NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual

Ninth Edition, May 2009

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 Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction..............................................................................................1-1
Overview ............................................................................................................................ 1-2
Package Checklist .............................................................................................................. 1-2
Product Features................................................................................................................. 1-3
Product Specifications........................................................................................................ 1-3
Chapter 2 Getting Started.........................................................................................2-1
Panel Layout....................................................................................................................... 2-2
Connecting the Hardware................................................................................................... 2-4
Wiring Requirements .............................................................................................. 2-4
Connecting the Power ............................................................................................. 2-4
Grounding the NPort 5400 ...................................................................................... 2-4
Connecting to the Network ..................................................................................... 2-5
Connecting to a Serial Device................................................................................. 2-5
LED Indicators........................................................................................................ 2-5
Adjustable Pull High/low Resistors for the RS-485 Port ........................................ 2-6

Chapter 3 Initial IP Address Configuration.............................................................3-1

Initializing the NPort’s IP Address ..................................................................................... 3-2
Factory Default IP Address ................................................................................................ 3-2
LCM Display (No support in NPort 5450-T/5450I-T) ....................................................... 3-2
NPort Administration Suite ................................................................................................ 3-5
ARP.................................................................................................................................... 3-5
Telnet Console.................................................................................................................... 3-6
Chapter 4 Choosing the Proper Operation Mode...................................................4-1
Overview ............................................................................................................................ 4-2
Real COM Mode ................................................................................................................ 4-2
TCP Server Mode............................................................................................................... 4-3
TCP Client Mode................................................................................................................ 4-4
UDP Mode.......................................................................................................................... 4-4
Pair Connection Mode........................................................................................................ 4-4
Reverse Telnet Mode.......................................................................................................... 4-5
Disabled Mode ................................................................................................................... 4-5

Chapter 5 Web Console Configuration ...................................................................5-1

Opening Your Browser....................................................................................................... 5-2
Basic Settings ..................................................................................................................... 5-4
Network Settings ................................................................................................................ 5-6
Serial Settings................................................................................................................... 5-10
Operating Settings ............................................................................................................ 5-12
Real COM Mode................................................................................................... 5-12
TCP Server Mode ................................................................................................. 5-15
TCP Client Mode .................................................................................................. 5-19
UDP Mode ............................................................................................................ 5-23
Pair Connection Mode .......................................................................................... 5-26
Reverse Telnet Mode ............................................................................................ 5-27
Disabled Mode ...................................................................................................... 5-28
Accessible IP Settings ...................................................................................................... 5-29
 Auto Warning Settings ..................................................................................................... 5-30
Auto warning: E-mail and SNMP trap.................................................................. 5-30
Event Type ............................................................................................................ 5-31
Monitor............................................................................................................................. 5-33
Monitor Line ......................................................................................................... 5-33
Monitor Async ...................................................................................................... 5-33
Monitor Async-Settings ........................................................................................ 5-33
Change Password ............................................................................................................. 5-34
Load Factory Default ....................................................................................................... 5-34
Chapter 6 Configuring NPort Administrator...........................................................6-1
Overview ............................................................................................................................ 6-2
Installing NPort Administrator ........................................................................................... 6-2
Configuration ..................................................................................................................... 6-4
Broadcast Search..................................................................................................... 6-5
Specify by IP Address............................................................................................. 6-6
Password Protection................................................................................................ 6-6
Unlock Password Protection ................................................................................... 6-7
Configuring the NPort 5400.................................................................................... 6-8
Web Console......................................................................................................... 6-10
Upgrading the Firmware ....................................................................................... 6-10
Export Configuration ............................................................................................ 6-11
Import Configuration ............................................................................................ 6-12
Monitor............................................................................................................................. 6-13
Port Monitor ..................................................................................................................... 6-19
COM Mapping ................................................................................................................. 6-20
On-line COM Mapping......................................................................................... 6-21
Off-line COM Mapping ........................................................................................ 6-26
IP Address Report............................................................................................................. 6-28
Automatic Message Log................................................................................................... 6-29
Chapter 7 NPort CE Driver Manager for Windows CE ...........................................7-1
Overview ............................................................................................................................ 7-2
Installing NPort CE Driver Manager.................................................................................. 7-2
Using NPort CE Driver Manager ....................................................................................... 7-2

Chapter 8 IP Serial LIB..............................................................................................8-1

Overview ............................................................................................................................ 8-2
IP Serial LIB Function Groups........................................................................................... 8-3
Example Program............................................................................................................... 8-3
Appendix A Pinouts and Cable Wiring ...................................................................... A-1
Port Pinout Diagrams ........................................................................................................ A-2
Ethernet Port Pinouts ............................................................................................. A-2
Serial Port Pinouts.................................................................................................. A-2
Cable Wiring Diagrams ..................................................................................................... A-3
Ethernet Cables ...................................................................................................... A-3
Serial Cables .......................................................................................................... A-3

Appendix B Well Known Port Numbers .................................................................... B-1

Appendix C SNMP Agents with MIB II & RS-232 Like Group .................................. C-1
Appendix D Auto IP Report Protocol......................................................................... D-1
Appendix E Compliance Notice ................................................................................. E-1
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Chapter 1 Introduction

Welcome to the Moxa NPort 5400 Series of advanced serial device servers, which make it easy to
enable network operation of your serial devices. All device servers in the series come with four
serial ports. On the NPort 5410, the serial ports are RS-232 ports; on the NPort 5430/5430I, the
serial ports are RS-422/485 ports; on the NPort 5450/5450I, the serial ports are RS-232/422/485
ports.
The following topics are covered in this chapter:
‰ Overview
‰ Package Checklist
‰ Product Features
‰ Product Specifications
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Overview
The NPort 5400 Series device servers are designed to make your industrial serial devices Internet
ready instantly. The compact size of the NPort 5400 device servers makes them the ideal choice
for connecting RS-232/422/485 serial devices—such as PLCs, meters, and sensors—to an
IP-based Ethernet LAN, making it possible for your software to access serial devices anywhere
over a local LAN or the Internet.
The NPort 5400 serial device servers ensure the compatibility of network software that uses a
standard network API (Winsock or BSD Sockets) by providing TCP Server Mode, TCP Client
Mode, and UDP Mode. And thanks to the NPort’s Real COM/TTY drivers, software that works
with COM/TTY ports can be set up to work over a TCP/IP network in no time. This excellent
feature preserves your software investment and lets you enjoy the benefits of networking your
serial devices instantly.
The NPort 5400 serial device servers support automatic IP configuration protocols (DHCP,
BOOTP) and manual configuration via the NPort’s handy web browser console. Both methods
ensure quick and effective installation. And with the NPort 5400’s Windows Utility, installation is
very straightforward, since all system parameters can be stored and then copied to other device
servers simultaneously.

Package Checklist
The Moxa NPort 5400 Series products are shipped with the following items:
Standard Accessories
y 1 NPort 5400 4-port serial device server
y NPort Document & Software CD
y NPort 5400 Series Quick Installation Guide
y Product Warranty Statement

Optional Accessories
y DK-35A DIN-Rail Mounting Kit (35 mm)

NOTE: Notify your sales representative if any of the above items is missing or damaged.

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Product Features
The NPort 5400 Series products enjoy the following features:
y Make your serial devices Internet ready
y Easy-to-use LCM (Liquid Crystal Module) interface for setting up the IP address (no support
in -T models)
y Versatile socket operation modes, including TCP Server, TCP Client, and UDP
y Easy-to-use Windows Utility for mass installation
y Supports 10/100 Mbps Ethernet—auto detectable
y 2- or 4-wire RS-485 with patented ADDC™ (Automatic Data Direction Control)
for NPort 5430, 5430I, 5450, and 5450I
y Built-in 15 KV ESD protection for all serial signals
y Supports SNMP MIB-II for network management
y NPort 5430I/5450I has 2 KV isolation protection
y Adjustable RS-485 termination resistor

Product Specifications
LAN
Ethernet 10/100 Mbps, RJ45
Protection Built-in 1.5 KV magnetic isolation

NPort 5410 Serial Interface

Interface RS-232
No. of Ports 4
Port Type DB9 Male
Signals TxD, RxD, RTS, CTS, DTR, DSR, DCD, GND
Serial Line Protection 15 KV ESD for all signals

NPort 5430/5430I Serial Interface

Interface RS-422/485
No. of Ports 4
Port Type Terminal Block
Signals RS-422: Tx+, Tx-, Rx+, Rx-, GND
RS-485 (2-wire): Data+, Data-, GND
RS-485 (4-wire): Tx+, Tx-, Rx+, Rx-, GND
Serial Line Protection 15 KV ESD for all signals
RS-485 Data Direction ADDC™ (Automatic Data Direction Control)

NPort 5450/5450I Serial Interface

Interface RS-232/422/485
No. of Ports 4
Port Type DB9 Male
Signals RS-232: TxD, RxD, RTS, CTS, DTR, DSR, DCD,

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GND
RS-422: Tx+, Tx-, Rx+, Rx-, GND
RS-485 (2-wire): Data+, Data-, GND
RS-485 (4-wire): Tx+, Tx-, Rx+, Rx-, GND
Serial Line Protection 15 KV ESD for all signals
RS-485 Data Direction ADDC™ (Automatic Data Direction Control)

Power Line Protection

Level 2 Burst (EFT), EN61000-4-4
Level 2 Surge, EN61000-4-5

Advanced Built-in Features

HMI LCM display with four push buttons (no support in wide temp.
model)
Buzzer
Real-Time Clock
Watch Dog Timer

Serial Communication Parameters

Parity None, Even, Odd, Space, Mark
Data Bits 5, 6, 7, 8
Stop Bit 1, 1.5, 2
Flow Control RTS/CTS, XON/XOFF, DSR/DTR (NPort 5410, 5450, and 5450I
only)
Transmission Speed 50 bps to 921.6 Kbps

Software Features
Protocols ICMP, IP, TCP, UDP, DHCP, BOOTP, Telnet, DNS, SNMP,
HTTP, SMTP, SNTP, Rtelnet, ARP
Utilities NPort Administrator for Windows
(98, ME, NT, 2000, XP x86/x64, 2003 x86/x64, Vista x86/x64,
2008 x86/x64, XP embedded)
NPort CE Driver Manager for Windows CE 5.0/6.0
OS Driver Support Windows Real COM drivers for: Windows
(98, ME, NT, 2000, XP x86/x64, Vista x86/x64, 2008 x86/x64, CE
5.0/6.0, XP embedded)
Linux Real TTY driver for: Linux 2.4 x86/x64, 2.6 x86/x64 kernel
UNIX Fixed TTY drivers for: SCO Unix/OpenServer
5/OpenServer 6/UnixWare 7, UnixWare 2.1, SVR4.2, QNX 4.25,
QNX 6, Solaris 10 (x86/SPARC), FreeBSD 5.x/6.x
Configuration Web Browser, Telnet Console, or Windows Utility

Power Requirements
Power Input 12 to 48 VDC
Power Consumption NPort 5410: 350 mA (at 12V max.)
NPort 5430: 320 mA (at 12V max.)
NPort 5430I: 530 mA (at 12V max.)

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NPort 5450: 350 mA (at 12V max.)

NPort 5450I: 554 mA (at 12V max.)

Mechanical
Material SECC sheet metal (0.8 mm)
Dimensions (W × H × D) With mounting kit: 176 × 35.5 × 103 mm
(6.93 × 1.4 × 4.06 inch)
Without mounting kit: 158 × 33 × 103 mm
(6.22 × 1.3 × 4.06 inch)
Gross Weight 740g

Installation DIN-Rail, Wall Mounting

Environment
Operating Temperature Standard Models: 0 to 55°C (32 to 131°F)
Wide Temp. Models: -40 to 75°C (-40 to 167°F)
Storage Temperature -40 to 75°C (-40 to 167°F)
Humidity 5 to 95% RH
Regulatory Approvals
EMC FCC Class A, CE Class A
Safety UL60950-1, EN60950-1
Marine DNV
Medical EN60601-1-2 Class B, EN55011
Warranty 5 years

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Chapter 2 Getting Started

This chapter includes information about installing NPort 5400 Series device servers. The
following topics are covered:
‰ Panel Layout
‰ Connecting the Hardware
¾ Wiring Requirements
¾ Connecting the Power
¾ Grounding the NPort 5400
¾ Connecting to the Network
¾ Connecting to a Serial Device
¾ LED Indicators
¾ Adjustable Pull High/low Resistors for the RS-485 Port
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Panel Layout
NPort 5410/5450/5450I
Power input

RESET V+ V-
LAN

RJ45 10/100 Mbps Ethernet port

Terminal Block power input

5410

NP5410_61405
[Link]

Serial Device Server

Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Port 4

RS-232 RS-232 RS-232 RS-232

Indicator LEDs Input buttons LCM display panel

Male DB9 serial port

NPort 5430/5430I
Power input

RESET V+ V-
LAN

RJ45 10/100 Mbps Ethernet port

Terminal Block power input

5430

N P 5430_61405
[Link]

Serial Device Server

Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Port 4

RS-422/785 RS-422/785 RS-422/785 RS-422/785

Indicator LEDs Input buttons LCM display panel

RS-422/485 Terminal Block

T+ T- R+ R- GND T+ T- R+ R- GND T+ T- R+ R- GND T+ T- R+ R- GND

D+ D- D+ D- D+ D- D+ D-

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NPort 5450-T / 5450I-T

Power Jack Power Input

RESET V+ V-
LAN

RJ45 10/100 Mbps Ethernet port

Terminal Block power input

5450

Serial Device Server

Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Port 4

RS-422/785 RS-422/785 RS-422/785 RS-422/785

Indicator LEDs
Male DB9 serial port

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Connecting the Hardware

This section describes how to connect the NPort 5400 to serial devices for first time testing
purposes. We cover Wiring Requirements, Connecting the Power, Grounding the NPort 5400,
Connecting to the Network, Connecting to a Serial Device, and LED Indicators.

