News Release from: Focus EDL
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 29 September 2005
Serial server is simple solution
The DS202R serial device server is produced by Tibbo Technology and offers full backwards compatibility with the original Tibbo DS100 serial device server but incorporates a number of extra features.
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New from FocusEDL, the DS202R serial device server is produced by Tibbo Technology and offers full backwards compatibility with the original Tibbo DS100 serial device server but incorporates a number of extra features. Notable enhancements include large routing buffers, additional programming modes, wide supply voltage range and, at 60 x 47 x 30mm, smaller overall size. The DS202R incorporates one 100BaseT Ethernet port and one RS232 serial port where the RTS, CTS, DTR and DSR lines can be used as remotely controlled I/O.
Supported network protocols include UDP, TCP, ARP, ICMP (ping) and DHCP.
The new server offers an extended power supply range of 10 to 25V DC, extended 12Kbyte internal routing buffers and enough onboard EEPROM to store numerous user definable functioning parameters.
Status information is displayed by six LEDs.
Programming is achieved via the serial port or network where over-the-network IP address configuration is also supported.
The server's internal network is upgradeable through the serial port or network.
'There are many companies who continue to design systems around serial devices but who want the performance benefits of Ethernet', says Focus EDL's Geoff Philpot.
'And, of course, there are even more customers who have an installed base of serially connected products'.
'These are common throughout industry where computer-controlled equipment only has a serial port for communication and, in many commercial installations, where users still mix serial devices with faster means of communication'.
'This new serial server is a simple solution for anyone who needs to connect a serial device to an Ethernet network'.
Also available is the EM202, a 100BaseT Ethernet to serial module in RJ45 form factor.
Although at just 32.3 x 19 x 16mm it is only slightly larger than a regular RJ45 connector, the new module is a single component Ethernet to serial solution containing built-in Ethernet magnetics, an RJ45 connector, a serial port offering full or half duplex operation and four status LEDs.
It also incorporates an internal processor whose firmware acts as a bridge between the Ethernet and serial ports.
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