Moxa Technologies NPort 5400 Series manual

NPort 5400 Series User ’ s Manual Sixth Edition, March 2007 www .moxa.com/product Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd. Tel: +886-2-8919-1230 Fax: +886-2-8919-1231 Web: www.moxa.com MOXA Technical Support World wide: support@ moxa.com The Americas: support@us a.moxa.com[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual The software d escribed in thi s manual i s furnished u nder a license agreem ent and m ay be used onl y in accordance with the term s of that agreement. Copyright Notice Copyright © 2007 Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproducti on without perm ission is pr ohibited. Trademarks MOXA is a reg ist[...]

Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ..................................................................................... 1-1 Overview ....................................................... ................................................. 1-2 Package Checklist .............................................. ...................................[...]

Auto warning: E-m ail and SN MP trap ............................. .................. 5-27 Event Type ..................................................... ................................... 5-28 Monitor ........................................................ ................................................. 5-30 Monitor Line ....................[...]

1 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Welcome to th e MOXA NPor t 5400 Series of advance d serial device ser vers, which m ake it easy to enable network operat ion of your serial devi ces. All devi ce servers in the series c ome with four serial ports. On the NPort 5410, the serial por ts are RS-232 ports; on the NPort 5430/5430I, th e serial ports are RS-422[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Introduction 1-2 Overview NPort 5400 Series device se rvers are desi gned to ma ke your industrial serial devices Internet rea dy instantly. The compact size of NPort 5400 device serve rs make s them the ideal choice for connecting RS -232/422/ 485 serial de vices—such as PLCs, me ters, and sensors —to an I P-b[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Introduction 1-3 Product Specifications LAN Ethernet 10/10 0 Mbps, RJ 45 Protection Built-in 1.5 KV magnetic isolation NPort 5410 Serial Interface Interface RS-232 No. of Ports 4 Port Type DB9 Male Signals TxD, RxD, RTS, CTS , DTR, DSR, DCD, GND Serial Line Prot ection 15 KV ESD fo r all signals NPort 5430/5430I Se[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Introduction 1-4 Serial Communication Parameters Parity None, Even, Odd, Space, Mark Data Bits 5, 6, 7, 8 Stop Bit 1, 1.5, 2 Flow Control RTS/CTS, XON/XOFF, DSR/DTR (NPort 5410 , 5450, and 5450I only) Transmission Spee d 50 bps to 9 21.6 Kbps Software Feat ures Protocols ICMP, IP, TCP, UDP, D HCP, BOOTP, Telnet, DN[...]

2 2 Chapter 2 Getting Started This chapter includes in formation about installing NPort 5400 Series device servers. The following t opics are c overed:  Panel Layout  Connecting the Hardware ¾ Wiring Requirements ¾ Connecting the Power ¾ Grounding the NPort 5400 ¾ Connecting to the Network ¾ Connecting to a Serial Device ¾ LED Indicator[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-2 Panel Layout NPort 5410 /5450/5450I RJ45 10/100 Mbps Ethernet port T erminal Block power input LCM display panel Indicator LEDs Input buttons Male DB9 serial port Serial Device Server 5410 NP5410_61405 192.168.127.254 Power input RESET LAN V+ V- Port 1 RS-232 Port 2 RS-232 Port 3 RS-232 Port 4 R[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-3 Connecting the Hardware This section describes how to connect the NPor t 5400 to serial devices for first time testing purposes. We cove r Wiring Requirements , Connecting the Power , Grounding the NPort 5400 Series , Connecting to the Network , Connectin g to a Serial Device , and LED Indicator[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-4 ATTENTION This product i s intended to be m ounted to a well -grounded mounting surface such as a metal panel. SG : The Shielded Ground (sometimes called Pr otected Ground ) contact is the left most contac t of the 3-pin power terminal block connector whe n viewed from the angle shown here. Conn[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Getting Started 2-5 Adjustable Pull High/low Resistors for the RS-485 Port In some critical environment s, you may need to add termination resistors t o prevent the reflection of serial signals. When using te rmination resistors, it is important to set the pull high/low resistors correctly so that the elec trical s[...]

