GPORT104_2 Manual
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1. ee O i NN TT ree Select serial gt status and you will see the current connection status of all GPORT ports Note Only the status of connected ports will be displayed Disconnected port will be displayed as 7 Checking the status of the GPORT system Sj Treo Menu Micrecolt interest Esplarer XA map BD my IRO Alb CE a tros Select system gt status and you will see the current status of the GPORT system Information displayed includes Version of Firmware server name MAC address IP address network mask and default gateway 8 Resetting and restarting the system 2 roi Printed PL crol int ormat Esenlae or E 8 cm map PRO bmo IAD H N a AR GOD Oem umr aot 3 or Soe Os IR HERET F htheu 182 188 L LUJJ E ii M A system operator Reset Default ere Select system setup and you will see 2 selection buttons Reset Default To reset GPORT into factory default settings Restart Box To restart GPORT 9 Chang ing user name and password I Fi Paii iii rect Ent Espiro ZAO map EEO miy IR E BAE 0AA Gee Gere mir a AbD Dy PAE hipy 392 368 1 001 A AIN O IR name und password ear i c p Trem Select system password and you can change the user name and password set up in and managed by GPORT The next time you enter the GPORT setting you need to enter the new user name and password you have set up 10 Ch2. T t mere When the password 1s entered the main window will appear as shown above Click the function bars on the left to select the functions that you want to set up 3 Connect setup red Pini Mic r ii E T urn ot Exp hor or 2A ED Het bmo Ti Hb HEE o GAA Get ymn gae ADA FR HAD ME hip 182 89 2 101 Server Name EXE 1 Dynamic IP Obtain an F addr 1 Statie IP Use a fixed 1172 16 4 15 HRE HA TT E Select Connect and the above window appears GPORT supports two IP address setup methods 1 e automatic IP address obtainment by the DHCP server and manual setup DHCP method there is a DHCP server in the LAN that GPORT is connected to Select Dynamic IP of GPORT GPORT will automatically obtain an IP address from the DHCP server Check System status for information about the address Static IP setup set up the IP address mask and gateway that you assign to GPORT manually 4 Mode setup ZeD RED Eo EAS HAE Dc DEWR Gymm Oot a S ON AO R PROD JE htc 192 168 L LOJ E TCF Server TCR Chen s DP me o Cg Tl rir This is for the setup of the working modes for all ports of GPORT The working modes that GPORT supports presently include Real TTY Gvmodem Real TTY COM TCP Client TCP Server UDP Send UDP Receiver The following table shows the configuration of working modes and the m
3. can do detailed configuration by connecting the consoles of these eguipment to the COM ports of the terminals or mainframes However in many actual application environments all the network equipment is gathered in the company or even remote machine rooms Geographically restricted administrators may feel inconvenient in managing this equipment Although some equipment may be managed through Telnet many non network equipment usually does not provide remote configuration functions Serial port equipment server is an ideal solution for all the difficult problems in console management In actual applications one serial port equipment server may be installed in places where equipment is centralized for connection with the consoles of the equipment Serial port equipment servers can provide TCP IP connection through their own interfaces identifying an independent TCP number for each of its serial ports Remote mainframes can visit all the equipment consoles connected to the serial port equipment server through Telnet through different TCP ports By establishing a transparent channel between the consoles of the equipment and the application programs the serial port equipment server can allow the administrators to achieve the same effect of local equipment console operation when operating remote equipment consoles providing an ideal solution for the above mentioned challenge they face This application does not need any driving program in the mainfr
4. 10 100M default two 10 100M optional Interface RJ45 CONSOLE one default configuration 115200bps n8 1 Interface RJ45 LED status indicators for all ports Software Windows REAL COM driving program HP UX AIX DEC UX Linux raw tty fixed port and SCO UNIX real tty real port driving programs Supporting TCP client and TCP server connecting Supporting UDP send and UDP receive connecting capable of single PC to multiport and mult PC to single port connection Supporting transparent connection between two RAYON GPORT104 ports Supporting web setup Supporting telnet or console port connection with terminals and menu setup modes Providing SDK for redevelopment by clients GPORT104 is compact Linux Box Providing security checks to prevent illegal entry IV Hardware Installation l Packing list The package of this product includes the following 1tems A One GPORT 104 mainframe B One 9VDC power adapter C One RJ45 to DB9 console port cable D One user s manual and document compact disk E One quality warranty card Power connection Connect the power adapter with the GPORT 104 mainframe Under normal circumstances the POWER indicator of the GPORT 104 will be on Networking Connect the Ethernet cable with GPORT 104 and the network switch Under normal circumstances the WAN indicator of the GPORT 104 will be on The indicator will be green when the connecting speed is 100M and orange when the speed is 10M Conso
