PortServer® TS 2/4 Configuration

The PortServer TS 2/4 delivers standard serial-to-Ethernet connectivity simply and reliably. They easily address the growing need to connect individual devices to the network over industry standard Ethernet in many applications.

They are ideal for using your existing serial terminals and printers to connect directly to your TSX-32 Box via serial-to Ethernet connectivity.  This device eliminates the need for installing complicated and expensive Multi-port Serial cards directly into the TSX-32 machine.

 

General Configuration

  • After the power and network cable is plugged into the PortServer®, you are going to need to configure it to work on your network.
  • Most of the configuration options can be done using a browser or telnet.  Click here to download a PortServer® Quick Start Guide.
  • For telnet and browser access the default username is root and the password is dbps
  • Assigning an IP address to your PortServer®
    • Access a PC on the same subnet as the PortServer® the device is shipped as a DHCP client so it will get an IP address from a DHCP server on the network.
    • If you have problems setting the IP address you can use the CD that came with your PortServer® or you can issue the following ARP command to set the IP.
    • arp -s 192.168.1.25 00-40-9d-00-00-00
    • You will need to substitute your desired IP address and your PortServers MAC address.  The MAC address should be listed on the PortServer®.
  • You should now be able to point a browser at your PortServer®.
    • http://192.168.1.25  (Default User Name: root Password: dbps)
  • After a successful login to the Portserver, click on Configure / Ports.  You should see this:
Port Device Term Type Altpin Flow
Control 		Baud
Rate 		Autoconnect Data
Bits
Status Host Port
Port 1 Printer vt100 Off Software 9600 Off 192.168.1.42 23 8
Port 2 Terminal vt100 Off Software 19200 On 192.168.1.25 23 8

A TS/2 will have 2 Ports and a TS/4 will have 4 ports.

  • If you are having problems getting to this point and/or if you need more help getting your PortServer® configured, click here to download the Users Guide.
  • We will only be concerned with 2 modes of operation for this device to work with your TSX-32 system.  Terminal and Printer Modes.
  • In the Terminal Mode you would attach a serial terminal or a PC running communication software to the PortServer®, the PortServer® then makes a telnet connection into the TSX-32 system.
  • In the Printer Mode you attach a printer to the PortServer® and declare a reverse telnet line which is associated with a print queue. When the PortServer® receives a telnet connection at the IP Address and Port Number associated with a printer line, the data received by that Telnet
    connection is simply sent to the printer.

Configuration for Terminal Mode

  • In our example above you will notice Port 2 is configured for Terminal.  If you click on Port 2 you will see the following configuration options:

Port 2 Configuration

Use this menu to configure port settings for the PortServer TS 2.
Note that a reboot is required if the device type is changed and the serial port is currently in use.

  • Choose Submit to commit configuration changes.
  • Choose Factory default to reset the port settings to defaults. All configuration changes will be lost. 
  • Choose  Clone to apply this port's configuration to other ports. (This option is available on multi-port devices only.)  
  • Choose Advanced to configure advanced settings for the port. 
Device type: Baud rate:
Terminal type: Data bits:
Flow control: Parity:
  Stop bits:
  • The configuration options you see here need to match the configuration of your Serial Terminal.
  • Submit the needed changes and then click on .  You will see the following configuration options:

Port 2 Advanced Configuration

Use the menu below to configure the advanced port settings for the PortServer TS 2.

When you have configured the advanced options, choose Submit.

AutoConnect configuration
Enable AutoConnect
AutoConnect Host:
TCP Port number:
Service:
Flush Start Character:
Keepalive:
Disable AutoConnect
RTS toggle configuration
RTS toggle
RTS toggle pre-delay (0-5000ms):
RTS toggle post-delay (0-5000ms):
General options
Altpin
Force DCD
Binary Mode
Socket ID configuration
Enable Socket ID
Socket ID String:
Disable Socket ID

 

  • The important options here are the options in the Auto Connect Configuration:

    • Enable AutoConnect needs to be checked.

    • AutoConnect Host will be IP address of the TSX-32 System that we want to connect to.

  • At this point your serial terminal should automatically make a Telnet connection to the TSX-32 system.

Configuration for Printer Mode

  • In our example above you will notice Port 1 is configured for Printer. If you click on Port 1 you will see the following configuration options:

Port 1 Configuration

Use this menu to configure port settings for the PortServer TS 2.
Note that a reboot is required if the device type is changed and the serial port is currently in use.

  • Choose Submit to commit configuration changes.
  • Choose Factory default to reset the port settings to defaults. All configuration changes will be lost. 
  • Choose  Clone to apply this port's configuration to other ports. (This option is available on multi-port devices only.)  
  • Choose Advanced to configure advanced settings for the port. 
Device type: Baud rate:
Terminal type: Data bits:
Flow control: Parity:
  Stop bits:

  • These configuration options will need to match the configuration options of your Serial Printer.

  • PortServer® Configuration Options:

    • From the Web Interface of the PortServer®, click on Configure / Network.  You should see the following configuration options:

Network Configuration

Choose Submit when you have completed your configuration. 

   IP address:
   Subnet mask:
   Default gateway:
   Name server:
   Domain:
   My name:
   Base socket:
 

 
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