SCS P4dragon DR-7800, Installation Manual

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5. Installation
Figure 14: COM port configuration within SER2NET
5.4.5 Using the SER2NET feature with Airmail
Airmail
can
be used in the manner described above, which means by using the HW-groups
SER2NET driver. But Airmail is an intelligent program, it does not need it and with this,
Airmail makes it much easier for the user to access the
P4
dragon
and to operate it. This shall be
described now.
Airmail can communicate with the
P4
dragon
directly via network! This eases the operation of
the
P4
dragon
with Airmail dramatically. To have advantage of this feature, be sure to use
always the most recent version of Airmail.
To configure the
P4
dragon , simply select "PTC-IInet" either in the first-time "Startup Wizard",
or open Airmail's Tools menu, Options window, connection tab. When the PTC-IInet is
selected then Airmail will look for it, and if found then the IP-address and port number appear
automatically (e.g. "192.168.0.170:3000". If the IP address does not immediately appear then
the modem was not found, check the connections and try again.
Alternatively, the correct IP-address with port extension, separated with a “
:
” (e.g.
192.168.0.170:3000)
, can be entered directly as COMM Port in Aimail’s configuration
window. Don’t worry if you feel that the line is not long enough, it will fit, but it may not be
displayed completely.
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