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Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 10 Revision 0.17 Understanding virtual COM ports In a typical serial port setup, the application communicat

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 100 Revision 0.17 Serial Line Interface Tutorial RS-232 Line Interface: RS-232 is the simplest, least exp

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 101 Any noise injected into the wires is cancelled at the receiver, leaving only the original

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 102 Revision 0.17 Multi-drop 4-wire, full duplex RS-485 communications: In a multi-drop 4-wire RS-485 netw

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 103 Bus contention on RS-485 multi-drop networks: Bus contention occurs when two or more d

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 104 Revision 0.17 Bias and Termination Resistors in RS-485 networks: Termination Resistors in RS-485 netw

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 105 Bias Resistors in RS-485 networks: In multi-drop RS-485 networks, the transmitters are

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 106 Revision 0.17 UL Compliance: Complying with UL Regulations while operating the Blue Heat/Net: The fol

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 107 BlueHeat/Net Power Connections: BlueHeat/Net Description Connector plug type Connector P

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 108 Revision 0.17 8 Port DB9 models with two power connectors Centre Positive 5VDC 1100mA Non polarized

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 11 Hardware Installation Connecting the Blue Heat/Net to your Network: Before you begin, take

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 12 Revision 0.17 LED off = a 10 megabit connection. (The Blue Heat/Net automatically senses the speed). L

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 13 Figure 1: LED locations on 2, 4, 8 and 16 port Blue Heat/Net models Serial Port LEDs

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 14 Revision 0.17 Figure 2: Typical RS-232 null modem connection Basic 3 wire RS-232 null modem connection:

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 15 Connecting to DCE type devices: DCE type devices do not require a null modem cable; inste

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 16 Revision 0.17 Connecting Power The Blue Heat/Net uses a standard DC power jack for power input. The Blu

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 17 Activating the Special Operations Mode and Default Settings On Blue Heat/Net models with

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 18 Revision 0.17 Table 1: Special Operations Available Special Operation Number of presses (and binary r

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 19 Figure 6: LED error code example. In the above example, a rapidly flashing CPU LED during

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 2 Revision 0.17 Limited Lifetime Warranty Connect Tech Inc. provides a Lifetime Warranty for all Connect T

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 20 Revision 0.17 3. RAM copy of Loader code has a bad CRC. The Loader code is copied to RAM before execut

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 21 8. Boot Count could not be incremented in Flash memory This error is usually caused by a

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 22 Revision 0.17 SCM and TCM Cabling requirements SCM: Serial Configuration Manager The Serial Configurati

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 23 Setting a Static or Dynamic IP Address Prior to configuring your Blue Heat/Net, you must

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 24 Revision 0.17 UL Compliance For instructions about complying with UL regulations while operating the Bl

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 25 You can set the Blue Heat/Net to behave as either the dial out or “client” side (PPP Origi

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 26 Revision 0.17 SCM (Serial Configuration Manager) Description The Serial Configuration Manager is one of

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 27  boot Bootup settings  cfg SCM operational settings  exit Exits the SCM applicati

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 28 Revision 0.17 cfg Syntax: cfg [port=] [timeout=] [password=] [prompt=] [file=] Description: Establis

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 29 help Syntax: help Description: Displays a brief list of all the commands. Options: T

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 3 Customer Support Overview If you experience difficulties after reading the manual and/or u

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 30 Revision 0.17 subnetmask= | snm= This sets the Subnet mask IP address. (The default is 255.255.255.0) Se

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 31 Syntax: port [port#] [line_mode= | lmode=] [baudrate= | baud=] [data_bits=

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 32 Revision 0.17 stop_bits= | stop= This sets the number of stop bits 1 (default) 1.5 2 software_flow=

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 33 1 to the FIFO size of the UART (default is FIFO size) The following options are not imple

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 34 Revision 0.17 Flash memory. The OS file is stored in Flash in its compressed form, but the Loader is sto

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 35 TCM Command Reference The TCM commands contain the SCM commands, in addition to other comm

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 36 Revision 0.17 sec Syntax: sec [port#] [options] Description: This command changes the permission li

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 37 WCM (Web Configuration Manager) Signing In to the Web Configuration Manager You will need

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 38 Revision 0.17 Configuring Your Blue Heat/Net There are five main configuration options for your Blue Hea

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 39 • Mode: Not Set (factory default) * or port disabled • Personality: Blue Heat/Net NOTE:

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 4 Revision 0.17 Certification Statements Class A Computing Device Connect Tech Inc. declares that the pro

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 40 Revision 0.17 Basic settings also offers a Personality option. This enables you to set the personality o

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 41 Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) Options It is possible to configure a Blue Heat/Net port to

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 42 Revision 0.17 For more detailed information about using PPP, visit http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/PPP-HOWTO

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 43 Figure 11: PPP Answer Configuration

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 44 Revision 0.17 Raw TCP Server and Client Options Blue Heat/Net serial ports can be configured to transmi

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 45 Figure 13: Raw TCP Client configuration Checking your Raw TCP/IP settings on the Blue He

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 46 Revision 0.17 If you experience connection problems: • Make sure the cables are connected properly. • Ch

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 47 Select Reboot from the navigation menu. This will restart the Blue Heat/Net and launch th

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 48 Revision 0.17 Configure Advanced Serial Settings The Web Configuration Manager also allows you to config

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 49 Once you have configured your Security Settings, click the Submit button at the bottom of

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 5 Table of Contents Limited Lifetime Warranty ...

