User's Manual

2-6 Millennial Net
Installing the MeshScape System
• Establish a TCP/IP connection from the Network Monitor host PC to a MeshScape Serial
Proxy Server that has a direct serial connection to the MeshGate Extra Long Range. The
MeshScape Serial Proxy Server that runs on a Linux or Windows XP host is supplied with
your MeshScape RK-5424-5 Reference Kit software. See
page 2-20 for information about
installing and running the MeshScape Serial Proxy Server.
• Establish a TCP/IP connection from the Network Monitor host PC to an Ethernet-to-serial
adapter connected to the MeshGate Extra Long Range.
These MeshGate Extra Long Range connection options are described and depicted in the
following sections.
Regardless of which of the following serial connection options is used, the MeshScape Network
Monitor or other MeshScape API-based application can only access and monitor a single
MeshScape, i.e., a single instance of MeshScape Network Monitor cannot monitor multiple
MeshScapes.
Direct Serial Connection
Figure 2-10 shows a local direct serial connection between the MeshScape Network Monitor
host PC and the MeshGate Extra Long Range using the supplied RS-232 cable.
Figure 2-10. Direct serial connection to the MeshGate Extra Long Range
In this topology, only one MeshScape API-based application running on the host PC can access
the MeshScape.
TCP/IP Connection to a Serial Proxy Server
Figure 2-11 shows a MeshGate Extra Long Range connected to a PC running the MeshScape
Serial Proxy Server via the PC’s serial port.
RS-232 Cable
MeshGate Extra
Long Range
MeshScape Network Monitor
Host PC