Campbell Scientific NL200/NL201 Network Link Interface User Manual

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Appendix C. NL200/201 Settings

Secure Proxy Forward Port Number. Also, regardless of this setting, the

NL200/201 Secure Proxy Server will always listen on the secure HTTP

(HTTPS) port number 443. If a secure connection is established on this port,

the NL200/201 will attempt to communicate to the datalogger on the HTTP

port 80. (range 1..65535)

TLS Proxy Forward Physical Port

When doing TLS Proxy communications, the NL200/201 TLS server maintains

a secure connection with a remote client. If the TLS Proxy Forward Physical

Port is specified to be the CS I/O port, the NL200/201 will then open a TCP

connection with the datalogger over the CS I/O port and do unencrypted data

transfer with the datalogger. If the TLS Proxy Forward Physical Port is

specified to be the Ethernet port, the NL200/201 will open the TCP connection

over Ethernet on the TLS Proxy Forward IP Address.

TLS Proxy Forward IP Address

Secure communications received on the NL200/201 TLS Server will be

forwarded on a non-secure TCP connection to this IP address. If the TLS Proxy

Forward Physical Port is specified to be the CS I/O port, this setting is not set

by the user since the NL200/201 will obtain the IP address of the datalogger

automatically. If the TLS Proxy Forward Physical Port is specified to be the

Ethernet port, the forward IP address must be specified. Enter the IP address of

the destination datalogger here.

TLS Proxy Forward Port Number

When doing TLS Proxy communications, the NL200/201 TLS server maintains

a secure connection with a remote client. If the TLS Proxy Forward Physical

Port is specified to be the CS I/O port, the NL200/201 will then open a TCP

connection with the datalogger over the CS I/O port and do unencrypted data

transfer with the datalogger. If the TLS Proxy Forward Physical Port is

specified to be the Ethernet port, the NL200/201 will open the TCP connection

over Ethernet on the TLS Proxy Forward IP Address.

In order to communicate with the connected datalogger’s TCP server, the

NL200/201’s TCP client application must open a socket to that server. The

socket of the datalogger’s TCP server is uniquely identified by an IP address

and a port number. This entry is where the port number of the NL200/201’s

TCP client is set. The datalogger’s TCP server port must be set to

communicate on this port number.

If secure communications come in on the TLS Proxy Server Port Number, the

NL200/201 will attempt to open a TCP connection to the datalogger on the

TLS Proxy Forward Port Number. Also, regardless of this setting, the

NL200/201 TLS Proxy Server will always listen on the secure HTTP (HTTPS)

port number 443. If a secure connection is established on this port, the

NL200/201 will attempt to communicate to the datalogger on the HTTP port

80.

Leave this setting at its default unless the datalogger is expecting

communications on a different port. (range 1..65535)

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