Perle Systems TS2 User Manual

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Getting Started  52
Setting Up the Serial Port(s)
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Control Signal I/O—The Control Signal I/O profile enables the use of the EIA-232 serial port 
signal pins to be used as assigned Digital Inputs or Digital Outputs.
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Modbus Gateway—The Modbus Gateway profile configures a serial port to act as a Modbus 
Master Gateway or a Modbus Slave Gateway.
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Custom Application/Plugin—The Custom Application/Plugin profile configures a serial port to 
run a custom application or IOLAN plugin. After you download the custom application files and 
specify the application name and any parameters you want to pass to it, the IOLAN will execute 
the application when the serial port is started.
Each serial port profile contains all the parameters that are required to completely configure the serial 
port scenario represented by the profile.
To select a serial port profile in the DeviceManager, connect through the DeviceManager to the 
IOLAN you are configuring and select 
Serial
Serial Ports
 in the navigation pane. Highlight the 
serial port you want to configure and then click 
Edit
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When the default serial port profile Terminal displays, click the Change Profile button and select the 
appropriate profile for the serial port. See 
for more information 
on the serial port profiles and their configuration parameters.