Radio Shack FX2 Installation Guide Page 1

(Revised 8/4/2009) 1 500 Series Industrial Ethernet Switches Installation Guide

(Revised 8/4/2009) 10 Front Pannel From Left to Right: LNK Link LED for Fiber Optic Port (only FX/FXE models) TX 100MB/s Fiber Optic TX Port

(Revised 8/4/2009) 11 Applying Power (Side View) Unscrew & Remove the DC Voltage Input Plug(s) from the side header Install the DC Power Cables

(Revised 8/4/2009) 12 N-Tron Switch Grounding Techniques The grounding philosophy of any control system is an integral part of the design. N-Tron sw

(Revised 8/4/2009) 13 RJ45 Connector Crimp Specifications Please reference the illustration below for your Cat5 cable specifications:

(Revised 8/4/2009) 14 Connecting the Unit For FX/FXE units, remove the dust cap from the fiber optic connectors and connect the fiber optic cables.

(Revised 8/4/2009) 15 HyperTerminal The following configuration should be used in HyperTerminal: Port Settings: 9600 Data Bits: 8 Parity: No

(Revised 8/4/2009) 16 Software Configuration Command Line Interpreter With the ‘-A’ option, you can configure and/or query all the important paramet

(Revised 8/4/2009) 17 Logging In (password protection) Access using the CLI is password-protected. You can log in as administrator to read and modif

(Revised 8/4/2009) 18 CLI Tree of Menus  info (Show identification data)  SYSTEM (Open system menu)  nview (Get infor

(Revised 8/4/2009) 19 (SWITCH Sub-Menu Continued)  igmp (IGMP Snooping) • info (Get information about IGMP Snooping) • enabl

(Revised 8/4/2009) 2 Table of Contents Applicability ...

(Revised 8/4/2009) 20 CLI Menus and Commands These commands are available at all menus (on a –A unit): Command Description Comment / Returns you to

(Revised 8/4/2009) 21 System Menu Command Description Comment nview Get information about N-ViewTM function. aging Set and get info on Aging Time f

(Revised 8/4/2009) 22 Aging Menu When enabled, the Aging Time for dynamically learned addresses can be set from 10 to 300 seconds. The default is 30

(Revised 8/4/2009) 23 System Info System info provides information on each port, as shown in the example below. Note that this is real time status, a

(Revised 8/4/2009) 24 User Password The user password feature is optional and if used allows the user to create a password of 4 to 8 characters, incl

(Revised 8/4/2009) 25 Switch Menu Command Description mirror Enable, disable, and configure port mirroring trunking

(Revised 8/4/2009) 26 Example of the Mirroring config screen: CLI\SWITCH\MIRROR>config Configure MIRROR Function For Port Mirroring, the Source

(Revised 8/4/2009) 27 MAC Based Trunking MAC Based Trunking provides performance and provides media redundancy. See an example below for multiple 5

(Revised 8/4/2009) 28 Example Configuration for 508/509 Trunking: Port 7 Port 7 Port 5 Port 3 Port 1 Port 8 If 509FX-A, Fiber (port 9) Port 6 Port 4

(Revised 8/4/2009) 29 Example of the Trunking config screen: CLI\SWITCH\TRUNK>config Configure Trunking. Trunking is ENABLED. Trunk Group1 is no

(Revised 8/4/2009) 3 Applicability: This guide is applicable to Firmware Version 8 of the following products: 508TX-N 516TX-N 524TX-N 508FX2

(Revised 8/4/2009) 30 Example of the Tagged QOS config screen: CLI\SWITCH\QOS>set_tag Configure Tagged QOS Threshold. The Tagged QOS threshold is

(Revised 8/4/2009) 31 VLAN A local area network (LAN) is a private network usually confined to one plant. Virtual LANs (VLANs) allow a single physic

(Revised 8/4/2009) 32 Tagged VLAN Tagged VLAN is in accordance with IEEE 802.1Q. When configuring each group: o choose VID ( 2-511 ranged on inpu

(Revised 8/4/2009) 33 When VLAN is enabled, all ports are members of VID 1 by default. If you enter ‘group2’, for example, you’ll be asked to enter (

(Revised 8/4/2009) 34 Example of the Tagged VLAN config ( groupX ) screen, not taking default choices: This example below chooses only some (not all)

(Revised 8/4/2009) 35 Example of tagged vlan info: CLI\SWITCH\VLAN>info Tagged VLAN is DISABLED. When enabled: Untagged pkts to these ports are d

(Revised 8/4/2009) 36 Tagged VLAN Example scenario: This example illustrates a case where all devices attached to the switch are VLAN unaware, except

(Revised 8/4/2009) 37 Tagged VLAN Example scenario: ( continued from previous sheet) CLI\SWITCH\VLAN>info Tagged VLAN is ENABLED. Untagged pkts

(Revised 8/4/2009) 38 Port VLAN Port VLAN is accomplished entirely within the switch itself. All incoming frames can be untagged, or if tagged the ta

(Revised 8/4/2009) 39 Example of the Port VLAN config ( groupX ) screen, not taking default choice for PVID: This example below chooses only some (not

(Revised 8/4/2009) 4 Copyright, © N-TRON Corp., 2008 820 S. University Blvd., Suite 4E Mobile, AL USA 36609 All rights reserved. Reproduction, ada

(Revised 8/4/2009) 40 Port VLAN Example scenario : ports 1,2,3 - control system (only communicate with each other and the 2 PC's) ports 4,5 -

