VRC2100 Vending Reader
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Installation Guide
4 Network-Based Configuration and Firmware Update
This section provides information about network-based configuration and
firmware update.
4.1 Remote Configuration
After a VRC2100 has been configured locally as described in section 3.6
(
Controller Configuration
), the configuration can be changed remotely
using the VRC2100 Configuration and Firmware Update utility,
vrc2100Flasher.exe
. This utility can also be used to remotely load
firmware updates to the VRC2100 as described in section 4.4 (
Firmware
Update
). The vrc2100Flasher software is designed to work under
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP, or in a Windows XP Virtual PC running on
Windows 7.
When the program is launched, the following caution is displayed:
If the VRC2100 is communicating to a host (CS Gold or Odyssey), the
program will not be able to connect because the VRC2100 supports only
one network connection at a time. The recommended way to remotely
disconnect the VRC2100 from the host is to set it to inactive. For CS
Gold, refer to the
CS Gold
®
Administration Guide Book 3 – Location
Administration
(TP-830238-001) for the steps to inactivate a specific port
using the
TPS Configuration
option. For Odyssey, refer to the
Odyssey
PCS
™
User Guide
for instructions to set a socket to inactive.
Note that these host operations require the terminal communications
service to be stopped/started (bounced), which will cause many or all
terminals to go offline for up to 30 seconds. Consider this disruption of
service when choosing a time to upgrade or configure your VRC2100
readers.
