Configuring Communication
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NXD-700i & NXT-CA7 7” Modero Touch Panels
4.
Click the
Communications Settings
button to open the
Communications Settings
dialog (FIG. 28).
5.
Click on the
NetLinx Master
radio button from the
Platform Selection
section to indicate that you are
working as a NetLinx Master.
6.
Click on the
Virtual Master
radio box from the
Transport Connection Option
section to indicate you are
wanting to configure the PC to communicate with a panel. All other fields will be greyed out because the
Master’s UI is not being used.
7.
Click the
Edit Settings
button on the
Communications Settings
dialog to open the
Virtual NetLinx Master
Settings
dialog (FIG. 29).
8.
From within this dialog, enter the System number (
default is 1
) and note the IP Address of the target PC
being used as the Virtual Master. This IP Address can also be obtained by following these procedures:
On your PC, click
Start
>
Run
to open the
Run
dialog.
Enter
cmd
into the Open field and click
OK
to open the command DOS prompt.
From the
C:\>
command line, enter
ipconfig
to display the IP Address of the PC. This information
is entered into the
Master IP/URL
field on the panel.
9.
Click
OK
three times to close the open dialogs, save your settings, and return to the main NetLinx Studio
application.
10.
Click the
OnLine Tree
tab in the Workspace window to view the devices on the Virtual System.
The
default System value is one
.
11.
Right-click on the
Empty Device Tree/System
entry and select
Refresh System
to re-populate the list.
12.
Power-up your panel and press and hold the grey Front Setup Access button (
for 3 seconds
) to continue
with the setup process and proceed to the Setup page.
13.
Select
Protected Setup
>
System Settings
, located on the lower left, to open the
System Settings
page
(FIG. 33).
14.
Press the
Master IP/URL
field to open a Keyboard and enter the IP Address of the PC used as the Virtual
Master.
15.
Click
Done
to accept the new value and return to the
System Settings
page.
16.
Do not alter the Master Port Number value. This is the default value used by NetLinx.
17.
Press the
Back
button to return to the
Protected Setup
page.
FIG. 33
Sample System Connection page (for Virtual Master communication)
Enter the IP Address
information of the PC
used as a Virtual
Master
The System Number is
assigned to the Master
within the AMX
software application
(these must match)
When using a Virtual Master,
there is no need to enter a
username and/or password
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