General tab field descriptions – Perle Systems IOLAN SCS User Manual

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Serial Port Profiles

General Tab Field Descriptions

The

TruePort General

tab determines how the TruePort connection is initiated and then sets up the

appropriate connection parameters.

Configure the following parameters:

Connect to remote
system

When enabled, the IOLAN initiates communication to the TruePort client.

Default: Enabled

Host Name

The configured host that the IOLAN will connect to (must be running
TruePort).

Default: None

TCP Port

The TCP Port that the IOLAN will use to communicate through to the TruePort
client.

Default: 10001 for serial port 1, then increments by one for each serial port

Connect to
Multiple Hosts

When enabled, the IOLAN will establish a connection to multiple clients
(Hosts). When using the multiple hosts feature, all TruePort clients must be
running in Lite mode.

Default: Disabled

Define Additional
Hosts Button

Click this button to define the hosts that this serial port will connect to. This
button is also used to define the Primary/Backup host functionality.

See

Adding/Editing Additional TruePort Hosts on page 122

for more

information.

Listen for
Connection

When enabled, the IOLAN will wait for connections to be initiated by the
TruePort Client.

Default: Disabled

TCP Port

The TCP Port that the IOLAN will use to communicate through to the TruePort
client.

Default: 10001 for serial port 1, then increments by one for each serial port

Allow Multiple
Hosts to Connect

When this option is enabled, multiple hosts can connect to a serial device that
is connected to this serial port. Note: These multiple clients (Hosts) need to be
running TruePort in Lite mode.

Default: Disabled

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