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Manual is about: Vlinx Serial Servers

Summary of VESR4X4

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    User manual v v l l i i n n x x v v e e s s r r 4 4 x x 4 4 s s e e r r i i a a l l s s e e r r v v e e r r.

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    Vlinx serial servers m m o o d d e e l l v v e e s s r r 4 4 x x 4 4 documentation number: vesr4x4_r003_4313m this product designed and manufactured in ottawa, illinois usa using domestic and imported parts by international headquarters: 707 dayton road - p.O. Box 1040 - ottawa, il 61350 usa phone (...

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    Page 3 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ table of contents introduction ........................................................................................................... 7 about vesr4x4 serial servers ............................................................................ 7 ve...

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    Page 4 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ ethernet pass-through port ................................................................................ 21 vesr4x4 serial server configuration .................................................................. 23 configuring via the network using ...

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    Page 5 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ uploading the firmware to the serial server ........................................................ 50 diagnostics ........................................................................................................... 51 testing a serial server ...

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    Page 6 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/.

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    Section 1 - introduction vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 7 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ s ection 1 introduction thank you for purchasing a vesr4x4 serial server product! This product has been manufactured to the highest standards of quality and performance to ensure your complete satis...

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    Section 1 - introduction vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 8 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ vesr4x4 serial server model numbering vesr4x4 serial servers are a growing family of products. All models incorporate four serial connections and, depending on the model, may have one or two etherne...

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    Section 1 - introduction vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 9 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ vesr4x4 features vesr424x-xx series models – two ethernet connectors ethernet fiber port models available ethernet pass through ports (on two ethernet port models) multi-interface serial ports (rs-2...

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    Section 2 - vesr4x4 hardware vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 11 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ s ection 2 vesr4x4 hardware vesr4x4 serial servers are enclosed in rugged din rail or panel mountable enclosures and feature: led indicators power, ethernet and serial connectors a recessed res...

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    Section 2 - vesr4x4 hardware vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 12 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ figure 3. Front panel of the vesr424d power led the power led illuminates when 10 to 58 vdc power is applied to either power connector. Ready led the ready led (green) illuminates continuously ...

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    Section 2 - vesr4x4 hardware vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 13 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ note: leds on the serial server are also used to indicate various reset modes, as described in the following section. Reset switch a recessed momentary reset switch is located on the side of th...

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    Section 2 - vesr4x4 hardware vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 14 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ using the reset switch to reload factory default settings hold the reset switch for more than ten seconds. The p1 led illuminates for the first two seconds; then the p2 led illuminates. After 1...

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    Section 2 - vesr4x4 hardware vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 15 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ serial port connectors vesr4x4 serial servers feature two serial port connector configurations, depending on the model: vesr4x4d-x serial servers feature four serial ports, all of which use db-...

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    Section 2 - vesr4x4 hardware vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 16 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ figure 9. Power connectors note: the terminal block must be used for class 1 division 2 applications; the barrel jack cannot be used for these applications. See the specification tables for fur...

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    Section 2 - vesr4x4 hardware vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 17 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ the din rail mounting bracket attaches to the back of the serial server using three 4-40 flat head screws. Figure 12. Vesr424 with din rail clip mounted.

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    Section 3 - installation and initial setup vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 19 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ s ection 3 installation and initial setup this section describes how to install the vesr4x4 serial server and configure the device. Note: in this section devices to be connected t...

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    Section 3 - installation and initial setup vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 20 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ rs-232 models using db9m connectors support seven rs-232 signal lines (td, rd, dtr, dsr, rts, cts, dcd) plus signal ground. Models using five position pluggable terminal blocks su...

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    Section 3 - installation and initial setup vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 21 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ note: refer to appendix d for connector pinout information. Figure 14. Vesr4x4 connections connecting vesr4x4 serial servers to a network ethernet connection (10baset/100basetx) w...

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    Section 3 - installation and initial setup vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 22 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ figure 15. Ethernet pass-through port.

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    Section 3 - installation and initial setup vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 23 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ vesr4x4 serial server configuration vesr4x4 serial servers can be configured using several methods: via the network using vlinx manager software via the network using a web browse...

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    Section 3 - installation and initial setup vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 24 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ note: for more information on how to use vlinx manager to configure your serial server, refer to section 4: configuring the serial server configuring via a serial port using vlinx...

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    Section 3 - installation and initial setup vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 25 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ figure 18. Direct ip and virtual com port connection in virtual com port mode the serial ports on the serial server appear to applications running on the host pc as if the serial ...

