B&B Electronics Vlinx Serial Servers ESP902E - Manual (Page 4)

Manual Documentation Number: ESP901-902-3704 Table of Contents i
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T T a a b b l l e e o o f f C C o o n n t t e e n n t t s s
TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................................................I
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION..................................................................... 1
F EATURES ......................................................................................................... 2
C OMMUNICATION M ODES ................................................................................ 3
Direct IP Mode ............................................................................................ 3
Virtual COM Mode ...................................................................................... 3
Paired Mode ................................................................................................ 4
Heart Beat.................................................................................................... 4
S ERIAL S ERVER Q UICK S TART G UIDE .............................................................. 5
Hardware Setup ........................................................................................... 5
Software Installation.................................................................................... 6
Serial Server Configuration ......................................................................... 6
Install Virtual COM Ports on PC................................................................. 7
Check Communications ............................................................................... 7
CHAPTER 2: MAKING THE HARDWARE CONNECTIONS .................. 9
P ACKAGE C HECKLIST ....................................................................................... 9
ESP901/ESP902 C ONNECTIONS , I NDICATORS AND R ESET S WITCH ................. 9
Indicator Lights.......................................................................................... 10
Ethernet Connector.................................................................................... 10
Power Connector ....................................................................................... 10
Reset Button ............................................................................................... 10
DIP Switches.............................................................................................. 11
Serial Ports ................................................................................................ 12
S ERIAL S ERVER /P ORT O PERATIONAL M ODES ................................................ 12
Default Mode ............................................................................................. 13
Console Mode ............................................................................................ 13
Upgrade Mode ........................................................................................... 13
RS-232 Mode.............................................................................................. 13
RS-422 Mode.............................................................................................. 14
RS-485 Mode.............................................................................................. 14
S ERIAL S ERVER S ERIAL P ORT C ONNECTOR P IN - OUTS .................................... 15
CHAPTER 3: INSTALLING THE VLINX ESP SOFTWARE .................. 17
S OFTWARE I NSTALLATION .............................................................................. 17
Automatic Installation................................................................................ 17
Manual Installation.................................................................................... 17
Updating an Existing Installation .............................................................. 19
Opening the ESP Manager ........................................................................ 20
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B&B Electronics Mfg Co Inc – 707 Dayton Rd - PO Box 1040 - Ottawa IL 61350 - Ph 815-433-5100 - Fax 815-433-5104 – www.bb-elec.com
B&B Electronics Ltd – Westlink Commercial Pk – Oranmore, Galway, Ireland – Ph +353 91-792444 – Fax +353 91-792445 – www.bb-europe.com
CHAPTER 4: USING ESP MANAGER........................................................ 21
H ARDWARE S ETUP ......................................................................................... 21
S OFTWARE S ETUP ........................................................................................... 22
S OFTWARE O VERVIEW ................................................................................... 23
Menus......................................................................................................... 23
Server Icons Pane ...................................................................................... 25
Serial Server / Virtual COM Lists.............................................................. 25
Status Bar................................................................................................... 26
S EARCH FOR S ERVERS .................................................................................... 26
C ONFIGURE S ERVER P ROPERTIES ................................................................... 27
CHAPTER 5: CONFIGURING THE SERIAL SERVER PROPERTIES. 31
D ESCRIPTION OF THE S ERVER P ROPERTIES ..................................................... 32
Server Name............................................................................................... 32
Serial Number ............................................................................................ 32
Password.................................................................................................... 32
DHCP ........................................................................................................ 32
IP Address.................................................................................................. 33
Netmask...................................................................................................... 34
Gateway ..................................................................................................... 34
MAC Address ............................................................................................. 34
Version & Date .......................................................................................... 34
Link Status.................................................................................................. 34
Server Serial Port ...................................................................................... 34
Baud Rate................................................................................................... 34
Data/Parity/Stop ........................................................................................ 34
Flow Control.............................................................................................. 35
TCP/UDP Protocol.................................................................................... 35
Serial Timeout............................................................................................ 35
TCP Alive Timeout..................................................................................... 36
Connection Mode....................................................................................... 36
Delimiter HEX 1 and Delimiter HEX 2...................................................... 36
Force Transmit........................................................................................... 36
Port Status.................................................................................................. 37
TCP/UDP Port........................................................................................... 37
Serial Port Mode........................................................................................ 37
Connection At ............................................................................................ 38
Max Connection ......................................................................................... 38
Remote IP Address..................................................................................... 38
Update/Save ............................................................................................... 38
CHAPTER 6: INSTALLING VIRTUAL COM PORTS ............................. 43
V IRTUAL COM P ORT I NSTALLATION ............................................................. 43
M ATCHING THE S ERIAL S ERVER AND V IRTUAL COM P ORT S ETTINGS .......... 46