Atop Technologies, Inc. 1-port Modbus Gateway MB5001C/MB5001C-Sis User’s Manual Version 1.0 Updated on 2010/07/28 Tel: 886-3-5508137 Fax: 886-3-5508131 http://www.atop.com.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Important Announcement The information contained in this document is the property of Atop Technologies, Inc. and is supplied for the sole purpose of the operation and maintenance of products of Atop Technologies, Inc.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway This document is intended to provide customers with brief descriptions on the product and to assist customers to get started. For detail information and operations of the product, please refer to the manual in the CD attached. FCC WARNING Class A for 1-port Modbus Gateway(MB5001C/MB5001C-Sis) This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Packaging ...................................................................................................................... 5 2. Hardware Setup............................................................................................ 6 2.1 LED Indicators ........................................................
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway 5.1 SNMP Network Management Platform ........................................................................ 22 5.2 Using NetworkView as an Example ............................................................................. 22 6. Diagnostics..................................................................................................24 6.1 Use Standard TCP/IP Utility Ping Command ...........................................................
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway 1. Introduction Modbus is an industry adopted communication protocol based on RTU, ASCII, and TCP protocols for various applications; these three protocols are commonly used by hardware equipments in the industry, such as DCS, PLC, HMI, power load measurement, various sensor and measuring instruments.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway 2. Hardware Setup NOTE: 1. MB5001C (for RS-232), MB5001C-Sis (for RS422/485). Panel layout in Appendix A.3.1 2. One can press the reset button of MB5001C to reset the settings to the default value Figure 2.1 shows the interfaces. Figure 2.1 MB5001C interfaces. Copyright © 2010 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Figure 2.2 MB5001C-Sis interfaces 2.1 LED Indicators 2.1.1 LAN LED Message Description Off Ethernet Disconnected Blinking with Green Data is transmitting on Ethernet for 100Mbps Blinking with Orange Data is transmitting on Ethernet for 10Mbps Table 1. LAN LED Message Copyright © 2010 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway 2.1.2 COM Port LED Message Description Off No data is transmitting on COM port Blinking Data is transmitting on COM port Table 2. COM Port LED Message 2.1.3 RUN LED Message Description On Jumper JP1 Pin1 and Pin2 are shorted to disable AP firmware running Blinking (rate: 0.5 Sec) AP firmware is running normally Table 3. RUN LED Message 2.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway 3. Software Setup MB5001C Modbus Gateway is shipped with default settings shown in the following table: Property Default Value IP Address 10.0.50.100 Gateway 10.0.0.254 Subnet Mask 255.255.0.0 User Name admin Password Null(leave it blank) COM 1 9600,None, 8, 1, No flow control, buffer disabled, packet delimiter timer 2ms Link 1 Type: TCP Server, Listen port 4660, Filter=0.0.0.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Figure 3.2 Static IP setup dialog window 3.1.2 Auto IP (Dynamic IP) A DHCP server can automatically assign the IP address and network settings. MB5001C supports the DHCP function. By default, the DHCP function on MB5001C is disabled; one can use DeviceView software to search network information automatically by following steps： ->Execute DeviceView (Figure 3.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway 3.2 Configuration by Telnet Utility One can use Telnet utility to change configuration settings of MB5001C by following steps： 3.2.1 Login to the System ->Open Ms-DOS command prompt window ->Telnet to MB5001C using command “Telnet IP_address”.( For example：Input Telnet 10.0.50.100 in Ms-DOS command prompt window).After telnet to MB5001C, system prompts for a password, the default password is left it blank. (Figure 3.4) Figure 3.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Figure 3.6 Show Configuration This page gives one the general information of MB5001C including IP address, Gateway, subnet mask, and serial information of the device. 3.2.2 IP Setup Select “2” from “Input choice and enter (1~8,a~f):” to Setup IP:( Figure 3.7) Figure 3.7 IP Setup 3.2.3 Gateway Setup Select “3” from “Input choice and enter (1~8,a~f):” to Setup Gateway:( Figure 3.8) Figure 3.8 Gateway Setup 3.2.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway 3.2.5 COM1 Setup Select “5” from “Input choice and enter (1~8,a~f):” to Setup COM1. One can then give the COM port alias name, set the baud rate and parity, determine number of data bit and stop bit, and decide if one want to use flow control and the type of flow control one want to use. The following screen (Figure 3.10) illustrates how to setup 9600 baudrate, none parity, 8 data bits, and 1 stop bit. Figure 3.10 COM1 Setup 3.2.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Figure 3.11 Link1 Setup 3.2.9 Change Password 1. Select “c” from “Input choice and enter (1~8,a~f):”. The following screen (Figure 3.12) illustrates how to change default empty password to “1111”. Figure 3.12 change the password 2. If one want to change the password, please type the old password in the “Please input old password” field, type the new password in the “Please input new password” and the “Please verify new password” fields.