American Fibertek Commander C10e-PoE/C10p-PoE - Manual (Page 82)

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Communications Ports
Commander provides two communication ports, one RS 232 and one RS 485. These can be
operated as edge communication ports. The driver conforms to RFC2217 and can be operated by
any communication program that is RFC 2217 complaint. AFI Pilot Software contains drivers for
these ports and will automatically recognize them. RS communication ports can be used for data
bi-directional communications for devices such as ATMS, PTZ and Cash Registers. Only one
client can be connected to the data port at one time.
For each of the ports use the drop down menus to set the Port: Speed, Bits, Parity, Stop Bits and
Flow control. Each of these can be set individually for the RS 232 and RS 485 ports.
Remote IP:Port
The RS ports may communicate to other AFI serial ports on Commander, Scout or Net I/O. Use
the Remote IP:Port text box to enter the IP Address and Port number, separated by a colon, of the
remote port for communications. This allows RS ports to be “tunneled” across the network as if
the were hard wired. RS232 to RS485 conversion is possible by tunneling between different
ports. Baud rate conversion is also possible.
IP Ports for Commander (and Scout) are fixed at:
RS232 – Port 8081
RS485 – Port 8082
TimeOut defines the duration the port can have without sensing traffic prior to shutting down. As
ports can only be accessed by one client, if a port is not being used but still open it would block
others from accessing that port. The duration can be programmed in hours: minutes: seconds.
If all three are set to zero, no time out will occur and the port will remain open. After the
programming is complete, point and click on “Save”.