In the age of the Industrial Internet of Things(IIoT)
The time, it has many opportune for network to more value with Serial RS232 RS422 RS485 TTL Device Server. With the Device Server it can connect to internet. Because it is IP based networking product.
RS232 RS422 RS485 Device Server, it is Serial to LAN working Adapter(Converter). It has TCP/IP, Vcom (virtual COM port), UPD. It works with SCADA, HMI, and ….. With the Serial Device Server we just link to Ethernet, we do not need to change any hardware.
SCADA sends commands to RS-232 RS-422 RS-485 device server, it will be Point to Point.
Also SCADAs send commands to one Serial Device Server at same time, it will be need FIFO, fist in, first out. The one by one command, it is big things for IIoT, Because it would be link many host, which command needs to process first. With FIFO, it can easy to process one by one without any issue.
TCP/IP – one of RS232/422/485 Device Server supports function
. SCADA, HMI can process with many Serial Device Server by each IP address or Port number. We can set up by IP address or port number. With networking, we can connect many Serial Device Server, and each serial device server has own IP address, SCADA can by search by IP address for set up, or also can set up with port number, too. It would be one Serial device server with 4 port RS232/422/485, That will be only one IP address, that we can set up with Port Number Port1, Port2, Port3, and Port4. Each port can work independent. By using IP address we can add up to 255 devices.
Vcom (virtual com port),
it is also one function for serial device server. But the function it would not be best way for IIoT, because Vcom, it needs always connect, That will be heavy with Ethernet bandwidth. .
Industrial Internet of Things(IIoT) or IoT, it needs to add many device into the Ethernet. And how the SCADA or host can easy to send data to one of device? Or get data back from one of device? As we know, we need to give the each device a name or IP Address or Port Number, …. That SCADA can give each device with own command. That is reason IIoT needs Serial Device Server for control system.
IIoT has other Serial Device with EtherCat interface. EtherCat can link with more devices.
Ethernet is from Beckhoff Company in Germany, It is also an open source for EtherCAT.
EtherCAT uses processing of the Fly technology for the transfer. It can connect with up to 65535 devices. It also a real time computing design. It looks good for IIoT big things.
In the marketing, now it only has few devices. the some items it EtherCAT to Serial RS232 RS422 RS485 Device Server. We think it will be big thing for IIoT.
Diarts products have Serial RS232 RS422 RS485 Device Server Over Ethernet IP.
SERLA-1010 – Serial 1 port RS232 Device Server Over IP
SERLA-2010 – SERLA 1 port RS422 RS485 Device Over Ethernet
SERLA-3010 – Serial 1 port RS232 RS-422 RS-485 Device Server Over Ethernet
SERLA-3010PoE – Serial 1 port RS-232 RS-422 RS-485 Device Server Over IP
SERLA-3020 – Serial 2 port RS232 RS422 RS485 Device Server
SERLA-3040 – Serial 4 port RS232 RS422 RS485 Device Server Over Ethernet
SERLA-3040PoE – Serial 4 port RS232 RS422 RS485 Device Server support Ethernet PoE / PD function
SERLA-2020i – Ethernet to 2 port RS422 RS485 Device Server with 3KV Isolation 600W Surge protection
SERLA-2040i – Ethernet to RS422 RS485 Device Server with 3KV Isolation 600W Surge protection
Features and Benefit
Transmit and Receive and Ethernet Link and 10/100 LED driver
Gateway IP Address
Serial RS-232 Interface 1 port
15KV ESD Protection for RS-232 port
10/100 Mbps Ethernet Interface
Transfer Rate up to 460Kbps
Two Power Supplies way, both support 9 – 30Vdc
Supports Mode: VSP Com, TCP Server, TCP Client, UDP, Paired Mode, HTTP, DHCP, ICMP(Ping), Static IP, and ARP Supported
Supports Industrial Specification
Performance
Baud rate: up to 921 Kbps
Serial Communication Parameters
Data Bits: 7, 8
Stop Bits: 1, 2
Parity: None, Even, Odd, Space, Mark
Flow Control: RTS/CTS.XON/XOFF
Connector Signals
Serial RS-232: DCD, RXD, TXD, DTR, DSR, RTS, CTS
RS-422: TxD+, TxD- RxD+, RxD-, GND
2 Wire RS-485: Data+, Data-, GND
4 Wire RS-485: TxD+, TxD-, RxD+, RxD-, GND
VSP com Support
Windows 2000, 2003, XP, 2008, Vista Win 7/8 32 and 64bit, Windows 10
Environmental Limits
Operating Temperature: -25 ~ 60℃
Storage Temperature: -40 ~ 85℃
Ambient Relative Humidity: 5 ~ 95% Non-Condensing
Serial Device Server has been in the marketing for many years. It keeps in the marketing, it has many reasons. Because Serial RS232 RS422 RS485 are very standard interface in the marketing. Also it has many RS232 RS422 RS485 devices in marketing. That is why, when you need add those devices into internet. Serial Device Server is first item has been choice. People knows it and it does not have difficult setting. We can say it is plug and play. When add IIoT to system, we just need add Serial Device Server then set up SCADA for each device. Then it is on Internet. That easy step to finish into IIoT.