ZLAN9500/03 Series

ZigBee Wireless Data

Transmission Device

User Manual
RS232/485/422/Ethernet to ZigBee

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1. Summary ....................................................................................................................................................... 4
2. Features......................................................................................................................................................... 7
3. Technical Parameters ................................................................................................................................ 7
4. Hardware Instruction ................................................................................................................................. 8
5. Zigbee Configuration ...............................................................................................................................12
6. TCP/IP Configuration ...............................................................................................................................12
6.1 Parameter Meaning ......................................................................................................................13
6.2 Parameter Modification Method ................................................................................................17
6.2.1 ZLVircom Type ...................................................................................................................17
6.2.2 Web Browser ......................................................................................................................18
6.3 Device Search ................................................................................................................................19
6.4 Parameter Configuration.............................................................................................................21
6.5 Transparent Communication .....................................................................................................21
6.6 Virtual Port ......................................................................................................................................23
7. After-service ...............................................................................................................................................26

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1. Summary
Shanghai ZLAN Zigbee products currently have two categories, one is serial port converter to

Zigbee for Model ZLAN9500, it includes 3 kinds of serial port: RS232/485/422. The other is

Ethernet (TCP/IP) converting to Zigbee for Model ZLAN9503, can make Zigbee connected

Internet.

Figure 1 ZLAN Zigbee Converter

9500 can be used in data collection of variety RS232/485/232 serial devices, can transfer the

collecting data to Zigbee network, to realize a structure similar with wireless RS485. The Zigbee of

9503 usually as main station, it receives serial data from each 9500 devices, and converter serial

data to TCP/IP packet then transfer to the network server. The function diagram of ZLAN9500 and

ZLAN9503 is shown in figure 2.

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Figure 2 Function Diagram of ZLAN9503 and ZLAN9500

The combination of 9500 and 9503 not only has the advantages of Zigbee wireless transfer and

convenient networking, but also can access to TCP/IP network, with all kinds of existing network

forms such as wifi, Ethernet, optical fiber, etc., realize the network transmission and storage,

provide a very good solution for modern IOT collecting transfer system building.

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Figure 3 ZLAN Zigbee Usage

9500/9503 product realize the data transparent transferring between RS232/485/232 Ethernet and

Zigbee. As shown in figure 3, when two 9500 access to one network, the data sending by A serial

device immediately output in B serial device, and vice versa. When 9500 and 9503 connect, the

data sending by 9500 serial port can immediately appear in 9503 serial port, as transparently

converting to the TCP/IP data of 9503. 9503 can work in TCP server/TCP client/UDP mode, 9503

just like a serial device server in Zigbee form.

The Zigbee products of Shanghai ZLAN is high performance products designed for industrial

application, the transmission distance can achieve 2 km in the open. As using 2.4G DSSS spread

spectrum technology, the anti-jamming capability is strong. Compared to Wifi, its wireless

connection is farther, connection speed is faster, anti-jamming capability is stronger, networking is

more convenient.

The 9500/9503 products can be configured to relative link, as point-to-point communication or

broadcast mode, also as point to multipoint mode. Can constitute star type and MESH network

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structure. The configuration can be done through serial port.

The ZLAN Zigbee products can be applied to:

 Building /Entrance /Door /Security Control System

 Power /Electronic /Intelligent Instrument

 Bank /Medical Automation System

 Industrial Automation System

 Point-of-sale System (POS)

 Information Household Appliances

2. Features
1) Long distance Zigbee communication solution, high performance, high stability. The

communication distance can be up to 2km.

2) Big data transmission no packet loss. Duplex transmission under 38400bps the data doesn’t

loss packet and no pause, data smoothness.

3) ZLAN9503 has multi-function of Zigbee to Ethernet, realize Zigbee to TCP/IP, can be

configured as TCP server, TCP client, UDP mode and so on. Equipped with Windows virtual

serial port and device managing tool ZLVircom, can support virtual serial port.

4) The networking mode of Zigbee is flexible, can have many types: realizing point-to-point,

point-to-multipoint; having center node, no center node; star network, mesh network,

peer-to-peer network.

5) Network capacity is larger, 16 channel optional, 65535 network ID can be freely set.

6) 6 kinds of LED lights separately indicate data flow direction, TCP/IP network status, Zigbee

signal and connection state, intuitively response equipment status.

