Good Way Technology FW2440 User Manual
4-Port Wireless
Serial Device Server
User's ManualUser's Manual
Table of Contents
Table of Contents ......................2
Safety Instructions ....................3
Copyright ....................................3
Trademarks ................................3
Introduction ................................4
Features......................................4
Package contents ......................5
System requirement ..................5
Product overview.......................6
Connection .................................7
- Power connection .....................7
- Network connection ..................9
DIN mounting kit installation ..
................................................... 12
Pin assignment ........................ 13
- RJ45 Pin assignment ............. 13
- DB9 Pin assignment ............... 13
Using SEC (Serial-to-Ethernet
Connector) ............................... 14
- Introduction............................. 14
- Driver installation .................... 16
- Uninstall the software ............. 17
Quick starting guide ................ 18
- Sharing a local serial port on PC
................................................ 18
- Connecting to a shared serial
port from the serial device server
................................................ 20
- Creating UDP Connecting ...... 22
Serial to Ethernet Toolkit ........25
- Search a Serial Device Server
................................................ 25
Web console ............................26
- Network settings ..................... 27
- WiFi settings ........................... 31
- Serial settings ......................... 32
- Operating settings .................. 34
- Accessible IP settings .............40
- Change password .................. 44
- Load factory default ................ 45
- Upgrade.................................. 46
- Save/Restart........................... 47
Telnet console ..........................48
- Main menu.............................. 48
- 1. Basic settings ..................... 50
- 2. Network settings ................. 54
- 3. Serial settings ..................... 57
- 4. Operating settings ............. 60
- 5. Accessible IP settings .........68
- 6. Auto warning settings .........70
- 7. Monitor ............................... 74
- 8. Ping .................................... 75
- 9. Change password ............. 76
- 10. Load factory defaults ........ 76
Regulatory compliance ........... 77
- FCC conditions ....................... 77
- CE .......................................... 77
- WEEE information .................. 77
Specication ............................ 78
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Before attempting to connect, operate or adjust this product, please
save and read the User's Manual completely. The style of the
product shown in this User's Manual may be different from the actual
unit due to various models.
Safety Instructions
Always read the safety instructions carefully:
■ Keep this User’s Manual for future reference
■ Keep this equipment away from humidity
■ If any of the following situation arises, get the equipment
checked by a service technician:
• The equipment has been exposed to moisture.
• The equipment has been dropped and damaged.
• The equipment has obvious sign of breakage.
• The equipment has not been working well or cannot get
it to work according to the User’s Manual.
Copyright
This document contains proprietary information protected
by copyright. All right are reserved. No part of this manual
may be reproduced by any mechanical, electronic or other
means, in any form, without prior written permission of the
manufacturer.
Trademarks
All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property
of their respective owners or companies.
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Introduction
The serial server supports multiple serial ports and allows
you to control RS232/422/485 serial devices over a TCP/
IP based Ethernet. Both wire and wireless connection are
supported. By specifying the IP Address and the TCP Port
number, a host user can access different serial devices
such as Serial Modems, Serial Thermometers, Magnetic
Card Readers, Barcode Scanners, Data Acquisition
Systems, POS Terminals, industrial PCs etc.. Besides, you
can centralize serial device management and distribute the
management to different users at the same time.
Features
■ WiFi interface support up to 54Mbps link speed
■ Security mode: WEP/WPA/WPA2
■ RS-232/422/485 mode selected by S/W
■ 15KV ESD immunity to serial interface
■ 3KV optical coupling isolation
■ 9~36 VDC wide range power input
■ Versatile operating mode supported, including RealCOM,
TCP Server, TCP Client and UDP
■ 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet port for LAN
■ DIN-rail mountable
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Package contents
■
Serial Device Server
■ CD (Driver & User’s Manual) x1
■ Power adapter x1
■ DIN mounting kit x1
■ Screw x3
■ RJ45 to DB9 Cable x4
■ Power Terminal Connector x1
x1
System requirement
■ IBM compatible computer
■ Windows Vista ®, Windows XP ® 32/64-bit,
Windows 2000 ®, Windows Server 2008® 32/64-bit
■ 64 MB RAM or higher
■ Pentium® 233 MHz or higher
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Product overview
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WiFi antenna
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Reset button: Presses to restore the factory default settings.
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Link/Act: ■ Lights green when connecting to an available
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Power indicator: Lights up when the power is on.
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Signal strength: Displays the status of WiFi signal strength.
