  • Page 24

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 2 4 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Cha pter 4 : Soft war e Setup Figure 4 - 1 2. Link mod e TC P clien t setup. 4. 2.6 Con fig ure th e LES30 1 A as a UDP Cl ient For exa mpl e , th e loc al port is 4660, the desti n at io n IP is 1 0 .0 .2 9 .2 54 , an d th e dest in a tio n[...]

  • Page 25

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Page 2 5 LE S3 01A us er m anu al Cha pter 4 : Soft war e Setup 4. 2. 7 C OM Port Se tting T y pe “ 2 ” at the “Input choice and enter (1 – 4) :” prompt for C OM 1 . The following screen will appear . Y ou can then give the C OM port an al i as n am e , set the bau [...]

  • Page 26

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 2 6 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Cha pter 4 : Soft war e Setup 4. 2.9 Settin g Pack et Deli mit er Pack et d elimi ter is a way of controll ing packets within s erial commun ication. It can preve nt pack ets from being cut, thus keeping th e pa ck ets co mp let e . The LES [...]

  • Page 27

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 2 7 LE S3 01A us er m anu al Cha pter 4 : Soft war e Setup 5. Clic k on the ” Rest art” but ton to activate the change. Y ou can also m odify various settings throu gh the Web ser ver int er face . T o do so, follow the steps below . 4.3. 1 Log in to t he System 1 .[...]

  • Page 28

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 2 8 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Cha pter 4 : Soft war e Setup Figure 4 - 1 9. O ver view . 4.3. 2 Change t he Passwor d and RS -23 2 / RS - 4 85 / RS - 42 2 T ype Selec t ion 1 . Cl ick on the “Securit y” link and the screen shown in Figure 4 -2 0 ap pears. Figure 4 - [...]

  • Page 29

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 2 9 LE S3 01A us er m anu al Cha pter 4 : Soft war e Setup 2 . T y pe in the old pass word in the “ Old Password” field, t yp e in the new password in the “New Pass word ” and the “Verified Password” fields, and then click on “Save Conf iguration ” to up[...]

  • Page 30

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 30 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Cha pter 4 : Soft war e Setup Figure 4 - 22 . N et work setup.[...]

  • Page 31

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pag e 3 1 LE S3 01A us er m anu al Cha pter 4 : Soft war e Setup 4.3. 4 Con fig ure the L ES30 1 A as a T CP Ser ver Y ou can config ure the L ES30 1 A with transpar ent m ode as the d ef ault. 1 . Cl ick on the “C OM 1 ” lin k. 2 . C onfigure the LES30 1 A as a TC P ser [...]

  • Page 32

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 3 2 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Cha pter 4 : Soft war e Setup Figure 4 - 2 4. C OM 1 setup — TC P s er ver . NO TES : 1 . The de fa ul t port n um ber for the LES3 0 1 A is 4660 and it i s ass oc ia ted wi th seri a l port C OM 1 res pect iv ely . Afte r yo ur appl ic [...]

  • Page 33

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Page 3 3 LE S3 01A us er m anu al Cha pter 4 : Soft war e Setup 7 . In pu t th e err or re tryi ng t ime at the “W ait in g Ti me Betwee n Re-co nn ect A tte mp ts (0 min u te , 1– 2 5 5):” pr omp t . Inp ut “ 0 ” to disable the func tion; input “2 ” and the ser[...]

  • Page 34

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 34 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Cha pter 4 : Soft war e Setup Figure 4 - 26. C OM 1 setup — pair connec tion. C onfigur e the LES30 1 A as U DP mode. The lo cal por t is 4 660, the d estination I P is 1 0.0.29 .254, and the destination p or t is 4 660.[...]

  • Page 35

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pag e 3 5 LE S3 01A us er m anu al Cha pter 4 : Soft war e Setup Figure 4 - 2 7 . C OM1 setup — UD P mode. 1 . C l ic k on “Sa v e C on f ig ur at io n ” to sav e the ch an ges . 2 . If the update is suc cessful, the following screen appears. Figure 4 - 28. Confi gurati[...]

  • Page 36

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 36 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Cha pter 4 : Soft war e Setup Figure 4 - 29 . MS - DOS command prompt window . Ste p 2 : C ha n g e t o n e w IP vi a T el n e t Po rt 1 . • In pu t “ te ln et 1 0 .0 . 50 . 1 0 1 1 ” NOTE: The T elnet will fail , and the LES30 1 A will[...]

  • Page 37

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Page 3 7 LE S3 01A us er m anu al Cha pter 5 : Using Vir tua l C OM 5. Usi ng Vir tu al C OM Vi rtu a l C OM d r i v er m od e f o r wi n d o ws c o n v ert s C OM d a ta t o LAN d at a t o c on tr ol th e RS- 2 3 2 p ort o n a n L E S3 0 1 A vi a t h e LAN . By cr e a t i ng[...]