5. GPORT104 User s Manual Beijing Golden Global View Co Ltd RAYON Technology Co Ltd Version V 1 01 Contents I Product Introduction IL Features Il Technical Specifications IV Hardware Installation V Software Setup VI Upgrade VI Serial Port Pin Definition Appendix I Instructions for Application I Product Introduction Serial port equipment networking server Gport 104 incorporates four RS 232 DB9 serial ports and one 10 100M TCP IP network interface allowing fully automatic networking management of industrial equipment in an easy and energy saving way II Features Jl NM 2 ESA 32 bit 100MHZ CPU with excellent performance Stable and reliable LINUX core technology enabling convenient function expansion supporting UNIX LINUX and WINDOWS to satisfy different kinds of application demands Supporting WEB TELNET and terminal setups simple and easy to use Supporting TCP CLIENT SERVER UDP SEND RECEIVE and port mapping to satisfy various accession reguirements of clients Surge protections at all ports 15 KV ESD Supporting static and dynamic DHCP IP address setups Providing SDK for re development by clients Client may add an optional Ethernet dual Ethernets Supporting watchdog HI Technical Specifications Hardware CPU MIPS32 bit 100MHZ FLASH M SDRAM 16M ASYNC 4 port RS 232 each with 15KV surge protection maximum speed 230400bps Interface DB9 ETHERNET one
6. a To set up the port into the UDP Receive mode just add the UDP port number UDP Port Add the port number of the UDP port to be monitored by GPORT 4 5 UDP Send mode setup AAD RSD REU GA TR HWNN HEE 00da DER Hima DW A STAR OS FR J a TCP Server sTCP Clicni uk _ Cane ie treet With UDP Send mode the user can designate a maximum amount of 4 mainframes Upon reception of data GPORT ports will send them to the mainframes designated by the user simultaneously for mult mainframe backup IP Address Add IP addresses of designated mainframes UDP Port UDP port numbers of designated mainframes Notice the difference to the UDP Receive mode The mainframe monitor UDP port number is added here while the GPORT monitor UDP port number is added in the UDP Receive mode 5 GPORT port parameter setup a Treo Menu Micracott Inti rol keaharer 200 ML Baw my Ta by REE OA DER ae Oot o oo OF OR htt 192 168 L L01 one in fe fr FAA TS Select serial setup and you will see the above window Then you can set up serial port parameters according to the equipment connected with the GPORT ports Parameters to be set up include baud rate parity data bit stop bit and flow control 6 Checking the connection of all ports a Tru Pe lli rg M L ch rin Epker S l cym RSD RO bma TR RAR GG DER ee AR se cjm Eb eR 10 hipy 192 168 L L01 e eth ahii
7. ainframes Working mode GPORT Mainframe TCP UDP Real TTY Real TTY Client Server Send Receive COM Gvmodem Windows Supportable Supportable Supportable Not supportable SCO UNIX Supportable Supportable Supportable Supportable UNIX Supportable Supportable Not Supportable supportable Linux Supportable Supportable Not Supportable supportable 4 1 Real TTY Mode setup YMI MWD EW cn TR Wie B 90 LL LLA kReal TTY e TCP Server A Clrent To ensure clients use under different mainframe operation systems GPORT provides two fixed port modes i e Real TTY gt COM and Real TTY gt Gvmodem The COM mode allows clients to map the GPORT ports into expanded COM ports of the mainframe under WINDOWS and into expanded TTY ports under SCO UNIX Under the COM mode the synchronous COM parameters e g baud rate data bit stop bit and flow control change completely in conjunction with the application programs responsible for opening the ports in the mainframe just the way the mainframe COM port and TTY port does The Gvmodem mode allows clients to bind the GPORT port into a fixed virtual terminal port ttyp in UNIX and LINUX systems and you must set the port parameters e g baud rate data bit stop bit and flow control on GPORT by yourself Both modes require driving control programs to be installed
8. ame Only the Telnet client program is necessary It is also called Rtelnet or Reverse Telnet Visiting equipment networks In automatic industrial fields there are thousands of sensors detectors PLC card readers and other devices interconnecting into a control network as a tool of inter system data management The most commonly used communication protocols for the connection of this equipment are RS 232 and RS 422 485 More and more extensively employed in the industry during the past several years network frameworks like Ethernet Internet are replacing traditional serial port communication to become the mainframe of the automatic system communication With this trend highly mature open network technologies represented by TCP IP are gradually being used in various automatic systems for the connection and control of all equipment Each serial port device has the requirement of networking through TCP IP protocols Therefore the administrators may visit this equipment just the way they visit common IP equipment Serial port equipment server provides an ideal solution for the above problem Under this application mode each device connected with the serial port equipment server is assigned a TCP or UDP port number TCP mode is similar to equipment Console management in actual practice Their difference lies in that the equipment Console management mode connects through Telnet while equipment management mode through SOCKET written by clients th
