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Serial device servers over Ethernet & WiFi
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Serial to USB
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Intelligent & programmable boards  

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Serial multiport boards

xRSUNI & xRSUNI-LP boards, PCI bus  
Ver
 
Type
xRSUNI-232 quick start guide  
A.03
 
xRSUNI-232-LP quick start guide  
A.02
 
xRSUNI-400 quick start guide (versions A0 and A1)  
A.2
 
xRSUNI-400 quick start guide (version A2 and more)  
A.3
 
Peripheral drivers for Windows 9x, Windows Me, Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista & Linux drivers installation guide  
A.3
 
Quick start guide for the 4RSUNI-400-I & 4RSUNI-400-I-LP boards (4 isolated RS422/RS485 lines)  
A.2
 

xRSPCI boards, PCI bus  
Ver
 
Type
Software and Hardware technical manual and Windows 9x, Windows Me, Windows NT/2000/XP & Linux drivers installation guide  
A.7
 
Quick start guide for the 4RSPCI-400-I board isolation module (4 isolated RS422/RS485 lines)  
A.0
 

UNXPCI boards, PCI bus  
Ver
 
Type
Software and Hardware technical manual and Windows 9x, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Vista & Linux drivers installation guide  
A.7
 

xRS, UNX, FAST400 & COMFAST boards, ISA bus  
Ver
 
Type
Software and Hardware technical manual and MS-DOS, OS2, 386IX, UNIX SCO, Windows 9x, Windows Me, Windows NT drivers installation guide  
B.02
 

 

Intelligent & programmable boards

MCXPCI/570-xx boards, PCI & Compact PCI buses  
Ver
 
Type
Windows NT 4.0, 2000, 2003, XP, VISTA & SEVEN (32 bits) drivers installation guide  
A.4
 
MCX-MULTIProtocol software documentation  
B.03
 
Linux driver installation & reference guide for kernel 2.2, 2.4 & 2.6  
A.7
 
Hardware reference manual and installation guide for PCI models  
B.01
 
Hardware reference manual and installation guide for Compact PCI models  
A.01
 
MCX-DOS software reference guide  
B.05
 

MCXPCI/BP-xx boards, PCI & Compact PCI buses  
Ver
 
Type
Windows NT 4.0, 2000, 2003, XP, VISTA & SEVEN (32 bits) drivers installation guide  
A.4
 
MCX-MULTIProtocol software documentation  
B.03
 
Linux driver installation & reference guide for kernel 2.2, 2.4 & 2.6  
A.7
 
Hardware reference manual and installation guide for PCI models  
B.02
 
Hardware reference manual and installation guide for Compact PCI models  
B.02
 
MCX-DOS software reference guide  
B.05
 

MCXPCI/S board, PCI bus  
Ver
 
Type
Windows NT 4.0, 2000, 2003, XP, VISTA & SEVEN (32 bits) drivers installation guide  
A.4
 
MCX-MULTIProtocol software documentation  
B.03
 
Linux driver installation & reference guide for kernel 2.2, 2.4 & 2.6  
A.7
 
Hardware reference & installation guide  
A.01
 
MCX-DOS software reference guide  
B.05
 

MCXPCI/U board, PCI bus  
Ver
 
Type
Windows NT 4.0, 2000, 2003, XP, VISTA & SEVEN (32 bits) drivers installation guide  
A.4
 
MCX-DOS software reference guide  
B.05
 
Hardware reference & installation guide  
B.01
 

MCX range, ISA bus  
Ver
 
Type
MCX-MULTIProtocol software documentation (MCX-xx, MCX-Lite/S & MCX-Lite/570-x boards)  
B.03
 
MS-DOS, OS2, UNIX SCO and Windows 9x drivers installation guide  
B.04
 
Windows NT 4.0, 2000, 2003, XP, VISTA & SEVEN (32 bits) drivers installation guide  
A.4
 
MCX-DOS software reference guide  
B.05
 
Hardware reference & installation guide  
B.05
 
         
WAN-HDLC/4 & WAN-HDLC/4C  
Ver
 
Type
MCX-MULTIProtocol software documentation  
B.03
 
Windows NT, 2000 & XP user and installation guide (hardware & software)  
A.1
 
Hardware reference manual for the Compact PCI model  
A.01
 
Windows NT 4.0, 2000, 2003, XP, VISTA & SEVEN (32 bits) drivers installation guide  
A.4
 
Linux driver installation & reference guide for kernel 2.2, 2.4 & 2.6  
A.7
 

 

