Artila Aport-211S User manual

Aport-211S
Single-Port Serial-to-Ethernet Gateway
User Guide
Version 1.0
Copyright © Artila Electronics Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Specification .......................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Packing List ........................................................................................................................... 1
1.3 Optional Accessory................................................................................................................ 2
2. Getting Started.............................................................................................................. 3
2.1 Panel Layout.......................................................................................................................... 3
2.2 Connecting Power ................................................................................................................. 3
2.3 Connecting Ethernet Port ...................................................................................................... 3
2.4 Connecting Serial Port........................................................................................................... 3
2.5 Switch SW1 Settings............................................................................................................. 4
2.6 LED Status ............................................................................................................................ 4
2.7 Serial Port Pin Assignments.................................................................................................. 5
2.8 Digital I/O............................................................................................................................... 5
2.9 Factory Default Settings........................................................................................................ 6
2.10 Configure Aport-211 .............................................................................................................. 6
3. Java Configuration ....................................................................................................... 7
3.1 Install Java Configuration Utility ............................................................................................ 7
3.2 Serial and Data Packing Settings.......................................................................................... 8
3.3 TCP/IP Network Settings....................................................................................................... 8
3.4 Device Name Settings........................................................................................................... 8
3.5 Access Control Settings ........................................................................................................ 9
3.6 Save Configuration................................................................................................................ 9
3.7 Save Configuration to File................................................................................................... 10
4. Web Configuration.......................................................................................................11
4.1 Overview.............................................................................................................................. 11
5. Serial / Telnet Command .............................................................................................13
5.1 Overview.............................................................................................................................. 13
5.2 Serial Console Mode........................................................................................................... 13

5.3 Telnet Console Mode .......................................................................................................... 13
5.4 Forgot Password ................................................................................................................. 14
5.5 Command Syntax................................................................................................................ 14
5.6 Echo Syntax ........................................................................................................................ 17
6. Appendix A...................................................................................................................18

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1. Introduction
Aport-211 provides the easiest way to enable serial industrial device with networking capability.
Aport-211 converts the serial data to standard TCP/IP protocol therefore the serial device can be
accessed everywhere via Internet or Ethernet. In addition, Aport-211 provides an embedded Web
server which allows user to save the custom web page therefore user can use a standard Web browser
to remote manage the serial device.
1.1 Specification
Ethernet:
10/100 Mbps, RJ45 x 1
Protection: Built-in 1500V magnetic isolation
Serial:
RS-232/422/485: DB9 connector x 1
RS-232: RxD, TxD, RTS, CTS, DSR, DTR, DCD, GND
RS-422: RX+, RX-, TX+, TX-, GND
RS-485: Data+, Data-, GND
Baud Rate: 300~38400 bps
Parity: None, Even, Odd
Data Bits: 7, 8
Stop Bits: 1, 2
Flow Control: RTS/CTS, XON/XOFF
Protection: 15KV ESD
Digital Input / Output:
General Purpose DIO x 8
DIO0 to DIO5: Programmable Digital I/O (TTL)
DIO6 to DIO7: Programmable Digital I/O (CMOS)
Software:
Protocol: TCP, UDP, IP, HTTP, ICMP, DHCP, Telnet
Utility: Java Configuration, Web Configuration, Serial Console, Telnet Console
Operation Mode: TCP Server, TCP Client, Web Control
Power:
Power input: 9~40VDC@100mA
Connector: Power Jack or Terminal Block
Environment:
Operating Temperature: 0~55C (32~131F), 5~95% RH
Storage Temperature: -20~85C (32~131F), 5~95% RH
Dimension: 108 x 78 x 25 mm (H x W x D) without ear
1.2 Packing List
Aport-211 Single-port Serial-to-Ethernet Gateway

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1.3 Optional Accessory
DK-35A (36-DK35A-000): DIN RAIL Mounting Kit
PWR-12V-1A (31-62100-000): 110~240VAC to 12VDC 1A Power Adaptor

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2. Getting Started
2.1 Panel Layout
2.2 Connecting Power
Connecting 9~40VDC power line with the Aport-211 terminal block or the power jack. If the power
is properly supplied, the Power LED will keep solid yellow color.
2.3 Connecting Ethernet Port
Connect a RJ45 Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port of Aport-211. The Link/Activity light will keep
solid yellow color if Ethernet cable is corrected to the network and this light will keep flashing if there
are data transmitted.
2.4 Connecting Serial Port
Use a null modem DB9 serial cable to connect a RS-232 serial device to Aport-211 serial port. The
null modem cable will cross over the RxD to TxD connection between the serial device to Aport-211.

