® ABLELink SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server User’s Manual Version 1.4 Updated on 2008/02/29 Tel: 886-3-5508137 Fax: 886-3-5508131 http://www.atop.com.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server Important Announcement The information contained in this document is the property of Atop Technologies, Inc. and is supplied for the sole purpose of the operation and maintenance of products of Atop Technologies, Inc.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server This document is intended to provide customers with brief descriptions on the product and to assist customers to get started. For detail information and operations of the product, please refer to the manual in the CD attached. FCC WARNING Class A for Ethernet Serial Server (Model SE5001) 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.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server Contents 1. Introduction..................................................................................................6 1.1 Packaging........................................................................................................................ 6 2. Hardware Setup...........................................................................................9 2.1 LED Indicators ...................................................................
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server 4.1 Setup of a Virtual COM Driver ....................................................................................... 31 4.1.1 Pre-installation Requirements .............................................................................. 31 4.1.2 Cautions on Use................................................................................................... 31 4.1.3 Limitation .........................................................................
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server A.4.2 LAN LED .............................................................................................................. 45 A.4.3 COM Port LED ..................................................................................................... 45 A.4.4 RUN LED ............................................................................................................. 46 Appendix B: Upgrade System Firmware..........................................
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server 1. Introduction The SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server is a gateway between Ethernet (TCP/IP) and RS-232 or RS-485/RS-422 communications. The information transmitted by SE5001 is transparent to both host computers (Ethernet) and devices (RS-232 or RS-485/RS-422).
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server 1.2 Application Connectivity TCP Server Mode：SE5001 can be configured as a TCP server on TCP/IP Network to wait for other applications(clients) in host computer to establish a connection with the serial device. After the connection is established between serial device and host computer, data can be transmitted in both directions.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server UDP Mode：UDP is a faster but non-guaranteed datagram delivery protocol.SE5001 can be configured as a UDP mode on TCP/IP Network to establish a connection using unicast or multicast data from the serial device to one or multiple host computers. Vice versa is also true. Tunneling Mode：In the case of the serial connection is established with two or more SE5001 to send data over TCP/IP Network .
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server 2. Hardware Setup NOTE: 1. SE5001-S2 (for RS-232), SE5001-S5 (for RS422/485). Panel layout in Appendix A.3.1 2. One can press the reset button of SE5001 to reset the settings to the default value Figure 2.1 shows the interfaces. Figure 2.1 SE5001 interfaces. Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server 2.1 LED Indicators 2.1.1 LAN LED Message Description Off Ethernet Disconnected Blinking with Green Data is transmitting on Ethernet for 100Mbps Blinking with Orange Data is transmitting on Ethernet for 10Mbps Table 1. LAN LED Message 2.1.2 COM Port LED Message Description Off No data is transmitting on COM port Blinking Data is transmitting on COM port Table 2. COM Port LED Message 2.1.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server 3. Software Setup SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server is shipped with default settings shown in the following table: Property Default Value IP Address 10.0.50.100 Gateway 10.0.0.254 Subnet Mask 255.255.0.0 User Name admin Password Null(leave it blank) COM 1 9600,None, 8, 1, No flow control, buffer disabled, packet delimiter timer 2ms Link 1 Type: TCP Server, Listen port 4660, Filter=0.0.0.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server 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. SE5001 supports the DHCP function. By default, the DHCP function on SE5001 is disabled; one can use SerialManager software to search network information automatically by following steps： ->Execute SerialManager (Figure 3.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server 3.2 Configuration by Telnet Utility One can use Telnet utility to change configuration settings of SE5001 by following steps： 3.2.1 Login to the System ->Open Ms-DOS command prompt window ->Telnet to SE5001 using command “Telnet IP_address”.( For example：Input Telnet 10.0.50.100 in Ms-DOS command prompt window).After telnet to SE5001, system prompts for a password, the default password is left it blank. (Figure 3.4) Figure 3.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server Note: 1. If SE5001 does not receive any command within 1 minute, Telnet will be terminated automatically. 2. The changes of networking parameters will take effect only when one exit and restart SE5001. ->Select “1” from “Input choice and enter (0~4):” to enter overview page as following:( Figure 3.6) Figure 3.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server 3.2.2 Networking Select “2” from “Input choice and enter (0~4):” to enter Networking page as following:( Figure 3.7) Figure 3.7 Network settings This page allows one to change network settings of the device including IP address, subnet mask, gateway IP address and SNMP information of SE5001. Please notice that any setting change made on this page won’t take effect until one restart the device. Note: Press “ESC” key to return to the previous menu .