Wiring Requirements

ATTENTION
Safety First!
Be sure to disconnect the power cord before installing and/or wiring your NPort 5400.
Wiring Caution!
Calculate the maximum possible current in each power wire and common wire. Observe all
electrical codes dictating the maximum current allowable for each wire size.
If the current goes above the maximum ratings, the wiring could overheat, causing serious
damage to your equipment.
Temperature Caution!
Please take care when handling the NPort 5400. When plugged in, the NPort 5400’s internal
components generate heat, and consequently the casing may feel hot to the touch.

You should heed the following:

y Use separate paths to route wiring for power and devices. If power wiring and device wiring
paths must cross, make sure the wires are perpendicular at the intersection point.

NOTE: Do not run signal or communication wiring and power wiring in the same wire conduit.
To avoid interference, wires with different signal characteristics should be routed separately.
y You can use the type of signal transmitted through a wire to determine which wires should be
kept separate. The rule of thumb is that wiring that shares similar electrical characteristics can
be bundled together.
y Keep input wiring and output wiring separate.
y Where necessary, it is strongly advised that you label wiring to all devices in the system.

Connecting the Power

Connect the 12-48 VDC power line with the NPort 5400’s terminal block. If the power is properly
supplied, the “Ready” LED will show a solid red color until the system is ready, at which time the
“Ready” LED will change to a green color.

Grounding the NPort 5400

Grounding and wire routing helps limit the effects of noise caused by electromagnetic interference
(EMI). Run the ground connection from the ground screw to the grounding surface prior to
connecting devices.

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ATTENTION
This product is intended to be mounted to a well-grounded mounting surface such as a metal
panel.

SG SG: The Shielded Ground (sometimes called Protected Ground)

contact is the left most contact of the 3-pin power terminal block
connector when viewed from the angle shown here. Connect the
SG wire to an appropriate grounded metal surface.

NP
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Connecting to the Network

Connect one end of the Ethernet cable to the NPort 5400’s 10/100M Ethernet port and the other
end of the cable to the Ethernet network. If the cable is properly connected, the NPort 5400 will
indicate a valid connection to the Ethernet in the following ways:
y The Ethernet LED maintains a solid green color when connected to a 100 Mbps Ethernet
network.
y The Ethernet LED maintains a solid yellow color when connected to a 10 Mbps Ethernet
network.
y The Ethernet LED will flash when Ethernet packets are being transmitted or received.

Connecting to a Serial Device

Connect the serial data cable between the NPort 5400 and the serial device.

LED Indicators
The top panels of the NPort 5400 have four LED indicators, as described in the following table.
LED Name LED Color LED Function
Steady on: Power is on and NPort is booting up.
red Blinking: Indicates an IP conflict, or DHCP or BOOTP server
did not respond properly.
Ready Steady on: Power is on and NPort is functioning normally.
green Blinking: The NPort has been located by NPort Administrator’s
Location function.
off Power is off, or power error condition exists.
orange 10 Mbps Ethernet connection.
Ethernet green 100 Mbps Ethernet connection.
off Ethernet cable is disconnected, or has a short.
orange Serial port is receiving data.
P1, P2,
green Serial port is transmitting data.
P3, P4
off No data is being transmitted or received through the serial port.

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Adjustable Pull High/low Resistors for the RS-485 Port

In some critical environments, you may need to add termination resistors to prevent the reflection
of serial signals. When using termination resistors, it is important to set the pull high/low resistors
correctly so that the electrical signal is not corrupted. Since there is no resistor value that works for
every environment, DIP switches are used to set the pull high/low resistor values for each RS-485
port.
To set the pull high/low resistors to 150 KΩ, make sure both of the assigned DIP switches are in
the OFF position. This is the default setting.
To set the pull high/low resistors to 1 KΩ, make sure both of the assigned DIP switches are in
the ON position.
Pull high/low resistors for the RS-485 Port
1 2 3
SW
Pull High Pull Low Terminator
ON 1 KΩ 1 KΩ 120 Ω
Default OFF 150 KΩ 150 KΩ ---

ATTENTION
Do not set the resistors to 1 KΩ. when using RS-232. Doing so will degrade the RS-232 signals
and reduce the effective communication distance.

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Chapter 3 Initial IP Address Configuration

When setting up your NPort 5400 series products for the first time, the first thing you should do is
configuring the IP address. This chapter introduces the method to configure the NPort’s IP address.
Select one of the initial IP Address configuration methods to configure the NPort’s IP Address.
For more details about network settings, see the Network Settings section from Chapter 5, Web
Console Configuration.
This chapter includes the following sections:
‰ Initializing the NPort’s IP Address
‰ Factory Default IP Address
‰ LCM Display (No support in NPort 5450-T/5450I-T)
‰ NPort Administration Suite Å recommended configuration method
‰ ARP
‰ Telnet Console
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Initializing the NPort’s IP Address

1. Determine whether your NPort needs to use a Static IP or Dynamic IP (either DHCP or
BOOTP application).
2. If the NPort is used in a Static IP environment, you can use LCM Display, NPort
Administration Suite, ARP, Web Console, or Telnet Console to configure the new IP address.
3. If the NPort is used in a Dynamic IP environment, you can use LCM Display, NPort
Administration suite, Web Console, or Telnet Console to configure the NPort to get an IP
address dynamically with DHCP, DHCP/BOOTP, or BOOTP.

ATTENTION
Consult your network administrator on how to reserve a fixed IP address for your NPort 5400 in
the MAC-IP mapping table when using a DHCP Server or BOOTP Server. In most applications,
you should assign a fixed IP address to your NPort.

Factory Default IP Address

NPort products are configured with the following default private IP address:
Default IP address: [Link]
(IP addresses of the form [Link] are referred to as private IP addresses, since it is not
possible to directly access a device configured with a private IP address from a public network.
For example, you would not be able to ping such a device from an outside Internet connection.
NPort applications that require sending data over a public network, such as the Internet, require
setting up the server with a valid public IP address, which can be leased from a local ISP.)

LCM Display (No support in NPort 5450-T/5450I-T)

We recommend using the LCM display and four push buttons to configure the IP address at the
first installation.
Basic Operation
If the NPort is working properly, the LCM panel will display a green color. The red Ready LED
will also light up, indicating that the NPort is receiving power. After the red Ready LED turns to
green, you will see a display similar to:
N P 5 4 1 0 _ 6 1 4 0 5
1 9 2 . 1 6 8 . 1 2 7 . 2 5 4

This is where
• NP5410 is the NPort’s name
• 61405 is the NPort’s serial number
• [Link] is the NPort’s IP address

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There are four push buttons on the NPort’s nameplate. Going from left to right, the buttons are:
Button Name Action
MENU menu activates the main menu, or returns to a lower level
U up cursor scrolls up through a list of items shown on the LCM panel’s second line
scrolls down through a list of items shown on the LCM panel’s second
V down cursor
line
SEL select selects the option listed on the LCM panel’s second line

The buttons are manipulated in a manner similar to the way a modern cellular phone operates. As
you move through the various functions and setting options, note that the top line shows the
current menu or submenu name, and the bottom line shows the submenu name or menu item
which is activated by pressing the SEL button.
Detailed Menu Options
The best way to explain all of the NPort’s LCM functions is to refer to the tree graph shown in the
next page. There are three main levels—1, 2, and 3—with each level represented by a separate
column.
The first thing to remember is that the menu button is used to move back and forth between the
LCM panel’s default screen, and main menu screen:
N P 5 4 1 0 _ 6 1 4 0 5
1 9 2 . 1 6 8 . 1 2 7 . 2 5 4

M a i n M e n U
S e r v e r s e t t i n g ↓

In addition, you only need to remember to:

• Use the SEL button to move up one level (i.e., left to right on the tree graph)
• Use the MENU button to move down one level (i.e., right to left on the tree graph)
• Use the cursor keys, U and V, to scroll between the various options within a level (i.e.,
up and down on the tree graph).

As you use the buttons to operate the LCM display, you will notice that with very few
exceptions, moving up one level causes the bottom line of the display to move to the top line
of the display. You will also notice that the bottom three options in level 2, and all of the
options in level 3 have either a C or D attached. The meaning is as follows:
• C = configurable
I.e., you are allowed to change the setting of this option
• D = display only
I.e., the setting for this option is displayed, but it cannot be changed (This does NOT
necessarily mean that the number does not change; only that you cannot change it)

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Main Menu
Server Serial number D
setting Server name C
Firmware ver D
Model name D
Network Ethernet status D
setting MAC address D
IP config C
IP address C
Netmask C
Gateway C
DNS server 1 C
DNS server 2 C
Serial set Select port C
Baudrate C
Data bit C
Stop bit C
Parity C
Flow control C
Tx/Rx fifo C
Interface C
Tx/Rx bytes D
Line status D
Op Mode set Select port C
Select mode C
[mode]
Real COM TCP server TCP client UDP svr/cli

Alive timeout Alive timeout Alive timeout Delimiter 1 C

Max connection Inact. time Inact. time Delimiter 2 C
Delimiter 1 Max connection Delimiter 1 Force Tx C
Delimiter 2 Delimiter 1 Delimiter 2 Dest IP start-1 C
Force Tx Delimiter 2 Force Tx Dest IP end-1 C
Force Tx Dest IP-1 Dest port-1 C
Local TCP port TCP port-1 Dest IP start-2 C
Command port Dest IP-2 Dest IP end-2 C
TCP port-2 Dest port-2 C
Dest IP-3 Dest IP start-3 C
TCP port-3 Dest IP end-3 C
Dest IP-4 Dest port-3 C
TCP port-4 Dest IP start-4 C
TCP connect Dest IP end-4 C
Dest port-4 C
Local port C
Console Web console C
Telnet console C
Ping C
Save/Restart C

The part of the LCM operation that still requires some explanation is how to edit the
configurable options. In fact, you will only encounter two types of configurable options.
The first type involves entering numbers, such as IP addresses, Netmasks, etc. In this case,
you change the number one digit at a time. The up cursor (U) is used to decrease the
highlighted digit, the down cursor (V) is used to increase the highlighted digit, and the SEL
button is used to move to the next digit. When the last digit has been changed, pressing SEL
simply enters the number into the NPort 5400 Series’ memory.

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The second type of configurable option is when there are only a small number of options
from which to choose (although only one option will be visible at a time). Consider the
PARITY attribute under PORT SETTING as an example. Follow the tree graph to arrive at
the following PARITY screen. The first option, NONE, is displayed, with a down arrow all
the way to the right. This is an indication that there are other options from which to choose.

P a r i t Y
N o n e ↓
Press the down cursor button once to see Odd as the second option.

P a r i t Y ↑
O d d ↓
Press the down cursor button again to see Even as the third option.

P a r i t Y ↑
E v e n ↓
Press the down cursor button again to see Space as the fourth option.

P a r i t Y ↑
M a r k ↓
Press the down cursor button yet again to see the last option, Space.

P a r i t Y ↑
S p a c E
To choose the desired option, press the SEL button when the option is showing on the screen.

NPort Administration Suite

NPort Administration Suite consists of some useful utility programs that are used to configure and
manage your NPort device server.
See Chapter 5 for details on how to install NPort Administration Suite, and how to use this
suite of useful utilities to set up IP addresses and configure your NPort.

ARP
You can make use of the ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) command to set up an IP address for
your NPort. The ARP command tells your computer to associate the NPort’s MAC address with
the intended IP address. You must then use Telnet to access the NPort, at which point the device
server’s IP address will be reconfigured.

ATTENTION
In order to use this setup method, both your computer and the NPort must be connected to the
same LAN.
Or, you may use a cross-over Ethernet cable to connect the NPort directly to your computer’s
Ethernet card.
Your NPort must be configured with the factory default IP address—[Link]—before
executing the ARP command, as described below.

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Take the following steps to use ARP to configure the IP address:

1. Obtain a valid IP address for your NPort from your network administrator.
2. Obtain the NPort’s MAC address from the label on its bottom panel.
3. Execute the ‘arp -s’ command from your computer’s MS-DOS prompt by typing:
arp –s [Link] 00-90-E8-xx-xx-xx
This is where [Link] is the new IP address and 00-90-E8-xx-xx-xx is the MAC address
for your NPort. You will need to change both numbers, as described above in points 1 and 2.
4. Next, execute a special Telnet command by typing:
telnet [Link] 6000
After issuing this command, a Connect failed message will appear, as shown here. After the
NPort reboots, its IP address should be updated to the new address, and you can reconnect
using either Telnet, Web, or Administrator to check that the update was successful.

Telnet Console
Depending on how your computer and network are configured, you may find it convenient to use
network access to set up your NPort’s IP address. This can be done using the Telnet program.
1. From the Windows desktop, click on Start and then select Run.
2. Type telnet [Link] (use the correct IP address if different from the default)
in the Open text input box, and then click OK.

3. When the Telnet window opens, if you are prompted to input the Console password, input
the password and then press Enter.
Note that this page will only appear if the NPort is password protected.

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4. Type 2 to select Network settings, and then press Enter.