Serial device servers over Ethernet & WiFi

Serial device servers over Ethernet  
Ver
 
Type
COMETH quick start guide  
A.09
 
COMETH user guide  
A.08
 
COMETH-EMDB-x user guide  
A.08
 
COMETH-FIELD-RD quick start guide  
A.10
 
COMETH-FIELD-RD user guide  
A.07
 
         
Serial device servers over WiFi  
Ver
 
Type
WiFi networks introduction  
A.0
 
Serial to WiFi gateways user's guide (WL-xxx models)  
A.0
 
WL-COMETH quick start guide  
A.05
 
WL-DONGLE quick start guide  
A.04
 
WL-DONGLE-OEM quick start guide  
A.04
 
WL-ABOARD/S quick start guide  
A.1
 
WL-IDA/S quick start guide  
A.1
 
Serial to WiFi gateways user's guide (WLg-xxx models)
 
A.2
 
WLg-IDA/S quick start guide  
A.0
 
WLg-xROAD/S quick start guide  
A.1
 
WLg-DONGLE & WLg-DONGLE-OEM-EVAL, quick start guide  
A.2
 
         
Serial device servers over WiFi with dual RS232/RS422 connector  
Ver
 
Type
WL-COMETH I quick start guide  
A.06
 
WL-COMETH I user guide  
A.11
 
         
Common firmware for Ethernet & WiFi device servers  
Ver
 
Type
ServerCom mode user guide  
A.4
 
TUNNEL UDP mode user guide (for Ethernet device servers & WL-COMETH I only)  
A.02
 
TCP Client mode for user guide  
A.5
 
MODBUS/TCP Protocol user guide  
A.5
 

MULTIPOINTS firmware user guide (except WL-COMETH I)

 
A.6
 
Firmware upgrade guide (for Ethernet device servers & WL-COMETH I only)  
A.04
 

 

Access Point, Ethernet WiFi bridges, Repeaters & wireless switches

Access Point, Bridges & Repeaters  
Ver
 
Type
WiFi networks introduction  
A.0
 
WL-ACCESS user guide  
A.2
 
WL-ACCESS-ATEX user guide  
A.2
 
WL-LINK quick start guide  
A.1
 
WL-BRIDGE-OEM quick start guide  
A.3
 
WL-ABOARD/N quick start guide  
A.1
 
WL-IDA/N quick start guide  
A.1
 
WLg-ACCESS-ATEX, quick start guide  
A.3
 
WLg-xROAD/N[P] quick start guide  
A.2
 
WLg-ABOARD/N[P] quick start guide  
A.3
 
WLg-ABOARD/N[PI], quick start guide (V3 only)  
A.1
 
WLn-ABOARD, quick start guide  
A.2
 
WLg-LINK-OEM, quick start guide  
A.2
 
WLg-LINK-OEM high power version, quick start guide  
A.1
 
WLn-LINK-OEM, hardware reference manual  
A.0
 
WLg-LINK quick start guide  
A.2
 
WLg-SWITCH, quick start guide  
A.2
 
WLg-IDA/N[P], quick start guide  
A.2
 
M340 wireless companion (M340-WC), quick start guide  
A.0
 
WLg-xxxx series user manual  
A.1
 
WLn-xxxx series user manual  
A.0
 
Ethernet Air-Pack quick start guide  
A.01
 
Hyperlan-Pack quick start guide  
A.0
 
WL-ACCESS V1 user guide  
A.0
 
WL-BRIDGE V1 user guide  
A.0
 

 

Serial to USB

USBPort & USB400 families  
Ver
 
Type
USBPort/2 & USBPort/4, quick start guide  
A.1
 
USB400 installation guide  
A.2
 

 

Interface converters

The AD family  
Ver
 
Type
AD400, technical manual  
A
 
AD400E, technical manual  
A.6
 
AD400Ei, technical manual  
A.6
 
ADBDC, technical manual  
B
 
AD422, technical manual  
A
 
AD232-OFP, technical manual  
A.1
 
AD422/485-MNV, technical manual  
B.1
 
AD422-OF, technical manual  
B
 

The MI family  
Ver
 
Type
MI400e-RD & MI400-RD-DC, technical manual  
A.3
 
MI400e-RD-2 & MI400-RD-DC-2, additional information  
A.1
 
MI422-OF range, technical manual  
B.1
 
MI400, MI400-RTS & MI400-400 range, technical manual  
D.03
 
MI-BDC range, technical manual  
A.1
 

Other references ...  
Ver
 
Type
RD300-OF & RD300-OFR, technical manual  
A.4
 
RD320-OF & RD320-OFR, technical manual  
A.3
 
RD400, technical manual  
A.2
 
RDSW-REN, technical manual  
A.1
 
RDPRT4, technical manual  
A.1
 
RDPRT4D, technical manual  
A.1
 
AD422/485-UNX, technical manual  
A.1
 
AD422/485-INT, technical manual  
A.1
 
BC20MA-UNX, technical manual  
A.1
 
BC20MA-INT/MCC, technical manual  
A.1
 
BC20MA-MNV, technical manual  
A.1
 
MR232-ISO, technical manual  
A.1
 
RK-OPV, technical manual  
B.5
 
RK422/485-xx, technical manual  
A.1
 


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Administration tools & utilities