  • Page 38

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 38 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Cha pter 5 : Using Vir tua l C OM 5. 1 . 3 Limi tatio n Th e Vi rtu a l C OM dr i ve r e n a bl e s y ou t o s el e ct up t o 2 56 C OM p o rts a s V i rt u a l C OM p ort s i n a Se r i a l Ma n a g er P C . Y ou c a n s e l ect f r o m a l [...]

  • Page 39

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om P age 3 9 LE S3 01A us er m anu al Cha pter 5 : Using Vir tua l C OM Figure 5 -3 . En able Vir tual C OM via T elnet. 5.2. 2 Run Ser ia l / IP on P C In the Window S tar t Menu, go to “Pr ograms, ” s elect “Serial / IP” and selec t “ C ontrol Panel. ” When the “[...]

  • Page 40

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 40 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Cha pter 5 : Using Vir tua l C OM Figu re 5 - 4. Seria l / I P configura tio n. On the right side of Figure 5 - 4 is a sample Vir tual C OM C ontr ol Panel w indow . On the lef t side is the list of the C OM por ts that y o u h av e s el e ct[...]

  • Page 41

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om P age 4 1 LE S3 01A us er m anu al Cha pter 5 : Using Vir tua l C OM 5. Cl ick the “C onfiguration Wizard” but ton and then click the “S tart” but ton that appears in the wizard window . T his impor tant st ep v er ifi es tha t th e Vi rtua l C OMR edi r ecto r ca n c[...]

  • Page 42

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 4 2 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Cha pter 6 : SNMP Setup 6. SNMP Setup 6. 1 SNMP Net work Ma nagement P latform LES30 1 A is an SNM P device that allows many popular SN MP net work management plat forms such as HP ® O p e nV i e w ® an d S unNe t Ma na ge r to co nd uct S[...]

  • Page 43

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 4 3 LE S3 01A us er m anu al Cha pter 6 : SNMP Setup Figure 6 -3 . Net workView displays the devices found . 4. Do ub le-cli ck on th e de vic e ic o n to di spl a y in f or ma ti on abou t th e dev ic e , i nc lu di ng IP Add r ess , C om pa n y , Sy sLoc at ion ( Max [...]

  • Page 44

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 4 4 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Cha pter 7: Start W r it ing Y our Own Appli cati ons 7 . Star t W rit ing Y our Own Applicat ions Before you star t writing hos t applications or programs to interact with LES30 1 A, mak e sure you have done the followi ng. 7 . 1 Prepari ng[...]

  • Page 45

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pag e 4 5 LE S3 01A us er m anu al Cha pter 7: Start W r it ing Y our Own Appli cati ons 7 . 2. 2 T CP TEST2 in Visu al C T o st art the program, t ype in the following command in the command line prompt: T C PTE S T2 IP _ A dd r e ss P o rt_ N u mb e r Figure 7 - 2. TC P tes[...]

  • Page 46

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 46 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Cha pter 8 : Di agn os t ics 8. Diag nostics There are several ways that you can check on the s tatus and avail ability of the L ES30 1 A. 8. 1 Use the Sta ndard T CP/ IP Uti li t y Pin g Comman d From Window s “Start” menu, sele ct “Ru[...]

  • Page 47

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 4 7 LE S3 01A us er m anu al Appendix A : U pgr ade System Fir mw ar e Appendix A: Upgrade S ystem Fi rmw are After a new version of firmwar e is released, you can download it from w w w. blackbox. com. Af ter you download the firmwa re, follow the instructions listed b[...]

  • Page 48

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 48 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Appendix A : U pgr ade System Fir mw ar e Figure A -3. D ownl oad f inished screen. A .2 Crit ical Issues of Upgr adi ng 1 . Y ou can ab ort th e up gr ad in g pr oc ess by pre ssi ng the “E sc ” k e y on t he ho st PC dur in g th e up gr[...]

  • Page 49

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 4 9 LE S3 01A us er m anu al Appendix B : Disable System F irm wa re Appendix B: Disable S ystem Fi rmw are The application progra m (AP ) LES301 A firmwa re can be disabled. D o this if you dow nloaded a wrong version of firmwar e that ca use d th e syst em to cra sh .[...]

  • Page 50

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 50 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Appendix C : Using Seria lM ana ger Uti l it y Appendix C: Using Ser ia lMan ager Uti li t y C . 1 Seri alM anager Ut il ity Intr oduc ti on The SerialManager utility is a special tool for device mana gement and configura tion. Us e it daily [...]

  • Page 51

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 5 1 LE S3 01A us er m anu al Appendix C : Using Seria lM ana ger Uti l it y Figure C -2 . Main menu. Alternatively , you c an sel ect the search m ethod by clicking the “Rescan but ton ” on the toolbar . Figure C -3 . Resc an button. Broadc as t S earch Once “Broa[...]

  • Page 52

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 5 2 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Appendix C : Using Seria lM ana ger Uti l it y Figure C - 4. Broad cast S earch s creen. Search by IP Addre ss Once “Search by IP Address” is selec ted, an int er face will p op up. Here, you have t wo o ptions: “Selec t an IP address [...]

