KeeLog DB-9 Operation & User’s Manual

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• KeeLog DB-9, SerialGhost Wi-Fi Copyright © 2013 KeeLog 27 WIFI.TXT The file WIFI.TXT is responsible for configuring Wireless LAN and TCP/IP functionality. The following tables summarize the available parameters. Basic parameter list Parameter Values Example Description WiFiNetwork SSID string (no default) WiFiNetwork=MyWiFi Access Point ID (SSID), case- sensitive. If omitted, Wi-Fi functionality will be disabled. WiFiEncryption None (default) WEP64 WEP128 WPA WPA2 WiFiEncryption=WPA2 Access Point encryption type. If omitted, Wi-Fi functionality will be disabled. WiFiPassword Password string (no

• KeeLog DB-9, SerialGhost Wi-Fi Copyright © 2013 KeeLog 12 Recording data Record mode is the default mode of operation for the SerialGhost Wi-Fi data logger. In record mode, the device will silently monitor the bidirectional data flow on the serial bus and store the captured data on the internal Flash Drive in file LOG.TXT. The SerialGhost Wi-Fi must first be configured to the appropriate serial bus parameters, such as baud rate. Refer to section Configuration for detailed instructions. Installation of the SerialGhost Wi-Fi in record mode is quick and e

• KeeLog DB-9, SerialGhost Wi-Fi Copyright © 2013 KeeLog 31 I cannot retrieve the log using KL Tools Please check the following: 1. Have you added the remote device to the device list in KL Tools by providing its IP address? 2. Has the remote device established a connection to the Access Point? Check if you are receiving E-mail reports. 3. Have you performed a communication test? Right-click on the device in KL Tools and select Test Communication. 4. Have you performed a network search? Run a network search from KL Tools. 5. Is a firewall blocking communication? Check if the TCP and UDP ports (default 25999 and 25998) are available for communication.

• KeeLog DB-9, SerialGhost Wi-Fi Copyright © 2013 KeeLog 18 On-demand access The SerialGhost Wi-Fi offers on-demand access via TCP/IP from any computer connected to the network. This feature is usually limited to the Local Area Network, unless your local network segment is visible globally. To access the logger remotely, launch KL Tools, select the proper device version, and navigate through the wizard to remote access. The Wi-Fi Control Center will be shown. A remote device needs to be added first. This can be done by clicking the Add Device icon, and supplying the IP address, name (optional), and device pa

• KeeLog DB-9, SerialGhost Wi-Fi Copyright © 2013 KeeLog 8 Then, safely remove the device, and disconnect it from the USB port. Step 8. On the next power-up, the logger will automatically connect to the Access Point defined in WIFI.TXT, and send an E-mail report to the specified recipient address every hour. Besides logged data, the report will contain Access Point information, IP configuration, and time-stamps.

• KeeLog DB-9, SerialGhost Wi-Fi Copyright © 2013 KeeLog 3 Introduction About the product The SerialGhost Wi-Fi is a compact RS-232 and serial bus logger with a memory capacity of 2GB, that may be accessed locally as a USB Flash Drive, or remotely through Wireless LAN. Bidirectional data flowing through the serial bus will be captured and stored on the internal Flash Drive in a special file. This data may be retrieved by switching to Flash Drive mode, giving instant access to all captured data. The Wireless LAN functionality allows receiving logged data as E-mail reports, and on-demand

• KeeLog DB-9, SerialGhost Wi-Fi Copyright © 2013 KeeLog 1 User’s Guide SerialGhost Wi-Fi DB-9/DB-25 2 GB Check http://www.keelog.com/ for the latest version of this document.

• SerialGhost Wi-Fi Copyright © 2013 KeeLog 10 Configuration The SerialGhost Wi-Fi may be configured through the file CONFIG.TXT, placed in the Flash Drive root folder. Use any text editor to prepare such a configuration file, containing the following text: Baudrate=9600 Bits=8 Parity=None StopBits=1 Copy this file to the root folder in

• KeeLog DB-9, SerialGhost Wi-Fi Copyright © 2013 KeeLog 11 TimestampInterval sets the interval of serial bus inactivity in seconds, that will trigger a new time-stamp being logged. Range is 1 second to 9999 seconds. Default value is 10. DisableLogging allows to disable logging. Allowed values are Yes (logging disabled) and No (logging enabled). Default value is No. Encryption enables flash disk encrypting. Encryption will ensure full confidentiality of the stored data, even if the device is physically tampered with. Allowed values are Yes (encryption enabled) and No (encryption disabled). Default is

• KeeLog DB-9, SerialGhost Wi-Fi Copyright © 2013 KeeLog 33 Notes: European Office KeeLog Lekcyjna 42 PL 51-169 Wroclaw Poland http://www.keelog.com/ [email protected] U.S. Office Aqua Electronics 1550 Louis Ave. Elk Grove Village, IL. 60007 U.S.A RoHS Copyright © 2004-2013. All rights reserved.

