Serial/IP Redirector

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1 Serial/IP Redirector User Manual Version 1.1 March 20, 2015

2 History Modified Date Version Pages Description Mar All Written by W. Lee Mar Partial Modified by jhmoon Copyright (C) SystemBase Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Website Phone Fax F Daerung Post Tower-1, 228, Digital-ro, Guro-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea For any inquiries, please visit our technical support website at

3 Contents Index Chapter 1. Serial/IP Redirector Introduction Configuration Control Panel Adding or Removing Virtual COM Ports Activity Trace Advanced Settings Proxy Server Configuration on SerialGate Chapter 2. Installation Install Guide Uninstall Guide... 15

4 Chapter 1. Serial/IP Redirector Chapter 1. Serial/IP Redirector 1.1 Introduction The device servers by SystemBase includes Serial/IP Redirector by Tactical Software. The Serial/IP allows the users to add virtual COM ports in a PC, communicating SerialGate with TCP/IP using the RFC-2217 telnet protocol. In order to use with the SerialGate, Serial/IP must be set to client mode while telnet (RFC-2217) mode in the SerialGate. The virtual COM ports created by Serial/IP can be set to the speed from 300 to bps. 1.2 Configuration Connect the user PC with the SerialGate by Ethernet. Install Serial/IP in the PC and add virtual COM ports. Open the virtual COM port from the software that uses serial ports. The virtual COM port opened by software will communication with the SerialGate using the telnet (RFC-2217) protocol. When the serial device sends the data to the SerialGate, it will be converted to telnet (RFC-2217) protocol data, then sent to the virtual COM port added by the Serial/IP to communicate with the software in the PC. 2

5 1.3 Control Panel Chapter 1. Serial/IP Redirector Configuration of COM00 (00 may be replaced with associated port number) : IP address and TCP port number of SerialGate device server that should be connected by Serial/IP. COM Port Options : COM port option for retrying connection when connection is failed or closed Select Ports : Manage to install and remove virtual COM ports Port Monitor : Monitoring data flow and status of COM ports Advanced : Advanced option 3

6 Chapter 1. Serial/IP Redirector 1.4 Adding or Removing Virtual COM Ports Adding or removing virtual COM ports are very simple. Click Select Ports button on Serial/IP Control Panel, this will show the Select Ports window. From this window, if you mark any check boxes that you wish to use to virtual COM ports, it will be added as virtual COM ports. If you unmark check boxes which is already marked, it will be removed from virtual COM ports. 4

7 1.5 Activity Chapter 1. Serial/IP Redirector To check the status of each virtual COM ports, double click the Serial/IP icon from the tray icon. TD/RD: When data transmit/receive the corresponding icons will blink. TR/DR/CD: ON/OFF signal line status can be checked. Status: Status with the devices can be checked. IP Address: Displays currently set IP address 5

8 1.6 Trace Chapter 1. Serial/IP Redirector Trace of the data is enabled after Enable Trace is checked. Enable Trace: starts tracing data. Hex Display: Shows in hexadecimal value. Auto Scroll: Automatically scrolls. Always On Top: Displays this windows on top of other windows. 6

9 1.7 Advanced Settings Chapter 1. Serial/IP Redirector Displays advanced settings for the Serial/IP Redirector. Extend Server Connection by xx ms: This option causes the redirector to extend its connection to the server (and access to the device) for a designated interval that begins when the virtual COM port is closed by the application. Attempt Server Connection for xx ms: If this setting is used, the redirector terminates pending connection attempts if they do not succeed in the specified time. Synchronize with Server Upon COM Port Open: Some applications require that the COM port open operation should "synchronize" with the server by waiting until the server provides the serial device and returning a failure from the COM port open function otherwise. Update Routing Table Upon COM Port Open: The Serial/IP Redirector can automatically maintain its IP route to a server on a different subnet by modifying 7

10 Chapter 1. Serial/IP Redirector the IP routing table. Enable Nagle Algorithm: The Nagle algorithm is a method employed by the Windows TCP/IP stack to coalesce small TCP/IP packets. This can affect the packetization and arrival time of data between the redirector and the server. Always Limit Data Rate to COM Port Baud Rate: The Serial/IP Redirector can be configured to limit the data rate to the baud rate that is in effect for the virtual COM port. Include Domain in Windows Credentials: Some servers that require user login may need the username to start with the Windows domain name. COM Port Control Keep-Alive Interval: If the server supports the COM Port Control protocol, the redirector can use a keep-alive message method to detect a failed connection to the server. This option controls the interval at which the redirector will issue the keep-alive message, if no activity has occurred on the connection. Maximum Connection Recovery: This option controls the maximum time between the redirector's attempts to reconnect to the server if Restore Failed Connection is enabled for a virtual COM port. 8

11 1.8 Proxy Server Chapter 1. Serial/IP Redirector Configure proxy server settings. The Serial/IP Redirector supports TCP network connections made through a proxy server, which may be controlling access to external networks (such as the Internet) from a private network that lacks transparent IP-based routing, such as NAT. Proxy server support is built into the Serial/IP Redirector because it is a driver that runs in kernel mode. Conventional proxy server support for Windows applications is provided in user mode and is unavailable to drivers. The Serial/IP Redirector supports the following proxy protocols: SOCKS v5 SOCKS v4 HTTPS The Serial/IP Redirector is compatible with the following proxy servers: Microsoft ISA (for the SOCKS protocol only) Apache on Linux and Windows Squid 9

12 Chapter 1. Serial/IP Redirector 1.9 Configuration on SerialGate To use the SerialGate with the Serial IP, the operation mode of serial settings on SerialGate should be set to Telnet (RFC-2217). 10

13 Chapter 2. Installation Chapter 2. Installation 2.1 Install Guide Insert the installation CD into the CD-ROM drive Run SystembaseNNN.exe if it does not start automatically. (Replace NNN with the numbers which represents the version number of the software.) Serial/IP installer starts and provides installation details. Click Next to continue. 11

14 Chapter 2. Installation Next, in license confirmation window, after reading the End User License Agreement, if you agree, click I accept the license agreement and click Next button. Click Next button. 12

15 Chapter 2. Installation Click Next button. Click Next to start the installation. 13

16 Chapter 2. Installation Click Finish to complete the installation. 14

17 Chapter 2. Installation 2.2 Uninstall Guide Insert the installation CD into the CD-ROM drive Run SystembaseNNN.exe if it does not start automatically. (Replace NNN with the numbers which represents the version number of the software.) In the window below, select Remove and click Next to remove Serial/IP. 15

18 Chapter 2. Installation Click Next button. Click Finish to complete uninstallation process. 16