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Westermo OS Management Guide
Version 4.17.0-0
Chapter 38
Serial Port Management
This chapter describes serial port features and management support in WeOS,
thus only apply to WeOS products equipped with serial port(s). WeOS products
can be equipped with three types of serial ports:
❼ RS-232 serial port: Serial ports that support RS-232.
❼ ”Combo” RS-232/422/485 serial ports: Serial ports capable of using RS-232,
RS-422 and RS-485 as serial protocol. The user can select the type of serial
protocol to run.
❼ ”Combo” RS-422/485 serial ports: Serial ports capable of using RS-422 and
RS-485 as serial protocol. The user can select the type of serial protocol to
run.
For details on the serial port capabilities and pin-out of your specific WeOS prod-
uct, please see the User Guide of the product (
section 1.5 ).
The serial port can be used by several different serial applications:
❼ Serial extender: The WeOS units with serial ports can be used to extend a
serial connection over a TCP/IP network. Chapter 39 provides information on
WeOS Serial Over IP support.
❼ Modem replacement: WeOS units are able to interpret AT commands, the
can be used to replace modems. The modem replacement support is inte-
grated with WeOS Serial Over IP functions, and is described in
chapter 39 .
❼ Modbus gateway: WeOS units can act as gateway between Modbus units on
the serial port and Modbus units on TCP/IP networks. Chapter 40 describes
WeOS Modbus gateway support.
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