Chapter 3
Hardware and Software Configuration
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Setting Up Security for the FP-20
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You can set network security options to limit host access, and you can lock
the settings made in Remote System Explorer.
Configuring Network Security
You can limit host access to the FP-20
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by setting access permissions for
different host machines. The default setting allows Read/Write access to all
host machines. To change the network security settings, follow these steps.
1.
Right-click the comm resource in FieldPoint Explorer and select
Edit
this comm resource
. The Comm Resource Configuration dialog box
appears with the
Network Security
button enabled.
2.
Click
Network Security
. The Network Security Settings dialog box
appears with the current settings, as shown in the following figure.
If your host machine does not have access to the FP-20
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, the
Access
List
is empty and dimmed.
3.
Make your additions or changes in the dialog box, as follows:
•
If you have an
IP Access List
saved in a file or you want your
FP-20
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security settings to match another FP-20
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unit, you can
import those setting by selecting the
Import
checkbox. Then
select the source (
from file
or
from device
). The settings read
from the source are shown in the
Access List
for you to modify,
if needed.