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Quatech SDS User’s Manual

Introduction

Using Port numbers

In order for devices to communicate via a TCP connection or a UDP

datagram, they must know each other’s IP address and port number.
The SDS driver automatically sets the unit’s port number for you.

Note: You can think of the IP
address as a telephone number
and the port number as a
telephone extension.

A specific port number identifies each SDS serial port. An SDS
assigns a port number of 5000 to the first port, and then increments

the port number sequentially for each subsequent serial port. SDS

drivers must see the first port as IP address: 5000.

Note: This information is
useful for firewall configuration.

Identifying operating modes

Normal, Tunneling, Raw TCP, Auto TCP, and Raw UDP are all

different schemes to make a serial connection across a network using
one or more Serial Device Servers.

Normal mode

If you use Quatech’s virtual COM port drivers or the IntelliSock™
SDK (see TCP socket services – IntelliSock™ on page 6), you should

use the Normal mode to make your network connections. Normal

mode is used in the vast majority of applications. Unless you are
certain that you need to use a different mode, go ahead and configure

your SDS in Normal mode. This mode allows for complete software

control of the serial port by an application program.

Note: Normal is the standard
connection mode for an SDS.

Tunneling mode

Serial Tunneling allows two Device Servers and their Ethernet

TCP/IP connection to act like a direct cable connection between two
serial devices. No host computer is required.

Note: In Tunneling, a master
sends out the configuration

information to a slave so that
the slave can communicate
with it.

Tunneling is very simple to use. Using the SDS’ web interface,

designate one SDS’ serial port as the tunneling master and the other
SDS’ port as the tunneling slave. Configure the master with the serial

port settings desired for the connection as well as the IP address of

the tunneling slave. The master makes the connection and automatically
configures the slave with the corresponding settings.

Raw TCP mode

In Raw TCP mode, serial port data travels over the TCP/IP
connection without any protocol wrapper. You must configure the

serial port settings using the SDS’ web interface. Raw TCP mode

works with most third party universal serial device server drivers.

Note: You could use Raw TCP
if you were running a simple,
custom TCP application.

Auto TCP mode

Auto TCP mode is a special case of Raw TCP mode that allows the

SDS to act as a network client and to initiate a TCP connection to a
network host. You can configure the SDS so that it makes the

connection in one of two possible instances:

Note: Auto TCP is the only
communication mode that lets
an SDS initiate the connection.

It receives serial data (Data mode).

It sees that the DSR input is active (DSR mode).

As with Raw TCP mode, you must configure the serial port settings

using the SDS’ web interface. You must configure the SDS with the

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