9. ecking the status of network connection 2 Troo be Hi Ir Esplarer E me En x RAE MO Geet hm DNW IAE FB connection diagnosis IP address 102 163 1 254 TT ree Select diagnosis You are required to enter an IP address to check the status of the network connection The following window will appear when the ping is successful 3 roo ann l r rus DH Bit oret er or Gn map Ea mo IRD WBEE O OOOO REE 900 08 Gem dar a A INDOOR ELECO l httovY 192 168 1 101 En nat i ri TRG Abro HSE 29n E CER e WW 9 ANOTA a VI GPORT upgrade steps GPORT supports Firmware version upgrade with the TFTP method Specific steps are 1 In the first place obtain WINDOWS based up grade program wtftp2 exe and upgrade package or wtftp exe file name for other version Both programs can be obtained from GPORT _ website www gvlinux com cn gport Upgrade packages will be released at random Set up the IP address of the WINDOWS mainframe as 192 168 1 111 and connect the mainframe and the ETHERNET WAN PORT with a network cord Connect the super terminal to the CONSOLE of GPORT Press the RESET button in the GPORT and turn on power of GPORT104 Do not release the button until Enter Wait HG Command Mode appears in the terminal The following information will appear 1n the terminal LAN initialize External RMII KS8721 PHY ID 0x16190022 PHY Full D
10. emselves Due to its norrcomnectivity the UDP mode can enable multiple mainframes o control a single port to achieve the effect of multt mainframe data backup 4 Transparent TCP IP connections among serial ports In real world environment there are often such requirements an RS 232 port of specific equipment at location A needs to be connected with an RS 232 interface of specific equipment in location B As location A and location B are connected with TCP IP networks it is necessary to have the equipment capable of establishing a transparent TCP IP channel between the two serial ports GPORT serial port equipment server is an ideal solution for this requirement With two GPORT located at location A and location B respectively and one of them set up into the TCP Server mode and the other into the TCP Client mode the GPORT will establish TCP connection automatically when started building a transparent TCP IP channel between the two RS 232 serial ports 5 Satisfying the redevelopment requirement of the clients With standard LINUX as the core of the system GPORT can be regarded as a LINUX PC with multrserial port cards and network interface cards to clients with redevelopment requirements who can autonomously structure the application The clients are sure to make such choices when standard application cannot meet their requirements For example A When data security becomes extremely important and it is necessary to take into considerati
11. in the mainframe The programs can be obtained from the GPORT website or from the laser compact disk attached to the product 4 2 TCP Server mode setup E Se MH SS mm torean soe ee s RES TCP Server mode is applicable for users who use Telnet or Socket connecting programs to connect GPORT with its designated ports TCP Port Input the TCP port number to be monitored Mode Select Telnet if the user uses standard Telnet for connection or the connection program that the user uses requires Telnet negotiation If the Socket connection program that the user uses does not require Telnet negotiation please select TCP AREA O24 Ger araa Gee Gy OP AOS IR TCP Client is applicable for connecting GPORT port with designated TCP ports of designated mainframes Connection Select Startup and GPORT will perform automatic connection when started Select receiving serial data and GPORT will set up connection at this port upon reception of data The data received before the setup of connection will also be transmitted Mode The same way with TCP Server select Telnet when Telnet negotiation is necessary Otherwise select TCP Destination IP Address The IP address of the mainframe to be connected TCP Port The TCP port number to be connected 4 4 UDP Receive mode setup mm in i Interet Exar ret pe E E EL PEA Gad Que uker ger oy ao ho IB HD 18 Hn lt a CRA HE i O O OO OINVN
12. le port connection You can connect a terminal to the console for the initial setup of the GPORT The default parameters of the console port on GPORT 104 are 115200 bauds 8 bit data bits 1 stop bit and no parity bit Serial port connection GPORT 104 incorporates standard RS 232 9 pin interface serial ports You can connect the GPORT port to your equipment with connecting cords meeting RS 232 standards For pin definition and connection methods please reference Pin Definition in Chapter VII Product views front back and upper views V Software setup This product supports three types of setup i e WEB based Telnet based and console based terminal setups The WEB based setup procedure is described in detail in the following The procedures for other setup are similar to it 1 Entering the setup window Open the browser and type in the IP address of GPORT yo Please type pour user name and password default factory IP address Site 192 168 1 3 192 168 1 254 When the Realm dialogue box in the right UserName appears ignore the user name Paswod fo and input the password directly Save this password in your password list default factory password Cancel 11111 UN X Enter Network Password 2 Main setup window El Llin Preta iii i crosult Intormet Explorar HE WAE 250 A AIT EIH BET Oi da Geer Que que 30 393 3450 92 HEE iy hosts Leste BA E GOLDEN GLOBAL VIEW ES
