UM JetPortCommander V2.3
UM JetPortCommander V2.3
UM JetPortCommander V2.3
User’s Manual
Version 2.3
Aug. 2013
www.korenix.com
Korenix JetPort Commander
- Windows Utility of JetPort Serial Device Server
User’s Manual
Copyright Notice
JetPort series is a smart RS-232 or RS-232/422/485 to Ethernet or Wireless LAN serial device
server. It connects the serial port of devices such as card readers, measurement devices, or data
acquisition terminals, over Ethernet just like locally attached. JetPort serial device server
eliminates the limitation of single host and transmission distance of traditional serial
communications by creating access for multiple hosts in Ethernet. The compact size and various
mounting options further create installation flexibility.
JetPort Commander is an easy-to-use utility with auto device discovery in a LAN or adding
devices on the public network. All of the configurations on the serial server can be done in the
JetPort Commander. You can also apply configurations of one serial server to the other serial
servers.
3.4 Go to “Networking” -> “Wireless” to assign the network parameters. Ex: Static IP
address or “DHCP Client” mode.
3.5 Unplug the LAN interface or power reboot the JetPort 5801/5804 series to activate the
WLAN connection. Run step 3 to find the JetPort 5801/5804 series through the WLAN
connection. (Before you reboot power of the 5801/5804 series, remember to Apply and
Save the new settings.)
Quick Start
4.2 Select “Service mode” , “Real/Virtual COM Mode” and press “Map COM” to map the
port to the COM port.
Congratulations! You have finished JetPort configurations with Real/Virtual COM mode. You can
also use web or telnet console by the JetPort IP address.
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Chapter 3 Configuration
Server Configuration
Server configuration covers all settings for the device. Before you start, you need to
add the devices first in the configuration list.
Broadcast
After installing JetPort Commander, you can broadcast for all available devices on the
network.
Choose “Broadcast” button in the quick bar, and start to search. Select the device you
wish to add and click “Add”.
Configuration
In the Configuration menu, you will find the added device in the list. Double click on the
device will continue to configure rest of the device settings. The “Refresh” Button will
update the latest list of added available devices.
General
The General section lists information of “Model” Name, Firmware “Version”, “IP
Address”, and “MAC Address”.
You can modify Device Name and remark Location information.
Using SNTP Time Server: Enable Time Server by specifying SNTP server IP, Port
and Time Zone.
Auto IP Report: If this device uses DHCP or BootP IP, enable Auto IP
Report will report its dynamic IP address to the specified host regularly.
You can use “Get Current Host” to assign the IP report to be sent to
current host. Specify “Report Interval” as to how often the IP address
should be sent, zero means no report will be sent.
After modifying configuration, be sure to validate the changes by using “Apply Only” or
“Apply and Save”.
Product Tip: Always save your configurations to validate the changes with 2 options.
Apply Only: Only apply the change one time without saving. When rebooting the device, the
changes will not exist.
Apply and Save: The change will be applied and saved in Flash. When rebooting the device, the
changes are still valid.
function and the inbuilt beeper will beep continuously until you select the
“Locate Off” function.
The Dual Power display function is applied to JetPort 5601, 5601f, 5604, 5604i, 5804
and 5804i. JetPort 5601/5604/5804 series support 2 power inputs, PWR1 is the DC
terminal block, PWR2 is the DC power jack.
The Redundant Ethernet display function is only applied to JetPort 5601, 5604 and
5804 series, except 5601f. They have dual Ethernet ports for redundant design. The
Redundant Ethernet LED displays the active status.
Ethernet port 1 and port 2 are linked, Port 1 is the master port.
Ethernet port 1 and port 2 are linked, Port 2 is the master port.
The WLAN strength display function is only applied to JetPort 5801/5804 series. The
5801/5804 series support LAN and WLAN interfaces. Only one of the interfaces can
work at one time. The WLAN interface can display the strength of the Wireless signals.
Note: 5201 doesn’t support dual power input and redundant Ethernet, both of the
Power and Ethernet display keeps in gray. 5601f supports dual power input but doesn’t
support redundant Ethernet, the display of Power can active as above description, the
display of redundant Ethernet keeps in gray.
Security
JetPort Security includes access list and administration security.
Access List
The Access IP Table specifies the IP address and subnet that can access to the device.
The access is based on IP and Mask combination.
IP: Type the target IP or IP subnet you want access.
Mask: Mask is to define the range of the target IP addresses. Fox example: Use
255.255.255.255 to secure one host IP. Use 255.255.255.0 to secure one Class C
subnet IP address.
If the access is open to all hosts, do NOT enable this function. DO NOT enable the
entry without entering the IP address, otherwise, you can’t access the device. Only
hardware reset can solve the problem.
Administration Security
You can assign password to protect others from changing the configurations on the
device.