• KeeLog DB-9, SerialGhost Wi-Fi Copyright © 2013 KeeLog 23 Using KL Tools KL Tools is a free application delivered with all SerialGhost series devices. KL Tools assists in configuring a SerialGhost and retrieving the recorded data it contains. It is not necessary to operate the device, but may speed up usage by its intuitive user interface. KL Tools is available on the CD-ROM attached with the device. Installing KL Tools is straightforward. Simply follow the installation wizard and answer standard questions. When initialized, KL Tools will ask for the device type, and assist in configuring the device and r

• KeeLog DB-9, SerialGhost Wi-Fi Copyright © 2013 KeeLog 19 should respond. Make sure that no firewall blocks UDP communication, otherwise the procedure will fail. Once a remote device is added, the log may be retrieved using the Download Log option. If interested in other parts of the remote log file than the most recent 50 kB, use the Download Log Chunk option. This will display a dialog, allowing downloading any part of the remote log file.

• SerialGhost Wi-Fi Copyright © 2013 KeeLog 9 Step 9. If E-mail reporting is not enough, you can take full control over the device from any computer in your Local Area Network. Install the supplied application KL Tools, add the logger to the list by its IP number, and explore the available features. Using KL Tools you can communicate with

• KeeLog DB-9, SerialGhost Wi-Fi Copyright © 2013 KeeLog 25 CONFIG.TXT The file CONFIG.TXT is responsible for configuring serial bus parameters. Parameter Values Example Description Baudrate Baud rate in bps (default 9600) Baudrate=115200 Serial bus baud rate in bits per second (300…115200). Bits 5 6 7 8 (default) Bits=7 Number of bits per transfer on the monitored serial bus. Parity None (default) Even Odd Space Mark Parity=Even Type of parity bit on the monitored serial bus. StopBits 1 (default) 1.5 2 Pa

• KeeLog DB-9, SerialGhost Wi-Fi Copyright © 2013 KeeLog 20 KL Tools offers a wide variety of options, available at a single mouse-click:  E-mail and WWW search  Encoding and layout conversion  Document searching  Document exporting  Communication with remote device  Multiple device handling Using KL Tools you can communicate with multiple SerialGhosts, allowing creating entire networks of wireless data loggers. This solution is particularly recommended for monitoring several devices in a system with a large number of devices using serial buses, such as RS- 232.

• KeeLog DB-9, SerialGhost Wi-Fi Copyright © 2013 KeeLog 30 Troubleshooting The SerialGhost will not work with the following hardware configurations: 1. Synchronous serial buses 2. Devices operating at speeds higher than 115,200 bps 3. Serial buses using logic levels different than +/-12V 4. Serial devices using non-standard DB-9 or DB-25 pinouts 5. SPI, I2C, TWI, USB, PS/2, SATA, FireWire, etc. buses 6. Non Wi-Fi-conformant Access Points (Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™) The SerialGhost does not switch to Flash Drive mode Ple

• KeeLog DB-9, SerialGhost Wi-Fi Copyright © 2013 KeeLog 17 E-mail reporting The SerialGhost Wi-Fi will send E-mail reports to the specified recipient address, by default every hour. Besides logged data, the report will contain Access Point information, IP configuration, and time-stamps. The report size and interval may be set by configuring the logger through the file WIFI.TXT. Use KL Tools to do this, or view section Configuration files.