5. Type 1 to select IP address and then press Enter.

6. Use the Backspace key to erase the current IP address, type in the new IP address, and then
press Enter.

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7. Press any key to continue…

8. Type m and then press Enter to return to the main menu.

9. Type s and then press Enter to Save/Restart the system.

10. Type y and then press Enter to save the new IP address and restart the NPort.

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Chapter 4 Choosing the Proper Operation Mode

In this chapter, we describe the various NPort 5400 operation modes. The options include an
operation mode that uses a driver installed on the host computer, and operation modes that rely on
TCP/IP socket programming concepts. After choosing the proper operation mode in this chapter,
refer to Chapter 5 for detailed configuration parameter definitions.
The following topics are covered in this chapter:
‰ Overview
‰ Real COM Mode
‰ TCP Server Mode
‰ TCP Client Mode
‰ UDP Mode
‰ Pair Connection Mode
‰ Reverse Telnet Mode
‰ Disabled Mode
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Overview
NPort device servers enable network operation of traditional RS-232/422/485 devices, in which a
device server is a tiny computer equipped with a CPU, real-time OS, and TCP/IP protocols that
can bi-directionally translate data between the serial and Ethernet formats. Your computer can
access, manage, and configure remote facilities and equipment over the Internet from anywhere in
the world.
Traditional SCADA and data collection systems rely on serial ports (RS-232/422/485) to collect
data from various kinds of instruments. Since NPort serial device servers enable network operation
of instruments equipped with an RS-232/422/485 communication port, your SCADA and data
collection system will be able to access all instruments connected to a standard TCP/IP network,
regardless of whether the devices are used locally or at a remote site.
The NPort is an external IP-based network device that allows you to expand the number of serial
ports for a host computer on demand. As long as your host computer supports the TCP/IP protocol,
you won’t be limited by the host computer’s bus limitation (such as ISA or PCI), or lack of drivers
for various operating systems.
In addition to providing socket access, the NPort also comes with a Real COM/TTY driver that
transmits all serial signals intact. This means that your existing COM/TTY-based software can be
preserved, without needing to invest in additional software.
Three different Socket Modes are available: TCP Server, TCP Client, and UDP Server/Client. The
main difference between the TCP and UDP protocols is that TCP guarantees delivery of data by
requiring the recipient to send an acknowledgement to the sender. UDP does not require this type
of verification, making it possible to offer speedier delivery. UDP also allows multicasting of data
to groups of IP addresses.

Real COM Mode

The NPort comes equipped with COM drivers that
work with Windows systems, and also TTY drivers
for Linux systems. The driver establishes a
transparent connection between host and serial device
by mapping the IP:Port of the NPort’s serial port to a
local COM/TTY port on the host computer. This
operation mode also supports up to 4 simultaneous
connections, so that multiple hosts can collect data
from the same serial device at the same time.

ATTENTION
The driver used for Real COM Mode comes with the NPort Windows Administrator. The driver
is installed automatically on your computer when you install NPort Administration Suite.

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The important point is that Real COM Mode allows users to continue using RS-232/422/485 serial
communications software that was written for pure serial communications applications. The driver
intercepts data sent to the host’s COM port, packs it into a TCP/IP packet, and then redirects it
through the host’s Ethernet card. At the other end of the connection, the NPort accepts the Ethernet
frame, unpacks the TCP/IP packet, and then transparently sends it to the appropriate serial device
attached to one of the NPort’s serial ports.

ATTENTION
Real COM Mode allows several hosts to have access control over the same NPort. The driver
that comes with your NPort controls host access to attached serial devices by checking the host’s
IP address.
Modify the Accessible IP Setting table when the legal IP address should be required in your
application

TCP Server Mode

In TCP Server mode, the NPort provides a unique IP:Port
address on a TCP/IP network. The NPort waits passively
to be contacted by the host computer, allowing the host
computer to establish a connection with and get data
from the serial device. This operation mode also supports
up to 4 simultaneous connections, so that multiple hosts
can collect data from the same serial device—at the same
time.
As illustrated in the figure, data transmission proceeds as
follows:
1. The host requests a connection from the NPort
configured for TCP Server Mode.
2. Once the connection is established, data can be
transmitted in both directions—from the host to the
NPort, and from the NPort to the host.

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TCP Client Mode

In TCP Client mode, the NPort can actively
establish a TCP connection to a pre-defined host
computer when serial data arrives.
After the data has been transferred, the NPort can
automatically disconnect from the host computer by
using the TCP alive check time or Inactivity time
settings. Refer to chapter 5 for more details.
As illustrated in the figure, data transmission
proceeds as follows:
1. The NPort configured for TCP Client Mode
requests a connection from the host.
2. Once the connection is established, data can be
transmitted in both directions—from the host to
the NPort, and from the NPort to the host.

UDP Mode
Compared to TCP communication, UDP is faster
and more efficient. In UDP mode, you can
multicast data from the serial device to multiple
host computers, and the serial device can also
receive data from multiple host computers,
making this mode ideal for message display
applications.

Pair Connection Mode

Pair Connection Mode employs two NPort 5400 units in tandem, and can be used to remove the
15-meter distance limitation imposed by the RS-232 interface. One NPort 5400 is connected from
its RS-232 port to the COM port of a PC or other type of computer, such as a hand-held PDA, and
the serial device is connected to the RS-232 port of the other NPort 5400. The two NPort 5400
units are then connected to each other with a cross-over Ethernet cable, both are connected to the
same LAN, or in a more advanced setup, they communicate with each other over a WAN (i.e.,
through one or more routers). Pair Connection Mode transparently transfers both data and modem
control signals (although it cannot transmit the DCD signal) between the two NPort device servers.

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Reverse Telnet Mode

Console management is commonly used by connecting to Console/AUX or COM ports of routers,

switches, and UPS units. Rtelnet works the same as RAW mode in that only one TCP port is
listened to after booting up. The system then waits for a host on the network to initiate a
connection. The difference is that the RAW mode does not provide the conversion function
provided by Telnet. If the connected devices need to use the CR/LF conversion function when
controlling, then users must choose Rtelnet mode.

Disabled Mode
When the Operation Mode for a particular port is set to Disabled, that port will be disabled.

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Chapter 5 Web Console Configuration

The Web Console is the most user-friendly way to configure the NPort 5400 series products. This
chapter will introduce the Web Console function groups and function definitions. This chapter
uses the NPort 5410 as an example. The function and definition is totally the same with NPort
5400 series devices servers.
‰ Opening Your Browser
‰ Basic Settings
‰ Network Settings
‰ SNMP Settings
¾ IP Address Report
‰ Serial Settings
¾ Serial Parameters
‰ Operating Settings
¾ Real COM Mode
¾ TCP Server Mode
¾ TCP Client Mode
¾ UDP Mode
¾ Pair Connection Mode
¾ Reverse Telnet Mode
¾ Disabled Mode
‰ Accessible IP Settings
‰ Auto Warning Settings
¾ Auto warning: E-mail and SNMP trap
¾ Event Type
‰ Monitor
¾ Monitor Line
¾ Monitor Async
¾ Monitor Async-Settings
‰ Change Password
‰ Load Factory Default
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Opening Your Browser

1. Open your browser with the cookie function enabled. (To enable your browser for cookies,
right click on your desktop Internet Explorer icon, select Properties, click on the Security tab,
and then select the three Enable options as shown in the figure below.)

2. Type [Link] in the Address input box (use the correct IP address if different from
the default), and then press Enter.
3. Input the password if prompted. The password will be transmitted with MD5 encryption over
the Ethernet.
Note that you will not be prompted to enter the password if the NPort is not currently
password protected.

ATTENTION
If you use other web browsers, remember to Enable the functions to “allow cookies that are
stored on your computer” or “allow per-session cookies.”
NPort 5400 device servers use cookies only for “password” transmission.

ATTENTION
Refer to Chapter 3, “Initial IP Address Configuration,” to see how to configure the IP address.
Examples shown in this chapter use the Factory Default IP address ([Link]).

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The NPort 5410 homepage will open. On this page, you can see a brief description of the Web
Console’s nine function groups.

ATTENTION
If you can’t remember the password, the ONLY way to start configuring the NPort is to load
factory defaults by using the Reset button located near the NPort’s RJ45 Ethernet port.
Remember to use NPort Administrator to export the configuration file when you have finished
the configuration. After using the Reset button to load factory defaults, your configuration can be
easily reloaded into the NPort by using the NPort Administrator Import function. Refer to
Chapter 6 for more details about using the Export and Import functions.

ATTENTION
If your NPort application requires using password protection, you must enable the cookie
function in your browser. If the cookie function is disabled, you will not be allowed to enter the
Web Console Screen.

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Basic Settings

Server name
Setting Factory Default Necessity
1 to 39 characters NP[model name]_[Serial No.] Optional
This option is useful for specifying the location or application of different NPort device servers.

Time
The NPort 5410 has a built-in Real-Time Clock for time calibration functions. Functions such as
Auto warning “Email” or “SNMP Trap” can add real-time information to the message.
Before making any adjustments to the time, first select the correct time zone and submit the
change. The console will display the real time according to the time zone. To modify the real time
clock, click on Modify next to the Local time field. Once you submit the new time, the NPort
5400’s firmware will modify the GMT time according to your time zone and local time settings.

ATTENTION
There is a risk of explosion if the real-time clock battery is replaced with the wrong type!
The NPort 5400’s real time clock is powered by a lithium battery. We strongly recommend that
you do not attempt replacement of the lithium battery without help from a qualified Moxa
support engineer. If you need to change the battery, please contact the Moxa RMA service team.

Time zone
Setting Factory Default Necessity
User selectable time zone GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) Required

Local time
Setting Factory Default Necessity
User adjustable time
GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) Required
(1900/1/1-2037/12/31)
Click on the Modify button to open the Modify time settings window to input the correct local
time.

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Time server
Setting Factory Default Necessity
IP or Domain address None Optional
(E.g., [Link] or [Link]
or [Link] )
The NPort 5410 uses SNTP (RFC-1769) for auto time calibration.
Input the correct “Time Server” IP address or domain address. Once the NPort is configured with
the correct Time Server address, the NPort will request time information from the “Time Server”
every 10 minutes.

Web/Telnet Console
The “Disable” option for “Web Console” and “Telnet Console” is included for security reasons. In
some cases, you may want to disable one or both of these console utilities as an extra precaution to
prevent unauthorized users from accessing your NPort 5400. The factory default for both Web
console and Telnet console is Enable.

Web console
Setting Factory Default Necessity
Enable or Disable Enable Required

Telnet console
Setting Factory Default Necessity
Enable or Disable Enable Required

ATTENTION
If you disable both the “Web console” and “Telnet console,” you can still use NPort
Administrator to configure NPort 5400 device servers either locally or remotely over the
network. Refer to Chapter 6 for more details.

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LCM password protect (NPort 5450-T/5450I-T not support)

Setting Factory Default Necessity
No or Yes No Required
Select Yes to use the web console password to enter the LCM utility. If the console password is
blank, the LCM password will also be blank. To enter the password using the LCM buttons, use
the scroll buttons to locate a particular character, press SEL, enter the next character in the
password, press SEL, etc. Once the password has been entered, press SEL until the LCM screen is
activated.

Reset button protect

Setting Factory Default Necessity
No or Yes No Required
Options are No and Yes, with default = No.
NOTE: Select the Yes option to allow limited use of the Reset Button. In this case, the Reset
Button can be used for only 60 seconds. I.e., 60 sec. after booting up, the Reset Button will be
disabled automatically.

Network Settings

You must assign a valid IP address to the NPort 5410 before it will work in your network
environment. Your network system administrator should provide you with an IP address and
related settings for your network. The IP address must be unique within the network (otherwise,
the NPort 5410 will not have a valid connection to the network). First time users can refer to
Chapter 3, Initial IP Address Configuration, for more information.
You can choose from four possible IP Configuration modes—Static, DHCP, DHCP/BOOTP, and
BOOTP—located under the web console screen’s IP configuration drop-down box.

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Method Function Definition

Static User defined IP address, Netmask, Gateway.
DHCP DHCP Server assigned IP address, Netmask, Gateway, DNS, and Time
Server
DHCP/BOOTP DHCP Server assigned IP address, Netmask, Gateway, DNS, and Time
Server, or BOOTP Server assigned IP address
BOOTP BOOTP Server assigned IP address

IP Address
Setting Factory Default Necessity
E.g., [Link] (IP addresses of the form [Link] Required
x.x.x.0 and x.x.x.255 are invalid.)
An IP address is a number assigned to a network device (such as a computer) as a permanent
address on the network. Computers use the IP addressed to identify and talk to each other over the
network. Choose a proper IP address which is unique and valid in your network environment.

Netmask
Setting Factory Default Necessity
E.g., [Link] [Link] Required
A subnet mask represents all the network hosts at one geographic location, in one building, or on
the same local area network. When a packet is sent out over the network, the NPort will use the
subnet mask to check whether the desired TCP/IP host specified in the packet is on the local
network segment. If the address is on the same network segment as the NPort, a connection
established directly from the NPort. Otherwise, the connection is established through the given
default gateway.

Gateway
Setting Factory Default Necessity
E.g., [Link] None Optional
A gateway is a network gateway that acts as an entrance to another network. Usually, the
computers that control traffic within the network or at the local Internet service provider are
gateway nodes. The NPort needs to know the IP address of the default gateway computer in order
to communicate with the hosts outside the local network environment. For correct gateway IP
address information, consult the network administrator.

