This Knowledge Base serves as a repository for all sorts of quick tips and information we wanted to share with our customers, but did not fit anywhere within our online documentation.

• Infinite loop caused by overflow
• Handling Dynamic Information for the Web

• My serial data gets split into several packets. What do I do?
• Default IP Address for DS
• When you Can and Cannot set Destination Address
• Finding Your Device Behind a Gateway
• Losing the First Few Data Bytes
• Flow Control and Its Importance and Purpose
• Global Registration of Tibbo MAC Addresses
• My DS (or EM) Doesn't Work With My Hub!
• Getting a Gray Icon in DS Manager
• Invalid Ethernet (MAC) Address Prevents the Device Server from Working on Certain Networks.
• What Happens When You Set IP Addresses Which Can't Exist
• Who is Master, Who is Slave?
• +++ Signs not Working under Telnet
• Estimated Throughput of the Device
• Transferring Files Via a DS Using HyperTerminal
• My DS Sends Packets With Trailing 'Junk' Data
• DS Manager cannot communicate with Device Server in Address Book mode after changing MAC address.
• How to Configure Firewall Software to Allow DS Manger and DS Explorer to Work

• Multi-destination system (a single DS100/EM100 sends the data to several other DS100s/EM100s)
• Multi-destination data transmission can be emulated
• Multiple Destination without Prefix
• Working with Multiple Sockets
• Sending Data from One Device Server to Several Computers
• One DS and several sources for data

• Using RS485 With One PSU For Both Ends
• What to do when you suspect that your DS100/EM100 has a hardware problem?
• Size of the Routing Buffers and How They Affect the Device Server
• My DS works fine for some time, but then dies
• Switching the EM202 to Half-Duplex (485) Mode
• Embedding an EM Into a 3.3V Board
• EM202 Behaves Erratically Within a Circuit
• Getting An IP Address Using X Command Only
• My DS202 gets very hot!
• Why Do the LEDs On My Device Blink Like THIS?
• Tibbo Modules Supporting Power Over Ethernet
• Can't set the Port Number to 65535.
• My PSU says "12V" but outputs 17V
• Manual Control Over RTS Line
• When EEPROM settings go into effect
• Security Aspects of Server (Slave) Mode
• Minimum "High" Logical Level (VIH) and Maximum "Low" Logical Level (VIL)
• Using a Switching Voltage Regulator vs. a Linear Regulator
• Connecting a DS100B to a GigaTMS Con485
• How to Perform a Serial Firmware Upload
• EM1000 Datasheet

• iKernel.exe could not be installed
• Getting an InstallShield Error While Installing
• Maximum Number of VSPs
• Manual removal of Tibbo software
• Virtual Serial Port Not Responding
• Installing Tibbo Virtual Serial Port Driver under Linux
• Windows 98, DOS applications and VSP
• Silent Setup for TDST
• Sending on-the-fly commands to the Device Server momentarily disrupts serial port operation
• VSP is not recognized by Windows Device Manager (Code 41 Error)

• Why Don't You Use a USB Dongle as The LS AuthKey?
• What if The AuthKey Fails And I Don't Have a Spare
• Changing the Database used in LinkServer
• LinkServer Dynamic DNS and Windows Server 2003 DNS Server
• LinkServer Corrupts My Data

• Using WinDump For Troubleshooting
• Sending Commands To A DS in Linux Using DSNetCmd

• So My Module / Device Server is Not Functioning Correctly, Is It Broken?

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