Digi ConnectPort LTS 8, ConnectPort LTS 32, ConnectPort LTS 16 Quick Start Manual

ExpressCard SD

Power Ready Diagnostic

Console Modem

DTR

DCD

Factory Reset

USB1

USB2

XBee

C O NN E C T P O R T

LTS

Quick Start Guide

1

ConnectPort LTS

RJ-45 diagnostic loopback

Power cord (US models only)

What’s in the box

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ConnectPort® LTS 8/16/32

2

Connect the hardware

Connect the Ethernet cable to the Ethernet 1 port.

Connect the serial devices to the serial ports, following the pin-position
information below. If serial devices are EIA-422/485, see steps 4e and 4f.

b

Cord and brick power
supply (for LTS 8 models).

Power cord
(for U.S.
models).

Connect the power supply to the POWER connector.

ConnectPort LTS

Cord and brick power supply
(ConnectPort LTS 8 models only)

Pin # on
10-wire
connector

EIA-422/485
Full-Duplex

EIA-232

1 RI TxD­2 DSR* RxD-

3 RTS RTS+

4 CGND CGND

5 TxD TxD+

6 RxD+

7 SGND SGND
8 CTS CTS+
9 DTR RTS-

10 CTS-

RxD

DCD*

EIA-485
Half-Duplex

N/A
DATA-

N/A

CGND

N/A

DATA+

SGND
N/A
N/A

N/A

Serial port pin assignments:

MEI versions only:

ConnectPort LTS
products use an
RJ-45 10-wire jack
(female), with Pin 1
in the following
location:

a

Pin # on
8-wire
connector

2

3

4

5

6
7
8

1

10-wire connector
(male):

Pin positions for connecting serial devices:

For an 8-wire
connector,
connect the pins
to the center 8 pins
of the 10-wire jack:

For a 10-wire
connector, Pin 1
of the connector is
in the following
location:

10-wire jack
(female):

8-wire connector
(male):

Ports, connectors, LEDs, and buttons:

Insertion
end

Insertion
end

Pin 1

c

*Use the Altpin setting to swap these two signals.

DP-9F console adapter

XBee antenna
(W models only)

Rack mount brackets
(16/32 port models only)

Ethernet cable

W models only: Connect the XBee antenna to the XBEE connector.

d

Serial port side

Reverse side

a

b

c

d

Top
view

Top
view

ConnectPort LTS 16/32 - Serial port side

ConnectPort LTS 16/32 - Reverse side

ConnectPort LTS 16 Dual Power - Serial port side

ConnectPort LTS 16 Dual Power - Reverse side

C

O NN E C TPO RT

LT S 3 2

Up

Dn

Sel

Ext

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

Ethernet 1

Ethernet 2

Power

SD

USB1

USB2

C

ON N E C TPOR T

LT S 8

Power Ready Diagnostic

XBee

Up

Dn

Sel

Ext

C

O NN E C TPO RT

LT S 1 6

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Ethernet 1

Ethernet 2

Power 2

Power 1

SD

Power 1 Power 2 Ready Diagnostic

Console Factory Reset

C O NN E C T P O R T

LTS

Up

Dn

Sel

Ext

Power

–
+

C

ON N E C TPOR T

LTS-W

Console

Modem

DTR

DCD

Factory

Reset

Ethernet 1

Ethernet 2

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

ConnectPort LTS 8 - Serial port side

Power
connector

Ethernet
ports

Serial ports

Analog
modem
port (W
models only)

DTR/
DCD
LEDs

Factory
reset
button

Console
port

Power
connector

Ethernet
ports

Serial ports

LCD
display

LCD
control
buttons

Express
card slot
(W models
only)

SD card
slot

Power
LED

Ready
LED

Diagnostic
LED

XBee
antenna
connector
(W models
only)

USB
ports

Factory
reset
button

Console
port

DTR/
DCD
LEDs

Analog
modem
port (W
models
only)

Serial ports

Ethernet
ports

Power 2
connector

Power 1
connector

Console
port

Factory
reset
button

Power 1
LED

Power 2
LED

Ready
LED

SD card
slot

Diagnostic
LED

LCD
display

LCD
control
buttons

ConnectPort LTS 8 - Reverse side

SD

USB1

USB2

C

ON N E C TPOR T

LT S 8

Power Ready Diagnostic

XBee

Up

Dn

Sel

Ext

Diagnostic
LED

SD card
slot

USB
ports

XBee
antenna
connector
(W models
only)

Power
LED

Ready
LED

LCD
display

LCD
control
buttons

4

5 Locate the appropriate cable adapters for your product

Congure the serial ports

Part Number

Cable Adapter

Application

76000697

76000698

76000699

76000700

76000701

76000692

76000631

63000042-01

Digi TS DB-9F Console Adapter (4-pk)

Digi TS DB-25M Console Adapter (4-pk)

Digi TS DB-25F Console Adapter (4-pk)

Digi TS DB-25M Modem Adapter (4-pk)

Digi TS DB-9M Modem Adapter (4-pk)

Digi TS DB-25M Printer Adapter (4-pk)

Digi TS to Sun Netra/Cisco Cable (single pk)

RJ-45 to RJ-45 Straight Through Ethernet Cable

Bay Accelar, Nortel and other DB-9 DTE devices.

