Digi ConnectPort TS 8 MEI, ConnectPort TS 16 MEI, ConnectPort TS 16, ConnectPort TS 8 Quick Start Manual

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Quick Start Guide

ConnectPort® TS 8, TS 8 MEI, TS 16, TS 16 MEI

1 Verify your components

Verify that you have all included equipment.

If any item is missing or damaged, contact your supplier.

Included equipment

2 Connect the hardware

Pin positions for connecting serial devices

10-wire j ack (female) 10-wire connector (male) 8-wire connector (male)

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

For a 1 0-wire connector, Pin 1 of the connector is in t he following location:

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

Pin # on 10-wire connector

Pin # on 8-wire connector EIA-232

MEI products only

PortServer TS 8/16 MEI only

EIA-422/485 full-du plex

EIA-485 halfduplex

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

RI DSR* RTS CGND TxD RxD SGND CTS DTR DCD*

TxDRxDRTS+ CGND TxD+ RxD+ SGND CTS+ RTSCTS-

N/A DATAN/A CGND N/A DATA+ SGND N/A N/A N/A

N/A RxDTxD+ CGND No connection RxD+ SGND No connection TxDN/A

*Use t he Altpin setting t o swap these tw o signals.

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3 Download the required software

Digi provides s everal utilities t hat discover devices present on a net work. You will need to download either t he Digi Discovery Utility or Digi Port Authority - Remote.

1. Navigate to www.digi.com/support/cpts8.

2. Click the Diagnostics, Utili ties, and MIBs link.

3. Select your operating syste m.

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

If you want to manage your serial ports with Digi's RealPort s oftware, download the RealPort soft ware.

1. Navigate to www.digi.com/support/cpts8.

2. Click the Drivers link.

3. Select your operating syste m. A list of available downloads and release notes for your operating syst em appears.

4. Download the RealPort driver and the release notes .

Note For Microsoft Windows operat ing systems, unzip t he download package and run the executable file. For Linux or Unix operat ing syst ems, unload the release notes first

and follow the instr uctions in the release notes.

4 Configure the serial ports

Access the Digi Connect Family User Guide from the Documentation tab at www.digi.com/support/cpts8 .

Use Digi Discovery Utility or DigiPort Authority—Remote to discover devices on your network and open the web interface.

1. In the list of discovere d devices, s elect the ConnectPort TS 8/16 device.

2. If you are not using DHCP, configure t he IP address.

3. Open the web interface. In the Digi Device Discovery Utility, click Open web i nterface. In Digi Port Authority-Remote, click Device Configuration.

4. A login prompt for the we b interface appears. Enter the default username and password: root and dbps.

In t he we b interface, under Configuration, click Serial Ports.

Configure serial port sett ings using port profiles. Port profiles are a defined s et of serial port paramet ers for a particular use . The web inte rface and User Guide contain descriptions of the port profiles. For ConnectPort TS 8/16 products, Digi recommends the RealPort port profile. For help in configuring the device for use with other port profiles, see the User Guide. To configure ports to use the RealPort port profile:

1. On the Serial Port Configuration page, click the port to be configured.

2. Click Change Profile.

3. In the list of profiles, select t he RealPort port profile.

4. Click Apply.

For EIA-232 devices that will be connected using 8-wire cables, configure t he Altpin sett ing. The default for this sett ing is off; it must be enabled as needed for each serial port. For each applicable s erial port:

1. Click Advanced Serial Settings.

2. Select the Enable alternate pinout (altpi n) sett ing.

3. Click Apply.

The serial ports for ConnectPort TS 8/16 MEI products are set to EI A-232 by default. For serial ports that connect to EIA-422 or EIA-485 devices, configure t he serial ports. For each applicable serial port:

1. Click the ser ial port to s elect it.

2. On the Serial Port Configuration page, click the Multip le Electrical Interface ( MEI) Serial Settings link.

3. Select EIA-422/EIA-485.

4. Select the number of differential wires t he device uses for communication:

l 2 wires: a half-duplex connection with share d transmit and r eceive w ires.

l 4 wires: a full-duplex connection with independent tr ansmit and receive pairs. This is the default setting.

5. Select Enable termination if you require termination or use of biasing resistors across the lines. Enable this setting if the terminal server port is an endpoint

node of the EIA-422/485 network and you want ter mination or biasing. 2-wire mode uses ter mination or biasing at one of the end points; usually the Mas ter

endpoint.

Note The C TS and RTS controls signals are available as separate differential signals in the EIA-422 /EIA-485 4-wire mode. Do not use these differe ntial signals in 2-wire mode.

The CTS and RTS differential signals are not t erminated or biased internally. If you re quire termination or biasing, it must be done exter nally.

Your ConnectPort TS device is now configured for basic serial port connectivity. For information on other configuration options and additional product information,s ee the User Guide.

5 Locate the appropriate cable adapters for your product

The table below lists EIA-232 cable adapters that work with ConnectPort TS 8/16 products. For additional cabling information, go to www.digi.com/support/cpts8 and click the Documentation tab. To order cables, click Cabling.

Part number Cable adapter Appli cation

76000697 Digi TS DB-9F Console Adapter (4-pk) Bay Accelar, Nortel and other DB-9 DTE devices. 76000698 Digi TS DB-25M C onsole Adapter (4-pk) Oracle Sparc, Oracle Ultra, terminal,printers and other DTE devices w ith DB-25 female ports. 76000699 Digi TS DB-25F Console Adapter (4-pk) Cisco, IBM and other DTE devices with DB-25 male ports. 76000700 Digi TS DB-25M M odem Adapter (4-pk) Modems and other DCE devices with DB-25 female ports. 76000701 Digi TS DB-9M Modem Adapter (4-pk) Modems and other DCE devices with DB-9 female ports.

76000692 Digi TS DB-25M P rinter Adapter (4-pk)

For use with printers. This adapter differs fr om a console adapter in that it uses the DTR signal

instead of RTS for hardware flow control. 76000631 Digi TS t o Oracle Netra/Cisco Cable (single pk) For use with Cisco and Oracle RJ-45 console ports. Also available in 8-pk and 16-pk quantities. 63000042-01 RJ-45 to RJ-45 Straight through Ethernet Cable Can be used as a network ing cable or combined with one of the adapters as a serial cable.

Note Cable adapters are 8-wire. If you are using these cable adapter s w ith modems, or other applications that re quire Data Car rier Detect (DC) control, you must enable the

alternate pinout se tting, or ALTPIN, as shown in step 4.

6 Next steps

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