3. Technical Parameters
Specification Working Voltage DC9~24V

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Parameters 9500：50mA@9V
Woking Current
9503：start 250mA@9V, stable 220mA@9V；

Environment Temp -40℃~85℃

Environment Humidity <95%RH

Transmission Distance 2000m

Frequency Range 2.405GHz~2.480GHz

Wireless Channel 16

Receiving Sensity -105dbm

Transmit Power 25dbm

Wireless Network Topology point-to-point, star, tree, mesh

Communication Communication Protocol IEEE802.15.4/ZigBee standard protocol

Network ID 0000~FFFF

Modulation System DSSS

external SMA male head antenna; Work frequency:

Antenna Connection
2.4G, Frequency region between 2400M-2485M

Anticollision Loop CSMA-CA and GTS CSMA-CA

Data Interface RS232, RS485/422, Ethernet 10M/100M

Max Packet Size 100 bytes

Wire Baud Rate: 1200~115200bps；Check bit: None, Even,

Serial Port Setup
Communication Odd；Data: 7, 8; Stop bit: 1

ETHERNET、 IP、 TCP、 UDP、 HTTP、 ARP、 ICMP、

Ethernet Protocol
DHCP、 DNS

Interface: 485/422: Terminal; 232： DB9; Ethernet: RJ45

Figure Power Supply: Inside positive outside negative, standard outlet

Size: L x W x H =9.4cm×6.5cm×2.5cm

4. Hardware Instruction
The front view of ZLAN9500/03 ZigBee Ethernet/serial port is shown in figure 4. ZLAN9500/03

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adopts black anti-radiation SECC board. It is equipped with two "ears" for easy installation.

Size:

L x W =9.4cm x 6.5cm x 2.5cm

Figure 4 9500/9503 Front View

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Panel lights:

1) ACT: ACT light green indicates that data is being received from ZigBee and transmitted to

serial/Ethernet. ACT light blue indicates data from serial/Ethernet sending to ZigBee. If the

data is short, the scintillation time will be short, it should be noted.

2) LINK: when the LINK light is green, the RJ45 network line has been connected. When the

LINK light is blue, it indicates that the TCP connection has been established or in UDP mode.

This indicator is only valid for ZLAN9503.

3) POWER: when green, indicates that 9500/03 has already been charged; The blue flashes

indicate that ZigBee is in configuration mode.

4) ZigBee: green flash indicates that ZigBee is working but not yet connected; The blue light

staying indicates that ZigBee has been connected; The blue flash indicates the configuration

mode. Note that for the center node, the ZigBee indicator is always bright blue.

Figure 5 The Front Interface of 9503

The front panel of 9500/03 is shown in FIG.5, from left to:

1) Ethernet port: standard RJ45 interface

2) R -, R +, T +, T- : T+ is RS485A, T- RS485B. If you need RS422, connect these 4 lines.

3) Terminal type power supply +, -: voltage is 9 ~ 24VDC.

4) Power outlet: can adopt standard plug 5.5mm (inner core is positive pole), voltage 9 ~ 24VDC.

The back panel of 9500/03 is shown in figure 6, from left to:

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Figure 6 The Back of 9503

1) ZigBee antenna: also can choose extension antenna, easy to install to the metal cabinet

outside.

2) CFG switch: when you dial “on”, enter ZigBee's configuration mode, and then Power light and

ZigBee indicator lights are both blue flash. For ZLAN9503, the device's IP will also be restored

as the default 192.168.1.254.

3) Serial port adopts standard DB9 male head: the sequence is as table 1:

Table 1

Item Name Function

2 RXD The receiving pins of serial device server

3 TXD The sending pins of serial device server

5 GND Grounding

7 RTS After the flow control is enabled, when the pin is 0, the serial

device server can accept the data of the serial device.

8 CTS After the flow control is enabled, when the pin is 0, the serial

device server can send the data of the serial device.

The appearance size of ZLAN9500/03 is as below:

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Figure 7 ZLAN9500/03 Appearance Size

5. Zigbee Configuration
It can be configured via serial port: ZigBee work mode, module address, network ID, network type,

network node and other related parameters. If the user only use it as wireless RS485, the

configuration can be done by Shanghai ZLAN, users can use it after power-on without any

configuration. Please refer to the file <ZigBee Configuration Guide> for your own configuration.

6. TCP/IP Configuration
This configuration mode is only valid for ZLAN9503 and is invalid for ZLAN9500. The purpose of

this configuration is to convert ZigBee data into TCP/IP data. Please note:

The serial parameter configuration of the network part should be configured to be the same as the

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ZigBee serial port parameter, especially the baud rate. If the serial port parameters of the ZigBee

part have not been modified, then just configure the serial parameters of figure 8 to 38400bps.

Other network related configurations are similar to ZLAN5103 products, which are introduced as

follows:

6.1 Parameter Meaning

Use ZLVircom9503 for configuration. When 9503 is connected to the network via Ethernet, the

computer in the same LAN can search the device through the installed ZLVircom tool.

The post-search pop-up dialog is shown in figure 8. The parameters are stored in the flash

space of the networking product, which is loaded after power-on, will not lose when power-off.