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server 3.2.3 Change the Password 1. Select “3” from “Input choice and enter (0~4):” the following screen appears. (Figure 3.8) Figure 3.8 change the password 2. If one want to change the password, please type the old password in the “Please input old password” field, type the new password in the “Please input new password” and the “Please verify new password” fields. Note: One can press the default key of product to reset password to the default value. 3.2.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server The page gives one the opportunity to configure parameters of COM1 setting which include COM1 working mode, port parameters, enabling or disabling serial buffer’s data and setting packet delimiter. LINK Mode Setup Configure SE5001 as TCP server：(Figure 3.10) Type 1 from “Input choice and enter (1~4):” of COM1 Type 1 in the “Input choice(1~5) and enter：” Input local port in the “Please input local port：” 1.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server 3.2.5 Configure SE5001 as TCP Client Type 2 in the “Input choice(1~5) and enter：“(Figure 3.11) Input destination IP in the “Please input Destination IP：” Input destination port in the “Please input Destination port：” 1.Type 1 for Connected always： Double click “Enter” key Input idle time in “Please input idle time to send TCP alive packet(4*10sec)：”(If one input 2->the sending TCP keep alive packet period will be change to 2*10 sec) 2.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server 3.2.6 Configure SE5001 as UDP Client For example the local port is 4660,the destination IP is 10.0.29.254, destination port is 666. ( Figure 3.12) Figure 3.12 Link Mode-UDP client setup Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server 3.2.7 COM Port Setting Type 2 from “Input choice and enter (1~4):” of COM1, the following screen appears, 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.( Figure 3.13) Figure 3.13 Com port setting 3.2.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server 3.2.9 Setting Packet Delimiter Packet delimiter is a way of controlling packets within serial communication. It can prevent packets from being cut thus keep the packets complete. SE5001 provides two ways of parameter setting as inter character timer and terminator. By default packet delimiter timer is 1 ms, one can change timer shown in the following figure:( Figure 3.15) Figure 3.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server 3. SE5001’s network, link mode and COM ports settings can be configured in different web pages. 4. Click “Save Configuration” to save settings. 5. Click ”Restart” button to make the change effective if necessary. It is also possible to modify various settings through the web server interface. To do so, please follow the steps below. 3.3.1 Log in to the System 1. From web browser, type in the IP address of SE5001 in the URL. Example: http://10.0.50.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server 3.3.2 Change the password 1. Click on the “Security” link and the following screen appears.( Figure 3.19) Figure 3.19 Change the password 2. Please input the old password in the “Old Password” field, input the new password in the “New Password” and the “Verified Password” fields, and then click on “Save Configuration” to update the password. Note: One can press the default key of product to reset password to the default value.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server 3.3.3 Network Setup Click on the “Networking” link and the following screen appears. Fill in IP information under TCP/IP field. Alternatively, one can do the configuration by clicking on DHCP to obtain auto IP address, gateway and subnet mask information.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server Click on “Save Configuration” button to save the changes Note: 1. IP filtering function is disabled if setting FILTER_IP to “0.0.0.0”. 2. IP filter is disabled by default 3. If IP filter is enabled, only source IP assigned can connect to SE5001. Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server Figure 3.21 Com1 setup-TCP server Note: 1. Default Port number of SE5001 is 4660 and it is associated with serial port COM1 respectively. After ones application program connects to the TCP port 4660 of SE5001, data being sent to this TCP connection from ones application program are transparent to the COM1 of SE5001. Vice versa is also true. 2. The serial interface will show different port interface according to the model of the serial server. 3.3.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server Figure 3.22 Com1 setup-TCP client Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server 3.3.6 Pair Connection In the case of the serial connection is established with two or more SE5001 to send data over Ethernet network, i.e. pair connection mode, one can choose “pair connection” which is indicated in the following figure to cope with any type of serial device. (Figure 3.23) Figure 3.23 Com1 setup –pair connection Configure SE5001 as UDP mode. Local port is 4660, destination IP is 10.0.29.254 and destination port is 4660.( Figure 3.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server Figure 3.25 Configure success 3.4 Assign a New IP Address by ARP Command Use ARP command to assign a static IP address of SE5001 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. (For example change IP from 10.0.50.100 to 10.0.50.