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.

by Brent Raynor www.manuauto.com

1033-1113 Adaptive Serial Clock

Connect an Adaptive serial clock to the LAN

Product Required

• 1033-1113 Adaptive Serial Clock
• NPort 5130 Moxa Serial Device Server
• 71220204 Indoor RS485 Communication Wire and DB9(f) Connector
• 43310602LF Modular Network Adapter
• 1088-8636 1 Ft. RS-485 Cable with 2 RJ11s & Ferrite

Windows XP Setup for Configuring the Moxa NPort 5130

• 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 5130, except for the last two digits.
• Connect an Ethernet crossover cable from the PC to the Moxa NPort 5130.
• Apply power to the Moxa NPort 5130.

Moxa Configuration Software

• Install the NPort Administration Suite
• http://www.moxa.com/support/download.aspx?d_id=1317
• 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 5130 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.

Adaptive EtherTime Software

• Install the weblink below.
• http://www.manuauto.com/support/adaptive/adaptive-software-downloads/
• Ethertime syncs the serial clocks to the time on the PC or Server.

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