Red Lion IndustrialPr 6000 Router - Manual (Page 112)

Software User Guide 112
Services Tab
Parity: Select the parity to be used via the provided drop‐down. Consult the configuration of the remote device being
attached, this setting must be compatible.
Stop Bit: Select the number of stop bits to be used via the provided drop‐down. Consult the configuration of the
remote device being attached, this setting must be compatible.
Connect Mode: If this option is set to No, the device will expect to receive AT Commands in order to go to active state.
Some DTE (Data Terminal Equipment) devices required to go active if they provide DTR (Data Terminal Ready) signal.
The recommended setting for this field is Yes, if DTR is the connect signal.
Ignore DTR: This option needs to be set to Yes, if the serial port is connected to a DTE device that only provides 3 wires
(Transmit, Receive and Ground) for communication or the DTE device could drop DTR signal while sending AT com‐
mands. The recommended setting for this field is YES if 3 wires connection is expected.
Connection Type: Select the connection type you desire from the drop‐down list. The recommended setting for this
field is Modem Emulator for direct connection.
Modem Emulator: Provided direct connection between the device serial port and the DTE terminal via straight RS232 cable.
Via Modem: This option is only used if the device provides TELCO/BPX or RJ11 To Terminal port for communication.
Use Timer Only: This option needs to be set to Yes in order to use the Inter Character Timeout value configured on this
device. The recommended value for this field is Yes.
Inter Character Timeout (ms): When the timer expires on the serial port, the device will forward the message received
to the remote device. This option is used when there is no consistent character to signal the end of a received mes‐
sage. This timer will be reset to the configured value on each received character. The recommended value for this field
is 5 milliseconds at 9600 baud.
Maximum Buffer Size: Set the maximum buffer size to be used for receiving serial data before forwarding to the
remote device. A value of 0 will allocate 8192 bytes of buffer by default and the data could be sent to the remote
application based on TCP stack window size. The recommended setting for this field is 292 for DNP3 type connections
and 0 for all other connections.
Enable Hardware Flow Control: Select Yes to set hardware flow control using RTS and CTS signals. The recommended
settings for this field are: No if dealing with 3 wires port (Transmit, Receive and Ground pins), Yes if dealing with the
port that have all their signal pins present.
Number of Missed Polls Allowed: Set the maximum number of missed RTU polls before re‐initializing all the internal
memory and buffer conditions. If a packet is transmitted out the serial port and no response packet is received, this is
counted as a missed poll and data content is not evaluated. The recommended setting for this field is 0, to disable this
action. Any other value is upon your environment requirements.
Socket Type: Select the Socket Type you desire to have for Serial IP communication from the drop‐down list.
UDP: If this option is selected, the device will act as a UDP (Connectionless) and listening on the configured Listening IP Port
for connection for the client.
TCP Client: If this option is selected, the device will act as a TCP Client and connects to the host processor once the serial port
becomes active.
TCP Server: If this option is selected, the device will act as TCP Server and listen on the configured Listening IP Port for con‐
nection from the client.
TCP Client/Server 2 Way: If this option is selected, the device will listen on configured Listening IP Port for client connection
to communicate with serial device and once the client is disconnected, and the serial device connected to the ttyS1 port
needs to report it’s status, the device will connect to the host destination to report the device’s status.
UDP BroadCaster: If this option is selected, the device will support 5 UDP broadcast addresses.