3 3 Chapter 3 Initial IP Address Configuration When setting up your NPor t 5410/5430/5430I /5450/5450I fo r the first time, the first thing you should do i s configuring t he IP address. Thi s chapter i ntroduces the m ethod to confi gure the NPort’s IP address. Select one of the initial IP Address co nfiguration methods to configure the NPort’[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 3-2 Initializing the NPort’s IP Address 1. Determine whether your NPort needs to use a Static IP or Dynamic IP (either DHCP or BOOTP application). 2. If the NPort is used in a Static IP environment, you can use LCM Display, NPort Administrat ion Suite, AR P, Web Cons ole, or Telne[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 3-3 There are four push butto ns on the N Port’s nam eplate. Going from le ft to right, t he buttons are: Button Name Action MENU men u activates the main menu, or returns to a lower level U up cursor scrolls up through a list of items shown on the LCM panel’ s second line V dow[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 3-4 Main Menu Server setting Serial number Server name Firmware ver Model name D C D D Network setting Ethernet status MAC address IP config IP address Netmask Gateway DNS server 1 DNS server 2 D D C C C C C C Serial set Select port Baud rate Data bit Stop bit Parity Flow control Tx[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 3-5 The second type of confi gurable option i s wh en there are only a small number of options from which to choose (although only one optio n will be visible at a time). Consid er the PARITY attribute under PORT S ETTING as an example. Follow the tree graph to arrive at the followi[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 3-6 Take the following steps to use ARP to con figure the IP address: 1. Obtain a valid IP a ddress for your NP ort from your network adm inistrator. 2. Obtain the NPort’s MAC address from the label on its bottom panel. 3. Execute the ‘arp -s’ comm and from your com puter’s [...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 3-7 4. Type 2 to select Netw ork settings , and then press Enter . 5. Type 1 to select IP address and then press Enter . 6. Use the Backspa ce key to erase the curre nt IP address, ty pe in the new IP address, and then press Enter .[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Initial IP Address Configuration 3-8 7. Press any key to contin ue… 8. Type m and th en press Enter to return to the main menu. 9. Type s and then pre ss Enter to Save/R estart the system. 10. Type y and then press Enter to save the new IP address and restart the NPort.[...]

4 4 Chapter 4 Choosing the Proper Operation Mode In this chapte r, we descri be the vari ous NPort 54 00 operati on modes. The options include an operation m ode that uses a d river install ed on the host c omputer, an d operati on modes th at rely on TCP/IP socket programmi ng concepts. After choosi ng the proper operation mode in this chap ter, r[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 4-2 Overview NPort device servers enable netw ork op eration of traditional RS- 232/422 /485 devices, in which a device server is a t iny comput er equipped with a CP U, real-tim e OS, and TCP/ IP protocol s that can bi-directionally translate data between the se rial and Ethernet[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 4-3 ATTENTION The driver used for Real COM Mode comes with the NPort Windows Administrator. The driver is installed automatically on your computer when you install NPort Administration Suite. The important point is t hat Real COM M ode allows use rs to continue using RS- 232/422/4[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 4-4 TCP Client Mode In TCP Client mode , the NPort ca n actively establish a TCP connection to a pre-defined ho st computer whe n serial data a rrives. After the data has been transf erred, the NPort can automatically disconnect from th e host computer by using the TCP alive check[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Choosing the Proper Operation Mode 4-5 Reverse Telnet Mode Co nso le managem ent is comm only use d by connecti ng to Con sole/AUX or COM po rts of ro uters, switches, and UPS units. Rtelnet works the same as RAW mode in that only one TCP port is listened to after booting up. The system then waits for a host on the[...]