If you assign password, you will need to give password every time when you access
Windows, Web, or Telnet consoles. The password will also validate on Setup Wizard
configuration.
You can input max. 12 characters as password.
After modifying configuration, be sure to validate the changes by using “Apply Only” or
“Apply and Save”.
Networking
JetPort supports Static IP or DHCP/BootP Client mode for both Wire and Wireless
interface. For Wireless Device Server, configure the IP setting to both Wire and
Wireless interface, thus you can find the device through Wire or Wireless interface.
(Only one interface is activated at one time, when connecting both Wire and Wireless
interfaces, Wire is activated with higher priority.)
After modifying configuration, be sure to validate the changes by using “Apply Only” or
“Apply and Save”.
Wireless (5801/5804)
JetPort Wireless Device Server includes basic Wireless setting, WLAN strength and
WLAN Security settings.
In the basic Wireless setting, you can configure the Network type and SSID for the
Infrastructure mode.
Network Type: Infra (Infrastructure)
The infra mode is similar to the client and base station architecture. The Access Point
(AP) is the Wireless base station. The JetPort is the Wireless client. Connect the
JetPort to the AP by wireless interface, thus JetPort can access the network resource
through the AP.
Select the Infra type. Press SSID Scan to search the available
Access Point (AP). The system can display up to 5 AP, choose the SSID of the AP
you’d like to connect.
The SSID field also allows you to manual type the SSID. Type the SSID and press
“Apply and Save”.
The 5801/5804 series also support WPA (WiFi Protected Access). WPA was created
by the Wi-Fi Alliance, it was designed to enhance the security of wireless networks.
WPA has better protection than WEP.
JetPort 5801/5804 series support WPA Personal mode. This mode is designed for the
networks which don’t require the complex 802.1x authentication server. The WPA
personal mode requires manual configuration of a PSK (Previously Share Key) on the
AP and Client. The PSK is a passphrase (password), each client must enter a
passphrase to access the network, the security depends on the strength of the
passphrase. The passphrase may be from 8 to 63 printable ASCII characters or 64 hex
decimal digits (256 bits). The passphrase you typed will be stored in JetPort thus you
can use this passphrase to communicate with the AP.
JetPort 5801/5804 series WPA support 2 encryption modes, TKIP and AES.
TKIP is short of Temporal Key Integrity Protocol. It’s an enhancement to WEP security.
TKIP uses the RC4 stream cipher with 128-bit keys for encryption and 64-bit keys for
authentication. TKIP helps to ensure that only the intended audience understands the
transmitted data.
AES is short of Advanced Encryption Standard. 5801/5804 series provide encryption
support AES.
Choose the encryption type, TKIP or AES, then type the key in the WPA-PSK and time
in the Key Renewal Period (minutes) field.
Note: The above security settings should be the same in your access point (AP) and
JetPort. Incorrect password/key may lead you lost the connection.
JetPort 5801
No encryption v v
WEP 64 v v
WEP 128 v v
TKIP v (WPA)
AES v (WPA2)
No encryption v v
WEP 64 v v
WEP 128 v v
TKIP v (WPA/WPA2)
AES v (WPA/WPA2)
Notification
JetPort supports event notification by SNMP trap, email, or system log.
SNMP notification
To activate SNMP notification, check “SNMP Management Enable” from
“Management” menu and assign the “community”, “location”, “contact info”, and Trap
Server IP.
The length of community is from 1 to 31, which cannot be left blank and do NOT
include “;” mark.
The length of Location and Contact information is from 0 to 255, which is optional.
The Trap Server supports domain name format, and requires at least one Trap Server
information to activate the setting.
Select SNMP Trap in “Notification” menu. Specify the notification event type first and
enable SNMP management in Management menu.
Notification Items:
➢ Hardware Reset (Cold Start): Rebooting JetPort from power plug will trigger the
event
➢ Software Reset (Warm Start): Rebooting JetPort from “Reboot Device” function
from “Save/Load” menu will trigger the event.
➢ Login Failed: Using wrong password in console will trigger the event
➢ IP Changed: Changing network setting will trigger the event
➢ Password Changed: Changing the password will trigger the event
➢ Access IP Blocked: Report blocked IP addresses
Email Notification
Enabling Email notification will open a window for SMTP settings.
Assign SMTP server, and if Authentication is required for the SMTP server, check the
authentication box and specify the users name and password.
Assign the target receivers’ IP address. JetPort supports sending notification to max. 4
email addresses.
After modifying configuration, be sure to validate the changes by using “Apply Only” or
“Apply and Save”.
Management
In addition to JetPort Windows Commander, JetPort can also be managed by Web and
Telnet consoles.
To enable or disable the management consoles, go to “Configuration” and
“Management”. JetPort enables Web/HTTPS and Telnet/SSH consoles by default. To
disable Web/HTTPS or Telnet/SSH consoles, uncheck the boxes.