• KeeLog DB-9, SerialGhost Wi-Fi Copyright © 2013 KeeLog 15 Remote access This section guides through enabling E-mail reporting and TCP/IP access for the SerialGhost Wi-Fi data logger. Checklist Before you start, make sure you have the following data about the Wi-Fi network the logger will operate in:  WLAN Access Point ID (SSID)  WLAN encryption type (WPA-2, WPA, WEP64/128, or open network)  WLAN encryption password Make sure you also have an E-mail address the wireless logger can send reports to. Finally, to make the configuration process as simple as possible, install the

• KeeLog DB-9, SerialGhost Wi-Fi Copyright © 2013 KeeLog 21 Clock configuration It is necessary to configure the built-in clock module for getting correct date and time-stamps. This task can be performed by KL Tools (recommended), or can be done manually. To configure the internal clock using KL Tools, launch the application, select the device model, and choose to configure the device. The application will display a time and date configuration dialog. Make sure date and time stamping is enabled,

• KeeLog DB-9, SerialGhost Wi-Fi Copyright © 2013 KeeLog 28 Advanced parameter list (use only when you know what you’re doing!) Parameter Values Example Description WiFiStandard US (default) Canada Europe Spain France Japan WiFiStandard=Europe Standard for Wi-Fi operation. Select the region that fits best. DisableTcp Yes No (default) DisableTcp=Yes TCP disable flag. Disables on- demand access through TCP/IP. TcpPort Port value (0…65535, default 25999) TcpPort=12345 TCP communication port. Must match setting in KL Tools. DisableUdp Yes No (default) DisableUdp=Yes UDP disable flag. Disables answering to broadcasted network searches.

• KeeLog DB-9, SerialGhost Wi-Fi Copyright © 2013 KeeLog 32 Legal disclaimer KeeLog does not take responsibility for any damage, harm or legal actions caused by misuse of its products. The user should follow the guidelines contained in this document, otherwise no liability will be assumed. It is the user's responsibility to obey all effective laws in his/her country, which may prohibit usage of KeeLog products. Please also consider, that not knowing the law does not allow to not obeying it. A good example is the U.S. Department of Justice Letter on Keystroke Monitoring and Login Banners, a

• KeeLog DB-9, SerialGhost Wi-Fi Copyright © 2013 KeeLog 22 After copying the file, safely remove the Flash Drive. The new clock configuration will be loaded on next power-up. The clock configuration file must be named TIME.TXT and must be placed in the root folder. Variable and value strings are case insensitive, however they must match the options listed below.  Year sets the clock year value. Valid range is from 2000 to 2099.  Month sets the clock month value. Valid range is from 1 (January) to 12 (December).  Day sets the clock day value. Valid range is from 1 to 31. If the specified day exceeds the maximum number of days in the specified month

• SerialGhost Wi-Fi Copyright © 2013 KeeLog 14 The removable disk will contain the file LOG.TXT with a text log of all captured data. The data is stored in the same format as appearing on the serial bus, without any encoding. The upstream data (TX) and downstream data (RX) will be differentiated by the markers [1] and [2] interleaved in the lo

• KeeLog DB-9, SerialGhost Wi-Fi Copyright © 2013 KeeLog 26 TIME.TXT The file TIME.TXT is responsible for configuring the built-in real-time clock. Parameter Values Example Description Year Year value (range 2000…2099, default 2010) Year=2010 Year setting (range 2000 to 2099). Month Month value (range 1…12, default 1) Month=10 Month setting (1 is January, 12 is December). Day Day value (range 1…31, default 1) Day=15 Day setting (range 1 to 31). Hour Hour value (range 1…12 or 0…23, default 1) H

• SerialGhost Wi-Fi Copyright © 2013 KeeLog 2 Table of contents Getting started ................................................................................................................. 2 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 3 About the product .....................................

• SerialGhost Wi-Fi Copyright © 2013 KeeLog 4 Quick Start This section contains concise information on basic operation of the SerialGhost Wi-Fi. If you need detailed instructions, please refer to sections Configuration, Recording data, and Viewing recorded data. Before you start, make sure you have the following information about the serial bus you

• KeeLog DB-9, SerialGhost Wi-Fi Copyright © 2013 KeeLog 7 Step 6. To configure the Wireless LAN connection, make sure you have the following data about the Wi-Fi network the device will operate in:  WLAN Access Point ID (SSID)  WLAN encryption type (WPA-2, WPA, WEP64/128, or open network)  WLAN encryption password Make sure you also have an E-mail address the logger can send reports to. Open a text editor (such as Notepad) and create a file named WIFI.TXT. This file will later be used to configure the device. Use the following template: WiFiNetwork=MyNetwork WiFiPassword=MyPassword WiFiEncryption=WPA2 [email protected] Replace MyNe

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