13. on of local storage when the network fails and of data encryption in transmission B For Local data processing where the data collected needs to be transformed into uniform formats for the servers protocol transformation and for some unconventional equipment situations that need prioritized local processing to avoid time delays caused by network failures
14. rial ports themselves However many applications require a large number of serial ports to get connected with multiple serial port eguipment and to enable the mainframes to control this eguipment Sometimes the number of serial ports reguired may reach as high as a few hundred Multrserial port card is one solution to expand the number of mainframe serial ports Multtuser cards are inserted into the expansion slots PCI and ISA of the mainframes directly With multrserial port card driving programs this method can increase the number of the mainframe serial ports Developers and users may operate these expanded serial ports the way they operate ordinary serial ports Simple as the method is it has a lot of vulnerabilities First the number of expandable serial ports is limited Currently multr user cards in the market can incorporate 64 serial ports at most which is not enough to meet the requirement of some applications Second considerable weaknesses exist in the maintenance function and cable of multi serial port cards Serial port equipment server is another solution to expand the number of mainframe serial ports Serial port equipment servers can be connected with the mainframes through random physical connection given that both have TCP IP connections Serial port equipment can be connected with serial port equipment servers directly or through modems and other devices Under this circumstance it is also necessary that the mainframes inco
15. rporate driving programs to enable mainframes to visit these ports whose physical positions are at the serial port equipment servers just as they visit ordinary serial ports Compared with the case of multtserial port cards the number of expandable serial ports is basically unlimited here reaching up to a few hundreds easily Besides the advantages are obvious over multrserial port card in terms of system maintenance upgrade function and cable It is worth mentioning that both multrserial port card and serial port equipment servers need to provide mainframe driving programs to expand serial ports in the mainframe In view of the numerous types of the mainframes and the status in the current domestic market the following mainframe driving programs are generally available Windows2000 NT 98 95 SCO Unix UnixWare7 SVR4 2 Linux IBM AIX etc Notice that the driving programs provided should correspond with real COM or tty ports instead of random ports This is called RealCom or RealTTY or fixed terminal etc GPORT serial port equipment server can provide 2 types of fixed ports for the clients to choose for different applications and to comprehensively support all mainstream operation systems Eguipment console management A lot of eguipment including routers program controlled switches UPS LAN switches and various network devices provide consoles to allow administrators more convenient management Under usual circumstances administrators
16. uplex mode PHY Speed 100M Pass Software Reset Pass Software Reset2 LAN initialize complete Run wtftp2 exe on the mainframe Host 1 163 Select the files to be upgraded Status with the browser Click OK to File start upgrade C eport Pirmaare lash When the upgrade is completed Browse GPORT will restart and recover the default factory settings automatically VII GPORT serial port pin definition GPORT incorporates standard RS 232 9 pin DTE interfaces which meet the definition of the pins of 9 pin serial ports Specifications of signal pins commonly used in DB9M and DB25M 9 pin serial port DB9 25 pin serial port DB25 Pin Features Abbr P Feature Abbr No N 1 Data Carrier Data Carrier DCD Detection Detection Transit Data Transit Data in O CD X X 4 Data Terminal TR 20 Ready 7 TS 4 T D D Data Terminal Data Set Ready El y Data Set DSR Ready 7 Reguest to R TS Send Reguest to R a Clear to Send 5 Clear to Send gt mo ue ma RS232 DB9M A 4 p AENEASE e EU FON 1 6 HY 5 e 8 DB9 DB25 connection j FRM FD HY eee 8 DCD y ee ee 3 RXD ise 2 TXD EW TE NN 20 DTR 7 GND 6 6 DSR FEN RYN 4 RTS 5 CTS Appendix I GPORT Application Modes 1 Expanding the number of serial ports of the mainframe Usually mainframes Unix mainframes or common PC incorporate only a limited number of se
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