IP Configuration
Setting Factory Default Necessity
Static Static Required
DHCP
DHCP/BOOTP
BOOTP

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ATTENTION
In Dynamic IP environments, the firmware will retry 3 times every 30 seconds until network
settings are assigned by the DHCP or BOOTP server. The Timeout for each try increases from 1
second, to 3 seconds, to 5 seconds.
If the DHCP/BOOTP Server is unavailable, the firmware will use the default IP address
([Link]), Netmask, and Gateway for IP settings.

DNS server 1 / DNS server 2

Setting Factory Default Necessity
E.g., [Link] None Optional
(IP addresses of the form x.x.x.0 and
x.x.x.255 are invalid.)
When the user wants to visit a particular website, the computer asks a Domain Name System
(DNS) server for the website’s correct IP address, and the computer users the response to connect
to the web server. DNS is the way that Internet domain names are identified and translated into IP
addresses. A domain name is an alphanumeric name, such as [Link], that it is usually easier to
remember. A DNS server is a host that translates this kind of text-based domain name into the
numeric IP address used to establish a TCP/IP connection.
In order to use the NPort’s DNS feature, you need to set the IP address of the DNS server to be
able to access the host with the domain name. The NPort provides DNS server 1 and DNS server
2 configuration items to configure the IP address of the DNS server. DNS Server 2 is included for
use when DNS sever 1 is unavailable.
The NPort plays the role of DNS client. Functions that support domain name in the NPort are
Time Sever IP Address, TCP Client-Destination IP Address, Mail Server, SNMP Trap IP
Address, and IP Location Server.

SNMP Settings
Community Name
Setting Factory Default Necessity
1 to 39 characters public Optional
(E.g., Support, 886-89191230 #300)
A community name is a plain-text password mechanism that is used to weakly authenticate queries
to agents of managed network devices.

Contact
Setting Factory Default Necessity
1 to 39 characters None Optional
(E.g., Support, 886-89191230 #300)
The SNMP contact information usually includes an emergency contact name and telephone or
pager number.

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Location
Setting Factory Default Necessity
1 to 39 characters None Optional
(E.g., Floor 1, office 2)
Specify the location string for SNMP agents such as NPort. This string is usually set to the street
address where the NPort is physically located.

IP Address Report
When device servers in the NPort 5000 line are used in a dynamic IP environment, users must
spend more time with IP management tasks. For example, the NPort works as a server (TCP or
UDP), and the host, which acts as a client, must know the IP address of the server. If the DHCP
server assigns a new IP address to the server, the host must take care of what happens when the IP
changes.
Device servers in the NPort 5000 line help out by periodically reporting their IP address to the IP
location server, in case the dynamic IP has changed. The parameters shown below are used to
configure the Auto IP report function. There are two ways to develop an “Auto IP report Server”
to receive the NPort’s Auto IP report.
1. Use NPort Administrator’s IP Address Report function.
2. Refer the Appendix E for the “Auto IP report protocol” to develop your own software.

Auto report to IP
Setting Factory Default Necessity
E.g., [Link] or URL None Optional
(IP addresses of the form x.x.x.0 and
x.x.x.255 are invalid.)
Reports generated by the Auto report function will be automatically sent to this IP address.

Auto report to UDP port

Setting Factory Default Necessity
E.g., 4001 4002 Optional

Auto report period

Setting Factory Default Necessity
Time interval (in seconds) 10 Optional

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Serial Settings
Click on Serial Settings, located under Main Menu, to display serial port settings for ports 1 and
2.

To modify serial settings for a particular port, click on either Port 1 or Port 2 under Serial
Settings.

Port alias
Setting Factory Default Necessity
1 to 15 characters
None Optional
(E.g., PLC-No.1)
Port Alias is specially designed to allow easy identification of the serial devices which are
connected to the NPort’s serial port.

Serial Parameters

ATTENTION
Check the serial communication parameters in your Serial Device’s user’s manual. You should
set up the NPort’s serial parameters with the same communication parameters used by your serial
devices.

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Baud rate
Setting Factory Default Necessity
50 bps to 921600 bps 115200 bps Required
The NPort supports baud rate setting from 50 bps to 921.6 Kbps.

Data bits
Setting Factory Default Necessity
5, 6, 7, 8 8 Required
When the user sets Data bits to 5 bits, the stop bits setting will automatically change to 1.5 bits.

Stop bits
Setting Factory Default Necessity
1, 2 1 Required
Stop bits will be set to 1.5 when Data bits is set to 5 bits.

Parity
Setting Factory Default Necessity
None, Even, Odd, Space, Mark None Required

Flow control
Setting Factory Default Necessity
None, RTS/CTS, DTR/DSR, Xon/Xoff RTS/CTS Required

FIFO
Setting Factory Default Necessity
Enable, Disable Enable Required
The NPort’s serial ports provide a 16-byte FIFO both in the Tx and Rx directions. Disable the
FIFO setting when your serial device does not have a FIFO to prevent data loss during
communication.

Interface
Setting Factory Default Necessity
NPort 5410: RS-232 only NPort 5410: RS-232 Required
NPort 5430: RS-422, 2-wire RS-485, NPort 5430: 2-wire RS-485 Required
4-wire RS-485
NPort 5450: RS-232, RS-422, 2-wire NPort 5450: RS-232 Required
RS-485, 4-wire RS-485

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Operating Settings

Press Operating Settings to display the operating settings for each of the NPort’s serial ports.

Real COM Mode

TCP alive check time

Setting Factory Default Necessity
0 to 99 min 7 min Optional
0 min: TCP connection is not closed due to an idle TCP connection.
1 to 99 min: The NPort automatically closes TCP connection if there is no TCP activity for the
given time. After the connection is closed, the NPort starts listening for another Real COM
driver’s connection from another host.

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Max connection
Setting Factory Default Necessity
1, 2, 3, 4 1 Required
Max connection is usually used when the user needs to receive data from different hosts
simultaneously. The factory default only allows 1 connection at a same. When Max Connection is
set to 1, the Real COM driver on the specific host has the full control.

Max. Connection 1:
Allows only 1 host’s Real COM driver to open the specific NPort serial port.

Max Connection 2 to 4:
Allows 2 to 4 host’s Real COM drivers to open the specific NPort serial port, at the same time.
When multiple hosts’ Real COM drivers open the serial port at the same time, the COM driver
only provides a pure data tunnel without control ability. That is, this serial port parameter will use
firmware’s settings, not depend on your application program (AP).
Application software that is based on the COM driver will receive a driver response of “success”
when the software uses any of the Win32 API functions. The firmware will only send the data
back to the driver on the host.
Data will be sent first-in-first-out when data comes into the NPort from the Ethernet interface.

ATTENTION
When Max connection is set to 2, 3, or 4, this means that the NPort will be using a “multi
connection application” (i.e., 2, 3, or 4 hosts are allowed access to the port at the same time).
When using a multi connection application, the NPort will use the serial communication
parameters set in the console. All of the hosts connected to that port must use the same serial
settings. If one of the hosts opens the COM port with parameters that are different from the
NPort’s console setting, data communication may not work properly.

Ignore jammed IP
Setting Factory Default Necessity
No or Yes No Optional
Previously, when Max connections > 1, and the serial device is transmitting data, if any one of the
connected hosts is not responding, it will wait until the data has been transmitted successfully
before transmitting the second group of data to all hosts. Currently, if you select Yes for “Ignore
jammed IP,” the host that is not responding will be ignored, but the data will still be transmitted to
the other hosts.

Packing length
Setting Factory Default Necessity
0 to 1024 0 Optional
Default = 0, The Delimiter Process will be followed, regardless of the length of the data packet. If
the data length (in bytes) matches the configured value, the data will be forced out. The data length
can be configured for 0 to 1024 bytes. Set to 0 if you do not need to limit the length.

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Delimiter 1
Setting Factory Default Necessity
00 to FF None Optional

Delimiter 2
Setting Factory Default Necessity
00 to FF None Optional
Once the NPort receives both delimiters through its serial port, it immediately packs all data
currently in its buffer and sends it to the NPort’s Ethernet port.

ATTENTION
Delimiter 2 is optional. If left blank, then Delimiter 1 alone trips clearing of the buffer. If the size
of the serial data received is greater than 1 KB, the NPort will automatically pack the data and
send it to the Ethernet. However, to use the delimiter function, you must at least enable Delimiter
1. If Delimiter 1 is left blank and Delimiter 2 is enabled, the delimiter function will not work
properly.

Delimiter process
Setting Factory Default Necessity
Do nothing
Delimiter + 1
Do Nothing Optional
Delimiter + 2
Strip Delimiter
[Delimiter + 1] or [Delimiter + 2]: The data will be transmitted when an additional byte (for
Delimiter +1), or an additional 2 bytes (for Delimiter +2) of data is received after receiving the
Delimiter.
[Strip Delimiter]: When the Delimiter is received, the Delimiter is deleted (i.e., stripped), and the
remaining data is transmitted.
[Do nothing]: The data will be transmitted when the Delimiter is received.

Force transmit
Setting Factory Default Necessity
0 to 65535 ms 0 ms Optional
0: Disable the force transmit timeout.
1 to 65535: Forces the NPort’s TCP/IP protocol software to try to pack serial data received during
the specified time into the same data frame.
This parameter defines the time interval during which the NPort fetches the serial data from its
internal buffer. If data is incoming through the serial port, the NPort stores the data in the internal
buffer. The NPort transmits data stored in the buffer via TCP/IP, but only if the internal buffer is
full or if the force transmit time interval reaches the time specified under Force Transmit timeout.
Optimal force transmit timeout differs according to your application, but it must be at least larger
than one character interval within the specified baudrate. For example, assume that the serial port
is set to 1200 bps, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and no parity. In this case, the total number of bits needed
to send a character is 10 bits, and the time required to transfer one character is
10 (bits) / 1200 (bits/s) * 1000 (ms/s) = 8.3 ms.

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Therefore, you should set Force Transmit timeout to be larger than 8.3 ms. Force Transmit timeout
is specified in milliseconds and must be larger than 10 ms.
If the user wants to send the series of characters in a packet, the serial device attached to the NPort
should send characters without time delay larger than Force Transmit timeout between characters
and the total length of data must be smaller than or equal to the NPort’s internal buffer size. The
serial communication buffer size of the NPort is 1 Kbytes per port.

TCP Server Mode

TCP alive check time

Setting Factory Default Necessity
0 to 99 min 7 min Optional
0 min: TCP connection is not closed due to an idle TCP connection.
1 to 99 min: The NPort automatically closes the TCP connection if there is no TCP activity for the
given time. After the connection is closed, the NPort starts listening for another host’s TCP
connection.

Inactivity time
Setting Factory Default Necessity
0 to 65535 ms 0 ms Optional
0 ms: TCP connection is not closed due to an idle serial line.
0-65535 ms: The NPort automatically closes the TCP connection if there is no serial data activity
for the given time. After the connection is closed, the NPort starts listening for another host’s TCP
connection.
This parameter defines the maintenances status as Closed or Listen on the TCP connection. The
connection is closed if there is no incoming or outgoing data through the serial port during the
specific Inactivity time.

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If the value of inactivity time is set to 0, the current TCP connection is maintained until there is
connection close request. Although inactivity time is disabled, the NPort will check the connection
status between the NPort and remote host by sending “keep alive” packets periodically. If the
remote host does not respond to the packet, it assumes that the connection was closed down
unintentionally. The NPort will then force the existing TCP connection to close.

ATTENTION
The Inactivity time should at least be set larger than that of Force transmit timeout. To prevent
the unintended loss of data due to the session being disconnected, it is highly recommended that
this value is set large enough so that the intended data transfer is completed.

Max Connection
Setting Factory Default Necessity
1, 2, 3, 4 1 Required
Max Connection is usually used when the user needs to receive data from different hosts
simultaneously. The factory default only allows 1 connection at a time.

Max. Connection 1:
NPort only allows 1 host to open the TCP connection to the specific serial port.

Max Connection 2 to 4:
Allows 2 to 4 host’s TCP connection request to open the specific NPort serial port, at the same
time. When multiple hosts establish a TCP connection to the specific serial port at the same time,
the NPort will duplicate the serial data and transmit to all of the hosts. Ethernet data is sent on a
first-in-first-out basis to the serial port when data comes into the NPort from the Ethernet interface.

Ignore jammed IP
Setting Factory Default Necessity
No or Yes No Optional
Previously, when Max connections > 1, and the serial device is transmitting data, if any one of the
connected hosts is not responding, it will wait until the data has been transmitted successfully
before transmitting the second group of data to all hosts. Currently, if you select Yes for “Ignore
jammed IP,” the host that is not responding will be ignored, but the data will still be transmitted to
the other hosts.

Allow driver control

Setting Factory Default Necessity
No or Yes No Optional
If “max connection” is greater than 1, the NPort will ignore driver control commands from all
connected hosts. However, if you set “Allow driver control” to YES, control commands will be
accepted. Note that since the NPort 5400 may get configuration changes from multiple hosts, the
most recent command received will take precedence.

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Packing length
Setting Factory Default Necessity
0 to 1024 0 Optional
Default = 0, The Delimiter Process will be followed, regardless of the length of the data packet. If
the data length (in bytes) matches the configured value, the data will be forced out. The data length
can be configured for 0 to 1024 bytes. Set to 0 if you do not need to limit the length.

Delimiter 1
Setting Factory Default Necessity
00 to FF None Optional

Delimiter 2
Setting Factory Default Necessity
00 to FF None Optional
Once the NPort receives both delimiters through its serial port, it immediately packs all data
currently in its buffer and sends it to the NPort’s Ethernet port.