Sun Sparc, Sun Ultra, terminal, printers and other DTE devices with DB-25 female ports.

Cisco, IBM and other DTE devices with DB-25 male ports.

Modems and other DCE devices with DB-25 female ports.

Modems and other DCE devices with DB-9 female ports.

For use with Cisco and Sun RJ-45 Console ports. Also available in 8-pk and 16-pk quantities.

Can be used as a networking cable or combined with one of the adapters as a serial cable.

The table below lists EIA-232 cable adapters that can be used with ConnectPort LTS products.
For additional cabling information, go to www.digi.com/support/connectportlts and click the Documentation tab.
To order cables, go to the Digi Support site at www.digi.com/support and click Cabling.

For use with printers. This adapter diers from a Console Adapter in that it uses the
DTR signal instead of RTS for hardware ow control.

Navigate to www.digi.com/support/connectportlts. Click the Documentation link. Click Users Guide: ConnectPort LTS / LTS MEI / LTS W / LTS MEI W to open the
User Guide for this product.

c

a

b

d

e

f

Use the Device Discovery Utility or Digi Port Authority -- Remote to discover devices on your network and open the web interface:

- In the list of discovered devices, select the ConnectPort LTS device.

- Using the Digi Discovery Utility or Digi Port Authority, congure the IP address if necessary. See Alternative IP address setup using the LCD display below.

- Open the ConnectPort LTS web interface. In the Device Discovery Utility, click Open web interface. In Digi Port Authority-Remote, click Device Conguration.

- A login prompt for the web interface is displayed. Enter the default username and password: root and dbps.

Alternative IP address setup using the LCD display

You can also set a static IP address using the LCD display and LCD control buttons.

- Press the Sel button to navigate to these settings: CONFIGURATION > IP SETTINGS #1> IP MODE:STATIC > IP ADDRESS > EDIT.

- Use the Up and Dn buttons to select the correct IP address from the displayed addresses; press Ext when done.

- If necessary, change SUBNET MASK and GATEWAY.

- Press the Ext button to exit the conguration menus.

- To save the IP settings, use the Dn and Sel buttons to select the SAVE command.

- Press the Ext button to exit the LCD display.

In the web interface, under Conguration, click Serial Ports.

Congure serial port settings using port proles. Port proles are a dened set of serial port parameters for a particular use. The web interface and
User Guide contain descriptions of the port proles. For ConnectPort LTS products, Digi recommends the RealPort port prole. For help in conguring
the device for use with other port proles, see the User Guide. To congure ports to use the RealPort port prole:

- On the Serial Port Conguration page, click the port to be congured.

- Click Change Prole.

- In the list of proles, select the RealPort port prole.

- Click Apply.

For EIA-232 devices that will be connected using 8-wire cables, congure the Altpin setting. The default for this setting is o; it must be enabled
as needed for each serial port. For each applicable serial port:

- Click Advanced Serial Settings.

- Select the Enable DCD on 8-pin RJ45 connectors (Altpin) setting.

- Click Apply.

g

Your ConnectPort LTS device is now congured for basic serial port connectivity. For information on other conguration options and additional product information,

see the User Guide.

Note: Cable adapters are 8-wire. If you are using these cable adapters with modems, or other applications that require Data Carrier Detect (DCD) control,
you must enable the alternate pinout setting, or Altpin, as shown in step 4e.

The serial ports for ConnectPort LTS MEI products are set to EIA-232 by default. For serial ports that connect to EIA-422 or EIA-485 devices,
congure the serial ports. For each applicable serial port:

- Click the serial port to select it.

- On the Serial Port Conguration page, click the link Basic Serial Settings.

- For MEI Type, select RS422/485 for EIA-422/485 4-wire Full-Duplex or RS485-HALF for EIA-485 2-wire Half-Duplex.

- Select Enable termination if termination or use of biasing resistors is needed across the lines. Enable this setting if the terminal server port is an endpoint
node of the EIA-422/485 network and termination or biasing is desired. If using 2-wire mode, termination or biasing is used at one of the end points;
usually the Master endpoint.
Note: The CTS and RTS control signals are available as separate dierential signals in the EIA-422/EIA-485 4-wire mode. Do not use these dierential signals
in 2-wire mode. The CTS and RTS dierential signals are not terminated or biased internally. If termination or biasing is needed, it must be done externally.

- Click Apply.

3

Download required software

Digi provides several utilities that discover devices present on a network. You will need to download either the Device Discovery Utility or

Digi Port Authority - Remote.

- Navigate to: www.digi.com/support/connectportlts.

- Click the link Diagnostics, Utilities, and MIBs.

- Select your operating system. A list of available downloadable utilities for your operating system is displayed.

- Download and run either the Device Discovery Utility or Digi Port Authority - Remote.

a

b

If the serial ports for your product will be managed using Digi’s RealPort software, download the RealPort software.

- Navigate to: www.digi.com/support/connectportlts.

- Click the link Drivers.

- Select your operating system. A list of available downloads and release notes for your operating system is displayed.

- Download the Realport driver and the release notes.
For Microsoft Windows operating systems, unzip the download package and run the executable.
For Linux or Unix operating systems, unload the release notes rst and follow the instructions in the release notes.