“Go to Web Management” will open web browser and enter web console of JetPort.
JetPort 5201 supports web access without security, JetPort 5601 only support HTTPS.
“Go to Telnet Management” will open Telnet session and enter telnet console of
JetPort 5201. Or it will ask you to open the SSH client to access JetPort 5601.
Update Firmware
You can find up-to-date firmware of JetPort in Korenix website download section.
http://www.korenix.com/downloads.htm
To update Firmware of the device, save the firmware file in your host PC. Go to
“Configuration”, and “Update Firmware”. Specify the file location by Browsing and
continue operation by Update.
The device will reboot after firmware update and be located again in Commander
device list.
Note: All configurations will restore to default except for the device IP address after the
firmware update.
DI: You can read the status of the DI. 0 means logic Low. 1 means logic High. When
connect DI with DO of other terminal device, the DI can display the DO status of the
terminal device.
DO: You can read and set the status of the DO. 0 means logic Low, 1 means logic High.
Click the 0/1 button, you can change its value to 1 or 0.
Means logic High for DO_1. means logic Low for DO_1.
Save / Reload
After configuration is finished, be sure to Apply and Save the changes.
Apply all configurations and Save to Flash. The changes are valid
after reboot.
Load default configuration except Network Settings.
Reboot the device.
Retrieve saved configuration file to apply in the device.
Save the current configuration into a file and save the file in current host.
Port Configuration
Serial Port Configurations include configuration for the serial parameters, serial
communication modes, data packing options, and event notifications.
Serial Settings
The available serial settings for JetPort is as follows:
You can define max. 4 delimiters (00~FF, HEX) for each way. The data will be hold
until the delimiters are received or the optional “Flush Ethernet to Serial data buffer”
times out. Zero means disable(factory default).
Force TX interval time is to specify the timeout when no data has been transmitted.
When the timeout is reached or TX buffer is full (4K Bytes), the queued data will be
Real/Virtual COM service mode enables the serial port in JetPort as PC’s
locally-attached COM port for Windows or tty port for Linux. One PC can have as many
as COM ports on the network without the limitation of PC’s physical slots. The
Real/Virtual COM ports on the network can also be shared by multiple hosts.
To start the Real/Virtual COM, select Real/Virtual COM Mode in Service Mode of Port
Configuration.
In 5604, please select the serial ports you want to configure first. Port 1 is the serial 1,
port 2 is the serial 2, port 3 is the serial 3, port 4 is the serial 4.
Select “Map Real/Virtual COM” to map the port to PC’s COM port.
A Window will appear to confirm to change to Real/Virtual COM mode. Choose Apply
Only or Apply and Save.
When the configuration is finished and saved, the COM port number will be shown after
port, and you can monitor the port in Monitor menu.
Max. one connection is default. To create multiple Real/Virtual COM connection, select
max. connection number that the JetPort device is allowed. After increasing the max.
connection number, other hosts on the same subnet as JetPort can use the port as
Real/Virtual COM port at the same time.
Note that all the hosts for the multiple Real/Virtual COM connections must have the
same serial parameters, i.e. baud rate, start bit, data bit, etc.
Miscellaneous Settings:
Idle Timeout: When serial port stops data transmission for a defined period of time
(Idle Timeout), the connection will be closed and the port will be freed and re-try for
connection with other hosts. Zero is disable this setting (default). If Multilink is
configured, only the first host connection is effective for this setting.
Alive Check: The JetPort device will send TCP alive check package in each defined
time interval (Alive Check) to remote host to test the TCP connection. If the TCP
connection is not alive, the connection will be closed and the port will be freed for other
hosts. Zero is to disable this setting (default).
To un-map the COM port, specify the port and select Unmap in the quick bar.
hosts as TCP Clients can connect to the device at the same time.
Note that all the hosts for the multiple TCP Server connections must have the same
serial parameters to communicate with JetPort, i.e. baud rate, start bit, data bit, etc.
To configure TCP Server, select TCP Server Mode in Service Mode of Port
Configuration.
“Auto Scan” the TCP Data Port number that is available from current host.
The Control Port is Data Port number plus one.
Miscellaneous Settings:
Idle Timeout: When serial port stops data transmission for a defined period of time
(Idle Timeout), the connection will be closed and the port will be freed for other hosts.
Zero is disable this setting (default). If Multilink is configured, only the first host
connection is effective for this setting.
Alive Check: The JetPort device will send TCP alive check package in each defined
time interval (Alive Check) to remote host to test the TCP connection. If the TCP
connection is not alive, the connection will be closed and the port will be freed for other
hosts. Zero is disable this setting (default).
1. The JetPort configured as TCP Client Mode requests a connection to the host.
2. Once the connection is established, data can be transmitted in both directions from
the host to the JetPort, and vice versa.
