NPort 4511 is a professional Programmable Communication Gateway that makes your RS-232/422/485 devices network-ready, and its programmable nature makes it a value-added developing platform suitable for real-time I/O control and protocol conversion applications. NPort 4511 is a flexible, reliable, cost-effective, and customizable solution that gives System Integrators greater design flexibility.

Software Intellectual Property Protection

The software and utilities developed by system integrators is designed to help their customers solve different problems. To protect your intellectual property rights, NPort 4511 provides built-in software protection that can protect your intellectual property from unauthorized copying. NPort 4511's SDK allows you to set a secret key on the hardware and in the User Application. When both keys match, the User Application can be downloaded into the coded NPort 4511 hardware.

License Control for Your Projects

Once the software is designed, you can ensure that you are the sole supplier of the solution. Customers must acquire the product directly from you, and unauthorized copying and license control is no longer a problem.

Professional Software Development Kit (SDK)

NPort 4511 provides developers with a complete and easy-to-use Software Development Kit (SDK). The SDK is divided into 3 major parts:

• Library: More than 100 intuitive C funtion calls.
• Utilities: Windows interface for complete NPort 4511 configuration and debugging.
• Examples: Several comprehensive programming examples—from basic operation to advanced applications—to get your NPort 4511 up and running in no time.

Our detailed manuals and on-line documentation take you step-by-step from program development to debugging.

SDK Library—Easy to Understand, Easy to Use

The SDK Library functions used to operate NPort 4511's hardware are divided into 5 groups by attribute.

• Serial Port Control
  Serial port operation, such as data I/O or changing modem signals.
• Ethernet Control
  In addition to standard BSD Sockets, Moxa provides an easy-to-use simplified socket library, making both senior and junior developers expert at NPort 4511 Ethernet programming.
• System Control
  Helps developers design in-depth system control functions, such as restarting NPort 4511.
• Flash Access
  Lets developers easily access the 32 KB flash memory.
• Debugging Messages
  Lets developers and users use SDK Debugger to monitor NPort 4511's operation status.

All data processing can be done with standard C libraries, before data is sent out from NPort 4511, so that programmers can use the most familiar programming interface to handle development tasks. 

Target Markets

• Industrial Automation
• Factory Automation
• Building Automation
• Transportation
• Security
• SCADA Systems
• Research Institutes
• Medical Automation
• Military

• NPort 4511's programmable nature makes it suitable for all industrial automation applications
• Real-time I/O Control for replacing front-end PCs
• Reliable system kernel suitable for secure and long-running SCADA-type applications
• High speed RS-232/422/485 and Ethernet interfaces for serial device networking
• Customizable programming for IA communication protocol conversion
• Can be controlled and managed from a remote location