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Configuration Utility
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99009130 P

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  • Page 1 Ethernet 241™ Configuration Utility User Manual 99009130 P...

  • Page 2: Thank You

    Thank You! Congratulations on the purchase of your Ethernet 241™ device. RF IDeas hopes you enjoy using our products as much as we enjoyed creating and developing them. Configuration is easy, so you will be able to quickly take advantage of a more secure environment in your business, school, or organization.
  • Page 3 “on line” or electronic documentation. By installing, copying or otherwise using the PRODUCT, you agree to be bound by the terms of this EULA. If you do not agree to the terms of this EULA, RF IDeas is unwilling to license the PRODUCT to you. In such event, you may not use or copy the SOFTWARE PORTION OF THE PRODUCT, and you should promptly contact the vendor you obtained this PRODUCT from for instructions on return of the unused product(s) for a refund.
  • Page 4 RF IDeas or from an authorized RF IDeas dealer. Should the RF IDeas products fail to be in good working order at any time during the one-year period, RF IDeas will, at its option, repair or replace the product at no additional charge, provided that the product has not been abused, misused, repaired or modified.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Contents Thank You! Chapter 4: Commands Echo Chapter 1: The Basics Exit Product Description Factory_Reset Device Features Password Reboot Chapter 2: Operation Switch Operation Show Serial Port Operation Version Serial Tunnel Operation Examples Telnet Operation Command Response Messages Chapter 3: Configuration Chapter 5: Additional Device Features Operation Modes LED Indicators...

  • Page 6: Chapter 1: The Basics

    Overview Product Description The Ethernet 241™ is a 2-port Ethernet switch that includes a serial port. The Ethernet 241 is meant to connect between a network printer and its network with the serial port attaching to an RF IDeas pcProx® reader.

  • Page 7: Chapter 2: Operation

    If the button on the Ethernet 241 is pressed to enable the command on the serial port and there is a serial tunnel active, the tunnel will be forced closed and the command prompt will be presented on the serial interface.

  • Page 8: Chapter 3: Configuration

    Configuration Device Configuration The behavior of the Ethernet 241 is controlled by several configurable parameters that may be viewed and changed via the command line (see the ‘set’ and ‘show’ commands). Each parameter is referenced by name. Parameter names, valid values, and factory default values are listed in Table 2 (pg.
  • Page 9 All URL parameters will expand the strings $1 through $7 stripping CR and/or LF characters. Parameters and expansion rules are as follows: Table 1 - URL Parameters URL Parameter Expands to The card ID from the reader from 1 to 32 hexadecimal characters in length (leading spaces stripped) The 241 Network port MAC address as 12 lower case hexadecimal digits The 4 digit hex LUID as read from the reader by the 241 after power-up and initialization...
  • Page 10 </html> init_serv_addr = 0.0.0.0 init_serv_url = http:/ /www.rfideas241.com init_serv_port = 80 init_str = /demo/init/init.php?csn=$1&mac=$2&luid=$3&seq=$4&ip=$5 init_retry_count = 10 init_retry_sleep = 2 init_short_beep = 5 init_long_beep = 2 data_serv_addr = 0.0.0.0 data_serv_url = http:/ /www.rfideas241.com data_serv_port = 80 data_str = /demo/data/put.php?csn=$1&mac=$2&luid=$3&seq=$4&ip=$5 data_retry_count = 10 data_retry_sleep = 2 data_short_beep = 5 data_long_beep = 2...
  • Page 11 Parameter Name Default Parameter Range Description ssh_port 22 (SSH) 0 through 65355 (inclusive) SSH port number init_serv_url “” 200 characters URL of Reader initialization server init_serv_port 80 (HTTP) 0 through 65535 (inclusive) Reader initialization Server Port # init_serv_str “” 200 characters Reader initialization String init_retry_count 0 through 255 (inclusive)

  • Page 12: Chapter 4: Commands

    (scripted) operation. Character echo may optionally be disabled to support machine-to-machine communication. RF IDeas{}> Inside the curly braces may be optional flag characters that indicate current conditions. The letter ‘T’ would indicate that there is an active serial tunnel.

  • Page 13: Factory_Reset

    Syntax: reboot This command causes the Ethernet 241 to reboot. Upon receipt of this command, the Ethernet 241 will output the response message “001:REBOOT”, wait 250 milliseconds and then perform the reboot operation. If this command is sent via the Telnet interface, the Telnet connection will be closed before the reboot is performed.

  • Page 14: Version

    Version Syntax: version This command causes the version of Ethernet 241 software to be displayed. The version number will of the form x.yy where “x” is the major version and “yy” is the minor version (00-99). Examples The Ethernet 241 (Ethernet 241 for RF IDeas serial reader) accepts Telnet connects on two ports: 23 and 2000.
  • Page 15 0x7F11 I-tag CSN (IBM) 0xFD02 Indala ASP 26 bit (Motorola) : RDR-638x Compatible 0xFD01 Indala ASP UID (Motorola) 0xFD04 Indala ASP Custom : Please contact RF IDeas sales 0xED02 Indala ASP+ UID (Motorola) 0xED05 Indala ASP+ Custom : Please contact RF IDeas sales...

  • Page 16: Command Response Messages

    Commands Example 3: Here we show you how to set two different card technologies in the pcProx Plus reader. To set configuration #1 to Paradox and configuration #2 to Tagit RF IDeas>rfid:cfg=1 RF IDeas>rfid:cfg.card.type=0xe902 RF IDeas>rfid:cfg=2 RF IDeas>rfid:cfg.card.type=0x7E41 RF IDeas>rfid:cfg.write {OK} RF IDeas>...

  • Page 17: Chapter 5: Additional Device Features

    Ethernet 241 will reboot. Discovery The Ethernet 241 provides a Discovery server. This is a process that listens at UDP port 11000 for a Discovery Request message. When a message of this format is received, the server will send back to the requesting IP address and port number a response message that identifies the Ethernet 241 and provides information about its current state.
  • Page 18 The Discovery Request message will conform to the following: Table 4: Discovery Request Byte Offset Length Description 'RFIDDISC' 1 (Message Type 1= Discovery Request) 0 (Reserved – Future) The Discovery Response message is sent in response to the Discovery Request message and will conform to the following format: Table 5: Discovery Response Byte Offset...
  • Page 19 The Discovery Response Device Status bit mask will conform to the following format: Table 6: Discovery Response Device Status Bit Offset Description Network Port Status 0=link down 01=link up 10 Mbps half duplex 10=link up 10 Mbps full duplex 11=link up 100 Mbps full duplex Printer port status 0 = link down 01 = link up 10 Mbps half duplex...

  • Page 20: Index

    Index Card Technologies Paradox Client Configuration Mode Parameters 8-11 Command Line pcProx Plus 14, 16 Configuration Parameters (see Parameters) Serial RX/TX Server Configuration Mode DHCP Status Messages Discovery Protocol 6-8, 17-18 System Status Ethernet Link/Activity Tagit 6-7, 13 Telnet 6-7, 10-14, 16 LUID 7, 17 URL Parameters...
  • Page 21 Our web site includes application videos, support materials, case studies and detailed information about our product line. Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this manual is accurate. RF IDeas is not responsible for printing or clerical errors.

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