IOLAN+, IOLAN+ Rack & IOLAN+ 102/104 User guide Part number: 5500054-19 Date: 29 April 2004 Navigating around this manual Using this on-line manual. See page 5. Fast Contents. See page 7. Contents. See page 8. The menu interface. See page 125. Index. See page 224. Page 1 Copyright statement This document must not be reproduced in any way whatsoever, either printed or electronically, without the consent of: Perle Systems Europe Limited, 3, Wintersells Road, Byfleet, Surrey KT14 7LF, UK Perle reserves the right to make changes without further notice, to any products to improve reliability, function or design. Specialix, the Specialix logo, IOLAN+, IOLAN+ Rack, IOLAN+ 102/104, JETSTREAM, JETSTREAM4000, JETSTREAM8500 and LANSTREAM2000 are trademarks of Perle Systems Limited. Microsoft, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Internet Explorer are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Netscape is a trademark of Netscape Communications Corporation. Solaris is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the USA and other countries. Perle Systems Limited, 30 April 2004. Page 2 FCC Note The products described in this manual have been found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions in this Guide, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference, in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his/her own expense. EN 55022: 1998, Class A Note Warning: This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. Caution: The products described in this manual are approved for commercial use only. Page 3 IOLAN+, IOLAN+ Rack & IOLAN+ 102/104 User guide About this manual Purpose of this manual This manual tells you how to install, configure and use the Perle IOLAN+ communications servers. Who this manual is for This manual is aimed at users who want to connect serial devices directly to LANs and WANs. This manual requires a working knowledge of using personal computers and associated operating systems, as well as experience in installing host cards and peripherals. IOLAN+, IOLAN+ Rack & IOLAN+ 102/104 User guide Purpose of this manual Page 4 Using this on-line manual The following is a brief guide to using this manual on-line. Document navigation This manual features document navigation hypertext buttons in the header area as shown in the next picture; Jump to Using this on-line manual Jump to Index Jump to menu guide Jump to previous location Jump to front of current chapter Jump to Contents Jump to Fast contents Hypertext jumps You can also navigate around this manual by clicking on any cross reference or text in blue for example, Hypertext jumps. Note The Fast Contents, Contents and Index entries are all hypertext jumps into this manual. IOLAN+, IOLAN+ Rack & IOLAN+ 102/104 User guide Using this on-line manual Page 5 Revision history Date Part number Description July 2001 5500054-10 Initial re-branded release of manual. October 2001 5500054-11 Minor update for Vmodem. April 2002 5500054-12 Update for 10/100 Ethernet support. June 2002 5500054-13 Updated RS422 pinout information. August 2002 5500054-14 Removed reset switch in manual content and changed reset procedures. September 2002 5500054-15 Minor changes to software and diagnostics sections from “T” release software. October 2002 5500054-16 Added note regarding legacy reset procedures. October 2003 5500054-17 Added cable ordering information as standard Perle accessory. November 2003 5500054-18 Added UDP supporting documentation. April 29 2004 5500054-19 Enhancement feature - Added second UDP host per port Page 6 Fast Contents ABOUT THIS MANUAL ...........................................................................................................4 REVISION HISTORY ..............................................................................................................6 FAST CONTENTS .................................................................................................................7 CONTENTS ..........................................................................................................................8 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................26 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION ...................................................................................................36 CHAPTER 3 TERMINALS ON MUTLI-USER SYSTEMS ................................................................54 CHAPTER 4 SETTING UP DIAL-IN MODEM PORTS ...................................................................62 CHAPTER 5 MODEM AUTHENTICATION AND LOGGING ............................................................70 CHAPTER 6 DIALOUT MODEM PORTS SETUP .........................................................................79 CHAPTER 7 VMODEM (VIRTUAL MODEM) ..............................................................................89 CHAPTER 8 PRINTING ..........................................................................................................98 CHAPTER 9 OTHER DEVICES SETUP .....................................................................................114 CHAPTER 10 THE MENU INTERFACE .....................................................................................125 APPENDIX A COMMAND LINE INTERFACE .............................................................................160 APPENDIX B RS-422 IOLAN+ ............................................................................................173 APPENDIX C 48V DC IOLAN+ RACK ..................................................................................178 APPENDIX D TROUBLESHOOTING .........................................................................................185 APPENDIX E CABLING .........................................................................................................204 APPENDIX F CONTACTING PERLE ........................................................................................217 INDEX ..................................................................................................................................224 Page 7 Contents ABOUT THIS MANUAL ............................................................ 4 Purpose of this manual ..................................................................................4 Who this manual is for ...................................................................................4 Using this on-line manual ..............................................................................5 Document navigation ................................................................................5 Hypertext jumps ........................................................................................5 REVISION HISTORY ................................................................ 6 FAST CONTENTS................................................................... 7 CONTENTS............................................................................ 8 Page 8 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 26 About the IOLAN+ ...........................................................................................27 IOLAN+ Features .............................................................................................29 Hardware ..................................................................................................29 Software....................................................................................................30 Security .....................................................................................................31 Hardware Overview ........................................................................................32 Hardware description for IOLAN+ ...............................................................32 Hardware description for IOLAN+ Rack .....................................................33 Hardware description for IOLAN+ 102/104 ................................................34 RS-232/RS-422 .................................................................................................35 Software description .................................................................................35 Page 9 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION 36 Connecting to your Network .........................................................................37 10BASE-T (twisted pair) ...........................................................................37 10BASE2 (Thin Ethernet) .........................................................................37 AUI port.....................................................................................................37 10/100BASE-T ..........................................................................................37 Switching on IOLAN+ .....................................................................................38 Communicating via ARP ...............................................................................39 Communicating via a Terminal or PC .........................................................40 The