5 5 Chapter 5 Web Console Configuration The Web Cons ole is the m ost user-frien dly way to co nfigure t he NPort 541 0/5430/54 30I. This chapter will introduce the Web Conso le function groups and fun ction definitions. Th is chapter uses the NPort 5230 as an exa mple. The f unction and definiti on is totall y the same wi th NPort 5400 series devi[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-2 Opening Your Browser 1. Open your browser with the cookie function en abled . (To enable your browser for cook ies, right click on your des ktop Internet Explorer icon, select Properties, click on the Security tab, and then select the three Enable options as shown in the figure below.)[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-3 ATTENTION Refer to Chapter 3, “Initial IP Address Configura tion,” to see how to configure the IP address. Examples shown in this chapter use the F actory Def ault IP address (1 92.168.127.254) . The NPort 5410/54 30/5430I/5450/5450I homepa ge will open. On this page, you can see a[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-4 Basic Settings Server name Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 1 to 39 characters NP[model name]_[Serial No.] Optional This option is usef ul for specify ing the location or appl ication of dif ferent NP ort device serve rs. Time The NPort 5410/5430/5430I/5450 /5450I has a built-in Real[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-5 Click on the Modify button to open the Modify time settings window to input the correct local time. Time server Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity IP or Domain address (E.g., 192.1 68.1.1 or time.s tdtime.gov .tw or time.nist.gov) None Optional The NPort 5410/5430/543 0I/5450/5450I use[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-6 password, pres s SEL , etc. Once the password has been e ntered, press SEL until the LCM screen is activated. Reset button protect Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity No or Y es No Required Options are No and Ye s , with default = No . NOTE: Select the Ye s option to allow limited use o[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-7 IP Address Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity E.g., 192.168.1.1 (IP addresses of the form x . x . x .0 and x . x . x .255 are inva lid.) 192.168.1 27.254 R equired An IP address is a number assi gned to a net work devi ce (such as a c omputer) as a permanent address on the network. Com[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-8 DNS server 1 / DNS sever 2 Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity E.g., 192.168.1.1 (IP addresses of the form x . x . x .0 and x . x . x .255 are inva lid.) None Optional When the user wants to visi t a particul ar webs ite, the com puter asks a Domain Name System (DNS) server for the webs[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-9 configure the Auto IP report fun c tion. There are two ways to devel op an “Auto IP report Server” to receive the NPort’s Auto IP report. 1. Use NPort Admini strator’s IP Ad dress Report function. 2. Refer the Appendix E for the “Auto IP report protocol” to develop your own[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-10 Port alias Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 1 to 15 characters (E.g. , PLC-No.1 ) None Optional Port Alias is specially designed to allow easy identification of the serial devices which are connected to the NPort’s serial port. Serial Parameters ATTENTION Check the serial communic[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-11 Interface Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity NPort 5410: RS-232 only NPort 5410 : RS-232 Required NPort 5430: RS-422, 2-wire RS-485 , 4-wire RS-485 NPort 5430: RS-485 2- wire Required NPort 5450: RS-232, RS-422, 2-wire RS-485, 4-wire RS-485 NPort 5450: RS-232 Required Operating Settin[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-12 TCP alive check time Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 0 to 99 m in 7 min Optional 0 min: TCP connection is not closed due to an idle TCP connection. 1 to 99 min: The NPort automatically clo ses TCP connection if there is no TCP activity for the given time. After the connection is cl[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-13 Default = 0, The Delimiter Process will be followed, regardless of the length of the data packet. If the data length (in bytes) matches the configured va lue, the data will be forced out. Th e data length can be configured for 0 to 1024 bytes. Set to 0 if you do no t need to limit the[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-14 10 (bits) / 1200 (bits/s) * 1000 ( ms/s) = 8.3 ms. Therefore, you should set Force Transmit timeout to be larger th an 8.3 ms. Force Tran smit timeout is specified in milliseconds and m ust be larger than 10 ms. If the user wants to send the series of characters in a packet, the seria[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-15 If the value of inactivity time is set to 0, the current TCP connection is maintained until there is connection close request. Although inactivity ti me is disabled, the NPort will check the connection status between the N Port and rem ote host by sending “ keep alive” packets per[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-16 Delimiter 1 Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 00 to FF None Optional Delimiter 2 Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 00 to FF None Optional Once the NPort receives both deli miters through its serial port, it immediately packs all data currently in its buffer and sends it to the NPort[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-17 is specified in milliseconds and m ust be larger than 10 ms. If the user wants to send a se ries of character in a pac ket, the se rial device attached to the NPort should send ch aracters withou t time dela y larger than Force Transmit timeout between cha racters and the total length[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-18 TCP alive check time Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 0 to 99 m in 7 min Optional 0 min: TCP connection is not closed due to an idle TCP connection. 