Checking out EM1000 communication with and without “WinWedge
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1. should now be able to type data or messages into the terminal set up for data commu nication and see it appear on the telnet screen which is spying on the RS 232 port At this point the only thing left to do is configure WinWedge Pro to grab the data going through the EM1000 Basic use of WinWedge Pro to capture the data sent through the data port ethernet 1 2 This technical note will only address the most basic configuration of the WinWedge Pro to interface with the EM1000 WinWedge Pro configuration questions not addressed in this technical note should be forwarded to TAL Technical Inc www taltech com It assumed you have already installed the WinWedge Pro software to your PC Open up the WinWedge and in turn TCP Wedge from standard Windows menus Once TCP Wedge is open click Mode then Send Keystrokes TO to begin setting up a communications profile a In the top block enter the name of the application you want to ship the data to b In the lower block enter the full path including the executable of the application to capture data c Click OK Now click Port and Settings and select This PC will act as TCP client a In the Remote Host IP Address block enter the IP Address of the EM1000 you will capture data from b In the Remote Port block enter the data port of the EM1000 default is 8888 c Click OK Next click Activate then2. Checking out EM1000 communication with and without WinWedge Pro TAL Technologies Inc Configuration of the Dumb Terminal to communicate with the EM1000 console port 1 Select a free com port and set 9600 8 N 1 with no flow control 2 See Terminal emulation tip on page 18 of the user s manual 3 Please note the current terminal emulation provided in Windows can sometimes be slow to accept new settings and may require you to save the profile then close and re open it Minimum configuration of the EM1000 1 Obtain the following from your network administrator a A static IP address es for the EM1000 s b Gateway to be used by the EM1000 c Netmask to be used by the EM1000 2 Connect cable to console and power to the unit per the instructions on pages 16 17 of the user s manual 3 If the terminal emulation program is not open please do so at this time 4 The two key files to be modified are DWN EM and WATTCP CFG which are located on EM 1000 s non volatile memory 5 Reset the unit by holding the reset button for 5 seconds then releasing it a If this is the first time using the unit you will receive a terminal prompt indicating you need to configure the WATTCP CFG file _ A WwW N 6 7 Type Type edit WATTCP CFG and hit enter Tee l and hit enter Type my_ip insert static ip provided by network administrator and hit enter Type gateway insert
3. Normal Mode You should be prompted to save the profile name Give it any unique name you desire recommend using standard DOS naming con ventions 6 Go back to you data transmission dumb terminal and enter something to see it come up in the application you specified in WinWedge Pro
4. en Preferences recommend setting the buffer size to 250 Emulation to VT 100 ANSI and selecting blink ing cursor Set the font to Fixedsys and click OK From the menu bar select Connect then Remote System In the Host Name dialog box insert the static ip provided by the network administrator Leave the Port as telnet and Term Type as vt100 Click Connect to establish connection At the arrow prompt sent by the EM1000 type spy on to enable spying on the data sent through the data port You can type show to examine all the settings of the EM1000 to confirm the setting from step 5 and all others Leave your telnet session running at this point and configure the dumb terminal for data transmissions Configuration of the Dumb Terminal to communicate with the EM1000 Com1 data port 1 Connect a communication cable preferably from the EM1000 Development Kit from an appropriate com port on the PC to Com1 RS232 of the EM 1000 Select a free com port and set 19200 8 N 1 with no flow control Note this is a different baud rate See Terminal emulation tip on page 18 of the user s manual 4 Set ASCII parameters under settings tab to include line feeds and echo if you like 5 Please note the current terminal emulation provided in Windows can sometimes be slow to accept new settings and may require you to save the profile then close and re open it You
5. gateway provided by network administrator and hit enter Type netmask insert netmask provided by network administrator and hit enter Hold control amp tap z to exit edit mode Type s and hit enter to save file 8 Record the IP Address Gateway amp Netmask as you will need it again b The quickest way to establish an initial DWN EM file is to type copy listen em dwn em and hit enter c Your EM1000 now has the minimum configuration it requires d Reset the unit and inspect the settings e Once you are satisfied with the settings presented upon reset hook up all necessary networking cables and hub configuration as needed f Go to the Windows DOS Shell not to be confused the the EM1000 DOS prompt and to confirm basic network connectivity by typing the following ping insert static ip provided by network administrator and hit enter g You are finished with the console and can now remove the cable from the setup Note If you are using just a PC cables amp hub in your networking setup please be sure to assign the same gateway amp netmask to the PC as the EM 1000 has You must also assign the PC an IP address that is different from the EM 1000 Using the Windows Telnet program to spy on data sent over the data port 1 2 3 Click start then run In the dialog box type telnet and click OK to open the telnet program In the menu bar click Terminal th
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