User guide

TABLE OF CONTENTS VLINX FIELDBUS GATEWAY MANAGER USER MANUAL
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PROTOCOL CONVERSION ................................................................................. 20
MASTER AND SLAVE ........................................................................................................................ 20
MASTER AND MASTER ...................................................................................................................... 20
WHICH WAY AROUND? .................................................................................................................... 21
DATA TRANSFORMATION ................................................................................. 21
ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS ........................................................................ 23
USING EXPANSION CARDS ............................................................................... 23
SHARING SERIAL PORTS .................................................................................. 24
ENABLING TCP/IP .......................................................................................................................... 24
SHARING THE REQUIRED PORT .......................................................................................................... 24
CONNECTING VIA ANOTHER PORT ...................................................................................................... 24
CONNECTING VIA ETHERNET ............................................................................................................. 25
PURE VIRTUAL PORTS ..................................................................................................................... 26
LIMITATIONS ................................................................................................................................. 27
USING ELECTRONIC MAIL ................................................................................ 27
CONFIGURING SMTP ...................................................................................................................... 27
CONFIGURING SMS ........................................................................................................................ 29
THE ADDRESS BOOK ....................................................................................................................... 30
WORKING WITH MODEMS ................................................................................ 30
SOME TYPICAL APPLICATIONS ........................................................................................................... 31
ADDING A DIAL-IN CONNECTION ........................................................................................................ 32
ADDING A DIAL-OUT CONNECTION ..................................................................................................... 34
ADDING AN SMS CONNECTION .......................................................................................................... 35
SMS MESSAGE PROCESSING ............................................................................................................. 36
USING MULTIPLE INTERFACES ........................................................................................................... 36
CHECKING THE MODEM STATUS ......................................................................................................... 37
MODEM INITIALIZATION SEQUENCE .................................................................................................... 38
TROUBLESHOOTING MODEM COMMUNICATION ...................................................................................... 39
USING TIME MANAGEMENT .............................................................................. 40
CONFIGURING THE TIME MANAGER ..................................................................................................... 40
SELECTING AN SNTP SERVER ............................................................................................................ 42
TIME-ZONE CONFIGURATION ............................................................................................................ 43
CONFIGURING THE SYNCHRONIZATION MANAGER (FTP) .......................................... 43
SYNCHRONIZATION MANAGER SETTINGS .............................................................................................. 43
AUTOMATIC LOG SYNCHRONIZATION ................................................................................................... 44
ADVANCED FTP EXCHANGE FUNCTIONS ............................................................................................... 45
CONFIGURING THE FTP SERVER ........................................................................ 45
FTP SERVER SETTINGS .................................................................................................................... 46
FTP SECURITY............................................................................................................................... 46
ACCESSING THE SERVER ................................................................................................................... 47
CONFIGURING DATA TAGS .............................................................................. 49
ALL ABOUT TAGS .......................................................................................... 49
TYPES OF TAGS .............................................................................................................................. 49
TAGS? ......................................................................................................................................... 51
CREATING TAGS ............................................................................................ 52
EDITING TAGS .............................................................................................. 52
EDITING PROPERTIES ..................................................................................... 53