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2.5 Switch SW1 Settings
Set the SW1 setting to RS-232 mode and pin definition of Aport-211 serial port is as follow:
SW1 Key
1
2
3
4
5
RS-232
ON
OFF
OFF
-
-
RS-422
OFF
OFF
OFF
-
-
RS-485
OFF
ON
ON
-
-
Normal
-
-
-
OFF
OFF
DHCP
OFF
ON
Default
ON
OFF
Console
ON
ON
SW1 Setting
Normal: Aport is in Normal Operation Mode
DHCP: Network IP Address is assigned by DHCP Server
Default: All the settings are reset to Factory Default
Console: COM1 serial port is served as console port. User can use ACSII command to configure
Aport-211 via COM1 port. Please refer to Appendix A for the ASCII command
Note
All the settings will not be effective until system reboot by pressing RESET button.
2.6 LED Status
The LED provides the Aport-211 operation information. The LED status is described as follow:
Power LED: Power LED keeps ON if power (+9VDC to +40VDC) is correctly input to Aport-211.
Ready LED: Ready LED keeps ON when Aport-211 firmware is ready for operation. Ready LED
will be flash when Aport-211 in Serial Console mode (SW1 key 4 and key 5 are ON) or Telnet
Console mode (Telnet Console port:5001 are connected).
Link/Act LED: Link and Activity LED will turn ON when the Ethernet cable is connected. When
there is network data traffic, this LED will be flash.
RX/TX LED: The RX/TX LED is a dual color LED that indicates the serial data traffic. In RS-232
mode, the Yellow LED stands for transmitting data and Green LED means receiving data. In
RS-422/485 mode, the Yellow LED stands for receiving data and Green LED means transmitting
data.

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2.7 Serial Port Pin Assignments
Serial Port COM1 uses a Male DB9 connector and it includes RS-232, RS-422 and RS-485 signal
and pin assignments are described as follow:
Pin No.
Transmission Signals
RS-232
4-wire RS-485
RS-485
1
DCD
TxD-
-
2
RxD
TxD+
-
3
TxD
RxD+
Data+
4
DTR
RxD-
Data-
5
GND
GND
GND
6
DSR
-
-
7
RTS
-
-
8
CTS
-
-
9
-
-
-
2.8 Digital I/O
Digital I/O uses DB9 connector and the pin assignments are described as follow:
Pin 1: DIO0
Pin 2: DIO1
Pin 3: DIO2
Pin 4: DIO3
Pin 5: DIO4
Pin 6: DIO5
Pin 7: DIO6
Pin 8: DIO7
Pin 9: GND
DIO0 to DIO5 are TTL compatible Programmable DIO and DIO 6 to DIO7 are CMOS compatible
Programmable DIO. All the DIO channel are pull up +5VDC with a 4.7K Ohm resistor.

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2.9 Factory Default Settings
If you forget your Aport-211 settings, you use SW1 to reset Aport to factory default settings. The
factory default settings are:
IP Address: 192.168.2.127
Data Port: 4000
Telnet Port: 5001
Web Port: 80
Baud rate: 19200
Data Format: N, 8, 1 (Parity, Data bits, Stop bits)
Flow Control: None
Interface: RS-232
2.10 Configure Aport-211
Aport-211 provides four ways to configure the settings. They are:
Java Configuration Utility
Web Configuration Utility
Serial Console
Telnet Console
Note
To use the Java configuration utility software, you need to install the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)
version 1.4.2 or later. J2SE is free and available at: http://java.sun.com.

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3. Java Configuration
3.1 Install Java Configuration Utility
To install the Java Configuration Utility, you can simply copy manager.jar to the desired folder.
Double click on the icon will start the manager.jar.
Once this program started, it will perform a broadcast search to find the Aport device in the network. If
you cannot find the Aport module and you know the IP address of the module, you can click Search by
IP item and specify the IP address to find the Aport-211. The default IP address of Aport-211 is
192.168.2.127.
Click on the row of the Aport setting, the configuration window will open as follow:

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Note
When the SW1 is set to Console mode, Aport-211 cannot be discovered by the Configuration Utility and
the configurations are controlled by serial console.
When enter the configuration mode, the READY LED will be flashing and TCP Data Port will be
disabled and data transfer between serial port and Ethernet port will be stopped.
3.2 Serial and Data Packing Settings
The group of setting is to configure the serial interface and data packing settings. Data Packing
setting is are as follow:
Length: Pack the length of serial data before forwarding data to Ethernet port
Timeout: the period of time to forward data to Ethernet Port
Delimiter: Wait for the Delimiter Character before forwarding data to Ethernet port. The
Delimiters are maximum two bytes Hex format ASCII code. If you use Carriage Return (CR) and
Line Feed (LF) as delimiters, you can specify 0D0A or 0d0a.
3.3 TCP/IP Network Settings
The group of TCP/IP Network settings are configuring the IP Address, TCP port and operation mode
as follow:
OpMode: TCP operation mode setting
TCP Port: TCP Port number of Aport-211
Destination IP: The IP address of remote host which Aport-211 will actively connect to (TCP Client
mode only)
Connect At: Startup means TCP connection is established when system starts (TCP Client mode
only)
Timeout: When this option is checked, TCP connection will be disconnected if there is no serial
data activity before timeout
IP Mode: Configure the IP Address to be Static IP or Dynamic IP by DHCP
IP Address: Set the Static IP Address
Subnet Mask: Subnet Mask setting
Gateway: Gateway address setting
3.4 Device Name Settings
Click Edit Device Name button can edit the device name.

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3.5 Access Control Settings
Aport-211 provides IP address filtering method and password authentication for access control.
Enable IP Filtering: When this option is checked, user can specify the starting IP address and
ended IP address which are allowed to access Aport-211 TCP port in order to prevent unauthorized
access.
Password Settings: Enter the new password will enable the password authentication. Password
is required to login Java Configuration and Web configuration Pages in the next entry.
3.6 Save Configuration
After the all the settings are configured, click to the Save to Module button to save the settings to
the module. The new settings will be effective after the reboot of module by clicking the Reboot
Module button. If the IP address had been modified, please do broadcast search or search by IP
again to find the Aport-211 module.

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3.7 Save Configuration to File
You can also save current configuration to file by click the Save to File button. A new window to
specify the path of the file will pop out as follow:
The configuration is a text file and uses extension of txt. If you use Text editor to open the
configuration command, you will notice that the configuration file contains the ASCII command set of
the configuration. You can also edit these commands by the text editor to configure the settings and
import it to the Aport-211 by using the Import button.

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4. Web Configuration
4.1 Overview
Aport-211 can also be configured by Web Browser. The build-in Web server and Web configuration
pages makes Aport-211 configurable anywhere via a Web browser such as IE and Firefox. To open
the Web configuration pages, you can simply type the IP address to the Web Address input such as
192.168.2.127. The Login windows will ask you enter password if the password option is enabled.
After password confirmed, the web configuration page will show up as follow:
The configuration is very similar to the Java configuration utility. After completing the settings, click
submit button then all the settings will save to the module and the module will reboot automatically to
use the new configuration.
Customize Your Web Page

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After you complete your web page design, you can use the Manager Utility (manager.jar) to upload the
Web page to Aport-211 Web server. The web files need to be converted to binary format first before
download to server. Place the web files in the source directory and assign the output directory for the
binary file. Pressing the Convert button and you can find a binary file, fsdata.anf has been created.
Use this binary file to upload to Web server. You can see the converted file is available in the Upload
binary file to device dialog box. Press Upload and the Web Page Binary files will be upload to server.
Manager Utility uses tftp protocol to upload web page. Before uploading the web page, please check
if there is any anti virus program which could prevent the tftp file transfer. Shut down the anti virus
program first to allow manager.jar upload the binary file.

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5. Serial / Telnet Command
5.1 Overview
Aport-211 provides a set of ASCII command to configure Aport through a serial and Ethernet port.
User can use serial terminal or Telnet command to configure Aport-211 when Web browser and Java
utility are available. In addition, these functions provide user the most convenient way to develop
their own configuration utility software simply to use the ASCII command.
5.2 Serial Console Mode
To enter the Serial console mode, you can switch SW1 (4~5) to ON position and then serial port will
function as a console port. The READY LED will keep flash that indicates Aport is in serial console
mode. Please set the serial data setting of the Serial Terminal software (such as Hyper Terminal) to
be the same as the Aport-211 serial port. If you forgot the serial port setting, you can use SW1 to
reset it to factory default setting as use following setting:
Baud rate: 19200
Data Format: N, 8, 1 (Parity, Data bits, Stop bits)
Flow Control: None
Interface: RS-232
Now you can use serial terminal software to send the ASCII command to Aport-211.
Note
In Serial Console Mode, all the network functions will be disabled.
Once the configuration is completed, remember to switch SW1 back to Normal operation mode and
reboot the module by Reset Command or push reset button.
5.3 Telnet Console Mode
Aport-211 uses Port number 5001 as telnet console port. Remember to turn on the LOCALECHO
before opening the telnet console port. You must login first before sending command to Aport-211.
If password is enabled, you need to use the password to log in. The password is encrypted using
Tiny Encryption Algorithm (TEA) and the keys are sixteen bytes with low case character from “a” to
“p”. The login command format is as follow:
$LOG[16 bytes of TEA Encrypted Password]
or
$LOG
if there are no password settings.

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5.4 Forgot Password
If you forgot the Password, you can switch SW1 to Factory Default setting mode and use default IP
Address 192.168.2.127 and enter the Web console pages. Once the configuration is completed,
remember to switch SW1 back to Normal operation mode and reboot the module by Reset
Command or push reset button.
Password is not required for serial console mode. Therefore you can also use serial console to
reset the password.
5.5 Command Syntax
The command syntax is:
[Delimiter][Command][Carriage Return/CR][Line Feed/LF]
Delimiter (one byte): The command begins with a delimiter of dollar sign $ and if Aport-211
receives the correct command it will response with an echo which begins with the delimiter of a
percentage sign %.
Command: The command are ASCII string which contains three elements:
{Read/Write}{Function}{Parameter} as described as follow:
Command
Category
R
W
Function
(2 bytes)
Parameters
(command related)
Basic
G
S
BN: Device Name
Max. 14 bytes
G
BM: Model Name
Default
S
BP: Password
Max. 8 bytes
G
BV: Firmware Ver.
Default
Serial
G
S
SB: Baud Rate
1200
2400
4800
9600
19200
38400
G
S
SD: Data Format (Parity, Data,
Stop)
N72
E71
O71
N81
E72
O72
E81
O81
N82

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G
S
SF: Flow Control
NONE
RTS/CTS
XON/XOFF
G
S
SI: Interface
RS-232
RS-422
RS-485
Network
G
S
LI: IP Address
e.g. $SLI192.168.2.127
G
S
LN: Netmask
e.g. $SLN255.0.0.0
G
S
LG: Gateway
e.g. $SLG192.168.2.254
G
S
LC: IP Mode
0: Static IP
1: DCHP
G
LM: MAC
Default
G
LS: LAN Status
Link fail
Link OK, 100M
Link OK, 10M
Operation
G
S
OM: Operation Mode
TS: TCP Server
TC: TCP Client
G
S
OC: TCP connection timeout
option
AC: always connect
TO: Disconnect if timeout
G
S
OU: Timeout clock
0~65535
(unit: ms)
e.g. $SOU500
G
S
OD: Data Packing
Three parameters:{
[0]:Delimiter Option
[1]: Timeout Option
[2]: Length Option
}={1:Enable,0:Disable}
e.g. $SOD110
G
S
OS: Delimiter
Max. two bytes characters
e.g. $SOS0D0A (CR/LF)
G
S
OT: Timeout
0~65535
(unit: ms)
e.g. $SOT500
G
S
OL: Data Length
0~1024
e.g. $SOL20
Access Control
G
S
OF: IP Filtering
0: Disable
1: Enable
G
S
OI: Authorized IP
e.g.$SOI192.168.2.127:192.168.2.180
(Starting IP:Ended IP)
TCP Server
G
S
VP: Listen Port
1~65535

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e.g. $SVP4000
TCP Client
G
S
CI: Destination IP
e.g. $SCI192.168.1.211
G
S
CP: Destination Port
e.g. $SCP4001
G
S
CC: Connection Logic
0: Reserved for PPPoE
1: Establish connection when Serial
Data in
System
S
YC: System mode
R: Reboot system
F: Reset to default setting and reboot
D: Set current setting as Default
setting
S
EI: Exit console
DIO
S
DM: Set Digital I/O mode
I: Input
O: Output
e.g. $SDMI:0,4,5
set DIO0, DIO4, DIO5 as input
$SDMO:1,2,3,6,7
set DIO1,DIO2,DIO3,DIO6,DIO7 as
output
G
DM: Get Digital I/O mode
e.g. $GDM
the response is
%GDM I,O,O,O,I,I,O,O
S
DOH: Set DO channel High
Output
e.g. $SDOH:1,3,7
S
DOL: Set DO channel Low
Output
e.g. $SDOL:2,6
G
DI: Get DI channel status
e.g. $GDI
the response is
%GDI 0=1,4=0,5=1
It stands for
DIO0=1,DIO4=0,DIO5=1
Remark: Italic font stands for Command String
CR/LF (two bytes): Both command from host and echo from Aport-211 are terminated with a Carriage
Return (ACSII code Hex 0d) and Line Feed (ASCII code Hex 0a). Therefore please remember to add
CR/LF at the end of command line in the terminal emulation program.
Note
All command strings are in Upper Case.