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    Section 3 - installation and initial setup vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 26 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ figure 19. Paired mode setup installing and starting vlinx manager vlinx manager is a windows-based application used to configure serial servers. Install it on your pc from the in...

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    Section 3 - installation and initial setup vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 27 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ figure 20. Discovery window discovering serial servers if you are configuring the serial server via the network, select network ; if you are configuring it via the serial port, se...

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    Section 4 - configuring the serial server vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 28 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ s ection 4 configuring the serial server overview of the vlinx manager the vlinx manager configuration window includes three areas: icons serial server information table configurat...

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    Section 4 - configuring the serial server vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 29 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ icons figure 22. Configuration window icons open - open a serial server configuration file. Save - save the current serial server configuration to a file. Search - initiate a searc...

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    Section 4 - configuring the serial server vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 30 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ the status of whether the serial server is in use is updated periodically. When a serial server's ip address is configured for a network that is not within the local network's rang...

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    Section 4 - configuring the serial server vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 31 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ logging in you can log in to any serial server listed in the server information table. To log in: 1. Select the row associated with the desired serial server. The login page appear...

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    Section 4 - configuring the serial server vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 32 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ setting up the serial server name and password on the general configuration page you can do the following: change the name of the serial server initiate a login password change fig...

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    Section 4 - configuring the serial server vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 33 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ 3. Click save . Setting up ip addressing on the network configuration page you can configure the serial server to use dynamic (dhcp) or static ip addressing on the network. Figure ...

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    Section 4 - configuring the serial server vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 34 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ setting up serial ports on the serial port configuration page you can configure the communications parameters of the current serial port. Parameters include the port mode, baud rat...

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    Section 4 - configuring the serial server vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 35 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ tcp configuration tcp (transmission control protocol) provides reliable connection-oriented network communication with error checking. In tcp mode the serial server can be configur...

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    Section 4 - configuring the serial server vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 36 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ 4. Type the tcp port number of the server into the on tcp port number: box. 5. Select: at power up - if you want the serial server to always be connected when the serial port recei...

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    Section 4 - configuring the serial server vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 37 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ you can also configure the serial server to receive from nodes on the network using a similar list of configuration options. Figure 33. Udp configuration setting the serial server ...

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    Section 4 - configuring the serial server vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 38 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ if you selected: everyone on a specific udp port (send broadcast) , type the udp port number into the this is the udp port i want to send data to: box if you selected: only specifi...

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    Section 4 - configuring the serial server vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 39 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ figure 34. Vcom configuration note: both the serial server and the computer must be configured for vcom operation. To set up a virtual com port on the computer, refer to the sectio...

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    Section 4 - configuring the serial server vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 40 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ figure 35. Paired mode configuration setting the serial server to operate in paired mode as a client 1. Select paired protocol. 2. Select to initiate connections (client) 3. Type t...

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    Section 4 - configuring the serial server vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 41 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ 3. Type the tcp port number to be used in the i want to wait for connections on tcp port number box. 4. Select the number of connections in the and limit the number of connections ...

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    Section 4 - configuring the serial server vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 42 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ data that is received by the serial port is normally buffered for a short period of time and then forwarded over the ethernet to the remote device. The vesr4x4 automatically optimi...

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    Section 4 - configuring the serial server vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 43 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ figure 40. Advanced configuration - forcing connections closed to close a network connection if no data is received from the network for a period of time 1. Select the i want to cl...

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    Section 4 - configuring the serial server vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 44 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ figure 41. Advanced configuration - configuring when data packets are sent to wait until a specific amount of data is received on the serial port before sending it across the netwo...

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    Section 4 - configuring the serial server vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 45 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ 2. Type the desired time period (in milliseconds) into the text box. To force the serial server to send buffered data if another character is not received within a certain period o...

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    Section 4 - configuring the serial server vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 46 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ saving/restoring the configuration settings when all configuration windows are complete the save configuration page appears. Figure 42. Save configuration page to save the configur...

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    Section 4 - configuring the serial server vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 47 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ adding virtual com ports clicking the add icon (located at the top of the vlinx manager configuration window) opens the add virtual com port dialog box. Figure 43. Add virtual com ...

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    Section 4 - configuring the serial server vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 48 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ removing virtual com ports clicking the remove icon (located at the top of the vlinx manager configuration window) opens the remove virtual com port dialog box. Figure 44. Remove v...

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    Section 5 - upgrading the serial server firmware vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 49 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ s ection 5 upgrading the serial server firmware occasionally, updated firmware may become available for your serial server. The firmware can be upgraded using the vlinx mana...