ATTENTION
Delimiter 2 is optional. If left blank, then Delimiter 1 alone trips clearing of the buffer. If the size
of the serial data received is greater than 1 KB, the NPort will automatically pack the data and
send it to the Ethernet. However, to use the delimiter function, you must at least enable Delimiter
1. If Delimiter 1 is left blank and Delimiter 2 is enabled, the delimiter function will not work
properly.

Delimiter process
Setting Factory Default Necessity
Do nothing
Delimiter + 1
Do Nothing Optional
Delimiter + 2
Strip Delimiter
[Delimiter + 1] or [Delimiter + 2]: The data will be transmitted when an additional byte (for
Delimiter +1), or an additional 2 bytes (for Delimiter +2) of data is received after receiving the
Delimiter.
[Strip Delimiter]: When the Delimiter is received, the Delimiter is deleted (i.e., stripped), and the
remaining data is transmitted.
[Do nothing]: The data will be transmitted when the Delimiter is received.

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Force transmit
Setting Factory Default Necessity
0 to 65535 ms 0 ms Optional
0: Disable the force transmit timeout.
1 to 65535: Forces the NPort’s TCP/IP protocol software to try to pack serial data received during
the specified time into the same data frame.
This parameter defines the time interval during which the NPort fetches the serial data from its
internal buffer. If there is incoming data through the serial port, the NPort stores data in the
internal buffer. The NPort transmits data stored in the buffer via TCP/IP, but only if the internal
buffer is full or if the force transmit time interval reaches the time specified as Force Transmit
timeout.
Optimal force transmit timeout differs according to your application, but it must be at least as large
as one character interval within the specified baud rate. For example, assume that the serial port is
set to 1200 bps, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and no parity. In this case, the total number of bits required
to send a character is 10 bits and the time required to transfer one character is
10 (bits) / 1200 (bits/s) * 1000 (ms/s) = 8.3 ms.
Therefore, you should set Force Transmit timeout to be larger than 8.3 ms. Force Transmit timeout
is specified in milliseconds and must be larger than 10 ms.
If the user wants to send a series of character in a packet, the serial device attached to the NPort
should send characters without time delay larger than Force Transmit timeout between characters
and the total length of data must be smaller than or equal to the NPort’s internal buffer size. The
NPort’s serial communication buffer size is 1K bytes per port.

Local TCP port

Setting Factory Default Necessity
1 to 65535 4001 Required
The TCP port that the NPort uses to listen to connections, and that other devices must use to
contact NPort. To avoid conflicts with well known TCP ports, the default is set to 4001.

Command port
Setting Factory Default Necessity
1 to 65535 966 Optional
The command port is a listen TCP port for IP-Serial Lib commands from the host. In order to
prevent a TCP port conflict with other applications, the user can adjust the command port to
another port if needed. And IP-Serial Lib will automatically check out the Command Port on the
NPort so that the user does not need to configure the program.

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TCP Client Mode

TCP alive check time

Setting Factory Default Necessity
0 to 99 min 7 min Optional
0 min: TCP connection is not closed due to an idle TCP connection.
1 to 99 min: The NPort automatically closes the TCP connection if there is no TCP activity for the
given time.

Inactivity time
Setting Factory Default Necessity
0 to 65535 ms 0 ms Optional
0 ms: TCP connection is not closed due to an idle serial line.
0-65535 ms: The NPort automatically closes TCP connection, if there is no serial data activity for
the given time.
This parameter defines the maintenances status as Closed or Listen on the TCP connection. The
connection is closed if there is no incoming or outgoing data through the serial port during the
specific Inactivity time.
If the value of inactivity time is set to 0, the current TCP connection is maintained until there’s
connection close request. Although the inactivity time is disabled, the NPort will check the
connection status between the NPort and remote host by sending “keep alive” packets periodically.
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unintentionally. The NPort will then force the existing TCP connection to close.

ATTENTION
The Inactivity time should at least be set larger than that of Force transmit timeout. To prevent
the unintended loss of data due to the session being disconnected, it is highly recommended that
this value is set large enough so that the intended data transfer is completed.

ATTENTION
Inactivity time is ONLY active when “TCP connect on” is set to “Any character.”

Ignore jammed IP
Setting Factory Default Necessity
No or Yes No Optional
Previously, when Max connections > 1, and the serial device is transmitting data, if any one of the
connected hosts is not responding, it will wait until the data has been transmitted successfully
before transmitting the second group of data to all hosts. Currently, if you select Yes for “Ignore
jammed IP,” the host that is not responding will be ignored, but the data will still be transmitted to
the other hosts.

Packing length
Setting Factory Default Necessity
0 to 1024 0 Optional
Default = 0, The Delimiter Process will be followed, regardless of the length of the data packet. If
the data length (in bytes) matches the configured value, the data will be forced out. The data length
can be configured for 0 to 1024 bytes. Set to 0 if you do not need to limit the length.

Delimiter 1
Setting Factory Default Necessity
00 to FF None Optional
Delimiter 2
Setting Factory Default Necessity
00 to FF None Optional
Once the NPort receives both delimiters through its serial port, it immediately packs all data
currently in its buffer and sends it to the NPort’s Ethernet port.

ATTENTION
Delimiter 2 is optional. If left blank, then Delimiter 1 alone trips clearing of the buffer. If the size
of the serial data received is greater than 1 KB, the NPort will automatically pack the data and
send it to the Ethernet. However, to use the delimiter function, you must at least enable Delimiter
1. If Delimiter 1 is left blank and Delimiter 2 is enabled, the delimiter function will not work
properly.

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Delimiter process
Setting Factory Default Necessity
Do nothing
Delimiter + 1
Do Nothing Optional
Delimiter + 2
Strip Delimiter
[Delimiter + 1] or [Delimiter + 2]: The data will be transmitted when an additional byte (for
Delimiter +1), or an additional 2 bytes (for Delimiter +2) of data is received after receiving the
Delimiter.
[Strip Delimiter]: When the Delimiter is received, the Delimiter is deleted (i.e., stripped), and the
remaining data is transmitted.
[Do nothing]: The data will be transmitted when the Delimiter is received.

Force transmit
Setting Factory Default Necessity
0 to 65535 ms 0 ms Optional
0: Disable the force transmit timeout.
1 to 65535: Forces the NPort’s TCP/IP protocol software to try to pack serial data received during
the specified time into the same data frame.
This parameter defines the interval during which the NPort fetches the serial data from its internal
buffer. If there is incoming data through the serial port, the NPort stores data in the internal buffer.
The NPort transmits data stored in the buffer via TCP/IP, but only if the internal buffer is full or if
the force transmit time interval reaches the time specified as Force Transmit timeout.
Optimal force transmit timeout differs according to your application, but it must be at least as large
as one character interval within the specified baud rate. For example, assume that the serial port is
set to 1200 bps, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and no parity. In this case, the total number of bits required
to send a character is 10 bits, and the time required to transfer one character is
10 (bits) / 1200 (bits/s) * 1000 (ms/s) = 8.3 ms.

Therefore, you should set Force Transmit timeout to be larger than 8.3 ms. Force Transmit timeout
is specified in milliseconds and must be larger than 10 ms.
If the user wants to send a series of characters in a packet, the serial device attached to the NPort
should send characters without time delay larger than Force Transmit timeout between characters
and the total length of data must be smaller than or equal to the NPort’s internal buffer size. The
serial communication buffer size of the NPort is 1 Kbytes per port.
Destination IP address 1
Setting Factory Default Necessity
IP address or Domain Address None Required
(E.g., [Link])
Allows the NPort to connect actively to the remote host whose address is set by this parameter.

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Destination IP address 2/3/4

Setting Factory Default Necessity
IP address or Domain Address None Required
(E.g., [Link])
Allows the NPort to connect actively to the remote host whose address is set by this parameter.

ATTENTION
Up to 4 connections can be established between the NPort and hosts. The connection speed or
throughput may be low if one of the four connections is slow, since the slow connection will
slow down the other 3 connections.

ATTENTION
The “Destination IP address” parameter can use both IP address and Domain Name. For some
applications, the user may need to send the data actively to the remote destination domain name.

Designated Local Port 1/2/3/4

Setting Factory Default Necessity
TCP Port No. 5011 (Port 1) Required
5012 (Port 2)
5013 (Port 3)
5014 (Port 4)

Connection control
Setting Factory Default Necessity
Startup/None,
Any Character/None,
Any Character/Inactivity Time,
DSR ON/DSR OFF, Startup/None Required
DSR ON/None,
DCD ON/DCD OFF,
DCD ON/None

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The meaning of each of the above settings is given in the table below. In general, both the Connect
condition and Disconnect condition are given.

Connect/Disconnect Description
Startup/None A TCP connection will be established on startup, and will remain
(default) active indefinitely.
A TCP connection will be established when any character is received
Any Character/None
from the serial interface, and will remain active indefinitely.
A TCP connection will be established when any character is received
Any Character/
from the serial interface, and will be disconnected when the
Inactivity Time
Inactivity time out is reached.
A TCP connection will be established when a DSR “On” signal is
DSR On/DSR Off received, and will be disconnected when a DSR “Off” signal is
received.
A TCP connection will be established when a DSR “On” signal is
DSR On/None
received, and will remain active indefinitely.
A TCP connection will be established when a DCD “On” signal is
DCD On/DCD Off received, and will be disconnected when a DCD “Off” signal is
received.
A TCP connection will be established when a DCD “On” signal is
DCD On/None
received, and will remain active indefinitely.

UDP Mode

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Packing length
Setting Factory Default Necessity
0 to 1024 0 Optional
Default = 0, The Delimiter Process will be followed, regardless of the length of the data packet. If
the data length (in bytes) matches the configured value, the data will be forced out. The data length
can be configured for 0 to 1024 bytes. Set to 0 if you do not need to limit the length.

Delimiter 1
Setting Factory Default Necessity
00 to FF None Optional

Delimiter 2
Setting Factory Default Necessity
00 to FF None Optional
Once the NPort receives both delimiters through its serial port, it immediately packs all data
currently in its buffer and sends it to the NPort’s Ethernet port.
Note: Delimiter 2 is optional. If left blank, then Delimiter 1 alone trips clearing of the buffer.

ATTENTION
Delimiter 2 is optional. If left blank, then Delimiter 1 alone trips clearing of the buffer. If the size
of the serial data received is greater than 1 KB, the NPort will automatically pack the data and
send it to the Ethernet. However, to use the delimiter function, you must at least enable Delimiter
1. If Delimiter 1 is left blank and Delimiter 2 is enabled, the delimiter function will not work
properly.

Delimiter process
Setting Factory Default Necessity
Do nothing
Delimiter + 1
Do Nothing Optional
Delimiter + 2
Strip Delimiter
[Delimiter + 1] or [Delimiter + 2]: The data will be transmitted when an additional byte (for
Delimiter +1), or an additional 2 bytes (for Delimiter +2) of data is received after receiving the
Delimiter.
[Strip Delimiter]: When the Delimiter is received, the Delimiter is deleted (i.e., stripped), and the
remaining data is transmitted.
[Do nothing]: The data will be transmitted when the Delimiter is received.

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Force transmit
Setting Factory Default Necessity
0 to 65535 ms 0 ms Optional
0: Disable the force transmit timeout.
1 to 65535: Forces the NPort’s TCP/IP protocol software to try to pack serial data received during
the specified time into the same data frame.
This parameter defines the interval during which the NPort fetches the serial data from its internal
buffer. If there is incoming data through the serial port, the NPort stores the data in the internal
buffer. The NPort transmits data stored in the buffer via TCP/IP, but only if the internal buffer is
full or if the force transmit time interval reaches the time specified as Force Transmit timeout.
Optimal force transmit timeout differs according to your application, but it must be at least as large
as one character interval within the specified baud rate. For example, assume that the serial port is
set to 1200 bps, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and no parity. In this case, the total number of bits required
to send a character is 10 bits and the time required to transfer one character is
10 (bits) / 1200 (bits/s) * 1000 (ms/s) = 8.3 ms.
Therefore, you should set the Force Transmit timeout to be larger than 8.3 ms. Force Transmit
timeout is specified in milliseconds and must be larger than 10 ms.
If the user wants to send a series of characters in a packet, the serial device attached to the NPort
should send characters without time delay larger than Force Transmit timeout between characters
and the total length of data must be smaller than or equal to the NPort’s internal buffer size. The
serial communication buffer size of the NPort is 1 Kbyte per port.

Destination IP address 1
Setting Factory Default Necessity
IP address range Begin: Empty Required
E.g., Begin: [Link] End: Empty
End: [Link]
Port: 4001

Destination IP address 2/3/4

Setting Factory Default Necessity
IP address range Begin: Empty Optional
E.g., Begin: [Link] End: Empty
End: [Link]
Port: 4001

Local listen port

Setting Factory Default Necessity
1 to 65535 4001 Required
The UDP port that the NPort listens to, and that other devices must use to contact the NPort. To
avoid conflicts with well known UDP ports, the default is set to 4001.

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Pair Connection Mode

Pair Connection Mode employs two NPort 5400 device servers in tandem, and can be used to
remove the 15-meter distance limitation imposed by the RS-232 interface. One NPort 5400 is
connected from its RS-232 port to the COM port of a PC or other type of computer, such as a
hand-held PDA, and the serial device is connected to the RS-232 port of the other NPort 5400. The
two NPort 5400 device servers are then connected to each other with a cross-over Ethernet cable,
both are connected to the same LAN, or in a more advanced setup, they communicate with each
other over a WAN (i.e., through one or more routers). Pair Connection Mode transparently
transfers both data and modem control signals (although it cannot transmit the DCD signal)
between the two NPort device servers.

