Usconverters XetaServer XS1200 User manual

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Setup Guide
for
Serial to Ethernet Converter XS1200
This guide shows you how to create a virtual COM port, configure parameters and test run the
XS1200.
This installation guide is based on Windows 10 64-bit but same installation procedure
is used for other versions of Windows.
Connecting the XS1200 ……………………………………. 2
Assigning a static IP ……………………………………………… 2
Configuration and virtual COM port Software….……….…….. 6
Creating a COM port with VCOM ……………………...…… 10
Making a loop-back test …..………………..……………… 15
Configuring the parameters using a web-browser ……..… 21
Configuring the parameters over Telnet ……………….. 26
Known issues ………………………………………….….. 28

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Connecting the XS1200
1. Connect the XS1200 to your computer using a standard cross over cable (EIA/TIAT568B) LAN cable.
2. Connect the XS1200 to the power supply and turn on the power.
Assigning a static IP
The XS1200’s IP address is 192.168.2.125. For your computer to be able to find the XS1200 you need to
assign a static IP address in the 192.168.2.2 to 192.168.2.254 range to the network connection to where
you connect the XS1200:
1. Click Start and go to: Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Network and Sharing Center.
2. Click on ‘Local Area Connection’ (this is the connection where the XS1200 is connected). If you have
not connected the XS1200 to your computer, or if the cable is incorrectly connected you might not be able
to see this ‘LocalArea Connection’, so make sure the XS1200 is properly connected to your computer:

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3. Click on ‘Properties’.

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4. Highlight the ‘Internet Protocol’ and click ‘Properties’.

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5. Enter a static IP address in the 192.168.2.2 to 192.168.2.254 range (except 192.168.2.125 which is the
XS1200’s IP address) and a Subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 and click OK. Click OK at the Local Area
Connection Properties window and close the LocalArea Connection Status window.
You have now assigned a static IP address to the network connection where to the XS1200 is connected.

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Configuration and virtual COM port Software
To be able to create a serial COM port on your computer which the XS1200 can connect through, you
need to use a Virtual COM software.
You can use the XS1200 Configuration/VCOM software to create a virtual COM port or you can use
almost any other type of virtual COM port software such USC-VCOM (free downloadable from
Uwww.usconverters.comU), PortShare or Fabulatech. Please contact our tech support if you have questions
regarding VCOM software.
Download the most recent version of the virtual COM port software called AXR2E from
Uwww.usconverters.comU. Unzip the downloaded folder and install the software.
After installing the “AXR2E_Configuration_Utility_Setup” file (either the 32-bit version or the 64-bit
version) you can start the software. UMake sure to start the software as AdministratorU, otherwise you
might not be able to create COM port successfully. You start the software as Administrator by finding the
“AXR2E Configuration Utility” in the Windows start menu, right-click and select “More”, then click “Start as
Administrator”.
If your computer has more than one network connection you need to select the wireless network which is
in the same subnet as the XS1200:
Use the up/down arrows to scroll through the IPs if there are more than two IPs.
Click the “IP Search” button once the software is open and enter the XS1200’s IP address as shown
below:

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The software should now find the XS1200 and list it as shown below:

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Select the XS1200 from the device list and click “Device Setup” and the settings window will open:

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Creating a COM port with VCOM
A virtual COM port can be created by using the AXR2E Configuration Utility or it can be created by using
alternative VCOM software such as PortShare, Fabulatech or USC-VCOM.
Here we show how to create the virtual COM port in the AXR2E Configuration Utility.
Go to the “Virtual Serial Port” menu and click the “Add” button:

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Select a COM port number:
The COM port should now be listed in the Virtual Serial Ports List:

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Check in Windows Device Manager to see if the COM port has been successfully created:

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Click the “Setting” button and enter the XS1200’s IP address (192.168.2.125), and click OK:

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Click the “Connect” button and the software will open the COM port, ready to send and receive data:
You have now successfully created a virtual COM port!
Alternatives to this virtual COM port software are USC-VCOM, PortShare and Fabluatech.

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Making a loop-back test
To test if the XS1200 is working correctly and the drivers and cabling has been successfully setup you
can make a loop-back test. This will verify if you can send and receive data both ways, from LAN to serial
and serial to LAN.
To confirm that the XS1200 can send and receive data you now need to connect the TX pin to the RX pin
(pin 3 to pin 2) at the DB9 connector on the XS1200. The easiest and safest way to do this is by making a
loop-back plug from a female DB9 connector or terminal header such as pictured below:
If you do not have any of these available you can manually make a connection from pin 2 to pin 3 at the
DB9 connector by carefully using a piece of wire or even a paper clip to short the pins, as shown in the
image below. Be careful not to short any other pins since this might damage the adapter.

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Download AccessPort from Uwww.usconverters.comU. When you start AccessPort the first time you will be
welcomed with the window shown below. The upper window is the ‘receive’ window where you receive
data, and the lower window is the ‘send’ window where you can enter a text string to send.
Upper window
Lower window

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Click Tools -> Configuration in the menu bar, this will open the configuration window. Enter the correct
information. In this case we have created COM port 2 so we select COM 2:
Click OK, this will automatically open the selected COM port if it has been correctly created by the Virtual
COM software, and if the XS1200 is properly connected to your computer.

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Enter a text string in the lower window and click theAutoSend button:
AccessPort will now start sending the text string to the COM port, the ‘Link’ and ‘TX/RX’ LED lights on the
XS1200 should now start flashing.

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When the COM port has been opened by AccessPort, the status parameters in VCOM should be similar
to this:

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With the TX and RX pins looped you will now receive the text string in the receive window:
You have now successfully performed a loop-back test and verified that the converter can transmit and
send data and that it is correctly connected and setup.