User Guide

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ABOUT THIS OWNER’S MANUAL................................................................................iii
INTRODUCTION TO THE DS72 NETWORK INTERFACE MODULE ................... 1
PROGRAMMABLE FEATURES OF THE DS72 ............................................................................................................1
DS72 QUICK START............................................................................................................ 3
EIA-232 SERIAL CONNECTION...................................................................................................................................3
INSTALLATION ................................................................................................................... 5
UNPACKING..................................................................................................................................................................5
PREPARING THE INSTALLATION SITE .....................................................................................................................5
POWER...........................................................................................................................................................................5
CABLING ............................................................................................................................... 6
RJ-45 CABLES AND ADAPTERS..................................................................................................................................6
DETAILED OPERATION AND CONFIGURATION..................................................... 8
ACCESSING MAIN MENU............................................................................................................................................8
SELECTING A DEVICE.................................................................................................................................................8
CONFIGURATION.......................................................................................................................................................10
STATUS....................................................................................................................................................................10
SERIAL PORT CONFIGURATION ..........................................................................................................................11
PORT DEVICE NAME..............................................................................................................................................12
PORT SELECT CODE ............................................................................................................................................... 13
ATTENTION CHARACTER.....................................................................................................................................14
DISCONNECT TIME GUARD.................................................................................................................................. 14
CONNECT PORT ID ECHO...................................................................................................................................... 14
LOGIN SETUP..........................................................................................................................................................15
HEADER ...............................................................................................................................................................15
PASSWORD ..........................................................................................................................................................16
MENU....................................................................................................................................................................16
AUTO CONNECT PORT........................................................................................................................................ 17
NETWORK PORT CONFIGURATION..................................................................................................................... 18
MODULE IP ADDRESS........................................................................................................................................18
SUBNET MASK.................................................................................................................................................... 19
GATEWAY ...........................................................................................................................................................19
ACTIVITY TIMEOUT ...........................................................................................................................................20
CARRIAGE RETURN TRANSLATION ................................................................................................................20
BREAK LENGTH..................................................................................................................................................20
UNIT ID....................................................................................................................................................................20
STATUS........................................................................................................................................................................21
SYSTEM ...................................................................................................................................................................21
NETWORK ...............................................................................................................................................................21
LOGGED USERS......................................................................................................................................................21
I/O MODULES RESET .................................................................................................................................................21
UNIT RESET ................................................................................................................................................................21
DIAGNOSTICS............................................................................................................................................................. 22
TECHNICAL SUPPORT.................................................................................................... 23