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server Figure 3.27. Assigning a new IP address by ARP command Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server 4. Using Virtual COM Virtual COM driver mode for windows converts COM data to LAN data to control the RS-232 port on a SE5001 via the LAN. By creating virtual COM ports on the PC, the Virtual COM driver redirects the communications from the virtual COM ports to an IP address and port number on a SE5001 that connects the serial line device to the network. The following figure is Virtual COM connection diagram. (Figure 4.1) Figure 4.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server 4.1.4 Installation Make sure one have turned off all anti-virus software before beginning the installation. Run the Virtual COM setup file included in the CD to install Virtual COM driver for ones operating system. In the end of the installation, please select one or two COM ports to become the Virtual COM ports. 4.1.5 Uninstalling 1. From Windows Start menu select Setting, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs. 2.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server Figure 4.3 Enable Virtual Com via telnet Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server 4.2.2 Run Serial/IP for Atop on PC In the Window Start Menu, go to “Programs”, select “Serial/IP for ATOP” and select “Control Panel”. When “Select Port” windows pop-up, please select the serial port one want to configure. Then the configuration window will appear. (Figure 4.4) Figure 4.4 Serial/IP for Atop configuration At the right side of Figure 4.4 is a sample Virtual COM Control Panel window.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server 4. For Server Credentials, the default is No Login Required. If ones serial server does require a login by the Virtual COM Redirector, the Virtual COM Redirector needs to provide a username and/or password every time an application tries to use the serial server. 5. Click the Configuration Wizard button and then click the Start button that appears in the wizard window.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server 5. SNMP Setup 5.1 SNMP Network Management Platform SE5001 is an SNMP device that allows many popular SNMP Network management platforms such as HP Open View and Sun Net Manager to conduct SerialManager. Depending on the network management tools one are using, device SE5001 information can be collected from running the management tools including IP address, DNS name, system descriptions and NIC information etc. 5.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server 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. Double-click on the device icon to display information about the device, including IP Address, Company, SysLocation (Max 15 characters), SysName (Max 9 characters) and types etc (Figure 5.4). Figure 5.4 NetworkView display device information Note: 1.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server 6. Start Writing Ones Own Applications Before one start writing ones host applications or programs to interact with SE5001, please make sure one have done the following. 6.1 Preparing the System 1. Properly connect SE5001 hardware including power, Ethernet and serial cable 2. Properly configure the parameters of SE5001 including connection type, IP address, gateway IP address, and network mask accordingly (see chapter 3 Hardware Installation section).
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server Figure 6.1 TCP test sample program in Visual Basic 6.2.2 TCPTEST2 in Visual C To start the program, please type in the following command in the command line prompt (Figure 6.2): TCPTEST2 IP_Address Port_Number Figure 6.2 TCP test sample program in Visual C The command tcptest2 10.0.50.100 4660 brings one to connect to a TCP server of IP address 10.0.50.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server 7. Diagnostics There are several ways one can check on the status and availability of SE5001. 7.1 Use Standard TCP/IP Utility Ping Command From Windows Start menu, select Run and type in “ping ”. If the connection is established, the Reply messages are displayed, otherwise it will indicate Request timed out (Figure 7.1). Figure 7.1 Standard TCP/IP utility ping command 7.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server For example, ‘S’ means that COM1 is server mode and is not connected (Figure 7.2). Figure 7.2 SerialManager configuration Utility 7.3 Use TCPTEST.exe or TCPTEST2.exe Sample Program Use sample programs TCPTEST.exe and TCPTEST2.exe that comes with the product CD to check on the status of SE5001. Please refer to chapter 6.2 to run the sample programs. Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server Appendix A: Specifications A.1 Hardware Specifications Specifications CPU 16-bit Embedded CPU 100MHz Flash Memory 512K Bytes SDRAM 512K Bytes EEPROM 512 Bytes Host Communication IEEE802.3 base band Reset Built-in default key to restore factory default settings Watch Dog Timer 1.34 second hardware auto reset TCP/IP, UDP, SNMP, HTTP, Telnet, ARP, BOOTP, DHCP, ICMP Power failure threshold: 4.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server A.2 Software Specifications Item Specifications Protocol TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP, SNMP, ARP, Telnet, ICMP, BOOTP, DHCP, SMTP(Note) Configuration Configuration information for both TCP/IP and serial ports is kept in the EEPROM. Configuration utilities of Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP/2003 are provided for configuring settings.
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User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server A.3.4 Power Terminal Block Connector F.G. VIN- VIN+ Note: It could be reversed for the pin of VIN- and VIN+. A.4 Buzzer/LED Message A.4.1 Buzzer “ ^ “: Beep twice “ = “: Beep off Message Description ^===^===^===^===^===^===^... (1sec) Watchdog problem, return service is required ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^...