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway 3.2.10 SNMP Settings a. Select “d” from “Input choice and enter (1~8,a~f):” to change SNMP Name field. Note that if you press enter, MB5001C will fill in a default name equal to its MAC. b. Select “e” from “Input choice and enter (1~8,a~f):” to change SNMP Location field. c. Select “f” from “Input choice and enter (1~8,a~f):” to change SNMP Contact field. 3.3 Configuration Using Web Browser 1.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Figure 3.17 Overview 3.3.2 Change Password 1. Click on the “Security” link and the following screen appears.( Figure 3.18) Figure 3.18 Change the password 2. Please input the old password in the “Old Password” field, input the new password in the “New Password” and the “Verified Password” fields, and then click on “Save Configuration” to update Copyright © 2010 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway the password. Note: One can press the default key of product to reset password to the default value. 3.3.3 Network Setup Click on the “Networking” link and the following screen appears. Fill in IP information under TCP/IP field. Alternatively, one can do the configuration by clicking on DHCP to obtain auto IP address, gateway and subnet mask information.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Figure 3.20 SNMP setup Copyright © 2010 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway 3.3.4 Configure COM1 Settings Figure 3.21 Com1 Setup Note : 1. The default Baud Rate of MB5001C is 9600 and it is associated with serial port COM respectively. 2. The default value for data packet delimiter is 0. When the delimiter is set to 0 (Auto), MB5001C will automatically chooses the optimal delimiter according to the baud rate. 3. The “COM Type Selection” will show different port interface according to its selected port type. 4.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway TCP Listen Port: Modbus/TCP Listen port. Default is 502. Please note that Ethernet interface only support Modbus Slave. TCP Connections(s): Maximum of four simultaneous Modbus/TCP connections is allowed. Serial Reply Timeout: If the serial side does not respond with the specified time, data would be dropped and not transmitted over TCP even if the gateway receives it later. Serial Protocol: Select between Modbus/ASCII and Modbus/RTU.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Note 2: The changed IP address must be legal, otherwise it will be changed back to the default value (10.0.50.100) after restart. Figure 3.27. Assigning a new IP address by ARP command Copyright © 2010 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway 5. SNMP Setup 5.1 SNMP Network Management Platform MB5001C is an SNMP device that allows many popular SNMP Network management platforms such as HP Open View. Depending on the network management tools one are using, device MB5001C information can be collected from running the management tools including IP address, DNS name, system descriptions and NIC information etc. 5.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Figure 5.2 Searching progress 3. After the search is completed, NetworkView will display the devices found in the main window, as shown below (Figure 5.3). Figure 5.3 NetworkView display the devices found 4. Double-click on the device icon to display information about the device, including IP Address, Company, SysLocation (Max 15 characters), SysName (Max 9 characters) and types etc (Figure 5.4). Figure 5.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway 6. Diagnostics There are several ways one can check on the status and availability of MB5001C. 6.1 Use Standard TCP/IP Utility Ping Command From Windows Start menu, select Run and type in “ping ”. If the connection is established, the Reply messages are displayed, otherwise it will indicate Request timed out (Figure 6.1). Figure 6.1 Standard TCP/IP utility ping command 6.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Figure 6.2 DeviceView configuration Utility Copyright © 2010 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Appendix A: Management Utility A.1. DeviceView utility Introduction DeviceView utility, developed by ATOP, is a special tool for device management and configuration. It can realize the daily management on various ATOP network devices for address search, device positioning, parameter configuring, and firmware downloading. A.2. Interface The operating interface of the DeviceView utility is shown below: Caution Field ! Description IP conflict.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway A.3. Functions A.3.1. Device Search This function is applied to search devices in the network. There are four methods to search devices, Search by Broadcast, Search by IP addresses, Search by MAC addresses and Rescanning devices by using the current search method. To select the search methods, users click the “Search” on the main menu which is shown below. Alternatively, users can select by clicking the button on the toolbar as below.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Broadcast Search Once “Broadcast Search” is selected, a box will pop up as below. The user may type in or select different broadcast address based on his own requirement. Search by IP address Once “Search by IP Address” is selected, an interface will pop up as below. Here user may have two options: Select an IP address to search or Search device in the range of IP address. Copyright © 2010 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Search by MAC Address If “Search by MAC Address” is selected, another box will pop up as below. Here the user may search in two ways: “Search a MAC address to search” or “Search devices in the range of MAC address” Copyright © 2010 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Rescan Once the user click the “Rescan” button on the toolbar, the DeviceView utility shall re-search devices by using the current search way. A.3.2. Firmware This function is applied to downloading a firmware into the selected device.