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Moxa Turbo Chain Technology – Multiple Redundant Connections
Moxa Turbo Chain technology breakthrough for forming Multiple Redundant Connections.
Best redundant solutions beyond redundant ring technologies by realizing Flexible Topology, Fast Fault Recover and Cost effective configuration. Providing you with the maximum flexibility and expandability possible.
Turbo chain is versatile enough to be used with any topography simply link the two ends of your switch chain to your Ethernet network and your done.
Boundless Expansion. Turbo chain makes network extension easy and engineers no longer need to reconfigure the existing network. Moxa Turbo Chain also inter-operates with other redundant protocols.
Now you can create any type of redundant network flexibly and with any restriction.
Fast Fault Recover in under 20 milliseconds.
With Turbo Chains ultra redundancy you can instantly recover from network failures. If a network link fails turbo chain activates the blocked path and and continues forwarding data all in a recovery time less that 20 milliseconds.
Cost saving deployment ring couplings use to interconnect different rings for distributed applications.
Compared with coupling turbo chains flexible topography requires fewer coupling cables and fewer Ethernet ports. Moxa’s Turbo Chain has been successfully used in numerous applications such as Oil Pipeline, Wind Power, Railway especially those that require multi ring connections.
All Moxa managed Ethernet switches are managed with redundant turbo chain technology.
So why wait start and deploy your networks with Turbo Chain today.
Moxa Serial Device Servers – Serial to Ethernet
Today to be in the forefront of technology a company needs to provide a product that is reliable, sturdy and fast. Moxa have such products. Moxa’s Industrial Ethernet products are just that reliable, sturdy and fast.
The company behind such products as serial device servers has been in business for over twenty years and have been relied on in major device networking installations in all parts of the world.
Moxa is backed by numerous certifications such as MTSC, ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001.
Advanced product design has been an earmark of Moxa industrial devices that communicate over a wide range of protocols RS-483, Ethernet, cellular networks and more.
Moxa has Industry Associations with: Profibus & Profinet International, EhterCAT Technology Group, Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner, CiA: CAN in Automation Association, ODVA, ModBus IDA and MCAA: Measurement Control & Automation Association.
Moxa’s Network Serial Ethernet Devices are a natural next step from serial to serial devices. A serial device server talks bi-directionally between Ethernet and serial formats and allows you to manage, access and configure equipment and projects anywhere in the world over the internet.
These network enabled serial devices are easy to use with serial to RS-232 or RS-422/485 and have anywhere from 1 to 16 port selections.
What is Serial to Ethernet?
Moxa’s Serial Device Servers are devices that move data from serial to Ethernet and allows engineers to have the best of both worlds. The “serial world” is that of sensors, modems actuators and RS-485 networks that relays data from devices and computers. The “Ethernet world” is the world of Network Interface Card NIC’s for short, the internet and open protocols moving data and information from host to host.
What type of applications are Moxa’s serial Ethernet device servers used in: Campus Attendance and Entrance Control systems, Medical Equipment Data Acquisition, Remote Environmental Monitoring 
Systems, Remote Management of Rack Servers and Power Distribution Management Systems just to mention a few.
The Moxa Serial to Ethernet Product Family includes Secure Terminal Servers the NPort 6000 series of secure serial device servers that offer users reliable and most importantly secure serial to Ethernet connectivity. Other members of the serial to Ethernet Moxa product family are NPort 5600 Series that have 16-port RS-232 or RS-422/485 Serial Device Servers, NPort 5110 Series which are 1-port RS-232 Serial Device Servers, the CN2510 Series 8/16 Port RS-232 Terminal Servers and the NE-4120S 10/100 Mbps Embedded Device Server for RS-232 Devices.
To get full details on all of Moxa’s product line contact us at 1-800-387-6268 Today.
Manufacturers Automation is involved with the Moxa Distributor Advisory Council
Manufacturers Automation has been involved with distributor advisory councils over the years and is now involved the Moxa Distributor Advisory Council.
What does that mean for you, our customer?
That you can depend upon us to service all your Industrial Wireless, Network, Device Connectivity and Embedded Computer requirements.
You can have information at your fingertips by just contact us for detailed information on all of Moxa Products.
Plus as a respected distributor of Moxa products you will receive the best in quality service.
Moxa RS-232/422/485 Loopback Test
by Brent Raynor www.manuauto.com
Windows XP Setup
- Change the properties of the Local Area Connection.
- Go to Start, Settings, and then Network Connections.
- Select Local Area Connection and then Properties.
- Scroll down the list and select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
- Select Use the following IP address and enter an IP address that is similar to the Moxa NPort 5150, except for the last two digits.
Moxa Configuration Software
- Install the NPort Administration Suite
- http://www.moxa.com/support/download.aspx?d_id=1317
Hardware
- Connect an Ethernet crossover cable from the PC to the Moxa NPort 5150.
- Apply power to the Moxa NPort 5150.
Moxa NPort Administration Suite
- Select the Configuration tab, under the Function heading.
- Select the Search tab and the configuration information will appear. The factory default IP address is 192.168.127.254
- Select COM Mapping tab, under the Function heading.
- Select the Add tab and the information for the Moxa NPort 5150 will appear.
- Select From List, click on the box next to the information and select OK.
- The Com Port can be changed by double clicking on the information tab. Choose Com 4 for this example.
- Click the Apply tab and a window will appear Do you want to apply the changes. Select Yes.
Test for RS-232 communication
- Jumper pins 2 to 3 on the Moxa NPort 5150 DB9 com port using a paperclip.
- Pin 2 -> TXD Pin 3 -> RXD
- Attach a DB9 f/f gender changer for testing purposes only. This is for the paperclip.
- Double click the information line, which is shown below the Configuration in the center of the screen.
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Click on the Serial tab, check the Modify box. Select the settings information and the Settings tab to modify. Change the Flow Control to None and the Interface tab to RS-232 .
HyperTerminal Loopback Test
- In Windows XP, go to start, programs, accessories, communications, and select HyperTerminal.
- Type a name for this project.
- Select the com port that was assigned in Real Com Installer.
- Com port settings are 115200, 8, N, 1, None. Click OK.
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Type a message and it will appear on the HyperTerminal screen. This confirms the RS-232 communication port works accordingly. Test this procedure by removing the jumper. As you type, the characters will not appear on the HyperTerminal screen.
Test for RS-422/485 communication
- Jumper pins 2 to 3 and 1 to 4 on the Moxa NPort 5150 DB9 com port, using two paperclips.
- Pin 2 -> TXD+(B) Pin 3 -> RXD+(B).
- Pin 1 -> TXD-(A) Pin 4 -> RXD-(A)
- Attach a DB9 f/f gender changer for testing purposes only.
- Check the serial settings in the Moxa NPort Administrator.
- Double click on the configuration information and the configuration window will open.
- Click on the Serial tab, check the Modify box. Highlight the settings information and click on the Settings tab. Change the Flow Control to None and the Interface tab to RS-485 4 Wire.
- Open Windows XP HyperTerminal (go to programs, accessories, then communications).
- Type a name for reference.
- Select the com port that was assigned in Real Com Installer.
- Com port settings are 115200, 8, N, 1, None. Click OK.
- Type a message and it will on the HyperTerminal screen.
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