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server A.4.4 RUN LED Message Description LED on Jumper JP1 pin1 and pin2 are short to disable AP firmware in the flash memory. LED blinking (rate: 0.5Sec) AP firmware is running Table 4. RUN LED Message Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server Appendix B: Upgrade System Firmware After the new version of firmware is released, customers can download it from www.Atop.com.tw After one download the firmware, please follow these instructions listed below. B.1 Upgrade Procedures When one get a new software version, please follow the sequences below to upgrade ones SE5001. 1. Connect a PC (Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP) and SE5001 one wish to upgrade the firmware in the same TCP/IP network.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server B.2 Critical Issues of Upgrading 1 One can always abort the upgrading process by pressing the key from host PC during the upgrading process. SE5001 will restart automatically and the system remains intact. 2 If SE5001 does not receive any upgrading data within 30 seconds, SE5001 will restart automatically and the system remains intact.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server B.3 Error Messages Firmware upgrade may not be successful if errors occur during the process.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server Appendix C: Disable System Firmware The AP (application program) firmware of SE5001 can be disabled. This function is used in the situation that one downloaded a wrong version of firmware that caused the system crashed. To disable the current version of firmware and prevent it from executing, please do the followings: 1. Turn the power off, open SE5001 case. 2.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server Appendix D: Using SerialManager D.1. SerialManager Introduction SerialManager, developed by ATOP, is a special tool for device management and configuration, and can realize the daily management on various ATOP network devices for address search, device positioning, parameter configuring, firmware downloading and so on. D.2. Interface The operating interface of the SerialManager shown as below: Main menu Device details Status bar D.3. Functions D3.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server Or, select by clicking a button on the toolbar, as below: Broadcast Search Rescan Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server D3.1.1 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/her own requirement. D3.1.2 Search by IP address Once Search by IP Address is selected, an interface will pop up as below: Here user may have two options: Select an IP address to search or Search device in the range of IP address. Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server D3.1.3 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 D3.1.4 Rescan Once the user click the Rescan button on the toolbar, the SerialManager shall re-search devices by using the current search way. Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server D3.2 Firmware This function is applied to downloading a firmware into a selected device. Upgrade from disk Upgrade from disk Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server The user can enter the window for downloading by firstly clicking a designated network device, and then selecting the submenu option Upgrade from disk in the main menu option Firmware, or directly clicking the button Upgrade from disk.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server In addition for some devices with JFFS2 file system supported, the user can download the related parameter data into the device that supports the JFFS2 file system through a submenu Download Parameter. See details as the figure below: Note: Some of old firmware version did not support SerialManual firmware upgrade function. Please refer to appendix "Upgrade System Software “for detail. D3.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server D3.3.1 Login This function is applied to the login to any network device, as some important devices can only be operated after a successful login, shown as the figure below: The user can also select several devices at one time, and log in them at the same time by selecting Apply for all selected devices. D3.3.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server The user can also select several devices at one time, and modify their pins at the same time by selecting Apply for all selected devices. D3.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server D3.4.1 Network … The user can modify the IP address of any selected device, shown as the figure below: D3.4.2 COM Port … ATOP has developed various network products, and some of the ATOP devices are specially supplied to some serial-port servers, while this function is applied to the configuration of COM port parameters.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server The user can also select several devices at one time, and carry out the configuration for them at the same time by selecting Apply for all selected same model devices Note: 1． COM tags: generated automatically according to the COM port number of the device. If a device has 4 COM port, there will be 4 tags: respectively COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, and the like.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server TCP Server mode TCP Client mode UDP mode 3． COM port property: it mainly represents the working parameter of the serial port setting, including: serial-port working type, baud rate, data bit, stop bit, parity bit, data packet delimiter and flow control, etc. D3.4.3 Locate The user can apply this function to locate a device when he knows it’s IP address, but doesn’t know its position.
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User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server D3.4.9 Configure by IE Some devices are supplied with build-in Web servers, and the user can carry out any parameter setting directly through the submenu option Config by IE, shown as the figure below: D3.4.10 Option The option is mainly applied to setting some common work rules of SerialManager, such as: search for the time interval of a network device, or whether to display any device indication and so on, shown as the figure below: D3.
User Manual Version 1.4 SE5001 Ethernet Serial Server D3.6 Help This function is mainly applied to displaying some help information of the SerialManager, shown as the figure below: Copyright © 2006 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