  • Page 53

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pag e 5 3 LE S3 01A us er m anu al Appendix C : Using Seria lM ana ger Uti l it y Figure C - 6. S earch Dev ices by MAC Addresse s screen. Res can Once you click the “Rescan ” but ton on the toolbar , the SerialManager utility will re- search devices by using the current [...]

  • Page 54

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 54 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Appendix C : Using Seria lM ana ger Uti l it y Figure C - 8 . Ser ialManag er s creen. Y ou can selec t and d ownload the required firmware from the disk. Y ou can also selec t several same devices at one time, and update the firmware by s el[...]

  • Page 55

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om P age 5 5 LE S3 01A us er m anu al Appendix C : Using Seria lM ana ger Uti l it y C . 3.3 Configur ation Us e th is fu ncti on t o se t up par am et ers in the de vi ce con f ig ur a tio n , to imp ort an d t o expo rt the par a me te rs, and to se t up some op ti o n s. Y o [...]

  • Page 56

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 56 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Appendix C : Using Seria lM ana ger Uti l it y SNMP Y ou can modif y S NMP set tings of any sele cted device. The suppor ted SNMP fields are Name, Location, and Con tac t. NO TE: Th is fun cti on wil l be en ab led aft er a s uc ce ssfu l l o[...]

  • Page 57

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pag e 5 7 LE S3 01A us er m anu al Appendix C : Using Seria lM ana ger Uti l it y F i gu re C - 1 3 . C O M P o rts Se tti ng sc re e n . Y ou can als o sel ect se ve ra l de vic es at onc e , an d ca rry out the co nf ig ur a tio n f or the m at the sa me tim e by sele ctin [...]

  • Page 58

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 58 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Appendix C : Using Seria lM ana ger Uti l it y C OM pr ope rty rep re sen ts th e pa r ame t er of th e se ri al port in cl ud in g: ser ia l po rt t ype , bau d r at e , da ta bit, sto p bi t, p ari ty bi t, d ata pack et delimit er , and fl[...]

  • Page 59

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Page 5 9 LE S3 01A us er m anu al Appendix C : Using Seria lM ana ger Uti l it y Expor t Set tings Y ou can save the parameter informa tion to a s tandard device int o a paramet er file through the submenu o ption “Ex por t s etting “ or by clicking the “Expor t set tin[...]

  • Page 60

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 60 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Appendix C : Using Seria lM ana ger Uti l it y Figure C - 1 6. Web brows er . Configure by T elne t Most dev ic es s up port T el ne t log i n. It wi ll pro vi de ad di ti on al devi c e-spec if ic par am et ers th at Seri a lMa na ge r does [...]

  • Page 61

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om P age 6 1 LE S3 01A us er m anu al Appendix C : Using Seria lM ana ger Uti l it y C .3.4 Security This func tion is applied to the s ecurity protection for the net work devices, to protect the device w hen mo difying, leading-in, leading- out configura tion, and some other im[...]

  • Page 62

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 6 2 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Appendix C : Using Seria lM ana ger Uti l it y Figure C - 20. Change Pas sword s creen. C .3.5 Vir tu al C OM So m e de v i c es s u p po rt v irt ua l s er i a l po rt f u n ct io n . Y ou c a n c on fi g u r e t h e se d e vi c e s vi a ?[...]

  • Page 63

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 6 3 LE S3 01A us er m anu al Appendix C : Using Seria lM ana ger Uti l it y Figure C -22 . V ir tual C OM wo rking a rea. Selec t the device you want to establish a V irtual C O M connec tion with — you can sele ct multiple d evices. Af ter the device is selec ted, ri[...]

  • Page 64

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 64 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Appendix C : Using Seria lM ana ger Uti l it y Figure C - 23. Add devices. The device is add ed. Right-click on any p ort and a menu w ill appear . Y ou can remove the device from the V irtual C OM working a r e a b y s el e ct i n g “ Re m[...]

  • Page 65

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pag e 6 5 LE S3 01A us er m anu al Appendix C : Using Seria lM ana ger Uti l it y Figure C -2 4. Mapping drop- dow n menu. If you s elec t Por t Mapping… , a new window will appear . Y ou c an set up the Vir tual C OM acc ordingly . F i gu re C - 2 5 . Vi rt u a l C OM Se t[...]

  • Page 66

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Pa ge 66 LE S3 01A us er m anu al 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om Appendix C : Using Seria lM ana ger Uti l it y Figure C -2 6. SerialM anager scree n.[...]

  • Page 67

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om 72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om P age 6 7 LE S3 01A us er m anu al NO TES[...]

  • Page 68

    72 4 - 7 46 -5 50 0 | black box.c om About Bl ack Bo x Black Box provides an ex tensive range of net working and infr astruc ture product s. Y ou’l l find ever y thing from cabinets and racks a n d p o w e r a n d s u r ge p r o t e ct io n p r od u cts t o m ed i a c o n v e rt er s a nd E th e r ne t sw i t c h es a l l s u pp o rt ed by f r ee[...]