The definition of parameters is as follows:

Figure 8 Basic Parameters

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Figure 9 Advanced Parameters

The parameters are as follows:

Table 2 Parameter Meaning

Parameter Value Range Instruction

Name

Virtual Serial Non-in use, established You can bind the current device to a created virtual serial port.
virtual serial

Dev Type ZLAN9503, ZLSN7044, Show only the model of the core module
ZLAN9503N,
ZLSN7044N, etc.

Dev Name Any You can give the device a readable name, with a maximum of 9
bytes, and support the Chinese name.

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Dev ID The factory's sole ID, cannot be modified.

Firmware Ver The firmware version of core module

Function of the Please refer to the part of “5.2 Model and Function”
Device

IP Mode Static, DHCP The user can choose Static or DHCP (Dynamic acquisition of IP)

IP Address The IP Address of networking products

Port 0～65535 Networking products are in the monitoring port of the TCP Server
or UDP mode. As a client, it is best to specify that the port is port 0,
which is good for increasing the connection speed, and the system
will randomly assign a local port when using the 0 port. At this time
the difference from specifying the non-zero port are: (1) when local
port to 0, module restarting set up a new TCP connection with
PC, old TCP connection may not be closed, so that the old TCP
connection of the host has been unable to close, specify the
non-zero port does not have the problem. The general host wants
to close the old connection when the module is restarted. (2) when
the local port is 0, the time of TCP rebuilding connection is faster.

Work Mode TCP Server （ TCP When set to TCP Server, the network Server needs to actively
Server Mode ）、 TCP connect the networking products; When set to TCP Client, the
Client （ TCP Client networking product initiates the connection to the network server
Mode）、UDP Mode、 specified by the destination IP.
UDP Multicast

Net Mask eg：255.255.255.0 Must be same as net mask of local LAN.

Gateway eg：192.168.1.1 Must be the same as the local LAN gateway. If it is not crossing
outer network (such as the cable connecting computer), it is best to
set the gateway as the IP address of the connected computer.

Dest. In the TCP Client or UDP mode, the data will be sent to the
IP/Domain destination IP or the computer of domain name instruction.

Dest. Port In the TCP Client or UDP mode, the data is sent to the destination
port of the destination IP.

Baud Rate 1200 、 2400 、 4800 、 Serial baud rate

7200、9600、14400、

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19200、28800、38400、
57600、76800、115200、
230400、460800

Data Bits 5、6、7、8、9

Parity None 、 Even 、 Odd 、

Mark、Space

Stop Bits 1、2

Flow Control None (no flow control), RS232 port valid

CTS/RTS, DTR/DCR,
XON/XOFF

DNS Server IP When the destination computer is described by a domain name,

DNS server is required to resolve the domain name, which
specifies the IP of this DNS server. When the IP mode is DHCP, the
parameter is not specified and will be automatically acquired.

Dest. Mode Static, Dynamic UDP working mode: if the destination computer is the best choice
for the domain name description, it is the static mode; If there are
multiple computers in the LAN communicating with networked
products through UDP, it is best to choose dynamic mode.

TCP server mode: this parameter must be dynamic.

TCP client mode: when IP mode is dynamic, the IP is reconnected

after the device is restarted, so that the correct IP address can be
obtained again. Otherwise, direct connection does not
automatically restart the device.

Transfer NONE 、 Modbus NONE indicates that the data forwarding from the serial port to the
Protocol TCP<->RTU 、 network is transparent; Modbus TCP < - > RTU will convert
Real_COM Modbus TCP protocol directly into RTU protocol to facilitate
coordination with Modbus TCP protocol; RealCOM is designed to
be compatible with the old version of REAL_COM.

Keep Active 0～255 (1) if the device is in the TCP client working mode, the TCP
Time heartbeat will be sent automatically for every "live time" if the
device is in the TCP client working mode. This can guarantee the
TCP availability of links. When set to 0, there will be no TCP
heartbeat. (2) is set to 0 to 254, when transformation protocol
selection for REAL_COM, every time keep alive time, equipment
will be sent a length of 0 to 1 content data, implement Realcom the

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heartbeat of the agreement. When set to 255, the heartbeat will not
be realcom. (3) if the device is set to 0 ~ 254, if the device is
working on the TCP client, the device will send the device
parameters to the destination computer every time when the device
is protected. When set to 255, no parameters are sent. This
mechanism is not normally used, and users are not required to pay
attention.

Reconnect 0～255 Once in a TCP client mode of networking products and disconnect
Time the server (that is, as long as in the connection status), then every
once in a while a TCP connection to the server, the time interval for
break time, can be 0 ~ 254 seconds, if set 255, never for
reconnection. Note first TCP connection would immediately (such
as hardware on electricity, through zlvircom software restart
equipment, no data), only after the first connection failure will try
again after waiting for the "break time", so "break time" will not
affect the network and server connection setup time under normal
circumstances.

