Kingbird KB2000 User Manual

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KB2000 Data Converter

User’s Manual

Shenzhen Kingbird Network Technology CO.,LTD

Add: 12C/12D, Tower B, Haiwang Building, NanHai Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
TEL:[phone] Fax：[phone] EXT.: 8012

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1．Overview

KB2000 is data protocol converter which transmits the data between
RS232/RS485 and TCP/IP network.It is special used for Internet network data
transmission, also can be used in Local network. KB2000 will receive the data from
converter’s RS232/RS485 COM Port and transmit the data to Network Data Server of
TCP/IP network transparently; the Network Data Server will transmit data to the
KB2000’s RS232/RS485 COM port. In other words, so long as connect two KB2000’s
COM port with different PC or device, their Network Port be connected with internet,
the different PC or device can communicate through internet.

KB2000 supply 10M/100M Ethernet interface upwards, and supply one standard
RS232 (or RS485) COM port. It have 16K buffer, its parameters can be set by
software, the baud rate support from 300bps to 115200bps. KB2000 can suit for all
kinds of network environment. KB2000 can apply to all kinds of network environment,
network parameter and COM parameter, KB2000 can be set by configuration software
or by User’s programming.

Two types of KB2000:

Type A (KB2000-A), this type mainly for Main station (Master station), as control
center, it commonly connect with PC;

Type B (KB2000-B), this type mainly for slave station, as remote terminal, it
commonly connect with user’s devices, instruments, meters and so on.

Mainly Application (based on Internet):

 Remote AMR system

 LED Display information issue system

 water conservancy, atmosphere monitoring

 POS network

 Power automatically , transformer monitoring system

 Industry instruments and meters automation engineering

 Linkage or multinational group device monitoring network

2．Interface and appearance

2.1 Indicator light

LED1：Above LED, Double color, Network cable connected it show green(No

connected No light),if 串口 data send and receive from Serial port, It will be red.

LED2: Below LED, Double Color, when power supply connected It will show red,
when KB2000 connected with server, it will change to green.

2.2 Network interface: RJ45，connect with TCP/IP network.

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2.3 COM interface: RS232 or RS485.

KB2000 have 10 pins，from left to right : PIN1-PIN10 they are defined as follow:

Pin No. Definition Description For User

1 VCC Power: DC6~24V

2 GND Ground

3 UTXD

TXD（DTU COM/RS485: A）

RS232,TTL:RXD; RS485:A

4 URXD

RXD（DTU COM/RS485: B）

RS232,TTL:TXD; RS485:B
5 Output1 Output NO.1 of IO
6 Input1 Input No.1 of IO

7

UGND Ground (COM) RS232,TTL, RS485:Data

groud
8 Output2 Output No.1 of IO
9 Status Online is high,offline is low
10 Input2 Input No.2 of IO

VCC GND UTXD1/A URXD1/B Output1 Input1 GND Output2 status Input2

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3．The parameters of KB2000

3.1 General parameters

Name: Named current KB2000, the Max length is 16bytes (ASCII code);

Password: When you set the parameters of KB2000, you must input password,

password is 6bytes ASCII code;

Type: Include A and B two types. Type A is mainly used in Main station, Type B is

mainly used in slave station;

ID: Current KB2000’s ID;
Target ID: If the type of KB2000 is type A, this item just is used. When type A

wants to communicate with type B, this item value is set to the ID of type B;

Zone valid: If you want to use Zone, you must set it to ON;
Zone: The current KB2000’s Zone number of the Network; if type A wants to

communicate with a quantity of type B, you must set type A and type B the same Zone
number, and the Zone valid all be set ON;

Heart beat: The interval of KB2000 connection or communicate with remote

server.

3.2 Network parameters

IP: IP address of KB2000, when it join into one subnet, its IP must be distributed

depend on the network section.

Gateway: The gateway of subnet which KB2000 accessed.

Subnet Mask: It depends on the subnet.

Get IP from: The type of getting IP include Manually and Automatic. In Manually,

IP address can be set, KB2000 will use the IP address which user set. If in Automatic,
KB2000 can get the IP address by DHCP protocol, DHCP server must be in the
subnet, if you can not get IP through automatic, please use manually.

Protocol: Network protocol support UDP and TCP;

Target IP: KB2000 is client-side working way, it must have server IP.The default
value is Kingbird’s, if user don’t have server, can use Kingbird’s server for free (if
quantity is less) or hire Kingbird’s server (if quantity is more), then this value no need
to reset.
Target TCP port: The TCP port for specified KB2000 communicate with Target
Main machine, The default value is the TCP port of Kingbird’s, if user don’t have
server, can use Kingbird’ s server for free (if quantity is less) or hire Kingbird’ s server (if
quantity is more), then this value no need to reset.

Target UDP port: The UDP port for specified KB2000 communicate with Target

Main machine, The default value is the TCP port of Kingbird’s, if user don’t have
server, can use Kingbird’ s server for free (if quantity is less) or hire Kingbird’ s server (if
quantity is more), then this value no need to reset.

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3.3 COM parameters

Baud rate: The data transmit speed. User must set it same as PC or terminal

device which connected. The bard rate of KB2000 support from 300pbs to 115200pbs;

Data bits: In COM port asynchronous transmission, a group data real include data

digit. KB2000 support 5-8Bits data bits. Data bits must be set the same as the PC or
terminal device which connected. In general it is 8bits;

Verify: KB2000’s COM verify have three types: None, Even, Odd. User must set it

same as PC or terminal device which connected.

Stop bit s: In COM port asynchronous transmission, a data digit to indicate the end

of this group data. KB2000 support one and two stop bits. User must set it same as
PC or terminal device which connected. In general the stop bits is 1bit;

Max MEM. Time: When KB2000 received data from COM port, it will go into the

buffer, if over Max MEM Time, and there are not next data come in, KB2000 will
transmit the data to the network.

Max MEM. Bytes: When KB2000 received enough length data from COM port,

KB2000 will transmit the data to the network. KB2000 will transmit the data to network
when it satisfies Max MEM. Time and Max MEM. Bytes in one of two conditions.

4．Operation and Management

Firstly user is advised to connect KB2000 with the same subnet through network

cable by Switch or HUB, and power on it, User can set KB2000.

User can Manage KB2000 with the program (NetConvertor.exe). NetConvertor

can manage all KB2000 in current subnet. It can search KB2000, view KB2000
parameters, set KB2000 and so on. The interface of the program as follow: