ICP DAS USA RS-405/405F User manual

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ESC Utility User Manual
Industrial Redundant Ring Switch
Version 1.0
This document applied to models of
RS-405/405F, RSM-405/405F
Mar 28, 2007
Please print in double side

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Document Control
Date
Author
Version
Description
Mar 28th, 2007
May Chang
1.0
First draft

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Copyright & Trademarks
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any form or by any means, whether elect ronic, mechanical,
photo copying, recording or ot herwise, wit hout t he prior
written perm ission of the publisher.
The names us ed for ident ificat ion only may be regist ered
trademarks of their res pect ive companies.
Copy ri ght ©ICP DA S Co., Ltd ., All Rights Reserv ed.

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Disclaimer
Limited Warranty
All products manufact ured by ICP DAS are warrant ed against
def ect ive mat erials for a period of one year from t he date of
delivery to the original purchaser. D uring t his period, if a
cust omer is unable t o res olve a product problem wit h ICP D AS
Technical Support , a Ret urn M at erial Authorizat ion (RMA ) will
be iss ued. If the prod uct is not und er warranty, the cust omer
may have ICP DA S repair the unit on a fee basis or ret urn it .
This warranty is void ed if the customer uses the product in
an unauthoriz ed or improper way , or in an environm ent for
which it was not designed.
Standards
The Ring Switch meet s the following st and ards:
EMC immunity - IEC613 26-1 , IEEE C37 .90
EMI emiss ions - FCC part 15, ICES 00 3 , EN55022 ; Class B
Elect rical saf ety - UL 50 8, CSA C22 /1 4; EN61010 -1 (IEC1010 )
Warning
ICP DAS ass ume no liabilit y for damages cons equent to t he
use of t his product. ICP DAS reserves t he right t o change this
manual at any t ime without notice. The inform at ion furnis hed
by ICP DAS is believed t o be accurat e and reliable. H owever,
no responsibility is assum ed by ICP DA S f or it s us e, nor f or
any infringem ent s of pat ent s or ot her right s of third part ies
result ing from it s use.
Safety
Inst all t he Real Tim e Ring Switch in accordance with local and
nat ional electrical cod es.
Light ning D anger: D o not work on equipm ent during periods of
lightning act iv ity.
Do not connect a t elephone line into one of the Ethernet RJ45
connect ors.

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Contents
Document Control.........................................................................................i
Copyright & Trademarks...............................................................................ii
Disclaimer......................................................................................................iii
Limited Warranty..................................................................................................iii
Standards.............................................................................................................iii
Warning................................................................................................................iii
Safety...................................................................................................................iii
Contents........................................................................................................iv
Acronyms ......................................................................................................a
Introduction....................................................................................................d
Key Features........................................................................................................ e
Intended Hardware Product.................................................................................. e
Installation.....................................................................................................f
Before Installing.................................................................................................... g
Downloading & Updating................................................................................ g
Operating System Requirement...................................................................... g
Installation............................................................................................................ h
Initial Setup .................................................................................................... h
License agreement...........................................................................................i
Customer Information.......................................................................................j
Installation Folder............................................................................................k
Shortcut Folder.................................................................................................l
Ready to install the program.......................................................................... m
Installing the program..................................................................................... n
Complete Installation...................................................................................... o
Configuration.................................................................................................p
Start the Program................................................................................................. q
Basic Interface.......................................................................................................r
Configuration Page Overview ..........................................................................r
Network Status................................................................................................s
Time Status..................................................................................................... t
DIP Switch Status............................................................................................ t
Relay Setting.................................................................................................. u
Program Options.............................................................................................v
Upgrade Firmware...........................................................................................y
Default.............................................................................................................y
Restart ............................................................................................................z
Advanced Mode ..............................................................................................z
Open Log File..................................................................................................z
About Utility.................................................................................................. aa
Exit Program ................................................................................................ aa
System Status.............................................................................................. bb
Hardware Status Page Overview...................................................................cc
DIP Switch(SW1) configuration..................................................................... dd
Rotary Switch (SW2) configuration................................................................ ee
Power 1 & Power 2 Status.............................................................................. ff
Advanced Interface................................................................................................ii

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Configuration Page Overview ..........................................................................ii
Network Status................................................................................................jj
Time Status...................................................................................................kk
DIP Switch Status..........................................................................................kk
Relay Setting...................................................................................................ll
Program Options.........................................................................................mm
Upgrade Firmware........................................................................................ pp
Default.......................................................................................................... pp
Restart ......................................................................................................... qq
Advanced Mode ........................................................................................... qq
Open Log File............................................................................................... qq
About Utility....................................................................................................rr
Exit Program ..................................................................................................rr
System Status...............................................................................................ss
Link Status Page overview.............................................................................. tt
Show Help.....................................................................................................vv
Link Lose Alarm Mask Status.........................................................................vv
Communication Status Page overview......................................................... ww
Show Help.....................................................................................................xx
Communication Lose Alarm Mask Status.......................................................xx
Hardware Status Page overview..................................................................aaa
DIP Switch(SW1) configuration....................................................................bbb
Rotary Switch (SW2) configuration...............................................................ccc
Power 1 & Power 2 Status...........................................................................ddd
Alarm Output and Event Log........................................................................ddd
Event Type....................................................................................................eee
Event Type 1:Power 1 Error........................................................................... fff
Event Type 2: Power 2 Error.......................................................................... fff
Event Type 3: RS-232/RS-485 Connection Error ........................................... fff
Event Type 4: Link Error................................................................................ fff
Event Type 5: Firmware Error........................................................................ fff
Event Type 6: Power or RS-232/RS-485 Connection Error............................. fff
Event Type 7: This switch has been assigned as the master switch. .............. fff
Event Type 8 :Unknown Error......................................................................ggg
Troubleshooting ............................................................................................hhh
Event Type 1: Power 1 Error...........................................................................iii
Event Type 2: Power 2 Error...........................................................................iii
Event Type 3: RS-232/RS-485 Connection Error ............................................iii
Event Type 4: Link Error.................................................................................iii
Event Type 5: Firmware Error.........................................................................jjj
Event Type 6: Power or RS-232/RS-485 Connection Error..............................jjj
Service Information.......................................................................................kkk
On-line support..................................................................................................kkk
Contact Worldwide ............................................................................................kkk

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Acronyms
ATM
Acronym for Asynchronous Transfer Mode, a high performance
networking technology based on the switching of fixed length, 53 byte
cells. ATM switching supports the switching of voice, video, and data;
also supports isochronous communication.
BPV
Acronym for Bi-Polar Violation.
B-ISDN
Broadband ISDN. A network standard from the CCITT and ANSI
committee. It supports voice, data and video in the same network.
CCITT
Acronym for Consultative Committee, International Telephone and
Telegraph. An international standards body responsible for setting
international communications standards that allow interoperability
among telephony and data communications equipment.
CD (DCD)
Acronym for Carrier Detect (Detect Carrier Detect).
CDDI
The use of unshielded or shielded twisted pair cable to transmit the
FDDI signal.
CO
Acronym for Central Office. The local telephone company switch that
terminates subscribers' lines for switching and connecting to the
public network.
CSMA/CD
Acronym for Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection.
Access protocol for Ethernet.
CSU
Acronym for Channel Service Unit, a device furnished as an integral
part of a digital access line where a user wishes to supply the bipolar
signals. It provides the network with protection against user side
electrical anomalies such as surges, and provides the user with
network clocking.
CTS
Acronym for Clear To Send.
DCE
Acronym for Data Communication Equipment, aka. Data Circuit-
Terminating Equipment.
DCR
Acronym for Data Communication Ready.
DS1
Digital Signal, Level 1 is the North American data rate used for T1
carriers. It operates at 1.544Mbps and supports 24 phone lines.
DS2
Digital Signal, Level 2 is the North American data rate used for T2
carriers. It operates at 6.312 Mbps and supports four T1 lines or 96
phone calls
DS3
Digital signal, Level 3 is the North American data rate used for T3
carriers. It operates at 44.736 Mbps and supports 28 T1 lines.
DSU
Acronym for Data Service Unit, a DCE used with digital
communications circuits to provide digital data services interface.
Located on the users premises, the DSU interfaces directly with the
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capabilities, and the logic and timing necessary to provide a standard
EIA/TIA or CCITT interface. Converts signals between those used at
the DTE's serial interface and bipolar signals used on the digital
network. Also Network Terminal Unit (NTU).
DTE
Acronym for Data Terminating or Data Terminal Equipment.
DTR
Acronym for Data Terminal Ready.
E1
The European standard for high speed, point to point transmission
operating at 2.048 Mbps and defines 64 Kbps sub-channels.
EIA
Acronym for Electronic Industries Association. EIA, a standards body,
has a set of standards which includes data communications and
interface standards among others.
EMI
Acronym for Electro-Magnetic Interference.
FEP
Stands for Front End Processor. It is an IBM communication controller
that routes traffic to and from cluster controllers.
FDDI
Acronym for Fiber Distributed Data Interface, is a shared medium, ring
topology LAN that operates at 100 Mbps. It is ANSI standard X3T9.5,
using fiber optic cable as the medium.
FPGA
Acronym for Field Programmable Gate Array.
LAN
A local area network is a group of PCs connected over a common
medium within a building.
MAC
Acronym for Medium Access Control. A designated hardware address
for each device on a LAN or MAN. This address is burnt into The
network interface card (NIC) by its manufacturer.
MAN
A metropolitan area network is a group of PCs connected over a
common medium within a campus environment or the same city.
NA
Acronym for Numerical Aperture.
OC1
Optical Carrier Signal Level 1 refers to SONET data transmission at
51.840Mbps.
OC3
Acronym for Optical Carrier 3, a transmission rate standard for fiber
optic telephony or data communications circuits. OC3 operates at 155
Mbps speed and is part of the SONET hierarchy.
OC12
Optical Carrier Signal Level 12 refers to SONET data transmission at
622.080Mbps.
OSI
(Open Data Interconnection Reference Model) - This is the
International Standards Organization (ISO) model of how data
communications systems can be interconnected. Communication is
partitioned into seven function layers. Each layer builds on the
services provided by those under it.
PBX
Acronym for Private Branch Exchange, is a small private version of a
phone company's larger central switching office.