Http Port 1～65535

UDP Group IP UDP multicast

Max Frame 1～1400 One of the rules of serial. The connected product serial port sends
Length the received data to the network as a frame after receiving the
length data.

Max Interval 0～255 One of the rules of serial. When there is a pause in the data
(Smaller will received by the connected product, and the pause time is greater
better) than that time, the received data is sent to the network as a frame.

6.2 Parameter Modification Method

6.2.1 ZLVircom Type

ZLVircom find the device and edit the device parameters through the Internet searching.

Its advantages include:

1) No need PC and networking products in the same IP network segment.

2) Even the networking products having IP conflicts between can be modified the

parameters.

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3) You don't need to know the IP address of the networking product.

4) More parameters can be modified.

6.2.2 Web Browser

If the ZLVirCom program is not installed on the user PC, the parameters can be

modified through the Web login.

(1) Enter the IP address of the networking product in the browser, such as

http://192.168.1.200, and open the following page.

Figure 10

(2) Enter Password in “Password”: default is 123456. Click the “login” button to log in.

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Figure 11

(3) In the appearance of the Web page, you can modify the parameters of the

networking product. In addition to the parameters of the Web login password, the

parameters are already specified in the 10.1 parameter definition. The Web login

password is the password for the login of the page.

(4) Click "submit" button after modifying parameters.

(5) Please click "exit " button after the modification, anyone can enter this configuration

interface if not quit.

6.3 Device Search

Run ZLVircom software and click "Device Manage" to see a list of devices.

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Figure 12 ZLVircom Main Interface

Figure 13 Device List

From the device list, you can see all of the current online devices, and you can search for

devices that are not in one network segment. There is no need to use the "Add Manually"

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function.

6.4 Parameter Configuration

Double-click on a single line to edit the device parameters.

Figure 14 Device Edit Interface

In this interface, the user can set the parameters of the device, then click "Modify Setting", and

the parameters are set to the flash of the device, with power-off no lost. The device will restart

automatically.

6.5 Transparent Communication

Now we need to test the transparent communication function of the networking products. The

transparent communication is: what data sent by computer to a networking product, the serial

port of the networking product will output what data. Instead, what data the serial port received,

it will send to the network computer.

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Figure 15 Transparent Transmission Diagram

If the COM port of PC is connected with the serial port of networking product, then open the

ZLComDebug serial port debugging assistant, the ZLComDebug can communicate with the

serial port of networking product. Open TCP&UDP debugging assistant SocketTest, and as

TCP client, connect to the 4196 port under the IP (currently 192.168.1.200) of the networking

product, and the TCP link can be established with networking products.

Since then, the data sent by SocketTest can be received by ZLComDebug, and the data sent

by ZLComDebug can also be received by SocketTest.

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Figure 16 SocketTest Send-receive Interface

Figure 17 ComDebug Send-receive Interface

From FIG. 16 and FIG. 17, transparent communication between serial port and network port is

carried out. If the serial port is connected to a user's serial port device, it can communicate with

device serial port through the network TCP connection for data collection and control.

6.6 Virtual Port

In FIG. 15 SocketTest is through TCP&UDP to communicate with device, in order to let the

user’s developed serial port software can be used but no need to be modified for TCP

communications, need to add a converting step of COM port to TCP between the user program

and TCP. ZLVircom can do this.

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Figure 18 Virtual Port Usage

Click on the "Serial Manage" of the main interface of ZLVircom, then click "Add", and select

COM5, where COM5 is the COM port that didn’t exist on the computer.

Figure 19 Add Virtual Serial Port

Then enter the “device manage”, and double-click the device that you need to bind to the

COM5. As shown in FIG. 14, select COM5 from the "virtual serial port" list in the upper left

corner. Then click "modify Settings". And return to the main interface of ZLVircom. You can see

that the COM5 has been connected to a device with IP 192.168.1.200. You can use COM5

instead of SocketTest to communicate.

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Figure 20 Virtual Serial Port has been connected

Now close the before SocketTest and open a new ZLComdebug as the user's serial port

program, now open COM5. At this point, COM5 (virtual serial port) and COM4 (hardware serial

port) can send-receive data through networking products. If the serial port of the connected

product is not connected to the COM port of PC, but a serial port device, then the COM5 can be

opened to communicate with the device. And it's just use the network way now.

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Figure 21 Communication via Virtual Serial Port

7. After-service
Shanghai ZLAN Information Technology Co., Ltd.

Address: 12 floor, D building, No. 80 CaoBao road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China

Phone: 021-64325189

Fax: 021-64325200

Web: http://www.zlmcu.com

Email: support@zlmcu.com

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