PX Serial - Quick Start Guide

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1 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 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 alerts. 2. The PX Serial components The package includes: 1 PX Serial unit 1 Power adapter ( VAC) Mounting kit foot pads Minicom CD 1111 W. 35th Street, Chicago, IL USA Copyright 2012 Tripp Lite. All rights reserved.

2 3. PX Serial ports PX SERIAL Hardware reset button Long distance RS422 / 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 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 1

3 4. PX Serial LEDs QUICK START GUIDE LED Color Indication PWR 1 Red On: Power 1 is on and booting up. Blinking: Indicates an IP conflict, or DHCP or BOOTP server did not respond properly. On: Power is on and functioning normally. Blinking: Located by Administrator s Location function. Power is off, or power error condition exists. PWR 2 Red 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. Eth 1 Orange Blinking: 10 Mbps Ethernet connection. Blinking: 100 Mbps Ethernet connection. Ethernet cable is disconnected, or has a short. Eth 2 Orange Blinking: 10 Mbps Ethernet connection. Blinking: 100 Mbps Ethernet connection. Ethernet cable is disconnected, or has a short. Serial Orange Serial port is receiving data. 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. 2

4 5.1.1 Terminal Block (PWR1) PX SERIAL 1. Insert the positive and negative wires of your DC supply into the V+ and V- contacts 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 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. 3

5 QUICK START GUIDE 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 Dipswitch 2 Configuration ON ON 120 Ohm terminator for long distance 4-wire RS485 / RS422 ON OFF Don t use this setting - it will cause errors! OFF ON 120 Ohm termination for long distance 2-wire RS485 OFF OFF (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 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 and not 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. 4

6 PX SERIAL 6.1 Network Setting Consult your Network Administrator for the network settings. Click Network Setting, the following appears. On this page you configure for the PX: Figure 4 Network Setting 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. 5

7 7.1 Serial Setting QUICK START GUIDE 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. 6

8 7.2 Port Profile Click Port Profile, the following appears. PX SERIAL 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 For the rest of the configuration and operating instructions please see the softcopy User Guide on the supplied CD or on our website _EN