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191123, 1828 a =} COMTROL owicehasier DevceMaster Indusval Gatoways 10-Link Master . RecketLie . RocketPort 7 ProductAccessories Lodging Lin + Portvision DX- COMTROL Corp Products IO-Ink oT Support About Solutions ResourcesNews WheretoBuy Storch Pouce > Product sources & Whe Papers > Adlon Resources» Pertan® DF PortVision ® DX Potsion © OX's Pepperl+Fuchs Comal, In. management “ty software included with all DeviceMaster, O-Link Master, 1,839 ‘and managed RocketLinx switch products, his free software . allows youto confgure nesworkseirgs, upload firmware, Portvision" DX manage, ane monitor Peppe'-Fuchs Comtol Eten attached devices within ane appcavon Portision DX detects PeppersFucts Comal Etnermeattached devices, eliminating the complicated patchnork of separate vers, web interfaces and prpretary software Lypeally needed to deploy a network of ndusial communication devies. In action to identifying Pepper Fuchs Comtral Ethernetattached products, PortVsion OX can also graphically eisplay ary unmanaged Pepperl-Fuchs Comivel or third-party devices or hardware. All non-Pepperl+Fuchs Comtral products and unmanaged Rackelnx devices are treated as non-inteligent devices. Ther inclusion enables network administrators to dagram 2 complete network topology, but they otherwise have imied feature suppor, Features + Sean the network fr attached devices *+ View networked devices in real-time + Access product-specific network settings configurations + Assign IP addresses and nerwork serings to ane or mulple devices Upload the latest firmware or Bootloader Save and load configuration fles ‘Access product configuration web pages ‘Access Telne/SSH sessions Remotely reboot devices Download technical documentation Enable event logging to assist in monitoring and troubleshooting + Create shortcuts to quickly access your favorite applications {+ Organize devices int folders and create multiple views = 1 Enter notes abouta folder or device Using PortVision Dx Locating Devices ‘Neer installing Port¥ision DX simply cick the Scan button to locate one or multiple PepperisFucns Comsrol Ethernet-aaches producs. Portvision DX locates the selected products on thecal network and automatically loads the device name, model, IP address, MAC address software version and status. You can then easly access, organize and configure your devices. Organizing Devices ‘You can organize your devices to ft your environment by cresting folders and moving the appropriate devices Into the for. ach flder indicates the numberof devies and how many are cline, allowing you to doa quick status check without having to ‘pen each device page. You can also create and save multiple ‘sessions to build tne best views for diferent users or applications, Configuring IP Addresses ‘To configure a device’ IP adres, simply highlight itand dick the Propertes button. The Properties-General page for that product appeers so that you can configure the IP address 25, hip icomtok.comresourcesiprodut-resources-hi.e-papersiadational-resourcesiporsion- dk 1 191123, 1828 Prtvision DX- COMTROL Corp well as otner network settings and basic configurations Web Interface ‘You can easily acess the wab interface by clicking theWeb Interface tab on the device's property page or by selecting Web Page after right-clicking on the device on the Main page ‘The web interfaces helpful you are not familiar with te sofware parameters of Your sevice. Accessing the web interface allows you to do the ollowir: + DeviceMaster PRO/RTS/Serial Hub/S00: Configure socket mode or serial tunneling (SocketServer or NS-Ling depending on whether you nave installed the NS-Link device driver) COM port configuration is done using the Comirel Drivers Management Console, ich i installed when you instal the NS-Link driver + 1O.LInk Master: Configure the 10-Link Master, incldin Modbus!TCP protocols + RocketLinx: Configure your Rockettinx managed industrial switch. Optionally, you can ase the Command Line Interface (CLD O-Link,EtherNevIP™, and software Settings ‘To quickly view or update a device's software setng, you can use the Software Settings tab on the device properces page (DeviceMaster and 1O-Link Master). you know al the device software parameters thi tab allows you to quicly + Create or load configuration files fr one or muiple devices + Modify the device configuration Telnet/SsH Access TelneSst access is availabe for DeviceMaster and RocketLInx Sevices provides you witha quck and easy Way to diagnose technical issues through the Command Line Interface. 10-Link Master diagnostics information is included on the web interface, ‘Applications Prison BX provides access to several useful tools and applications, You can ade shortcuts to applications that you frequently use to manage your devices using te Customize option By default, PorVision DX provides inks to: + Test Terminal wvcom2) + Port Monitor (Pkon2) ‘Test Terminal (WCOM2) SerialPort Test Software Test Terminal is use to troubleshoot communications on a port by-porcbasis. I enables you to open a seral por, send characters and commands to te port, and togee the contol signals, may be used with 2 loopback plug on a port to test serial ports and verity port operation by allawing you to send data out the port an the vansmit side Toop the data back tothe receve side, and view te recived data on the screen Hf you have a peripheral device connected to the serial port and know the device's command set you can also send commands to the device. For example, if you nave a modern connected tothe por. you can use AT commands to query the modem and cial aut to the hestsyster, Port Monitor (PMON2) Serial Port Monitoring Software Port Monitor offers a summary ofall epperlsFuchs Comtrol device statistics in one view to verity @ device's operation and status. Me statistics are cispayed ina spreadsheet model: teach COM port isa horizontal row, and each vertical column displays a variable or value for the respective COM port for simplified port monitoring and superior ease of use Port Monitor can also produce statistics and reports that can help you vey the operation of ‘the COM ports and connected peripherals, Some immediate feedback includes hitpicomtok.comresourcesiprodut-resources- hte papersiadational-resourcesiporsion-dkx Request More Information FulNare* mal ‘company Nome * Your Message 191123, 1828 Prtvision DX- COMTROL Corp Tre state ofthe modem control and status signals Open ports aw byte input and output counts obtained from the device driver Port errors Instantaneous characters per second (CPS) calculations Minute, nour, and day CPS averages ane peaks Carrier detect (CD) signal runtime and transition count Reports can be automatically generated an an hourly andor daily bass, and can cover all ports collectively ora separate repor or each pot may be generated. You can also set how often the values are recalculate, fine-tune the thoroughness agains system efficiency, and automatically run external batch files to perform addtional processing and analyse, Documentation You can easly locate and dawnload the latest documentation for ‘your product using the Documentation menu on the Properties pages or from the Main page. Simply select the Product Category, choose the document that you want to dawnload and click the Download the latest edition from the web button, Configuration Files Portvision DX supports saving and loading configuration files fr the Pepperi+Fuchs Comtral Ethernetattached device web configuration settings, YU can save or load some or allweb page configuration settings, Tracker Portvision DX provides the Tracker option forthe 10-Link Master and Rocket families so you can remotely toggle the device LEDS on and aff to easly locate a specific device In rack or cabinet. PortVision DX Migration PPorvision DX provides the import option to import existing Porvision DX sessions to make ‘the migracon to Porvision OX a snap. Switch to Mobile Theme hip icomtok.comresourcesiprodut-resources-hi.e-papersiadational-resourcesiporsion- dk

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