Minicom 0SU70033 User manual

PX Serial - Quick Start Guide

1. Introduction

To take advantage of the full range of features, we recommend you read the softcopy

User Guide after performing the Quick Start procedure. It’s in PDF format on the supplied CD or on our website www.minicom.com in the Support section.

PX Serial is a one-port RS232/422/485 to Redundant Ethernet device server. PX

Serial can be configured by a web browser in https, or SSH console. Additional management features include SNMP support and email alerts.

2. The PX Serial components

The package includes:

 1 PX Serial unit

 1 Power adapter (100-240VAC)

 Mounting kit foot pads

 Minicom CD

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3. PX Serial ports

PX SERIAL

Hardware reset button

Long distance RS422 /485

120 Ohm termination dipswitches

RS232/422/482 port, DB9M 15KV

ESD for all signals Speed:110 bps to 460.8kbps

Figure 1 PX Serial ports side

12-48 VDC Terminal

Block

9-30 VDC Power

Jack

Redundant Dual 10/100M Ethernet

Auto MDI/MDIX Auto-

Recovery<200ms Built-in 1.5KV

magnetic isolation

Figure 2 PX Serial ports side 2

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4. PX Serial LEDs

LED

PWR 1

PWR 2

Eth 1

Eth 2

Serial

Color

Red

Indication

On: Power 1 is on and booting up.

Blinking: Indicates an IP conflict, or DHCP or BOOTP server did not respond properly.

Green On: Power is on and functioning normally.

Blinking: Located by Administrator’s Location function.

Power is off, or power error condition exists.

Off

Red

Green

On: Power 2 is on and booting up.

Blinking: Indicates an IP conflict, or DHCP or BOOTP server did not respond properly

On: Power 2 is on and functioning normally.

Blinking: Located by Administrator’s Location function.

Power is off, or power error condition exists.

Off

Orange Blinking: 10 Mbps Ethernet connection.

Green Blinking: 100 Mbps Ethernet connection.

Off Ethernet cable is disconnected, or has a short.

Orange Blinking: 10 Mbps Ethernet connection.

Green Blinking: 100 Mbps Ethernet connection.

Off Ethernet cable is disconnected, or has a short.

Orange Serial port is receiving data.

Green

Off

Serial port is transmitting data.

No data is being transmitted or received through the serial port.

5. Connecting the PX Serial

Connect the PX Serial to the power supply, the Network switch and Serial device as explained below.

5.1

Connecting the Power supply

You can connect the PX Serial to the Power supply using the Terminal Block

(PWR1) and/or the Power Jack (PWR2). If both power inputs are connected, the PX

Serial is powered from the highest connected voltage. The PX Serial will only send a loss of power alarm when power fails at both PWR1 and PWR2.

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5.1.1 Terminal Block (PWR1)

PX SERIAL

1. Insert the positive and negative wires of your DC supply into the V+ and Vcontacts of the terminal block connector – see below.

(GND / V- / V+)

2. Tighten the terminal screws to prevent the DC wires from coming loose – see below.

Once connected to the power supply, Power 1 LED turns red to show unit booting up. When the unit is ready and if the IP setting is running correctly, the LED turns green.

5.1.2 Power Jack (PWR2)

Connect the supplied 12VDC power adapter, or 24VDC power input to the power jack. Power 2 LED turns red to show unit booting up. When the unit is ready and if the IP setting is running correctly the LED turns green.

5.2

Connecting to the network switch

Connect the PX Serial to the network switch via the LAN 1 or LAN 2 port using a standard 10/100M Ethernet cable. The Ethernet interface supports auto MDI/MDIX.

The relevant LAN 1 or LAN 2 LED turns orange for 10M Ethernet or green for

100M Ethernet.

Both Ethernet ports 1 and 2 can be connected to different switches. If both ports are connected when the device starts up then Ethernet port 1 is the master and Ethernet port 2 is the backup. But if when the device starts up only Ethernet port 2 is connected, then Ethernet port 2 remains the master port.

5.3 Connecting to the Serial device

Connect the Serial device to the DB9M port. The DB9M pin-out appears in the softcopy User Guide.

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5.4

Configuring the dipswitches

The Long-Range Termination dipswitches can configure 120 Ohm termination for

RS422 / 4-wire RS485 / 2-wire RS485. Set the dipswitches according to the following table.

Dipswitch 1

ON

ON

OFF

OFF

Dipswitch 2

ON

OFF

ON

OFF

Configuration

120 Ohm terminator for long distance 4-wire RS485 / RS422

Don’t use this setting - it will cause errors!

120 Ohm termination for long distance 2-wire RS485

(Default) No termination for RS232/422/485 (short distance)

6. Configuring the PX Serial unit

The PX Serial unit can be managed by a Web interface, providing secure SSL communication over the internet. The PX Serial comes with the default IP address

192.169.10.2 - this appears on the underside of the PX unit.

To display the Web interface:

1. Open your Web browser.

2. Type in the IP address of the PX Serial and press Enter. Note! The IP address

must begin with https:// and not http://. The web interface appears, see Figure 3.

Bookmark it for easy reference.

Figure 3 Overview page

The Overview page gives details of the current IP address, MAC address and firmware version. The MAC address is also shown on the underside of the unit.

From the menu click Server Configuration to display a sub-menu.

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PX SERIAL

6.1

Network Setting

Consult your Network Administrator for the network settings.

Click Network Setting, the following appears.

Figure 4 Network Setting

On this page you configure for the PX:

 IP Configuration – DHCP or static

 IP address

 Netmask

 Gateway

 DNS servers

For dynamic IP address reporting at defined time intervals, fill in the Auto IP report fields.

7. Port Configuration

Port Configuration covers Serial Parameter settings, such as baud rate, data bits, stop bits, parity, and flow control.

From the menu click Port Configuration to display a sub-menu.

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7.1

Serial Setting

Click Serial Setting, the following appears.

Figure 5 Serial Setting

Port Alias: Give the port an identifying name to be identified by the connected device.

Select the Interface: RS232 / RS422 / RS485 (2-wires) / RS485(4-wires)

Select the settings for Baud rate, Data Bits, Stop Bits, Parity and Flow Control.

Force TX interval time is to specify a timeout when no data has been transmitted.

When the timeout is reached or TX buffer is full (4K Bytes), the queued data will be sent. Zero (factory default) means disabled.

Performance options: Select Throughput for the fastest possible transmission speed.

Select Latency for the shortest response time.

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7.2

Port Profile

Click Port Profile, the following appears.

Figure 6 Port Profile

For advanced data packing options, you can specify delimiters for Serial to Ethernet and / or Ethernet to Serial communications.

You can define up to a maximum of 4 delimiters (00~FF, HEX) for each way. The data will be held until the delimiters are received or the optional “Flush Ethernet to

Serial data buffer” times out. Zero means disable (factory default).

8. Operating the device

Once configured, use a Telnet console or similar application - PuTTY, Tera Term,

Secure CRT - to connect to the PX Serial and operate the Serial device. Connect via the telnet software to the PX IP address to port 4000.

For the rest of the configuration and operating instructions please see the softcopy

User Guide on the supplied CD or on our website http://www.minicom.com/supportuserguides.htm

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