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    Section 5 - upgrading the serial server firmware vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 50 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ to download the latest firmware files from an ftp site on the internet 1. Click the internet button at the bottom of the window. The vlinx manager connects to an ftp server ...

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    Section 6 - diagnostics vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 51 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ s ection 6 diagnostics clicking the diagnostics icon opens the diagnostics dialog box and enables you to check the operation of connected serial servers and vcom ports on the local computer. The com...

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    Section 6 - diagnostics vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 52 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ figure 47. Testing a serial server connection testing a virtual com port 1. Click the diagnostics icon. The diagnostics dialog box appears. 2. Select the option: a virtual communications port 3. In ...

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    Section 6 - diagnostics vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 53 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ figure 48. Testing a vcom port.

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    Section 7 - listing/descriptions of serial server settings vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 54 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ s ection 7 listing/descriptions of serial server settings the following serial server properties are ordered alphabetically to assist you in finding the informatio...

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    Section 7 - listing/descriptions of serial server settings vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 55 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ sent across the network. Delimiters are ascii characters specified by the user when configuring the serial server. The serial server takes action when it recognize...

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    Section 7 - listing/descriptions of serial server settings vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 56 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ note 1: this product is factory defaulted to the dhcp mode. It is intended that your network’s dhcp server provide the ip address assignment. If there is not a dhc...

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    Section 7 - listing/descriptions of serial server settings vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 57 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ 1. Method one: change your pc network to match the serial server a. Open the network connection on your pc figure 49. Network ip properties b. Click internet proto...

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    Section 7 - listing/descriptions of serial server settings vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 58 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ c. Enter console mode. Press and hold the serial server’s reset switch for 2 to 10 seconds. The led indicators will respond as follows: model port 1 led port 2 led...

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    Section 7 - listing/descriptions of serial server settings vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 59 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ the mac address is a hardware level address of the serial server that cannot be changed. It is assigned in the factory. Every ethernet device manufactured has its ...

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    Section 7 - listing/descriptions of serial server settings vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 60 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ kbaud over short distances (typically 50 feet). Typically uses db-9 connectors but terminals are also used on vesr4x4 serial servers. Rs-422 - point-to-point commu...

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    Section 7 - listing/descriptions of serial server settings vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 61 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ for a class d network (ip addresses 224.0.0.0 through 239.255.255.255) and class e networks (ip addresses 240.0.0.0 through 255.255.255.255) the subnet mask is ign...

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    Section 7 - listing/descriptions of serial server settings vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 62 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ both the serial server and the computer must be configured for vcom operation. Virtual com ports can be set up on the pc using the vlinx manager software..

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    Section 8 - appendix vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 63 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ s ection 8 appendix appendix a: default server settings setting default value server name model number serial number printed on side of unit password password field is blank from factory dhcp enable ip...

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    Section 8 - appendix vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 64 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ appendix b: product specifications general specifications hardware and included accessories device serial server cd cd with vlinx manager software for windows 2000, xp (32/64 bit), 2003 server (32/64 b...

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    Section 8 - appendix vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 65 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ controls, indicators and connector specifications switches reset button hold in for 0 to 2 seconds for hardware reset hold in for 2 to 10 seconds for console mode (do a hardware reset or recycle power ...

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    Section 8 - appendix vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 66 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ network specifications memory serial memory 8 kb per port network memory 4 kb i/p port addresses 5300 heartbeat & configuration setting in tcp mode (i.E. Pair mode) 8888 vesr4x4 update network communic...

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    Section 8 - appendix vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 67 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ 60000/tcp this port is open when serial port 1 is configured for paired-mode server. These ports are used to transfer handshake line state and break state in paired mode configuration. These ports are ...

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    Section 8 - appendix vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 68 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ appendix c: dimensional diagrams figure 51. Dimensional diagram of a vesr424 serial server (dimensions in inches & millimeters).

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    Section 8 - appendix vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 69 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ appendix d: connector pinouts db-9m connnector db-9m pin rs-232 direction (rs-232) rs-422/485 4-wire rs-485 2-wire 1 dcd input rda (-) --- 2 rd input rdb (+) --- 3 td output tdb (+) data b (+) 4 dtr ou...

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    Section 8 - appendix vlinx vesr4x4 serial server page 70 of 70 www.Bb-elec.Com/ www.Bb-europe.Com/ note 1: in the rs-422 mode, tx lines are outputs and rx lines are inputs. Connect the serial server txb(+) line to the rxb(+) line of the serial device, and the serial server txa(-) to the rxa(-) of th...