Pair Connection Master Mode

When using Pair Connection Mode, you must select Pair Connection Master Mode for the
Operation mode of one of the NPort 5400 device servers. In effect, this NPort 5400 will be acting
as a TCP client.

TCP alive check time

Setting Factory Default Necessity
0 to 99 min 7 min Required
0 min: TCP connection is not closed due to an idle TCP connection.
1 to 99 min: The NPort 5400 closes the TCP connection automatically if there is no TCP activity
for the given time.

Destination IP address
Setting Factory Default Necessity
IP address or Domain Name blank Optional
(E.g., [Link])
TCP port No. 4001 Required
The Pair Connection “Master” will contact the network host that has this IP address. Data will be
transmitted through the port No. (4001 by default). Note that you must configure the same TCP
port No. for the device server acting as the Pair Connection “Slave.”

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Pair Connection Slave Mode

When using Pair Connection Mode, you must select Pair Connection Slave Mode for the
Operation mode of one of the NPort 5400 device servers. In effect, this NPort 5400 will be acting
as a TCP server.

TCP alive check time

Setting Factory Default Necessity
0 to 99 min 7 min Required
0 min: TCP connection is not closed due to an idle TCP connection.
1 to 99 min: The NPort 5400 closes the TCP connection automatically if there is no TCP activity
for the given time.

Local TCP port

Setting Factory Default Necessity
TCP port No. (e.g., 4001) 4001 Required
This Port No. must be the same port No. that you set up for the Pair Connection “Master” device
server.

Reverse Telnet Mode

TCP alive check time

Setting Factory Default Necessity
0 to 99 min 0 Optional
Specifies the time slice for checking if the TCP connection is alive. If no response, the NPort 5400
will disconnect the original connection.

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Inactivity time
Setting Factory Default Necessity
0 to 65535 ms 0 Optional
Idle time setting for auto-disconnection. 0 min. means it will never disconnect.

Local TCP port

Setting Factory Default Necessity
1 to 65535 4001 Optional
Each of the NPort’s serial ports is mapped to a TCP port. To avoid conflicts with TCP ports, set port
numbers to 4001 for port1, 4002 for port 2, etc. (like the default values).

Map <CR-LF>
Setting Factory Default Necessity
CR, LF, or CR-LF CR-LF Optional
If data received through the NPort 5400’s Ethernet port is sent using the “enter” command, the data will
be transmitted out the serial port with an added
1. “carriage return + line feed” if you select the <CR-LF> option
(i.e., the cursor will jump to the next line, and return to the first character of the line)
2. “carriage return” if you select the <CR> option
(i.e., the cursor will return to the first character of the line)
3. “line feed” if you select the <LF> option.
(i.e., the cursor will jump to the next line, but not move horizontally)

Disabled Mode

When Operation mode is set to Disabled, that particular port will be disabled. Check the “Apply
the above settings to all serial ports” to apply this setting to the other port.

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Accessible IP Settings

The NPort has an IP address based filtering method to control access to the NPort.
Accessible IP Settings allows you to add or remove “Legal” remote host IP addresses to prevent
unauthorized access. Access to the NPort is controlled by IP address. That is, if a host’s IP address
is in the accessible IP table, then the host will be allowed access to the NPort. You can allow one
of the following cases by setting the parameter.
• Only one host of specific IP address can access the NPort
Enter “IP address/[Link]” (e.g., “[Link]/[Link]”).
• Hosts on the specific subnet can access the NPort
Enter “IP address/[Link]” (e.g., “[Link]/[Link]”).
• Any host can access the NPort
Disable this function. Refer to the following table for more details about the configuration
example.
Allowable Hosts Input format
Any host Disable
[Link] [Link] / [Link]
[Link] to [Link] [Link] / [Link]
[Link] to [Link] [Link] / [Link]
[Link] to [Link] [Link] / [Link]
[Link] to [Link] [Link] / [Link]

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Auto Warning Settings

Auto warning: E-mail and SNMP trap

Mail Server
Mail server
Setting Factory Default Necessity
IP or Domain Name None Optional

User name
Setting Factory Default Necessity
1 to 15 characters None Optional

Password
Setting Factory Default Necessity
1 to 15 characters None Optional

From E-mail address

Setting Factory Default Necessity
1 to 63 characters None Optional

E-mail address 1/2/3/4

Setting Factory Default Necessity
1 to 63 characters None Optional

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ATTENTION
Consult your Network Administrator or ISP for the proper mail server settings. Auto warning
function may not work properly without proper settings. NPort SMTP AUTH supports LOGIN,
PLAIN, CRAM-MD5 (RFC 2554).

SNMP Trap Server

SNMP trap server IP or domain name
Setting Factory Default Necessity
IP or Domain Name None Optional

Event Type

Cold start
This refers to starting the system from power off (contrast this with warm start). When performing
a cold start, the NPort will automatically issue an Auto warning message by e-mail, or send an
SNMP trap after rebooting.

Warm start
This refers to restarting the computer without turning the power off. It’s the opposite of cold start.
When performing a warm start, the NPort will automatically send an e-mail, or send an SNMP trap
after rebooting.

Authentication failure
The user inputs a wrong password from the Console or Administrator. When authentication failure
occurs, the NPort will immediately send an e-mail or send an SNMP trap.

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IP address changed
The user has changed the NPort’s IP address. When the IP address changes, the NPort will send an
e-mail with the new IP address before the NPort reboots. If the NPort fails to send mail to the mail
server after 15 seconds, the NPort will be rebooting directly and abort the mail auto warning.

Password changed
The user has changed the NPort’s password. When the password changes, the NPort will send an
e-mail with the password change notice before the NPort reboots. If the NPort fails to send mail to
the mail server after 15 seconds, the NPort will be rebooting directly and abort the mail auto
warning.
DCD changed
The DCD (Data Carrier Detect) signal has changed, also indicating that the modem connection
status has changed. For example, a DCD change to high also means “Connected” between local
modem and remote modem. If the DCD signal changes to low, it also means that the connection
line is down.
When the DCD changes, the NPort will immediately send an e-mail or send an SNMP trap.

DSR changed
The DSR (Data Set Ready) signal has changed, also indicating that the data communication
equipment’s power is off. For example, a DSR change to high also means that the DCE is powered
ON. If the DSR signal changes to low, it also means that the DCE is powered off.
When the DSR changes, the NPort will immediately send an e-mail or send an SNMP trap.

Mail
Setting Factory Default Necessity
Enable, Disable Disable Optional
This feature helps the administrator manage the NPort. The NPort sends mail to pre-defined mail
boxes when the enabled events—such as Cold start, Warm start, Authentication failure,
etc.—occur. To configure this feature, click on the event type box.

Trap
Setting Factory Default Necessity
Enable, Disable Disable Optional
This feature helps the administrator manage the NPort. The NPort send SNMP Trap to a
pre-defined SNMP Trap server when the enabled events—such as Cold start, Warm start,
Authentication failure, etc.—occur. To configure this feature, you need to click on the event type
box.

ATTENTION
DCD changed and DSR changed event only supported by NPort 5410/5450/5450I models,
which have these two signals.

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Monitor
Monitor Line
Click on Line under Monitor to show the operation mode and status of each connection (IPx), for
each of the four serial ports.

Monitor Async
Click on Async under Monitor to show the current status of each of the four serial ports.

Monitor Async-Settings
Click on Async Setting under Monitor to show the run-time settings for each of the four serial
ports.

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Change Password

Input the “Old password” and “New password” to change the password. Leave the password boxes
blank to erase the password. In this case, the NPort will not have password protection.

ATTENTION
If you forget the password, the ONLY way to configure the NPort is by using the Reset button
on the NPort’s casing to “Load Factory Default.”
Remember to export the configuration file using Windows Administrator when you finish the
configuration. By using the Import function of Windows Administrator, your configuration can
be re-loaded into the NPort after using “Load Factory Default.” Refer to Chapter 6 for more
details about the Export and Import function.

Load Factory Default

This function will reset all of the NPort’s settings to the factory default values. Be aware that
previous settings will be lost.

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Chapter 6 Configuring NPort Administrator

The following topics are covered in this chapter:

‰ Overview
‰ Installing NPort Administrator
‰ Configuration
¾ Broadcast Search
¾ Specify by IP Address
¾ Password Protection
¾ Unlock Password Protection
¾ Configuring the NPort 5400
¾ Web Console
¾ Upgrading the Firmware
¾ Export Configuration
¾ Import Configuration
‰ Monitor
‰ Port Monitor
‰ COM Mapping
¾ On-line COM Mapping
¾ Off-line COM Mapping
‰ IP Address Report
‰ Automatic Message Log
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Overview
NPort Administration Suite is an integrated software suite that bundles NPort Administrator and
the IP Serial Library, providing everything you need to manage, monitor, and modify your NPort
5400 from a remote location.
With NPort Administrator, you can easily install and configure your NPort 5400 device server
over the network. Five different sets of functions are provided to ease the installation process:
Configuration, Monitor, Porting Monitor, COM Mapping, and IP Address Report. The following
sections describe the installation procedures and details.

Installing NPort Administrator

1. Once the Setup program starts running, click on Next when the Welcome window opens to
proceed with the installation.

2. Click on Next to install program files in the default directory, or select an alternative location.

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3. Click on Next to install the program using the default program name, or select a different
name.

4. Click on Install to proceed with the installation.

5. The Installing window reports the progress of the installation.

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6. Click on Next to proceed with the installation.

7. Click on Finish to complete the installation of NPort 5400 Administration Suite.

Configuration
The Administrator-Configuration window is divided into four parts.
• The top section contains the function list and online help area. (Windows NT does not support
this .chm file format.)
• The five Administrator function groups are listed in the left section.
• A list of NPort 5400 serial device servers, each of which can be selected to process user
requirements, is displayed in the right section.
• The activity Log, which displays messages that record the user’s processing history, is shown in
the bottom section.

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Broadcast Search
The Broadcast Search function is used to locate all NPort 5400s that are connected to the same
LAN as your computer. Since the Broadcast Search function searches by MAC address and not IP
address, all NPort 5400s connected to the LAN will be located, regardless of whether or not they
are part of the same subnet as the host.
1. Click the Search icon. The Broadcast Search window will open and display the Model, IP
Address, MAC Address, and Progress of the search for that particular device.

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2. When the search is complete, the Broadcast Search window will close, and a list of device
servers that were located will be displayed in the right pane of the Administrator window. You
can modify the IP address of the NPort 5400 after it has been located by the Broadcast Search
function. If more than one server is found on the network, refer to the MAC address sticker on
your server(s) to determine which server(s) you wish to configure. To configure a device
server, place the cursor over the row displaying that device server’s information, and then
double click the left mouse button.

ATTENTION
Before modifying the NPort 5400’s configuration, use Broadcast Search to locate all NPort
5400s connected to the LAN, or use Specify by IP Address to locate a particular NPort 5400.

Specify by IP Address
If you know the current IP address of the NPort that you wish to configure, you can add it to the list
directly by using the Specify by IP Address function.

Password Protection
The NPort 5400 can be password-protected to prevent unauthorized configuration changes. The six
possible protection states are described below. Note that the term “Fixed’ is borrowed from the
standard fixed IP address networking terminology.
When using Broadcast Search to obtain a list of NPort device servers on the network, each device
server will show a status of either Lock, Unlock or Blank.
Lock
The NPort 5400 is password protected, “Broadcast Search” was used to locate it, and the password
has not yet been entered from within the current Administrator session.
Unlock
The NPort 5400 is password protected, “Broadcast Search” was used to locate it, and the password
has been entered from within the current Administrator session. Henceforth during this
Administrator session, activating various utilities for this NPort 5400 will not require re-entering
the server password.
Blank
The NPort 5400 is not password protected, and “Broadcast Search” was used to locate it.
Fixed
The NPort 5400 is not password protected, and “Search by IP address” was used to locate it.
Lock Fixed
The NPort 5400 is password protected, “Specify by IP address” was used to locate it, and the
password has not yet been entered from within the current Administrator session.

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Unlock Fixed
The NPort 5400 is password protected, “Specify by IP address” was used to locate it, and the
password has been entered from within the current Administrator session. Henceforth during this
Administrator session, activating various utilities for this NPort 5400 will not require re-entering
the server password.

Unlock Password Protection

If the NPort 5400 is password protected, as indicated by a status of “Lock”, you will receive the
following error when you attempt to modify the configuration. You will not be able to use the right
click method to open the configuration page.

In this case, proceed as follows to “Unlock” the device server.

1. Select the NPort 5400 with “Lock” status, click the right mouse button, and then select
Unlock.

2. Input the password and then click on OK.

3. NPort Administrator will display an “Unlock ok” message.

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4. The “Lock” status will change to “Unlock,” and the Administrator utility will keep this NPort
5400 in the Unlock status throughout this Administrator session.

Configuring the NPort 5400

In this section, we illustrate how to access the NPort 5400’s configuration utility. You should first
make sure that you can connect over the network from your computer to the NPort 5400.
1. To start NPort Administrator, click on Start Æ NPort Administration Suite Æ NPort
Administrator.

2. Unlock the NPort 5400 you wish to configure if it is password protected. Right click on the
NPort 5400 and select Configure to start the configuration.

3. The progress bar shows that Administrator is retrieving configuration information from the
specific NPort 5400.

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4. Refer to Chapter 5 for each parameter’s function definition. To modify the configuration, you
must first click in the modify box to activate the parameter setting box. For example, click on
the middle modify box.