1 to 99 min: The NPort automatically closes the TCP connectio n if there is no TCP activity for the given tim e. Inactivity time Setti[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-19 can be configured for 0 to 1024 bytes. Set to 0 if you do no t need to limit the length. Delimiter 1 Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 00 to FF None Optional Delimiter 2 Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 00 to FF None Optional Once the NPort receives both deli miters through its ser[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-20 is specified in milliseconds and m ust be larger than 10 ms. If the user wants to send a se ries of characters in a pac ket, the se rial device attached t o the NPort should send ch aracters withou t time dela y larger than Force Transmit timeout between cha racters and the total leng[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-21 Connect/Disconnect Description Start up/None (default) A TCP connection will be establishe d on startup, and will remain active indefinitely . Any Character/None A TCP connection will be established whe n any character is received from the serial interface, and will remain active inde[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-22 Delimiter 2 Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 00 to FF None Optional Once the NPort receives both deli miters through its serial port, it immediately packs all data currently in its buffer and sends it to the NPort’s Ethernet port. Note: Delimiter 2 is option al. If left blank, the[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-23 Destination IP address 1 Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity Begin: Empty End: Empty IP addres s range E.g., Begi n: 192.168. 1.1 End: 192.168.1.10 Port: 4001 Required Destination IP address 2/3/4 Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity Begin: Empty End: Empty IP addres s range E.g., Begi n[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-24 TCP alive check time Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 0 to 99 m in 7 min Required 0 min: TCP connection is not closed due to an idle TCP connection. 1 to 99 min: The NPort 5400 closes the TCP conn ection automatically if there is no TCP activity for the given time. Destination IP ad[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-25 Reverse Telnet Mode TCP alive check time Setting Factory Defaul t Necessity 0 to 99 m in 0 Optional Specifies the time slice for checking if t he TCP connection is alive. If no response, the NPort 54 00 w ill disconnect the original connection. Inactivity time Setting Factory Defaul t[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-26 Disabled Mode When Operation mode is set to Disabled, that pa rticular port will be disabled. Check the “Apply the above settings to all serial ports” to apply this setting to the other port. Accessible IP Settings The NPort has an IP address based filtering method to c ontrol acc[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-27 Allowable Hosts Input format Any host Disab le 192.168.1.120 192.168.1.120 / 255.255.255.2 55 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.254 192.168.1.0 / 255.255.255 .0 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.255 .2 54 192.168.0.0 / 255.255 .0.0 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.126 19 2.168.1.0 / 255.255.255 .128 192.168.1.12[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-28 ATTENTION Consult your Network Adm inistrator or IS P for the proper ma il server settings. Aut o warning function may not work pr operly without proper settin gs. NPort SMTP AUTH supports LOGIN, PLAIN, CRAM-MD5 (RFC 2554). SNMP Trap Server SNMP trap server IP or dom ain name Setting [...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-29 Password cha nged The user has ch anged the NPor t’s password. When the password changes, the NPort will send an e-mail with the password ch ange notice before the NP ort reboots. If the NPort fails to sen d mail to the mail server after 15 seconds, the NPort will be rebooting direc[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-30 Monitor Monitor Line Click on Line under Monitor to show the operation mode and status of each connection (IPx), for each of the four serial ports. Monitor Async Click on Async under Monitor to show the current status of each of the four serial ports. Monitor Async-Settings Click on A[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Web Console Configuration 5-31 Change Password Input the “Old password” and “N ew password” to chan ge the pa ssword. Leave the p assword boxes blank to erase the password. In this case, the NPort will no t have password protection. ATTENTION If you forget the p assword, the ONLY way to co nfigure th e NPor[...]

