ESport 101/102/104 Serial Device Server Features • DIN rail or Panel mount. • Supports socket connection, TCP server, TCP client, and UDP. • Supports 10/100 Mbps Ethernet. • Supports up to 8 TCP connection in TCP server • Supports RS-232, RS-422, and RS-485 serial mode. interface. • Heart beat connection ensures reliable TCP • Supports LAN and WAN communications. connection against power failure or network • In Server mode supports individual client sessions disruption. for security. • Supports loop back mode. Data is echoed back for • Management access password protected. easily testing the connection. • Virtual COM drivers for Windows NT/98/ME/2000/XP. Overview The ESport-10x Ethernet serial server connects RS-232, The virtual COM driver is a TCP or UDP client. Once the 422, 485 serial devices to an Ethernet LAN/WAN connection is made, the LAN is transparent to the serial providing a reliable communication connection. The device. Applications work just as if the serial device is ESport-10x Windows driver installs virtual COM ports in connected a host’s physical COM port. The virtual COM the Device Manager of the operating system. The virtual port converts the application’s data into IP packet destined COM port is designed to establish a connection with the for the ESport-10x, which in turn converts the IP packet ESport-10x. This in turn will allow communications with back to serial data. the connected serial device in the same manner as a device connected to the COM port in a PC. The LAN Paired Mode becomes transparent to the serial device and the software Paired mode is also called serial tunneling. When this type running on the PC. ESport-10x also offers a Heart Beat of configuration is selected, No additional software is feature to insure a reliable communications connection. needed to install in a host PC. In fact a PC is not required to make the connection. Any two dumb serial devices that The ESport-10x can be configured as a TCP Client/Server can communicate with each other through a serial link will or UDP. The ESport-10x operates in “Direct IP Mode”, be able to communicate using two ESport-10xs and the “Virtual COM Mode”, and “Paired Mode”. LAN. Direct IP Mode Serial Ethernet Direct IP connections allow applications using TCP/IP or Serial UDP/IP network socket programs to communicate with the ESport-10X ESport-10X asynchronous serial port on the ESport-10x. In this type of application the ESport-10x is configured to TCP or UDP server. The socket program running on the PC establishes a communication connection with the ESport-10x. The raw data is sent directly to and from the serial port. Two ESport-10xs are configured with one setup as a TCP or UDP client and the other to TCP/UDP server. When Virtual COM Mode setting up the Server, the Remote IP address section must The Virtual COM mode requires the installation of a virtual contain the address of the Client. This will allow the COM port device driver. In this mode, the ESport-10x Client’s IP address to pass the IP address-filtering feature must be set to either TCP/server or UDP/server in the of the Server. Conversely, the Remote IP address of the menu with a designated communication port number. Client must contain the Server’s IP address. Heart Beat The ESport-10x provides a convenient way to establish Ethernet Serial reliable communications between two devices. ESport-10X Communication port 5300 is reserved for the Heartbeat Protocol. If a loss connection occurs the Heart Beat feature will try to reconnect the TCP data connection Loop Back every 5 seconds until communications is established ESport-101/ESport-102 will work at Loop back Mode, all again. data is sent back immediately. This feature makes the connection testing easy. Specifications Serial Buffer: Management: output: 64K bytes for ESport-101/ESport-102, Manager software, Serial Console, Telnet, Web server 32K bytes for ESport-104 Firmware upgradeable Input: 8K bytes per port Dimensions: Serial Connection: ESport-101/ESport-102 -- DTE – BD-9 male 3.35 x 4.5 x 0.90 in (8.5 x 11.5 x 2.3 cm) LAN: ESport-104 -- 10/100 Mbps Auto-detecting – 10 Base T, 4.5 x 7.3 x 1.1 in (11.4 x 18.5 x 2.9 cm) 100 Base TX Serial Interfaces: Power Requirements: RS-232 - TX, RX, RTS, CTS, DTR, 9 ~15 VDC DSR, DCD, GND 300 mA ESport-101, RS-422 – TX+, TX-, RX+, RX-, RTS+, RTS-, 300 mA ESport-102, CTS+, CTS-, GND 500 mA ESport-104 RS-485 - Data +, Data –, GND Operating Temperature: Data Rate: 0 to 50 °C (32 to 122 °F) 110 bps to 230.4 k bps Storage Temperature: Parity: -20 to 60 °C (-4 to 140 °F) none, even, odd, mark, space Data Bits: Humidity: 5, 6, 7 or 8 0 – 90% Non-Condensing Stop Bits: Approvals: 1, 1.5 or 2 CE, FCC Protocol: TCP, IP, ARP, DHCP, Telnet, HTTP, UDP, ICMP Pin Assignment DB9 M RS232 RS422 RS485 Pin 1 2 34 5 1 DCD RX- -- 2 RXD RX+ -- 3 TXD TX+ DATA+ 4 DTR TX- DATA- 5 GND GND -- 6 DSR CTS- -- 67 8 9 7 RTS CTS+ -- DB9 Male 8 CTS RTS+ -- 9 RI RTS- -- Contacts info@passportnetworks.com, sale@passportnetworks.com, supports@passportnetworks.com