Serial Profile Configuration

Use the Serial Profile Configuration dialog box to configure all parameters of a serial profile.

To access Serial Port Configuration screens, go to Serial Management > Serial Profile Configuration.

By default, the tab Serial Management displays the Serial Port Configuration screen.

Serial Profile Configuration

Figure 1. Serial Profile Configuration

The add form in this page is dynamic. When Raw Socket connection type is selected, protocol and direction fields are shown. If a protocol is switched to UDP, direction will be hidden.

Figure 2.

Raw Socket with UDP

Figure 3. Preemptive Raw Socket

Finally, if Modbus connection type is selected, both protocol and direction fields will be hidden but a new field Role appears.

Figure 4. Role Modbus

Screen Objective	This screen allows the user to configure the Serial Profile Configuration Status.
Navigation	Serial Management > Serial Profile Configuration
Profile Name	Enter the name of the profile.
Status	This field displays the status of the display.
Connection	This field displays / configures the connection type. The options are: Raw Socket—select this option for raw mode. User can configure a simple raw mode for TCP or UDP communication. Preemptive Raw Socket—select this option for preemptive mode. The device acts as a server in preemptive mode. In this mode, direction and protocol are implicitly set as IN and TCP. Any dynamic client can preempt the permanent client and start communicating with the device for specified period of time. Modbus—select this option for Modbus.
Protocol	This field displays / configures the protocol type. The options are: TCP—select for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). UDP—select for User Datagram Protocol (UDP).
Direction / Role	This field displays / configures the direction for a serial protocol. Select one of the following options: Out—select this option if the device acts as a client in OUT direction. In—select this option when the device acts as a server. In-Out—select this option if the device acts as both server and client in IN-OUT direction. For UDP transport protocol, the default direction is IN-OUT
Interfaces	This field displays details about the serial interface.
Buttons	Add—click to modify attributes and save the changes. Show—click this button to display the configuration in a separate dialog box Delete—click this button to delete the configured profile. Apply—click this button to delete the configured profile.

Use the Show button display a configuration panel on the right side of page to edit the given profile. Each page will include a Close button for exiting the Serial Profile Configuration panel. The following options are available.

Figure 5. Profile p1 - Raw Socket In Configuration

Figure 6. Profile 3 - Raw Socket In-Out Configuration

Figure 7. Profile 1- Raw Socket Out Configuration

Screen Objective	This screen allows the user to apply the Serial Profile Configuration.
Name	This field displays the profile name.
Status	This field configures the status of the profile. The options are: Inactive—select for inactive profile. Active—select for active profile.
Interface	This field configures the interface for the profile. The options are: None Se0/9 Se0/10 Se0/11 Se0/12 Se0/13 Se0/14 Se0/15 Se0/16
Packetizing	This field configures the status of the packetizing feature. The options are: On—select for packetizing enabled. Off—select for packetizing disabled.
Packet Size	Enter a value for packet size. The range is from 16 to 1400. The default value is 1400.
Packet Timer (ms)	Enter a value for the delay between the packets sent from serial ports. The range is from 0 to 1000. The default value is 10 ms.
Packet Character (hex)	Enter a value for the delay between the packets sent from serial ports. The range is from 0 to 255. The default value is 10 ms. Or configure it as OFF to disable packet character feature. This is the default option.
Packet Buffering	This field configures the status of the packet buffering feature. The options are: Enabled—select for enabled Packet Buffering. Disabled—select for disabled Packet Buffering.
Local Server IP	Enter a local server IP address.
Local Server Port	Enter a value for the local port number. Port numbers range between 15010 to 15110. For Modbus, the software internally assigns 502 TCP port number if an user configures modbus as its port.
Keep Alive Timeout (s)	Enter a value for the time which specifies how long the device will wait for a response to keep alive packets sent before terminating the TCP connection The range is from 60 to 600. The default value is 240 s.
Maximum Connections	Enter a value for the maximum number of allowed incoming TCP connections. The range is from 1 to 64. The default value is 64.
Buttons	Add—click to modify attributes and save the changes. Show—click this button to display the configuration in a separate dialog box Delete—click this button to delete the configured profile. Apply—click this button to apply the configured profile. Close—click this button to exit the configured profile.

Figure 8. Profile 4 - Raw Socket UDP Configuration

Figure 9. Profile 4 - Raw Socket UDP Remote Connection Configuration

Some extra parameters shown in the Raw Socket UDP Configuration interface are as shown below.

Screen Objective	This screen allows the user to apply the Raw Socket UDP Configuration.
Server IP	Enter a local server IP address.
Server Port	Enter a value for the server port number.
Remote Connections	Enter a value for the maximum number of allowed incoming TCP connections. The range is from 1 to 64. The default value is 64.

Figure 10. Profile p2 - Preemptive Raw Socket Configuration

Figure 11. Profile p3- Modbus Server Configuration

Figure 12. Profile 6 - Modbus Server Interface Configuration

Figure 13. Profile 7 - Modbus Client Configuration

Some extra parameters shown in the Modbus Configuration interface are as shown below.

Screen Objective	This screen allows the user to apply the Modbus Server / Client Configuration.
Transmit Exceptions	Select an option to enable / disable sending TCP exception back to the master if a response has not been received from RTU within the expected time. Enabled Disabled
Maximum Pending Messages	Enter a value for the maximum number of messages that Modbus server can handle from different clients. The range is from 0 to 16. The default value is 16.
Interface Configuration	If needed, select the button Configure. When this option is selected, the Modbus Server Interface Configuration dialog box appears which has the following parameters as shown below.
Interface	This field configures the interface for the profile. The options are: None Se0/9 Se0/10 Se0/11 Se0/12 Se0/13 Se0/14 Se0/15 Se0/16
Response Timeout (ms)	Enter a value for the time to wait for a response from a serial port. The range is from 50 to 10000. The default is 2000 ms (as shown in the figure).
Slave ID’s	Enter a value for the slave ID. The format is comma separated integer values with a maximum of 10 slave IDs per command. The range is from 1 to 247. For Modbus Client Configuration, there two extra buttons as follows: Select All Deselect All
DSCP	Enter a value decimal value for the Differentiated service code point (DSCP) which is set in the IP header for the outgoing packets. The range is from 0 to 63. The default is 0 (as shown in the figure).
Forward Exception	Select an option to enable / disable forwarding TCP exception back to the master if a response has not been received from RTU within the expected time. Enabled—enter this option to enable forwarding TCP exception. Default is enabled which is numerically denoted as 1. Disabled—enter this option to disable forwarding TCP exception. The numerical notation for disabled is 0.