6 6 Chapter 6 Configuring NPort Administrator The following topics are covered in this chapter:  Overview  Installing NPort Administrator  Configuration ¾ Broadcast Search ¾ Specify by IP Address ¾ Password Protection ¾ Unlock Password Protection ¾ Configuring the NPort 5400 ¾ Web Console ¾ Upgrading the Firmware ¾ Export Configura[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-2 Overview NPort Administration Su ite is an integr ated soft ware suite that b undles NP ort Admi nistrator and the IP Serial Library, prov iding everything you n eed to manage, monitor, an d modify your NPort 5400 from a remote location. With NPort Admini strator, you ca n easily[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-3 3. Click on Next to install the program using the de fault progr am name, or se lect a differe nt name. 4. Click on Install to proceed with the installation.[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-4 5. The Installing window reports the progress o f the installation. 6. Click on Next to proceed with the installation.[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-5 7. Click on Finish to complete the installation of NPort 5400 Administration Suite. Configuration The Admi nistrator-Config uration window is divided into four pa rts. y The top section c ontains the function lis t and onli ne help area. (Windows NT d oes not suppo rt this .chm f[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-6 Broadcast Search The Broadcast Search function is used to locate all NPort 5400s that are connected to t he same LAN as your computer. Since the Broadcast Searc h function searches by MAC address and not IP address, all NPort 5400s connected to the LAN will be located, regardless[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-7 Password Protection The NPort 5400 can be passw ord-protected to pre vent unauthorized co nfiguration cha nges. The six possibl e protection st ates are descri bed be low. Note that the term “Fixed’ is borrowed from the stand ard fixed IP address networking t erminology . Whe[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-8 1. Select the NPort 5400 with “Lock” status, click the right mouse bu tton, and then select Unlock . 2. Input the password and then click on OK . 3. NPort Administrator will display an “Unlock ok” message. 4. The “Lock” status will change to “Unlock,” and th e Adm[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-9 1. To start NPort Administrator, click on Start Æ NPort Administration Suite Æ NPort Administrator . 2. Unlock the NPort 5400 y ou wish to confi gure if it i s password protected. R ight click o n the NPort 5400 and select Configure to start the configuration. 3. The progress b[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-10 4. Refer to Chapter 5 for each parameter’s function definition. To modify the configuration, you must first click in the modify box to activate the parameter setting box. For example, click on the middle m odify box. 5. You will now be able to modify Time Zone , Local Date , L[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-11 Web Console You can use the web conso le to configure device servers in the NPort 5000 lin e. The web console can be opene d from NPo rt Admini strator by ri ght clickin g on the de vice server a nd selecting the Web function. Upgrading the Firmware Follow these steps to upgrade[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-12 3. Select the correct ROM file to download. 4. Wait while the Upgrade Firmware action is processed. ATTENTION You can simultaneously upgrade the firmware of multiple NPort 5400s that are of the same model. To select multiple NPort 5400s, hold down the Ctrl key when selecting an [...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-13 Export Configuration To export the conf iguration of an NPort 5400, right click on the NPort 5400, select Export Configuration , and then follow the onscreen instructions. The Export Configu ration function is a handy tool that can be used t o produce a text file containing the [...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-14 ATTENTION You can simultaneously import the same configuration file into multiple NPort 540 0s that are of the same model. To select multiple NPort 5400s, hold down the Ctrl key when selecting an additional NPort 5400, or hold do wn the Shift key to select a block of NPort 5400s[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-15 Monitor Æ Add T arget Æ Rescan 1. Click on Monitor under Function . 2. Click on Monitor Æ Add T arget from t he menu bar, or click the right mouse button an d select Add Target . 3. Click on Rescan .[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-16 4. Select your targets from the list, and then click on OK . Monitor Æ Load Confi gured COM Port Use the Load C onfigured COM Port functi on to moni tor device ser vers that are bei ng used for COM Mapping. Once the Monitor function is running: 1. The NPort 5400 list will appea[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-17 2. Right cli ck the panel a nd select Settin gs . 3. Select or de-select Monitor I tems . Use the singl e arrowhe ad buttons to move hi ghlighted items from one box to the other. Use the double arrowhead buttons to move all items in one box to the other. 4. Select a Refre sh Rat[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-18 5. On the Advanced Settings page, select Display warning message for new event and/ or Play warning music for new event . In the second case, you m ust enter the path to the WAV file that you want to be played. “ New event” means that one of the NPort 5400s in the monitor is[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-19 8. When one of the NPort 5400s loses connection with the Monitor prog ram, a warning alert will display automatically. The warning music will be played at the same time. 9. In the Monitor screen, you ca n see that the NPor t 5400s that are “ Not Alive” are shown in red color[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-20 11. The NPort 5400s that were reconnected, and are now “Alive,” will be shown in black color. Port Monitor The process descri bed here i s the same as i n the previous “ Monitor” secti on. The only difference i s that you can select more items und er Port Monitor than un[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-21 COM Mapping Windows Administr ation Suite comes with Windows 95 /98/ME/NT/2000/XP Real COM dr ivers. After you install NPort 5400 Administration Suite , there are two w ays to set up the NPort 5400 serial port as your host’ s remote COM port. The first way is with On-line COM [...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-22 3. Add the target to which you would like to map COM ports. 4. The NPort 5400 list that appears is the list gene rated by the previous Br oadcast Search. S elect the NPort 5400 to which you would like to map COM ports. 5. Select COM Settin gs to modify COM No., default setting, [...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-23 6. Select the COM Number . This assigns a COM Number that your PC host can use to a ccess the NPort’s serial port. Available COM Numbers and status are shown in the drop-down list. COM Num bers that are already being used by the sys tem, includi ng COM Num bers that are alrea [...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-24 However, it might take more time (on the order of several hundred milliseconds) than a native COM1, because it needs to work via Ethernet. That ’s why the native COM ports on the motherboard can work fast with this function call, but the NPort requires much more time . In orde[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-25 9. After setting the COM Mapping, remember to select Appl y Change to save the information in the host system registry. The host computer will not have the ability to use the COM port until after Apply Change is selected. 10. Select Discard Change t o tell Administrator NOT to s[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-26 11. To save the configuration to a text file, select Export COM Mappin g . You will then be ab le to import this configur ation file to another host and use the same C OM Mapping set tings in the other host. Off-line COM Mapping 1. Add a target by inputting the IP address and se[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-27 2. Modify t he port setti ngs as needed. 3. Right click in the NPort list section and select Apply Change .[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-28 IP Address Report When the NPort 5400 is used in a dynam ic IP envi ronment, users must spend more time with IP management tasks. To ma ke things easier, t he NPort 5 400 can periodically report its IP address to the IP location server, in case the address has changed. The IP l [...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator 6-29 4. Click Go to start receiving the Auto IP address report from the NPort 5400 Automatic Message Log Since NPort Administrator may be used in a multi-user environment, it is possible for a user to modify a de vice server’s co nfiguration wi th othe r users unaware of the cha ng[...]