(Revised 8/4/2009) 41 Port VLAN Example scenario: ( continued from previous sheet) CLI\SWITCH\VLAN>group4 Configure Port VLAN Group 4. Enter por

(Revised 8/4/2009) 42 IGMP Snooping In factory defaults, IGMP Snooping is enabled, and the switch is Plug and Play for IGMP. IGMP snooping provides

(Revised 8/4/2009) 43 Example of entering manually selected routers in auto-detect plus manual: ( One does not have to manually enter anything for IGM

(Revised 8/4/2009) 44 The query management function enables the switch to generate IGMP “Query” messages: never, always, or automatically. Example

(Revised 8/4/2009) 45 Example of an IGMP info screen (without cycling power, <ESCAPE>, SWITCH, IGMP, INFO): CLI\SWITCH\IGMP>info IGMP Snoo

(Revised 8/4/2009) 46 Filters Note that these filters operate whether IGMP Snooping is enabled or not. These are egress filters. ‘General Broadcas

(Revised 8/4/2009) 47 Example of the Filters sfilter screen: CLI\SWITCH\FILTERS>sfilter Enter 1, 2, 3, ... ,16, or <(ESC)> > Enter: &l

(Revised 8/4/2009) 48 First, the class D address must be known. While some of these class D addresses are well known (224.0.1.1 is used by NTP Networ

(Revised 8/4/2009) 49 Ports By default, the RJ45 ports are auto-sensing for speed, duplexing, and crossover or straight through wiring. When you se

(Revised 8/4/2009) 5 ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY WARNING: Disconnect the power and allow to cool 5 minutes before touching. ELECTRICAL SAFETY WARNING: D

(Revised 8/4/2009) 50 Each time you select a forced port function (speed, duplex, or crossover) the ports you enter next are the complete new set of

(Revised 8/4/2009) 51 CLI\SWITCH\PORTS>link10h Enter ports to advertise 10Mb and half duplex: Use commas to separate port numbers. (Example: &apos

(Revised 8/4/2009) 52 500 Series Stacked Switches IGMP Multicast Limitations With Quality of Service (QOS) DISABLED, as in factory defaults out of

(Revised 8/4/2009) 53 With Quality of Service (QOS) ENABLED, which would have to be manually configured: To prevent IGMP Multicast congestion problems

(Revised 8/4/2009) 54 Key Specifications (508TX) Switch Properties Number of MAC Addresses 4,000 Aging Time Programmable Latency Min. 2

(Revised 8/4/2009) 55 Regulatory Approvals: Safety: UL 1604 (US and Canada) Hazardous Locations, Class I, Div 2, Groups A, B, C, D, T4A ATEX Zon

(Revised 8/4/2009) 56 Key Specifications (508FX2/FXE2) Switch Properties Number of MAC Addresses 4,000 Aging Time Programmable Latency Min.

(Revised 8/4/2009) 57 Recommended Wiring Clearance: Front: 5" (12.7 cm) Side: 3" (7.62 cm) Regulatory Approvals: Safety: UL 16

(Revised 8/4/2009) 58 Key Specifications (509FX/FXE) Switch Properties Number of MAC Addresses 4,000 Aging Time Programmable Latency Min.

(Revised 8/4/2009) 59 Recommended Wiring Clearance: Front: 5" (12.7 cm) Side: 3" (7.62 cm) Regulatory Approvals: Safety: UL 16

(Revised 8/4/2009) 6 ATEX Installation Requirements 1. The conductor size of the phase conductor must be in the range of 0.05-2.08 mm2. 2. Field w

(Revised 8/4/2009) 60 Key Specifications (516TX) Switch Properties Number of MAC Addresses 4,000 Aging Time Programmable Latency Min. 2.2

(Revised 8/4/2009) 61 Regulatory Approvals: Safety: UL 1604 (US and Canada) Hazardous Locations, Class I, Div 2, Groups A, B, C, D, T4A ATEX Zone 2

(Revised 8/4/2009) 62 Key Specifications (517FX/FXE) Switch Properties Number of MAC Addresses 4,000 Aging Time Programmable Latency Min.

(Revised 8/4/2009) 63 Recommended Wiring Clearance: Front: 5" (12.7 cm) Side: 3" (7.62 cm) Regulatory Approvals: Safety: UL 1604

(Revised 8/4/2009) 64 Key Specifications (524TX) Switch Properties Number of MAC Addresses 4,000 Aging Time Programmable Latency Min. 2.2

(Revised 8/4/2009) 65 Regulatory Approvals: Safety: UL 1604 (US and Canada) Hazardous Locations, Class I, Div 2, Groups A, B, C, D, T4A ATEX Zone

(Revised 8/4/2009) 66 Key Specifications (526FX2/FXE2) Switch Properties Number of MAC Addresses 4,000 Aging Time Programmable Latency Min.

(Revised 8/4/2009) 67 Recommended Wiring Clearance: Front: 2" (5.08 cm) Regulatory Approvals: Safety: Listed as UL 1604 (US and Canada) Hazard

(Revised 8/4/2009) 68 N-TRON Limited Warranty N-TRON, Corp. warrants to the end user that this hardware product will be free from defects in workmans

(Revised 8/4/2009) 7 Overview: 500 Series Industrial Ethernet Switches The 500 Series Industrial Ethernet Switches support high speed layer 2 switchi

(Revised 8/4/2009) 8 Key Features • Full IEEE 802.3 & 100BASE-FX Compliance • Full IEEE 1613 Compliance (Communications Networking Devices in E

(Revised 8/4/2009) 9 WARNING Never install or work on electrical equipment or cabling during periods of lightning activity. Never connect or disconn