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5. How to use the Rhio232 with Device Servers
The Rhio232 is a serial I/O manager that enables device servers to monitor and control I/O
devices. It is designed to connect to a device server through the RS232 interface. The following
is the typical way to use the Rhio232 with Sena device servers for remote I/O management
application.
- Connection by TCP socket program using Rhio Library: Sena device server +
Rhio232
- Connection by Serial program (COM port) using Rhio Library: Serial/IP COM Port
Redirector + Sena device server + Rhio232
Please refer to the tips_serial_ip_with_sena_ds-v1.0.0.pdf or Serial/IP User Manual for
detailed information on the Serial/IP software. Users may get the corresponding material from
http://www.sena.com/support/downloads/ .
This chapter covers how to connect the Rhio232 with the device server and the application
configuration.
5.1 Connections
The Rhio232 is connected to the serial device server through RS232 serial port and its
connector type is RJ45. Users should use RJ45-DB9 female straight adapter in the package in
order to connect the Rhio232 to the Sena device servers that has DB9 serial port, i.e. LS100,
PS100. Users may directly use CAT5 straight cable to connect it to the Super series or STS
series models that have RJ45 serial port. Table 5-1 shows the summary of the connections
between Sena device servers and the Rhio232.