7 7 Chapter 7 IP Serial LIB The following topics are covered in this chapter:  Overview  IP Serial LIB Function Groups  Example Program[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 7-2 Overview What is IP Serial Library? IP Serial Library is a Windows library with fr eq uently used serial comm and sets and su broutines. IP Serial Library is designed to reduce t he comple xity and poor efficiency of serial c ommunication over TCP/IP. For example, Te lnet can only transfer data, b[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB 7-3 IP Serial LIB Function Groups Server Control Port Co ntro l Input/O utput Data Po rt Status Inquiry Miscellaneous nsio_init nsio_end nsio_resetserv er nsio_checkalive nsio_open nsio_close nsio_ioctl nsio_flowct rl nsio_DTR nsio_RTS nsio_lctrl nsio_baud nsio_resetp ort nsio_read nsio_SetReadTim eou[...]

A A Appendix A Pinouts and Cable Wiring In this appendix, we cover the fo llowing topics.  Port Pinout Diagrams ¾ Ethernet Port Pinouts ¾ Serial Port Pinouts  Cable Wiring Diagrams ¾ Ethernet Cables ¾ Serial Cables[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Pinouts and Cable Wiring A-2 Port Pinout Diagrams Ethernet Port Pinouts Serial Port Pinouts DB9 Male RS-232 Port Pino uts for NPort 5410 /5450/5450I Terminal Block RS-232 & RS-422/ 485 Pinouts for NPort 5430/5430I[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Pinouts and Cable Wiring A-3 Cable Wiring Diagrams Ethernet Cables Serial Cables DB9 Female to DB9 Male for N Port 5410[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Pinouts and Cable Wiring A-4 DB9 Female to DB25 Male fo r NPort 5410[...]