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RJ-45 Ethernet connector: Connects to an available LAN
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RJ-45 connector: Connects to RS232/422/485 devices. For
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DIN mounting: Attaches to a standard DIN-Rail.
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5V3A DC Power jack
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9~36 VDC power terminal
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network.
■ Flashes green when the wireless data is
transmitting.
(Local area network)
more detailed pin assignment of RJ45,
refer to Pin assignment chapter.
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Connection
Power connection
To power the serial server, choose one of the below
methods. Power LED lights up when the serial server's
power is on.
DC-In
Plug the supplied power adapter into a wall outlet and the
other end to the serial server's DC power jack.
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Power cable
1. Insert the cable into the power
terminal block.
2. Tighten the screw using
screwdriver.
3. Plug the power terminal block into
the serial server according to the
connector's orientation.
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Network connection
This serial server supports to connect an available LAN
(Local Area Network) using wire or wireless. Select one of
the following methods to connect the serial server. Note that
the connection diagrams show below are examples only. The
real applications may be different from the actual conditions.
Wireless connection
Serial server
Wireless
Wireless
Serial server
Wireless
Cable
The device of router can be a DSL router, Ethernet Hub/Switch
or 802.11x router/base station.
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Laptop
Wireless router
Laptop
Wireless router
Wire connection
Serial server
Laptop
Cable
Wireless router
Cable
PC connection
Connect the serial server to a computer using Ethernet
cable directly if you do not have a network.
Serial server
Desktop
Cable
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Serial devices connection
Connect serial device(s) to the serial server when the
serial server has been connected to a LAN. The supported
serial devices of this serial server are serial modems, serial
thermometers, magnetic card readers, barcode scanners,
data acquisition systems, POS terminals, industrial PCs
etc..
Note: Install the serial device's drivers before connecting to
the serial server is recommended.
Wireless router
Laptop
Wireless
Wireless
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Serial server
Barcode
scanner
DIN mounting kit installation
This serial server can be placed to a at surface, mounted
on a wall or attached to a standard DIN-Rail. Screw the
DIN mount kit into the hub as the illustration below before
mounting.
Screw x3
DIN mounting kit
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Pin assignment
RJ45 Pin assignment
Pin RS-232 RS-422 RS-485
1 DSR RXD- RXD- --2 RTS RXD+ RXD+ ---
8 1
3 GND GND GND GND
4 TXD --- --- --5 RXD --- --- --6 DCD TXD- TXD- Data7 CTS --- --- --8 DTR TXD+ TXD+ Data+
DB9 Pin assignment
1 5
6 9
Pin RS-232 RS-422 RS-485
1 DCD TxD-(A) TxD-(A) Data-(A)
2 RxD --- --- --3 TxD --- --- --4 DTR TxD+(B) TxD+(B) Data+(B)
5 GND GND GND --6 DSR RxD-(A) RxD-(A) --7 RTS RxD+(B) RxD+(B) --8 CTS --- --- --9 --- --- --- ---
(4-wire)
(4-wire)
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RS-485
(2-wire)
RS-485
(2-wire)
Using SEC (Serial-to-Ethernet Connector)
Introduction
Serial to Ethernet Connector is an advanced software-based
solution that allows you to share more than 255 serial port
devices over network easily turning your computer into lowcost terminal server. Thus, any serial port device connected
to your COM port could be accessed from anywhere in the
world (via Internet or LAN) as if it is attached directly to the
remote PC. When the attached serial port device sends
communication data, it is actually transmitted over TCP/IP
network and back from the network to your serial device.
Serial to Ethernet Connector provides the ability to create
several connection types for three main purposes:
• Share serial port for incoming connections (Server)
Server connection will be waiting for incoming client
connections and actually will share local real or virtual
serial port into network. Server connection provides an
ability to connect many clients simultaneously and each
connected client is able to transmit input/output serial data
to local real or virtual serial port.
• Connect serial port to Serial Device Server (Client)
Creating client connection will initiate local real or virtual
serial port data redirection to the remote server using TCP/
IP protocol.
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You have to do is specify remote server's IP address
(or network name) and TCP port to connect to. Once
connection is established, all data sent from remote serial
port device, attached to the server, will be genuinely
delivered to local serial port where it can be further
processed.
• Share serial port using UDP
You can redirect input/output data from local real or virtual
serial port using UDP/IP underlay protocol. Besides, you
are able to broadcast all serial data to your local network.
