4 connect, 5 serial sensors, 4 tcp serial client – Campbell Scientific NL200/NL201 Network Link Interface User Manual

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NL200/201 Network Link Interface

You can verify your settings are correct by selecting the datalogger in the

Network Map, selecting the Clock tab, and pressing

Check Clocks. If

your settings are correct, you should see the current clock of your server

and datalogger.

FIGURE 7-3. Serial server LoggerNet setup

7.3.4 Connect

You are now ready to connect to your datalogger using the LoggerNet Connect

screen.

7.3.5 Serial Sensors

The NL200/201 configured as an RS-232 serial server as described above can

be used to communicate with a serial sensor. However, LoggerNet is not

capable of communicating with the serial sensor. You must have some other

method of communicating with the sensor.

7.4 TCP Serial Client

When the RS-232 port is configured as

TCP Serial Client, the NL200/201 will

initiate and maintain a TCP socket connection to the IP address and port

number specified by the

Serial Client Address and Serial Client Port

settings. Data received on the RS-232 port will be forwarded to this TCP

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