Administration tools  
Ver
 
Type

ACKSYS NDM : Centralized management software for ACKSYS networking devices, Windows platform, requires JAVA version 6 (Verify / Download on SUN website)

 
2.6.0
 

VX111006
ACKSYS NDM : Centralized management software for ACKSYS networking devices, non-Windows platform, requires JAVA version 6 (Verify / Download on SUN website)  
2.6.0
 

VX111006
Utilities  
Ver
 
Type

Wireshark : This site offers a Open Source Ethernet ProtocolSniffer. The Sniffer is able to decode Modbus TCP packets. A user can download either the source code or a complete running program. Link to http://www.wireshark.org web site

 
n.a
 
CommView for WiFi : This software allows to capture and analyse any WiFi IEEE 802.11b network traffic. Free 30-days trial, link to http://www.tamos.com web site  
n.a
 
Net-SNMP : Command-line applications to retrieve information from an SNMP-capable device, either using single requests, http://net-snmp.sourceforge.net/  
-
 
iReasoning MIB browser : MIB browser is an indispensable tool for engineers to manage SNMP enabled network devices and applications, http://www.ireasoning.com/mibbrowser.shtml  
-
 

 

Serial to Ethernet TCP/IP & WiFi servers

Softwares & tools  
Ver
 
Type
VIP : Virtual COM port redirector software for Windows NT4, 2000, 2003, XP, Vista & SEVEN (32 bits), this version only supports ACKSYS products  
2.1.0
 

VX090130
VIP : Virtual COM port redirector software for Windows 7 64 bits (beta version), please fill-in the technical support form to get this version  
3.0.0
 
VIP : Version information, release notes, known bugs (HTML file)  
-
 
COMETH_Administration : Web browser administration software  
1.4.0
 
Setup_Dup : Configuration cloning  
1.2.0
 
ModScan : Modbus test & simulation tools, link to http://www.win-tech.com web site  
n.a
 
Portmon : This software monitors and displays all serial activity on system, usefull in particular to diagnostic applications which use the VIP COM port redirection software. Link to http://www.sysinternals.com web site  
n.a
 
Serial port servers over Ethernet  
Ver
 
Type

Firmwares upgrade package :

____________________________________________ Download
____________________________________________ ServerCom
____________________________________________ Multipoint
____________________________________________ TCP Client
____________________________________________ MODBUS

 
1.17.0

2.6.0.2
3.8.0.0
1.6.0.0
2.6.0.0
2.20.0.0
 
Serial port servers over WiFi (WL-xxx series)  
Ver
 
Type

Firmwares upgrade package :

____________________________________________ ServerCom
____________________________________________ TCP Client
____________________________________________ MODBUS
____________________________________________ Multipoints

 


4.6.2.0
3.4.2.0
3.8.2.0
1.2.2.0
 

VX081126

 
Serial port servers over WiFi (WLg-DONGLE series)  
Ver
 
Type
Firmware upgrade package  
5.10.0
 

VX101214

 

Access Point, Ethernet WiFi bridges & Repeaters

Access Points & Bridges  
Ver
 
Type
Locator program  
7.0.0
 

VX071002

WL-BRIDGE I and WL-ACCESS I  
Ver
 
Type
No firmware available  
-
 
-

All WL-xxxx products and WL-ACCESS starting from release II  
Ver
 
Type
Firmware upgrade package  
3.4.4
 


WLg-LINK, WLg-ABOARD/N[P] & WLg-ACCESS-ATEX V2 series  
Ver
 
Type
Firmware type 1 upgrade package (16 Mb of Flash memory)  
4.18.0
 

VX091022
Firmware type 2 upgrade package (32 Mb of Flash memory)  
5.24.2
 

VX111216
MIB (SNMP)  
2.12.0
 


VX110902


WLg-ABOARD/N[PI] V3, WLg-SWITCH, WLg-IDA/N[P], WLg-xROAD/N[P] , WL-XR900/NP, WLg-ACCESS-ATEX V3 & M340-WC series  
Ver
 
Type
Firmware upgrade package  
5.24.2
 

VX111216
MIB (SNMP)  
2.12.0
 


VX110902


WLn-ABOARD, WLn-xROAD, WLn-LINK-OEM series  
Ver
 
Type
Firmware upgrade package  
1.4.2
 

VX120106

Ethernet Air-Pack  
Ver
 
Type
Firmware upgrade package, the 2 units shall be upgraded  
4.6.0
 


VX080929

Firmware upgrade package for V2 products (32 Mb of Flash memory), the 2 units shall be upgraded  
4.6.0
 