To configure TCP Client, select TCP Client Mode in Service Mode of Port
Configuration.
Specify the IP and port number of the host. If the TCP Client should connect to the
current host, “Auto Scan” will scan current host IP address and available port number.
If the TCP Client should connect to other hosts, specify the IP address of the host and
“Auto Scan” will scan the available port number of JetPort.
If the TCP Client should connect to more than one host, specify the IP addresses and
port number or use “Auto Scan” to scan the port number of JetPort.
Miscellaneous Settings:
Idle Timeout: When serial port stops data transmission for a defined period of time
(Idle Timeout), the connection will be closed and the port will be freed and re-try for
connection with other hosts. Zero is disable this setting (default). If Multilink is
configured, only the first host connection is effective for this setting.
Alive Check: device will send TCP alive check package in each defined time interval
(Alive Check) to remote host to test the TCP connection. If the TCP connection is not
alive, the connection will be closed and the port will be freed for other hosts. Zero is
disable this setting (default).
Connect on Startup: The TCP Client will build TCP connection once the connected
serial device is startup.
Connect on Any Character: The TCP Client will build TCP connection once the
connected serial device starts to send data.
If there are more than one destination hosts, specify the IP address range by
Destination Host IP Begin and End. “Auto Scan” the sending port number of the device.
For example:
*JetPort will receive Ethernet data from port 4032 and send to serial port
*JetPort will send Serial data to 192.168.10.1 to 192.168.10.100 via port 4040
Notification
Port status can be notified to administrator by means of Email, SNMP trap, or System
Log.
➢ DCD changed: When DCD (Data Carrier Detect) signal changes, indicating
the modem connection status has changed, the event will be triggered.
➢ RI changed: When RI (Ring Indicator) signal changes, indicating the
incoming of a call, the event will be triggered.
➢ DSR changed: When DSR (Data Set Ready) signal changes, indicating that
the data communication equipment is powered off, the event will be
triggered.
➢ CTS changed: When CTS (Clear To Send) signal changes, indicating that
the transmission between computer and DCE can proceed.
➢ Port connected: In TCP Server Mode, when the device accepts an incoming
TCP connection, this event will be trigger. In TCP Client Mode, when
the device has connected to the remote host, this event will be trigger. In
Real/Virtual COM Mode, when Real/Virtual COM is ready to use, this event
will be trigger.
➢ Port disconnected: In TCP Server/Client Mode, when the device lost the
TCP link, this event will be trigger. In Real/Virtual COM Mode, When
Real/Virtual COM is not available, this event will be trigger.
To enable activate the notification, specify the event type and the notification methods.
The details of SNMP trap Server, Email SMTP server, or Log server IP should be
After modifying configuration, be sure to validate the changes by using “Apply Only” or
“Apply and Save”.
Setup Wizard
JetPort Commander offers 5 Setup Wizards to help you manage JetPort devices as a
group and streamline the management tasks.
Continue by configuring the serial settings of the serial ports. In Performance mode,
there are “Throughput” mode and “Latency” mode. In Throughput mode, the
throughput is high. In Latency mode, the response time is fast.
Specify the Real/Virtual COM port range and continue the operation by checking the
COM port table.
The Serial Tunnel Wizard gives you the option to transparently pair two devices over
the network.
Select the devices that should be paired and move the devices into IP1 and IP2.
After configuring the serial setting of the ports, the serial tunnel will be built by
assigning one port as the TCP Server mode and the other as the TCP Client mode.
Group IP Wizard
When you have more than one device to configure, it is handful to use Group IP wizard
to configure all IP addresses of the devices remotely.
Select Group IP Wizard after opening JetPort Commander, or use Broadcast and find
more than one devices on the network and click Group IP Wizard hint at the bottom.
Search the devices in local network (i.e. same subnet), or search by an IP range.
Select the devices.
Select the devices for group IP configuration and define the IP addresses range or by
DHCP.
Click next to confirm the setup and the IP configuration is finished, you will see the IP
addresses for the devices.
Select the source device for the configuration and destination devices.
Specify the configuration items from the source device to the destination devices.
Select the device model name and select available devices on the network for
the upgrade.
Specify the firmware image and select next. Confirm the firmware upgrade and
continue operation. JetPort Commander will upgrade firmware of the devices and
reboot again to finish.
IP Collection
For the dynamic DHCP IP settings, it is often a task to find the changing IP addresses.
JetPort Commander supports auto IP report function to report the current IP address of
the JetPort units to administrator. To enable the function, check “Auto IP Report” in
“Configuration”, “General”. Specify the host that the device should report IP to, or
define current host as the report host.
Go to the IP Collection function of the main menu and find the devices auto IP report
list.
Monitor
You can monitor the COM port status from the Monitor function. The monitored items
can also be defined by the “Select Monitor Items”. You must configure the COM ports
first before monitoring the status.
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