5. You will now be able to modify Time Zone, Local Date, Local Time, and Time Server.

ATTENTION
You can simultaneously modify the configurations of multiple NPort 5400s that are of the same
model.
To select multiple NPort 5400s, hold down the Ctrl key when selecting additional NPort 5400s,
or hold down the Shift key to select a group of NPort 5400s.

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Web Console
You can use the web console to configure device servers in the NPort 5000 line. The web console
can be opened from NPort Administrator by right clicking on the device server and selecting the
Web function.

Upgrading the Firmware

Follow these steps to upgrade the firmware of an NPort 5400.
1. To start NPort Administrator, click on Start Æ NPort Administration Suite Æ NPort
Administrator.

2. Unlock the NPort 5400 you wish to configure if it is password protected. Right click on a
specific NPort 5400 and select the Upgrade Firmware function to start upgrading the
firmware.

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3. Select the correct ROM file to download.

4. Wait while the Upgrade Firmware action is processed.

ATTENTION
You can simultaneously upgrade the firmware of multiple NPort 5400s that are of the same
model.
To select multiple NPort 5400s, hold down the Ctrl key when selecting an additional NPort
5400, or hold down the Shift key to select a block of NPort 5400s.

Export Configuration
To export the configuration of an NPort 5400, right click on the NPort 5400, select Export
Configuration, and then follow the onscreen instructions. The Export Configuration function is a
handy tool that can be used to produce a text file containing the current configuration of a
particular NPort 5400.

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Import Configuration
The Import Configuration function is used to import an NPort 5400 configuration from a file into
one or more of the same model NPort 5400. To import a configuration, first select the target
servers, click the right mouse button, and then select Import Configuration. Follow the onscreen
instructions to locate the configuration file and start downloading the file.

ATTENTION
You can simultaneously import the same configuration file into multiple NPort 5400s that are of
the same model.
To select multiple NPort 5400s, hold down the Ctrl key when selecting an additional NPort
5400, or hold down the Shift key to select a block of NPort 5400s.

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Monitor
Use one of the following two methods to start the Monitor function.
Broadcast Search Æ Monitor Æ Add Target
1. With Configuration selected under Function, use Broadcast Search to locate all NPort device
servers on your LAN.

2. Next, click on Monitor Æ Add Target, select your targets from the list, and then click on
OK.

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Monitor Æ Add Target Æ Rescan

1. Click on Monitor under Function.

2. Click on Monitor Æ Add Target from the menu bar, or click the right mouse button and
select Add Target.

3. Click on Rescan.

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4. Select your targets from the list, and then click on OK.

Monitor Æ Load Configured COM Port

Use the Load Configured COM Port function to monitor device servers that are being used for
COM Mapping.

Once the Monitor function is running:

1. The NPort 5400 list will appear on the Monitor screen.

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2. Right click the panel and select Settings.

3. Select or de-select Monitor Items. Use the single arrowhead buttons to move highlighted
items from one box to the other. Use the double arrowhead buttons to move all items in one
box to the other.

4. Select a Refresh Rate (the default is 3 seconds) on the General Settings page.

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5. On the Advanced Settings page, select Display warning message for new event and/or Play
warning music for new event. In the second case, you must enter the path to the WAV file
that you want to be played. “New event” means that one of the NPort 5400s in the monitor is
“Alive” or “Not Alive,” or has lost connection with the Monitor program.

6. Right click in the NPort 5400 list section and select Go to start monitoring the NPort 5400.

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7. For this example, the NPort 5400s shown in the list will be monitored.

8. When one of the NPort 5400s loses connection with the Monitor program, a warning alert will
display automatically. The warning music will be played at the same time.

9. In the Monitor screen, you can see that the NPort 5400s that are “Not Alive” are shown in red
color.

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10. If the NPort 5400 gets reconnected, a warning will be displayed to remind the user that the
NPort 5400 is now “Alive.”

11. The NPort 5400s that were reconnected, and are now “Alive,” will be shown in black color.

Port Monitor
The process described here is the same as in the previous “Monitor” section. The only difference is
that you can select more items under Port Monitor than under Monitor.

Select or de-select Monitor Items. Use the single arrowhead buttons to move highlighted items
from one box to the other. Use the double arrowhead buttons to move all items in one box to the
other.

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COM Mapping
Windows Administration Suite comes with Windows Real COM drivers. After you install NPort
5400 Administration Suite, there are two ways to set up the NPort 5400 serial port as your host’s
remote COM port.
The first way is with On-line COM Mapping. On-line COM Mapping will check to make sure
that the NPort 5400 is connected correctly to the network, and then install the driver on the host
computer.
The second way is with Off-line COM Installation, without first connecting the NPort 5400 to
the network. Off-line COM Mapping can decrease the system integrator’s effort by solving
different field problems. Via off-line installation, users can first process software installation for
the host, and then install the NPort 5400 to different fields.
Use the following procedure to map COM ports:
1. On-line COM Mapping:
Connect the NPort 5400 to the network Æ Set the NPort 5400 to the proper IP address Æ
Map COMs to your host Æ Apply Change.
2. Off-line COM Mapping:
Map COMs to your host Æ Apply Change Æ Connect the NPort 5400 to the network Æ
Configure the NPort 5400’s IP address.

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On-line COM Mapping

1. Broadcast Search for NPort 5400s on the network.

2. Select the COM Mapping function group.

3. Add the target to which you would like to map COM ports.

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4. The NPort 5400 list that appears is the list generated by the previous Broadcast Search. Select
the NPort 5400 to which you would like to map COM ports.

5. Select COM Settings to modify COM No., default setting, etc.

6. Select the COM Number.

This assigns a COM Number that your PC host can use to access the NPort’s serial port.
Available COM Numbers and status are shown in the drop-down list. COM Numbers that are
already being used by the system, including COM Numbers that are already mapped to NPort
serial ports, will be shown as “in use”. COM Numbers that have been selected for mapping
will be shown as “assigned” if the changes have not been applied yet. The currently selected
COM Number for the NPort serial port will be shown as “current”.
If you select multiple serial ports or multiple device servers, remember to check the “Auto
Enumerating” function. COM Numbers will then be assigned automatically in numerical order,
starting from the COM Number that you select.

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7. Hi-performance mode is the default for Tx mode. If the driver completes sending data out to
the NPort 5400, the driver will respond “Tx Empty” to the program.
Under Classical mode, the driver will not notify the user’s program that Tx is completed until
all Tx data has been sent out from the NPort 5400. This mode will cause lower throughput. If
you want to ensure that all data is sent out before further processing, classical mode is
recommended.
Enable/Disable Tx/Rx FIFO. If disabled, the NPort 5400 will send one byte each time the Tx
FIFO becomes empty; and an Rx interrupt will be generated for each incoming byte. This will
result in a faster response and lower throughput. If you want to use XON/XOFF flow control,
we recommend setting FIFO to Disable.
Network Timeout is used when the COM port is opened. Since the COM port is on the
network rather than physically attached to the PC host, there can be some lag when
communicating with the serial device. The Network Timeout field allows you to set the
number of milliseconds before an operation will time out. The default value is 5000
milliseconds, and between 500 and 20000 milliseconds can be entered.
Fast Flush (only flush local buffer)
• We have added one optional Fast Flush function to Moxa’s new NPort Real COM driver.
NPort Administrator Suite for 2G NPort adds it after version 1.2.
• For some applications, the user’s program will use the Win32 “PurgeComm()” function
before it reads or writes data. With our design, after the program uses this Purge Comm()
function, the NPort driver will keep querying the NPort’s firmware several times to make
sure there is really no data queued in the NPort firmware buffer, rather than just flushing
the local buffer. This kind of design is used because of some special considerations.
However, it might take more time (on the order of several hundred milliseconds) than a
native COM1, because it needs to work via Ethernet. That’s why the native COM ports on
the motherboard can work fast with this function call, but the NPort requires much more
time. In order to accommodate other applications that require a faster response time, the
new NPort driver implements a new “Fast Flush” option. Note that by default, this function
is disabled.
• To begin with, make sure there are some “PurgeComm()” functions being used in your
application program. In this kind of situation, you might find that your NPort exhibits a
much poorer operation performance than when using the native COM1 port. Once you
have enabled the “Fast Flush” function, you can check to see if there has been an
improvement in performance.

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• By default, the optional “Fast Flush” function is disabled. If you would like to enable this
function, from the “NPort Administrator,” double click on the COM ports that are mapped
to the NPort, and then select the “Fast Flush” checkbox. You should find that when “Fast
Flush” is enabled, the NPort driver will work faster with “PurgeComm().”

8. The Serial Parameter settings shown here are the default settings when the NPort 5400 is
powered on. However, the program can redefine the serial parameters to different values after
the program opens the port via Win 32 API.

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9. After setting the COM Mapping, remember to select Apply Change to save the information
in the host system registry. The host computer will not have the ability to use the COM port
until after Apply Change is selected.

10. Select Discard Change to tell Administrator NOT to save the COM Mapping information to
the host.

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11. To save the configuration to a text file, select Export COM Mapping. You will then be able
to import this configuration file to another host and use the same COM Mapping settings in
the other host.

Off-line COM Mapping

1. Add a target by inputting the IP address and selecting the Model Name without physically
connecting the NPort 5400 to the network.

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2. Modify the port settings as needed.

3. Right click in the NPort list section and select Apply Change.

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IP Address Report
When the NPort 5400 is used in a dynamic IP environment, users must spend more time with IP
management tasks. To make things easier, the NPort 5400 can periodically report its IP address to
the IP location server, in case the address has changed. The IP location server is the host PC on
which you installed the NPort Adminustration Suite.
1. Configure the NPort 5400 with Dynamic IP settings (DHCP, BOOTP, or DHCP/BOOTP).
Assign the remote Auto IP report server’s IP address and UDP port.

2. Select the IP Address Report, and click the right mouse button to select Settings.

3. Configure the Local Listen Port to be the same as the NPort 5400’s “Auto report to UDP port”
setting.

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4. Click Go to start receiving the Auto IP address report from the NPort 5400.

Automatic Message Log

Since NPort Administrator may be used in a multi-user environment, it is possible for a user to
modify a device server’s configuration with other users unaware of the changes. Accordingly,
NPort Administrator keeps a record of activity messages in the Message Log, located in the
installation file directory. When a user closes NPort Administrator, thelog will be saved as “file
message_x.log”, where ‘x’ cycles in value from 0 to 9.

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Chapter 7 NPort CE Driver Manager for
Windows CE

The following topics are covered in this chapter:

‰ Overview
‰ Installing NPort CE Driver Manager
‰ Using NPort CE Driver Manager
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Overview
NPort CE Driver Manager is designed for use with NPort 5000 serial ports that are set to Real
COM mode. The software manages the installation of drivers that allow you to map unused COM
ports on your PC to serial ports on the NPort 5000. These drivers are designed for use with
Windows CE 5.0/6.0. When the drivers are installed and configured, devices that are attached to
serial ports on the NPort 5000 will be treated as if they were attached to your PC’s own COM
ports.

Installing NPort CE Driver Manager

1. Copy “[Link]” to Windows CE and start to install driver by double clicking on it.
2. Click on “OK” to complete the installation when the following screen appears.

3. Driver installation is now complete and the “[Link]” icon disappear from the screen.
This is normal when installing drivers in Windows CE.

Using NPort CE Driver Manager

After you install NPort CE Driver Manager, you can set up the NPort’s serial ports as remote
COM ports for your Windows CE. Make sure that the serial port(s) on your NPort are set to Real
COM mode when mapping COM ports with NPort CE Driver Manager.

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1. Go to Start Æ Programs Æ NPort CE Driver Manager.

2. Click on the COM Mapping page and then the “Search” button to scan for NPort servers.

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3. All NPort servers that were located will appear in the NPort CE Driver Manager window.
Click on the server whose COM ports you would like to map to and then select the port index.
Note that multiple selections are allowed.
4. Select the port(s) at the Port Index and then click on the “Add” button to map to the COM
Port(s).

5. Return to the COM Setting page. You should be able to see the newly mapped COM Port(s).

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6. To configure the settings for a particular COM Port, select the row of the desired port, and
then modify the setting in the “Settings” panel, as shown below.

Tx Mode
“Hi-Performance” is the default for Tx mode. After the driver sends data to the NPort server, the
driver immediately issues a “Tx Empty” response to the program. Under “Classical mode,” the
driver will not send the “Tx Empty” response until after confirmation is received from the NPort
server’s serial port. This causes lower throughput. Classical mode is recommended if you want to
ensure that all data is sent out before further processing.
FIFO
If FIFO is disabled, the NPort server will transmit one byte each time the Tx FIFO becomes empty,
and an Rx interrupt will be generated for each incoming byte. This will result in a faster response
and lower throughput.

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Chapter 8 IP Serial LIB

The following topics are covered in this chapter:

‰ Overview
‰ IP Serial LIB Function Groups
‰ Example Program
NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual IP Serial LIB

Overview
What is IP Serial Library?
IP Serial Library is a Windows library with frequently used serial command sets and subroutines.
IP Serial Library is designed to reduce the complexity and poor efficiency of serial communication
over TCP/IP. For example, Telnet can only transfer data, but it can't monitor or configure the serial
line’s parameters.
Why Use IP Serial Library?
For programmers who are familiar with serial communication, IP Serial Library provides
well-designed function calls that have the same style as Moxa’s PComm Library.
IP Serial Library is amazingly simple and easy to understand. By including it in your VB, C, or
Delphi programming environment, you can program your own TCP/IP application with the ability
to control serial communication parameters.
NPort serial device servers use 2 TCP ports for communication between the NPort and host
computer’s Real COM driver. The NPort uses a data port and command port to provide pure data
transfer without decode and encode. Compared to using only one TCP port to control serial
communication (such as RFC 2217), IP Serial Library uses a command port to communicate with
the NPort in user’s program. IP Serial Library not only runs with excellent efficiency but also runs
without any decode or encode problems.
How to install IP Serial Library?
IP Serial Lib comes with the NPort Administration Suite. Refer to the IPSerial directory for more
detail about the function definitions.

