ADVANTECH Serial To Network Proxy Ser2net Router App User Guide

: June 14, 2024
: Advantech

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ADVANTECH Serial To Network Proxy Ser2net Router App
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ADVANTECH Serial To Network Proxy Ser2net Router App

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Used symbols

Danger – Information regarding user safety or potential damage to the router.
Attention – Problems that can arise in specific situations.
Information – Useful tips or information of special interest.
Example – Example of function, command or script.

Changelog

1.1 Serial to network proxy (ser2net) Changelog

v1.0.0 (2017-07-24
- First release.
v1.0.1 (2017-07-25)
- Increased size of internal buffers. v1.0.2 (2017-08-21)
Fixed non valid telnet IAC in received data.
- v1.0.3 (2017-11-12)
Upgraded ser2net to version 3.5. v1.0.4 (2018-02-28)
Increased chardelay-max to prevent splitting of the data to more packets.
- v1.0.5 (2018-03-07)
Added option “Intercharacter Delay” into configuration.
Improved stopping of ser2net from init script.
- v1.0.6 (2018-09-27)
Added expected ranges of values to JavaSript error messages.

Module Usage

Module Description
Router app is not contained in the standard router firmware. Uploading of this router app is described in the Configuration manual (see Chapter Related Documents). This router app is not v4 platform compatible. Configuration, which can be done in this router app, extends the basic configuration of the serial interface to communicate through the network, which can be configured in the GUI of the router (Configuration -> Expansion Port). The main benefit is that this module supports the configuration of the Telnet protocol supporting the RFC 2217 specification. RS232, RS485/422 or MBUSD serial interfaces of a router can be used for this purpose. These interfaces are available as an expansion ports, see [1], [2] and [3]. Some models of Advantech routers can have serial interface built-in by default. USB port of the router equipped with the USB to serial converter (FTDI) can also be used by this router app.

As a client’s application suitable for this purpose can be, for example, used Serial to Ethernet Connector application from Eltima Software or HW VSP application from HW group.

Web Interface

Once the installation of the module is complete, the module’s GUI can be invoked by clicking the module name on the Router apps page of router’s web interface. The main menu of module’s GUI is shown on figure 1. Left part of this GUI contains the menu with Status menu section, followed by Configuration menu section which contains the module’s configuration page named as Port1, Port2 and Port USB. Customization menu section contains only the Return item, which switches back from the module’s web page to the router’s web configuration pages.

Module Configuration
There are three configuration forms under Configuration menu section, for Port 1, Port 2 and Port USB. The first two forms are determined for configuration of communication parameters of devices connected to the router’s serial port 1 resp. port 2. Port USB form is determined for configuration of a device connected to the USB port equipped with a USB to serial converter. Layout for all three configuration forms is the same, see the figure 2.

All configuration items are described in table 1. ADVANTECH Serial To Network
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System Log
Log messages are available on System Log page, under Status menu section. This log contains log messages for this router app, but also all other router’s system messages and is exactly the same as the system log available on System Log page in router’s Status menu section.

Related Documents

Advantech Czech: Expansion Port RS232 – User Manual (MAN-0020-EN)
Advantech Czech: Expansion Port RS485/422 – User Manual (MAN-0025-EN)
Advantech Czech: Expansion Port MBUSD – User Manual (MAN-0030-EN)
You can obtain product-related documents on Engineering Portal at icr.advantech.cz address. To get your router’s Quick Start Guide, User Manual, Configuration Manual, or Firmware go to the Router Models page, find the required model, and switch to the Manuals or Firmware tab, respectively. The Router Apps installation packages and manuals are available on the Router Apps page. For the Development Documents, go to the DevZone page.