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2. Attach one end of the serial cable to the 9-pin serial port at the
rear of the Rack and the other to the PC.
Figure 3
Serial port connection
3. On the PC, use a Terminal Emulation program such as
Windows HyperTerminal and set the serial port parameters as
follows:
•
115200 baud
•
8 bits
•
No parity
•
1 stop bit
•
Flow Control: None
4. Power up the 10-Channel Rack. Wait for 1 minute to allow the
card to complete the boot sequence.
5. Connect to the unit and press
Enter
. You should see a login
prompt.
6. Log in to the unit using the username "
config
" and password
"
config
". The unit prompts you to enter the new configuration
values. At each prompt, press
Enter
to accept the current
value.
•
Use DHCP (y/n) —
Enter
y
to use DHCP for IP
configuration, or
n
for manual IP configuration.
•
IP Address
— Enter the IP address of the unit.
•
Subnet Mask
— Enter the IP network subnet mask.
•
Default Gateway
— Enter the appropriate default gateway
for remote network access: this is only required if the
cameras are to be accessed from a different subnet.
•
Host name
— Enter a name to describe the unit.
•
Location
— Enter a name to describe the location of the
unit.
•
Link type
— Select: 1 - 100Mbps Full-Duplex.
•
Reset Network Security to factory defaults (y/n) ?
—
Enter
y
to reset the unit's password and network security
settings. This will enable unrestricted access to the
configuration pages, and is the only way to reset the
password on the unit. Enter
n
if you do not want to make
changes to the unit's network security.
Repeat these steps for each slot in the rack.