VX080929

 

Serial to USB

USBPort/2 & USBPort/4 release II  
Ver
 
Type

Drivers upgrade package: Windows 2000, XP, Vista 32 bits, Seven 32 bits & Seven 64 bits

 
1.1.1.0
 

VX111116

Driver for Linux kernel 2.6.xx: use the kernel built-in driver (FTDI_SIO) with the "/sbin/modprobe ftdi_sio vendor=0x162b product=0x0012" command line

 
1.5.0
 
-

USB400  
Ver
 
Type

Drivers upgrade package: Windows XP, Vista 32 bits, Seven 32 bits & Seven 64 bits

 
1.14.0
 

VX110812

 

Serial multiport boards

xRSPCI, xRSUNI boards, PCI & PCI-X buses  
Ver
 
Type

Driver for Windows 9x & Me
Driver for Windows NT
Driver for Windows 2000, XP & Vista (32 bits)
Driver for Linux Kernel 2.2
Driver for Linux Kernel 2.4
Driver for Linux Kernel 2.6.26
Driver for MSDOS

 
1.10.0
1.6.0
1.14.0
2.1
3.6
4.0.3
1.10
 

VX091110

UNXUNI board, PCI universal bus  
Ver
 
Type
Driver for Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Seven (32 bits)  
2.0.2
 

VX110428
UNXPCI board, PCI bus  
Ver
 
Type
Driver for Windows 9x & Me
Driver for Windows NT 4.0 SP3 & higher
Driver for Windows 2000, XP & Vista (32 bits)
Driver for Linux Kernel 2.2
 
1.2
1.5.0
1.4.4
2.1
 

VX100312

xRS, UNX, FAST400 & COMFAST boards, ISA bus  
Ver
 
Type
Driver for MSDOS (SRLDRV)
Installation files for Windows 9x, Windows NT 3.0 & 4.0
SRLSETUP program
 
2.11
-
1.03
 

VF010528

 

Intelligent & programmable boards

MCXPCI, MCXUNI, MCXCPCI & WAN-HDLC range  
Ver
 
Type

Driver for Windows XP, 2003, Vista & SEVEN (32 bits)
Driver for Windows 2000
Driver for Windows NT 4.0 SP3 et +
AUTOMCX program
MCXFLASHNT program
TESTLOOP program

 
3.2.8
3.2.4
2.2.12
3.4.1
1.0.2
1.4.2
 

VX100316

Driver for Linux Kernel 2.2
Driver for Linux Kernel 2.4
Driver for Linux Kernel 2.6
Driver for MSDOS

 
1.25
1.0.28
1.4.6
2.31
 

VX081007
 
MCX range, ISA bus  
Ver
 
Type
Driver for Windows 9x  
1.4.0
 

VX010808

Driver for Windows XP, 2003, Vista & SEVEN (32 bits)
Driver for Windows 2000
Driver for Windows NT 4.0 SP3 et +
AUTOMCX program
MCXFLASHNT program
TESTLOOP program

 
3.2.8
3.2.4
2.2.12
3.4.1
1.0.2
1.4.2
 

VX100316
Driver for MSDOS
Driver for OS/2
 
2.31
2.04
 

VF060323





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Serial to Ethernet TCP/IP servers

COMETH families  
Note
 
Type
SCHNEIDER Twido & TSX37 connection via Ethernet (COMETH-FIELD-RD), the .STX file is zipped  
 
SCHNEIDER Twido & TSX57 connection via Ethernet with scanner I/O function (COMETH-FIELD-RD), the .STX file is zipped  
 
SCHNEIDER Twido & TSX57 connection via Ethernet with read scanner I/O function and writing of 10 words using the Uni TE mail system write_var request (COMETH-FIELD-RD), the .STX file is zipped  
 
MODBUS serial & MODBUS/TCP protocols performances over WiFi radio networks  
 
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Wireless solutions

Wireless serial device servers and Ethernet bridges  
Note
 
Ver

How to configure ACKSYS WiFi bridges with the "CISCO UNIFIED" architecture with AP controller

 
 
A.1
Wireless serial cable using WiFi device servers application note  
 
A.0
MODBUS wireless serial cable using WiFi device servers application note  
 
A.0
Virtual COM port with a wireless device server application note  
 
A.0
MODBUS serial & MODBUS/TCP protocols performances over WiFi radio networks  
 
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