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PCM
Acronym for Pulse-Coded Modulation, a means of converting analog
to digital form.
RING
Path or channel; usually electrical, where devices along the path
receive transmissions sequentially from one device to the next along
the ring.
RS-232
An interface used between DTE and DCE employing serial binary
data interchange, defined by EIA, aka. EIA-232. Similar to standard
V.24 of CCITT.
RS-422
Standard defined by EIA, aka. EIA-422. Deals with the electrical
characteristics of balanced voltage digital interface circuits. Similar to
standard V.11 of CCITT.
RS-423
Standard defined by EIA, aka. EIA 423. Deals with electrical
characteristics of unbalanced voltage digital interface circuits. Similar
to standard V.10 of CCITT.
RS-449
Standard defined by EIA, aka. EIA-449. Deals with general-purpose
37- and 9-position interface for data terminal equipment and data
circuit-terminating equipment employing serial binary data
interchange.
RS-485
Standard defined by EIA, aka. EIA-485. Standard for electrical
characteristics of generators and receivers for use in balanced
multipoint systems.
RTS
Acronym for Request To Send.
SCADA
Acronym for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition.
SNMP
Acronym for Simple Network Management Protocol. A standard
management protocol used to provide a commonmeans of managing
network devices.
SONET
Acronym for Synchronous Optical NETwork, is a hierarchical standard
for a high speed (45 Mbps to 2.4 Gbps) transport network.
T1
Transmission rate standard for telephony or data communications
circuits. T1 operates at 1.544 Mbps speed. Usually this circuit is
subdivided into many 64 Kb channels.
TCP/IP
Acronym for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.
WAN
Acronym for Wide Area Network, a computer network interconnected
over distances beyond a city or metropolitan area.
802.3
Commonly referred to as Ethernet. It is a local area network protocol
that operates at 10Mbps.
802.5
Commonly referred to as Token Ring. Operates at either 4 or 16Mbps.

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Key Features
Intended Hardware
Product
Introduction
Welcome to ICP DAS Industrial Redundant Ring Switch - RS
Series, one of the world’s best Industrial Ethernet Switch designed
for connecting Ethernet-enabled devices in industrial field
applications. This manual is for the ICP DAS RS-405 Series, Ethernet
network switch.
Overview
The Ethernet Switch Configuration Utility software is a graphical user
interface program that allows you to configure settings and monitor
status for RS-405 series. The easy-to-use GUI design helps reduce
learning curve and enables technicians to perform tasks intuitively
without full IT knowledge. With this specifically designed software,
just a few clicks away, you are able to take advantage of all the
features and resources available from this advanced ring switch.
This manual details how to install and configure various settings in
this ESC Utility software. To take full advantage of all the features
and resources available from the switch, please follow the steps to
initiate installation and configuration.
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Key Features
Multi-language interface supported (English/Simplified Chinese/ Traditional Chinese )
Easy-to-use Graphic user interface (GUI)
Real-Time access and configuration (via RS232 & RS485)
Real-Time event log monitoring and notification
Intended Hardware Product
This manual applies to ESC Utility Ver. 1.00 in the following products:
• RS-405: 5-Port Redundant Ring Switch
• RS-405F: 3-Port 10/100 Base-T with 2-Port 100 Base-FX Fiber Redundant Ring
Switch
• RSM-405: 5-Port Redundant Ring Switch with metal case
• RSM-405F: 3-Port 10/100 Base-T with 2-Port 100 Base-FX Fiber Redundant Ring
Switch with metal case

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Before Installing
Installation
Installation
Overview
This chapter provides general information you need to know before
you start installing ESC Utility.

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Before Installing
Downloading & Updating
To get the latest version of this user manual and to download/update the latest firmware,
please go to :
http://www.icpdas.com/
Operating System Requirement
Windows 95 / 98 / ME / 2000 / NT / XP

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Installation
Once you download and decompress the file, double click ESC Utility 1.00.exe to start
the Installation Wizard.
Initial Setup
The Installation Wizard will guide you through the installation process:
It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before continuing with this
installation.
If you have any other programs running, please click Cancel, close the programs, and run
this setup again.
Otherwise, click Next to continue.

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License agreement
Please read the license agreement carefully, click “I accept the terms in the license
agreement”and then click “Next”to continue.

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Customer Information
Enter your name and company name.
Then click “Next”to continue.

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Installation Folder
The software will be installed in the folder listed. To select a different location, either type
in a new path, or click change to browse for an existing folder.
Then click “Next”to continue.

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Shortcut Folder
The shortcut icons will be created in the folder indicated below. If you don’t want to use
the default folder, you can either type a new name, or select an existing folder from the
list.
If you want to install shortcuts for current user only, click “Install shortcuts for current user
only”.
If you want to install shortcuts for all users, click “Make shortcuts available to all users”.
Then click “Next”to continue.

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Ready to install the program
Click “Next”to begin the installation. If you want to review or change any of your
installation settings, click “Back”. Click “Cancel”will exit the wizard and quit installation.