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway And then the user can select and download the required firmware from the disk, as shown in the figure below. The user can also select several same devices at one time, and realize the firmware updating for them by selecting Apply for all selected devices have same model. Copyright © 2010 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway A.3.3. Configuration This function is for device configuration to set up parameters, to import and to export the parameters, and to set up some options. Here is the list of configurations: “Network”, “SNMP”, “COM Port”, “Locate”, “Reset”, “Import Setting”, “Export Setting”, “Virtual COM”, “Config by browser” and “Options.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Network The user can modify the IP address of any selected device, shown as the figure below. You can statically assign IP address, Subnet mask, and Gateway. Optionally, you can set up the device with a host name. You can select DHCP option to obtain an IP address automatically. Copyright © 2010 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Locate The user can apply this function to locate a device when its IP address is known, but its position is unknown. If a device is selected, the device will appear to sing. Users can locate the device by selecting the Configuration submenu Locate or clicking the Locate button on the toolbar. Reboot The device should be restarted after a successful modification of parameter configuration.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Options The option is mainly applied to setting some common working rules of DeviceView utility, such as the device search time interval or whether to display any device information tip. The dialog is shown in the figure below. A.3.4. About This function is mainly applied to displaying information of the DeviceView utility, shown in the figure below. Copyright © 2010 Atop Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed in Taiwan.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Appendix B: Specifications B.1 Hardware Specifications Specifications 16-bit Embedded CPU 100MHz Flash Memory 512K Bytes SDRAM 512K Bytes EEPROM 512 Bytes Host Communication IEEE802.3 base band TCP/IP, UDP, SNMP, HTTP, Telnet, ARP, BOOTP, DHCP, ICMP Reset Built-in default key to restore factory default settings Watch Dog Timer 1.34 second hardware auto reset Power failure threshold: 4.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway B.2 Software Specifications Item Specifications Protocol TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP, SNMP, ARP, Telnet, ICMP, BOOTP, DHCP Configuration Configuration information for both TCP/IP and serial ports is kept in the EEPROM. Configuration utilities of Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP/2003 are provided for configuring settings.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway 3 4 5 R+ RSG (Signal Ground) Data+ DataSG (Signal Ground) B.3.2 Ethernet Port (RJ-45) 1. Category 5 UTP cable, 8 core wire. 2. RJ45 Connector. 3.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Note: It could be reversed for the pin of VIN- and VIN+. B.4 Buzzer/LED Message B.4.1 Buzzer “ ^ “: Beep twice “ = “: Beep off Message Description ^===^===^===^===^===^===^... (1sec) Watchdog problem, return service is required ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^... Memory problem, return service is required ^==^========^^ (5sec) Startup OK but AP firmware is disabled ^==^========^^^ (5sec) Startup OK and AP firmware is enabled Table 1.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Appendix C: Upgrade System Firmware After the new version of firmware is released, customers can download it from www.Atop.com.tw After one download the firmware, please follow these instructions listed below. C.1 Upgrade Procedures When one get a new software version, please follow the sequences below to upgrade ones MB5001C. 1. Connect a PC (Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP) and MB5001C one wish to upgrade the firmware in the same TCP/IP network.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway C.2 Critical Issues of Upgrading 1 One can always abort the upgrading process by pressing the key from host PC during the upgrading process. MB5001C will restart automatically and the system remains intact. 2 If MB5001C does not receive any upgrading data within 30 seconds, MB5001C will restart automatically and the system remains intact.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway C.3 Error Messages Firmware upgrade may not be successful if errors occur during the process.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Appendix D: Disable System Firmware The AP (application program) firmware of MB5001C can be disabled. This function is used in the situation that one downloaded a wrong version of firmware that caused the system crashed. To disable the current version of firmware and prevent it from executing, please do the followings: 1. Turn the power off, open MB5001C case. 2.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Appendix E: Specification Specifications System CPU 16-bit x86 Embedded CPU Flash 512K Bytes DRAM 512K Bytes EEPROM 512 Bytes Watchdog Hardware built-in Ethernet Compliance IEEE802.
User Manual Version 1.0 MB5001C series 1-port Modbus Gateway Configuration Web console, Telnet Device View For Windows Support Protocol Modbus RTU,ASCII and TCP Ordering Information MB5001C Modbus 1-port Gateway Compact(RS232/422/485 DB9 type serial port*1) MB5001C-Sis Modbus 1-port Gateway Compact(RS422/485 isolation TB5 type serial port*1) Regulatory Approvals FCC FCC Part 15, Subpart B, Class A CISPR 22:1997, Class A ICES-003:2004, Class A ANSI C63.