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Driver installation
1. Double click SDS_Setup in order to start installation
process.
Note: This driver combines the utilities of Serial to Ethernet
Connector and Serial to Ethernet Toolkit. Both utilities will
be installed to the computer after running the installation.
2. Follow the on-sereen instructions to complete the
installation. Once the installation has been completed,
Two shortcuts ( and ) will appear on the desktop. To
launch the utility, double-click the shortcut which created
on the desktop. Alternatively, navigate the Start menu
and locate the launcher in Programs submenu.
Note: Please install the utility before connecting the serial
server to a computer.
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Uninstall the software
Uninstall the Serial to Ethernet Connector
To uninstall the Uninstall Serial to Ethernet Connector,
click on Uninstall Serial to Ethernet Connector under
Ethernet Software item in Programs submenu, and then
follow the on-screen instructions.
Uninstall the Serial to Ethernet Toolkit
1. To uninstall the Serial to Ethernet Toolkit, click Control
Panel in Programs submenu.
2. Click Uninstall a program under Program > right click
on Select Serial Device Server to bring up Uninstall.
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Quick starting guide
This guide will take you through the process of establishing
client-server connection over TCP/IP network. To launch the
Serial to Ethernet Connector, double click the shortcut
on the desktop.
Sharing a local serial port on PC
1. In Create connection tab choose the required connection
type: Share serial port for incoming connections (Server).
Also specify the name to identify this connection, for
instance, COM1 [Server]
2. Select local serial port to be shared. For example, COM1
Note: A serial port name must not contain spaces inside.
3. Tick Create as virtual serial port checkbox to use a
virtual serial port instead of a real one. The advantage of
virtual serial ports technology is that you are not limited to
the number of physical serial ports in a system, and thus
you can free existing serial ports for other applications.
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Note: A virtual serial port can have the same name as
the existing physical COM port. But in this case it will be
accessed instead of physical one.
4. Tick Strict baud rate emulation checkbox if you want to
enable baud rate emulation, which permits virtual ports to
work with the same speed as real ones.
5. Specify TCP port, which will be used in connection. Make
sure this port is not blocked by rewall and is not used by
other servers in your system (DNS, SMTP, IIS, etc.).
6. Click Create connection button.
7. Now the shared serial port can be accessed from the
Serial Device Server side (next page) with default
settings.
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Connecting to a shared serial port from the serial device server
1. In Create connection tab choose the required
connection type: Connect serial port to Serial Server
Device. The name to identify this connection will be set
automatically depending on the shared serial port, which
participates in connection.
2. Specify the shared serial port number to connect to.
3. Also specify the remote server's IP or name, as well as
TCP port, used in connection. Click Add button to add IP
address to IP's list.
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4. Сlick Create connection button.
5. Now you are ready to start the communication process
with default settings.
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Creating UDP Connecting
Serial to Ethernet Connector lets you establish UDP/IP
connection between serial ports. UDP connection may
come useful for streaming big chunks of data as well as for
Mail, DNS, Finger and other services.
To create a connection, follow these instructions:
1. Switch to Create connection tab.
2. Specify connection name to identify this conguration.
Default name is based on local serial port number,
which participates in connection, and connection type in
brackets.
3. Select connection type you want to create. In this case it
is Share serial port using UDP.
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4. In Select Serial Port eld choose local serial port which
will participate in connection: either add it manually, or
select one from the drop-down list.
5. Tick Create as virtual serial port option if you would like
to use virtual serial ports instead of real ones.
6. Tick Strict baud rate emulation checkbox if you want
to enable baud rate emulation. You can nd more details
about our virtual serial port and baud rate emulation
technologies here.
7. Specify IP address (or network name) of the remote end
and port number to connect to. Make sure that the port
numbers are the same at both ends and are not blocked
by rewall.
8. You can also specify the port to receive the data,
regardless of the port the data is sent to. It may be useful
if you create UDP connection with several devices that
have the same ports.
9. Finally, click Create connection button. Once connection
is created, you can see it in Connections tree.
10. Open local serial port. You may use Windows
HyperTerminal utility for this purpose. This step is
necessary only if you want to verify whether the
connection was created successfully.
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11. Create UDP connection at the remote end. Repeat steps
1-10 listed above. Make sure that the port numbers are
the same at both ends and are not blocked by rewall.
12. Now you are ready to start communication process with
default settings. You can refer to Editing UDP connection
section if you would like to edit a newly established
connection.
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