B B Appendix B Well Known Port Numbers This appendix is for your reference about the W ell Known port numbers that may cause networ k problem if you set the NPort into the same port. Refer to RFC 1700 for Well Known port numbers of refer to the following introduction from the IANA. The port num bers are divide d into three ranges: the Well Known Po[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Well Known Port Numbers B-2 49 (Login Host Prot ocol) (Logi n) 53 Domain Nam e Server ( domain) 79 Finger protocol (Finger) 80 W orld W ide W eb HTTP 1 19 Network Ne ws T ransfe r Protoc ol (NNTP) 123 Network T im e Protocol 213 IPX 160 – 223 Reserved for future use UDP Socket Application Service 0 reserved 2 Man[...]

C C Appendix C SNMP Agents with MIB II & RS-232 like group The NPort 5400 has built-in SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) agent software. It supports SNMP Tr ap, RFC1317 RS-232 like group and RFC 1213 MIB-II. Th e following table lists the standard MIB-II group, as well as the v ariable implementation for the NPort 5400. RFC1213 MIB-II s[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual SNMP Agents C-2 System MIB Interfaces MIB IP MIB ICMP MIB SysServices ifInUnknownProtos ipReasm Fails IcmpOutT imeExcds ifOutOctets ipFragOKs IcmpOutParmProbs ifOutUcastPkts ipFragFails IcmpOutSrcQuenchs ifOutNUcastPkts ipFrag Creates IcmpOutRedirects ifOutDiscards ipAdEntAddr IcmpOutEchos ifOutErrors ipAdEntIfI nd[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual SNMP Agents C-3 Address T ranslation MIB TCP MIB SNMP MIB AtNetAddress tcpRetransSegs snmpInT otalSetV ars tcpConnState snmpInGetRequests tcpConnLocal Address snmpInGetNex ts tcpConnLocal Port snmpInSetRe quests tcpConnRem Address snmpInGetRespo nses tcpConnRem Port snmpInT raps tcpInErrs snmpOutT ooBigs tcpOutRsts[...]

D D Appendix D Auto IP Report Protocol NPort devi ce servers pr ovide several ways t o configure Ethernet IP a ddresses. One of them is DHCP Client. When you set up the NPort to use DHCP Client to configur e Ethernet IP addresses , it will automatically send a DHCP request over the Ethern et to find the DHCP Server. And then the DHCP Server will se[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Auto IP Report Protocol D-2 Auto IP Repo rt Format “MOXA ” , 4 bytes Info[0] Info[1] … Info[n] Info [n] Field ID Length Data Length 1 1 V ariable, Length is “Len gth Field” ID List ID V alue Description Length Note 1 Server Name V ariable ASCII char 2 Hardware ID 2 Little-endian 3 MAC Address 6 6 bytes MA[...]

E E Appendix E Service Information This appen dix shows yo u how to cont act MOXA f or inform ation about thi s and other products, and how to report problems. In this appendix, we cover the fo llowing topics.  MOXA Internet Services  Problem Report Form  Product Return Procedure[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Service Information E-2 MOXA Internet Services Customer satisfaction is our num b er one concern, and to ensure that customers receive the full benefit of ou r products, MOXA Inter net Services has bee n set up to provide techni cal support , driver updates , product inf ormation, an d user’s m anual updates. The[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Service Information E-3 Problem Report Form MOXA NPort 5400 Series Customer name: Comp any: T el: Fax: Email: Date: 1. MOXA Pr oduct:  NPort 5410  NPort 5430  NPort 54 30I  NPort 5450  N Port 5450I 2. Serial Number: ___________ ______ Problem Description: Please desc ribe the sym ptoms of the pr oble[...]

NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Service Information E-4 Product Return Procedure For product repair, exc hange, or re fund, the customer m ust:  Provide evi dence of origi nal purchase.  Obtain a Product Return Agreement (PRA) from the sales representative or dealer.  Fill out the Problem Report Form (PRF). Include as much detail as poss[...]