ProSoft Technology RLX-IFH9E-A - Manual (Page 31)

RLX-IFHE ♦ RadioLinx Industrial Wireless Start Here
RadioLinx® Industrial Frequency Hopping Ethernet Radios User Manual
ProSoft Technology, Inc. Page 31 of 109
November 19, 2013
Serial Protocol Encapsulation
The RadioLinx RLX-IFHE contains its own IP protocol stack that is configured
with a local area network IP address. The radios are configured to send to and
receive from a socket interface. A serial message is encapsulated into an
Ethernet packet and is delivered to the socket, where the serial server extracts
the serial data stream from the Ethernet packets and outputs it to the RS-232
serial port. Bi-directional serial communication is supported in some modes.
Legacy serial-only HMI software can be used with Ethernet by installing a third-
party COM port redirection driver on the host computer. The redirection driver
provides the client services to establish and maintain a TCP socket connection
with the serial server while simulating a PC COM port to the HMI application.
Click the Radio Configuration button on the Radio Configuration dialog box to
configure encapsulation settings.