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IP Serial LIB Function Groups

Server Control Port Control Input/Output Data Port Status Miscellaneous
Inquiry
nsio_init nsio_open nsio_read nsio_lstatus nsio_break
nsio_end nsio_close nsio_SetReadTimeouts nsio_data_status nsio_break_on
nsio_resetserver nsio_ioctl nsio_write nsio_break_off
nsio_checkalive nsio_flowctrl nsio_SetWriteTimeouts nsio_breakcount
nsio_DTR
nsio_RTS
nsio_lctrl
nsio_baud
nsio_resetport

Example Program
char NPortip=”[Link]”;
char buffer[255]; /*data buffer, 255 chars */
int port = 1; /*1st port */
int portid; /* port handle */
nsio_init(); /*initial IP Serial Library */
portid = nsio_open(NPortip, port); /*1st port, NPort IP=[Link] */
nsio_ioctl(portid, B9600, (BIT_8 | STOP_1 | /*set 9600, N81 */
P_NONE) ); /* wait for 1000 ms for data */
sleep(1000); /* read 200 bytes from port 1 */
nsio_read(port, buffer, 200); /* close this serial port */
nsio_close(portid); /* close IP Serial Library */
nsio_end();

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Appendix A Pinouts and Cable Wiring

In this appendix, we cover the following topics.

‰ Port Pinout Diagrams
¾ Ethernet Port Pinouts
¾ Serial Port Pinouts
‰ Cable Wiring Diagrams
¾ Ethernet Cables
¾ Serial Cables
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Port Pinout Diagrams

Ethernet Port Pinouts
Pin Signal
1 Tx+ 1 8
2 Tx-
3 Rx+
6 Rx-

Serial Port Pinouts

DB9 Male RS-232/422/485 Port Pinouts for NPort 5410/5450/5450I
RS-422/ 2-wire 5 4 3 2 1
Pin RS-232
4-wire RS-485 RS-485
1 DCD TxD-(A) ---
2 RxD TxD+(B) ---
3 TxD RxD+(B) Data+(B)
4 DTR RxD-(A) Data-(A)
9 8 7 6
5 GND GND GND
6 D SR --- ---
7 RTS --- ---
8 CTS --- ---
9 --- --- ---

Terminal Block RS-422/485 Pinouts for NPort 5430/5430I

Serial Device NPort 5430/5430I
Signals Terminal Block

Rx+ T+
Rx- T-
Tx+ / Data+ R+ / D+
Tx- / Data- R- / D-
GND GND

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Cable Wiring Diagrams

Ethernet Cables
Straight-Through Cable

RJ45 Plug Pin 1

Cable Wiring
3 3
6 6
1 1
2 2
Cross-Over Cable

RJ45 Plug Pin 1

Cable Wiring
3 1
6 2
1 3
2 6

Serial Cables
DB9 Female to DB9 Male for NPort 5410/5450/5450I
DB9 DB9 Female DB9 Male DB9
Male Female
NPort RS-232
Device

Signal Cable Wiring Signal

DCD 1 1 DCD
RxD 2 2 TxD
TxD 3 3 RxD
DTR 4 4 DSR
GND 5 5 GND
DSR 6 6 DTR
RTS 7 7 CTS
CTS 8 8 RTS

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DB9 Female to DB25 Male for NPort 5410/5450/5450I

DB9 DB9 Female DB25 Male DB25
Male Female
NPort RS-232
Device

Signal Cable Wiring Signal

DCD 1 8 DCD
RxD 2 3 TxD
TxD 3 2 RxD
DTR 4 20 DSR
GND 5 7 GND
DSR 6 6 DTR
RTS 7 4 CTS
CTS 8 5 RTS

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Appendix B Well Known Port Numbers

This appendix is for your reference about the Well Known port numbers that may cause network
problem if you set the NPort into the same port. Refer to RFC 1700 for Well Known port numbers
of refer to the following introduction from the IANA.
The port numbers are divided into three ranges: the Well Known Ports, the Registered Ports, and
the Dynamic and/or Private Ports.
The Well Known Ports are those from 0 through 1023.
The Registered Ports are those from 1024 through 49151.
The Dynamic and/or Private Ports are those from 49152 through 65535.
The Well Known Ports are assigned by the IANA, and on most systems, can only be used by
system processes or by programs executed by privileged users. The following table shows famous
port numbers among the well-known port numbers. For more details, please visit the IANA
website: [Link]

TCP Socket Application Service

0 reserved
1 TCP Port Service Multiplexor
2 Management Utility
7 Echo
9 Discard
11 Active Users (systat)
13 Daytime
15 Netstat
20 FTP data port
21 FTP CONTROL port
23 Telnet
25 SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
37 Time (Time Server)
42 Host name server (names server)
43 Whois (nickname)
49 (Login Host Protocol) (Login)
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TCP Socket Application Service

53 Domain Name Server (domain)
79 Finger protocol (Finger)
80 World Wide Web HTTP
119 Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP)
123 Network Time Protocol
213 IPX
160 – 223 Reserved for future use

UDP Socket Application Service

0 reserved
2 Management Utility
7 Echo
9 Discard
11 Active Users (systat)
13 Daytime
35 Any private printer server
39 Resource Location Protocol
42 Host name server (names server)
43 Whois (nickname)
49 (Login Host Protocol) (Login)
53 Domain Name Server (domain)
69 Trivial Transfer Protocol (TETP)
70 Gopler Protocol
79 Finger Protocol
80 World Wide Web HTTP
107 Remote Telnet Service
111 Sun Remote Procedure Call (Sunrpc)
119 Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP)
123 Network Time Protocol (nnp)
161 SNMP (Simple Network Mail Protocol)
162 SNMP Traps
213 IPX (Used for IP Tunneling)

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Appendix C SNMP Agents with MIB II & RS-232
Like Group

The NPort 5400 has built-in SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) agent software. It
supports SNMP Trap, RFC1317 RS-232 like group and RFC 1213 MIB-II. The following table
lists the standard MIB-II group, as well as the variable implementation for the NPort 5400.
RFC1213 MIB-II supported SNMP variables:

System MIB Interfaces MIB IP MIB ICMP MIB

SysDescr itNumber ipForwarding IcmpInMsgs
SysObjectID ifIndex ipDefaultTTL IcmpInErrors
SysUpTime ifDescr ipInreceives IcmpInDestUnreachs
SysContact ifType ipInHdrErrors IcmpInTimeExcds
SysName ifMtu ipInAddrErrors IcmpInParmProbs
SysLocation ifSpeed ipForwDatagrams IcmpInSrcQuenchs
SysServices ifPhysAddress ipInUnknownProtos IcmpInRedirects
ifAdminStatus ipInDiscards IcmpInEchos
ifOperStatus ipInDelivers IcmpInEchoReps
ifLastChange ipOutRequests IcmpInTimestamps
ifInOctets ipOutDiscards IcmpTimestampReps
ifInUcastPkts ipOutNoRoutes IcmpInAddrMasks
ifInNUcastPkts ipReasmTimeout IcmpOutMsgs
ifInDiscards ipReasmReqds IcmpOutErrors
ifInErrors ipReasmOKs IcmpOutDestUnreachs
ifInUnknownProtos ipReasmFails IcmpOutTimeExcds
ifOutOctets ipFragOKs IcmpOutParmProbs
ifOutUcastPkts ipFragFails IcmpOutSrcQuenchs
ifOutNUcastPkts ipFragCreates IcmpOutRedirects
ifOutDiscards ipAdEntAddr IcmpOutEchos
ifOutErrors ipAdEntIfIndex IcmpOutEchoReps
NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual SNMP Agents with MIB II & RS-232 like group

System MIB Interfaces MIB IP MIB ICMP MIB

SysServices ifOutQLen ipAdEntNetMask IcmpOutTimestamps
ifSpecific ipAdEntBcastAddr IcmpOutTimestampReps
ipAdEntReasmMaxSize IcmpOutAddrMasks
IpNetToMediaIfIndex IcmpOutAddrMaskReps
IpNetToMediaPhysAddress
IpNetToMediaNetAddress
IpNetToMediaType
IpRoutingDiscards

UDP MIB TCP MIB SNMP MIB

UdpInDatagrams tcpRtoAlgorithm snmpInPkts
UdpNoPorts tcpRtoMin snmpOutPkts
UdpInErrors tcpRtoMax snmpInBadVersions
UdpOutDatagrams tcpMaxConn snmpInBadCommunityNames
UdpLocalAddress tcpActiveOpens snmpInASNParseErrs
UdpLocalPort tcpPassiveOpens snmpInTooBigs
tcpAttempFails snmpInNoSuchNames
Address Translation MIB tcpEstabResets snmpInBadValues
AtIfIndex tcpCurrEstab snmpInReadOnlys
AtPhysAddress tcpInSegs snmpInGenErrs
AtNetAddress tcpOutSegs snmpInTotalReqVars
Address Translation MIB TCP MIB SNMP MIB
AtNetAddress tcpRetransSegs snmpInTotalSetVars
tcpConnState snmpInGetRequests
tcpConnLocalAddress snmpInGetNexts
tcpConnLocalPort snmpInSetRequests
tcpConnRemAddress snmpInGetResponses
tcpConnRemPort snmpInTraps
tcpInErrs snmpOutTooBigs
tcpOutRsts snmpOutNoSuchNames
snmpOutBadValues
snmpOutGenErrs
snmpOutGetRequests
snmpOutGetNexts
snmpOutSetRequests

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Address Translation MIB TCP MIB SNMP MIB

snmpOutGetResponses
snmpOutTraps
snmpEnableAuthenTraps

RFC1317: RS-232 MIB objects

RS-232-like General Port RS-232-like Asynchronous

Generic RS-232-like Group
Table Port Group

rs232Number rs232PortTable rs232AsyncPortTable

rs232PortEntry rs232AsyncPortEntry
rs232PortIndex rs232AsyncPortIndex
rs232PortType rs232AsyncPortBits
rs232PortInSigNumber rs232AsyncPortStopBits
rs232PortOutSigNumber rs232AsyncPortParity
rs232PortInSpeed
rs232PortOutSpeed

The Input Signal Table The Output Signal Table

rs232InSigTable rs232OutSigTable
rs232InSigEntry rs232OutSigEntry
rs232InSigPortIndex rs232OutSigPortIndex
rs232InSigName rs232OutSigName
rs232InSigState rs232OutSigState

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Appendix D Auto IP Report Protocol

NPort device servers provide several ways to configure Ethernet IP addresses. One of them is
DHCP Client. When you set up the NPort to use DHCP Client to configure Ethernet IP addresses,
it will automatically send a DHCP request over the Ethernet to find the DHCP Server. And then
the DHCP Server will send an available IP address to the NPort. The NPort will use this IP address
for a period of time after receiving it. But the NPort will send a DHCP request again to the DHCP
Server. Once the DHCP Server realizes that this IP address is to be released to other DHCP Client,
the NPort then will receive a different IP address. For this reason, users sometimes find that the
NPort will use different IP addresses, not a fixed IP address.
In order to know what IP address the NPort is using, you need to set up parameters in Network
Settings via Web browser. The figure below is the NPort Web console configuration window.
Enter the IP address and the Port number of the PC that you want to send this information to.
NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Auto IP Report Protocol

And then you can develop your own programs to receive this information from the NPort. Here is
NPort’s Auto IP Report Protocol. We provide an example for you to easily develop your own
programs. You can find this example on Moxa’s website.
Auto IP Report Format
“Moxa”, 4 bytes Info[0] Info[1] … Info[n]

Info [n]
Field ID Length Data
Length 1 1 Variable, Length is “Length Field”
ID List
ID Value Description Length Note
1 Server Name Variable ASCII char
2 Hardware ID 2 Little-endian
3 MAC Address 6 6 bytes MAC address. If the MAC
address is "00-90-E8-01-02-03",
the MAC [0] is 0, MAC[1] is
0x90(hex), MAC[2] is 0xE8(hex),
and so on.

4 Serial Number 4, DWORD

Little-endian
5 IP Address 4, DWORD
Little-endian
6 Netmask 4, DWORD
Little-endian
7 Default Gateway 4, DWORD
Little-endian
8 Firmware Version 4, DWORD
Little-endian
Ver1.3.4= 0x0103040
9 AP ID 4, DWORD Little-endian
AP ID & Hardware ID Mapping Table
AP ID Hardware ID Product
0x80005000 0x0504 NPort 5410
0x80005000 0x0534 NPort 5430
0x80005000 0x1534 NPort 5430I
0x80005000 0x5401 NPort 5410 V3
0x80005000 0x5402 NPort 5430 V3
0x80005000 0x5403 NPort 5430I V3
0x80005000 0x5404 NPort 5450
0x80005000 0x5405 NPort 5450I
0x80005000 0x5406 NPort 5450-T
0x80005000 0x5407 NPort 5450I-T

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Appendix E Compliance Notice

CE Warming
This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio
interference in which case the user may be required to take appropriate measures.

Federal Communications Commission Statement

FCC - This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must
accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

FCC Warming
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital
device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial
environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if
not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful
interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is
likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the
interference at his own expense.