B&B Electronics PES1A User Manual

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Quick Start Guide

PES1A/PESV1A RS-232 to Ethernet

Converters

Models: PES1A
PESV1A

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 The PES1A or PESV1A module
 A printed version of the user manual
 A printed version of this PES1A/PESV1A Quick

Start Guide

 CD-ROM disc with discovery software, RealPort

software, manual, Quick Start guide

Documentation Model Number PESx1A-2907qs PN6869-rev002

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 In a web browser on your PC, type in the

IP address and access the Web
Configuration and Management Interface

 Login using the username ‘root’ and

password ‘dbps’

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 Connect your PC to the network
 Connect the PES1A/PESV1A serial port to

 Connect the PES1A/PESV1A Ethernet

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 Power is applied when the Ethernet (PoE) cable is
 When a connection is established with the network the
 The PES1A/PESV1A will automatically try to obtain an IP

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your serial device (Use a serial cable if it is
DCE, null modem cable if it is DTE.)

connector to a PoE-enabled network switch
or hub (CAT-5 cable)

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address, or generate one itself

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 Use the discovery software on your CD

(finder.exe) to get the IP address for your
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 In the Configuration, Serial Ports page select the Port

Profile you require for use with your application (E.g.
RealPort for virtual COM port, TCP Server, UDP
server, Serial Bridge, etc)

 Configure the serial port settings for the selected Port

Profile (e.g. In TCP Sockets select client or server ,
TCP port numbers, etc.) Also configure baud rate,
data bits, etc in Basic Serial Settings.

 Configure any required alarms and notification
 If RealPort profile was selected (virtual COM port) do

the next step (Set up VCOM)

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 For Win 2K/XP/Vista, start the RealPort software

wizard (located on the included CD via setup.exe)

 Select your PESx1A from the list
 Select an unused COM port number
 Follow the wizard to set up a virtual COM port
 For Win 98, ME, NT 4.0 follow the readme.txt

included with each O/S (no setup.exe available)

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 Configure and then start your application

Documentation Model Number PESx1A-2907qs PN6869-rev002

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