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 50 Revision 0.17 • Host Name: This option sets the hostname of your Blue Heat/Net. The default hostname is

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 51 Figure 17: Firmware Upgrades/Downloads Restore Defaults The Restore Defaults page enables

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 52 Revision 0.17 Saving To Flash When you make configuration changes, the changes are stored temporarily in

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 53 Monitoring Your Blue Heat/Net The Blue Heat/Net WCM lets you monitor serial port activity,

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 54 Revision 0.17 Figure 21: Monitoring Network Traffic Monitor TCP/IP Statistics This page allows you to

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 55 My Blue Heat/Net This page provides you with three display options: Hardware, Software and

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 56 Revision 0.17 Field Server Protocols Field Server (FST) protocols allow Blue Heat/Net to be used as an i

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 57 BACnet IP Configuration When you click on the BACnet IP Configuration button, you'll

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 58 Revision 0.17 Modbus TCP Configuration When you click on the “Modbus TCP Configuration” button, you&apos

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 59 Node_Name is created above, and refers uniquely to e

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 6 Revision 0.17 Configure Default Blue Heat/Net ...

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 60 Revision 0.17 Nodes Node_Name , Node_ID, Port, PLC_01 , 12 , P3 , The Node_Name is the name

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 61 Node_Name ,Address ,Length ,Scan_Interval PLC_11 , 00001 ,20 ,0.000s PLC_11 , 1

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 62 Revision 0.17 From the perspective of the Modbus TCP protocol, the first 20 addresses are used by Modbus

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 63 Software Installation for Windows The Blue Heat/Net is designed for easy installation and

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 64 Revision 0.17 Figure 28: Blue Heat/Net Software Installation Screen

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 65 The Blue Heat/Net Configuration Manager Setup Wizard will begin. Click Next to start.

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 66 Revision 0.17 The installer will install the Configuration Manager into C:\Program Files\CTI\Blue Heat N

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 67 Running the Configuration Manager If you chose the option to launch the Blue Heat/Net Conf

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 68 Revision 0.17 Figure 30: Add or Auto Discover Blue Heat/Net menu screen Add New Blue Heat/Net You can a

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 69 Figure 32: Auto Discover Blue Heat/Net screen Auto Discover will list any Blue Heat/Nets

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 7 DHCP Setup ...

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 70 Revision 0.17 Port Mapping To map the available ports of the Blue Heat/Net (either eight or four, depend

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 71 Figure 36: Found New Hardware Wizard Select No, not at this time. Click Next. If you are

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 72 Revision 0.17 If there are more ports to map, the Found New Hardware Wizard will appear again. Repeat t

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 73 Local COM Port: This is local COM number that the OS application will use. It is the virt

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 74 Revision 0.17 Advanced Figure 39: Advanced port mapping interface This is an advanced interface for ma

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 75 Starting COM port: This enables you to change the starting COM number for mapping. If a C

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 76 Revision 0.17 Figure 41: Unmap Port window If you choose Unmap Port while the Blue Heat/Net unit is

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 77 Port Properties Right-click on the port you wish to observe, and choose Port Properties.

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 78 Revision 0.17 Advanced Settings Figure 44: Advanced Settings Window Special Options With the exception

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 79 ● Personality Check (default is selected) In this mode the port will check whether the cor

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 8 Revision 0.17 Figure 43: Port Properties window ...

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 80 Revision 0.17 COM Port Number The Blue Heat/Net driver supports the ability to change COM port names, al

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 81 Removing your Blue Heat/Net: Selecting Remove Blue Heat/Net in the Action menu will remove

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 82 Revision 0.17 Software Installation for Linux Installing the Linux host driver Configure your Blue Heat/

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 83 Note: If you purchased a Blue Heat/Net before April 2005, you should update your firmware

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 84 Revision 0.17 Appendix Blue Heat/Net Specifications Operating Environment 2 port models: -40ºC to 8

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 85 Cable and Power Supply Options Part Number Description CB004 RJ-45 to DB-25 Female adapt

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 86 Revision 0.17 Protocol Descriptions The Blue Heat/Net supports a variety of protocols. The following is

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 87 Pinouts RS-232 and RS-485 RS-232 RS-485 Signal DB-9 RJ-45 Signal DB-9 DCD 1 3 RXD+ 1 RXD 2

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 88 Revision 0.17 Basic “3 wire” RS-232 null modem connection: This is used to connect to DTE type devic

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 89 Loopback Connectors: Loopback connectors are useful for performing diagnostics. The follo

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 9 Introduction Connect Tech’s Blue Heat/Net enables you to remotely access your RS-232 and RS

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 90 Revision 0.17 Four-wire (full duplex, “RS-422 mode”) Wiring without hardware flow control. Four-wire

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 91 Two-wire (1/2 duplex, “RS-485 mode”) Wiring One device connected to Blue Heat/Net Two

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 92 Revision 0.17 Default Settings Network Settings Blue Heat/Net IP address 192.168.42.1 Server IP addres

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 93  Boot Mode  Boot Filename o SCM Parameters  Port to scan  Scan Timeout  Scan Pr

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 94 Revision 0.17 Using SCM/TCM Log onto the Blue Heat/Net. The default login for the TCM is root. (There i

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 95 DIN Rail Mounting Option: The two-port Blue Heat/Net and DB-9 models of the four and eight

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 96 Revision 0.17 Four and eight-port DB-9 models can be DIN rail mounted with the addition of a DIN rail br

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 97 How the Blue Heat/Net Boots Up Each time the Blue Heat/Net is powered-up or rebooted with

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual 98 Revision 0.17 Bootup Sequence Figure 51: Bootup sequence Boot from Flash Enabled? Decompress uClinux fr

Connect Tech Blue Heat/Net User Manual Revision 0.17 99 Flowchart of Special Operations Mode using the reset button Figure 52: Bootup sequence v