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 G Series Furnace Operating Manual

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WIRELESS CONNECTION KIT

This kit contains the components needed to establish a wireless connection from your outdoor furnace to a nearby wireless 
network. The following instructions illustrate how to set up this equipment to allow you to monitor your furnace from your home 
network.

Connecting the access point to your wireless network.

The first step in connecting your new wireless access point is 
to connect it to your home network. Layout the hardware and 
cables as shown in Figure 1.

Once you have connected the wireless access point as shown 
in Figure 1, connect the LAN cable to your computer to 
configure the wireless access point.

Figure 1

Figure 2

First, we need to make a change on your computer to allow 
you to connect and configure this wireless access point. Open 
your Network Connections settings window by opening the 
following screens.

Settings, see Figure 2

Summary of Contents for HeatMasterss G Series

Page 1: ...By SteelTech Inc Version 1 UL 2523 2009 CAN CSA B366 1 2011 G WIRELESS INSTALLATION MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...the furnace controls on your home network This wireless method requires the installation of a wireless access device This is available as part of the HeatmasterSS Wireless Access Kit Please contact your dealer for more information Program your wireless access point See page 3 for these instructions After you have setup the wireless connection you will need to find an IP address on your home networ...

Page 3: ...point to your wireless network The first step in connecting your new wireless access point is to connect it to your home network Layout the hardware and cables as shown in Figure 1 Once you have connected the wireless access point as shown in Figure 1 connect the LAN cable to your computer to configure the wireless access point Figure 1 Figure 2 First we need to make a change on your computer to a...

Page 4: ...ernet see Figure 4 Change adapter options see Figure 5 Right click the Ethernet connection and select Properties see Figure 6 Figure 3 Figure 5 Figure 4 Figure 6 Figure 7 In this next window see Figure 7 select the line Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 and then select Properties ...

Page 5: ...er s WiFi connection before proceeding to the next step Load a web browser i e Google Chrome FireFox Internet Explorer see Figure 9 Enter the IP address of the wireless radio in the URL bar 192 168 1 20 The window you see in Figure 9 should load Note you may get a security warning message before this window loads if this happens you should be able to select an option to go to an advanced option an...

Page 6: ... your area and display them in this window see Figure 12 Once you see your WiFi network in the window select the button next to your WiFi line then select the Lock to AP button In our example below we select the button to the left of the Heatmaster Home network and then the button Lock to AP You should see your WiFi connection in the SSID field as shown in figure 13 In the WPA Preshared Key field ...

Page 7: ... for this radio device Take note of this new password as you will need it in order to log back into this radio if required Next select Apply as shown in Figure 15 saving the changes you made in this screen At this point you need to change your Network Connections settings on your computer back to the settings that you started out with Load the same screen that you loaded earlier see Figure 16 Sele...

Page 8: ...gure 1 FINDING AN IP ADDRESS FOR YOUR FURNACE These instructions will guide you in finding an available address on your home network to assign to your HeatMaster furnace Using a windows PC that is running on your home network we ll use the command prompt app Using the search bar in the lower left corner of your Windows home screen enter the letters cmd and then hit enter as shown in Figure 1 the c...

Page 9: ...ress that you ll be assigning to your furnace The line Default Gateway is an address that you need to confirm or assign to your furnace Note these three addresses as you ll need them later Figure 2 Next you will see a window similar to the one in figure 2 Figure 3 Inthissamewindowwewillpingafewaddressesandfindone availabletouseforyourfurnace StartbypingingyourcomputersIPaddressthatyoufoundinthe pr...

Page 10: ... point b to the top of the anntena post using the supplied pipe clamp Turn the wireless access point so that it s facing the direction of your home wireless signal Drill a 5 8 hole through the back of the furance at c to route the cable that will be coming from the wireless access point to the network jack that s inside the back cabinet of your furnace Zip tie the cable to the anntena post MOUNTIN...

Page 11: ...address we will assign this address to the furnace control Power on the furnace Press the down arrow key repeatedly to scroll to the last available screen displaying date and time as shown above Press the ESC key you should see the screen shown above We need to stop the Logo s program to make this IP address change Select STOP and press the OK button ...

Page 12: ...et mask and the gateway addresses to match the numbers you wrote down earlier After you have set these three addresses scroll back and restart the furnace by selecting start Select IP Address Select Yes to start the Logo s program again At this point you should be able to access your furnace on your home network Go to the Viewing your furnace on your computer See page 13 for these instructions ...

Page 13: ...your computer Load a web browser on a device connected to your home network As shown in figure 1 enter the IP address that you programmed into your furnace control in our case this is 192 168 1 250 Enter this in the browser URL and hit enter Leave the name field as Web User Enter the password heatmaster then click log on The Screen that you see in figure 2 should load Figure 2 Figure 1 ...

Page 14: ...You can use the control buttons on the screen to navigate the furnace control just as if you were standing at your furnace This page can be accessed from any web browser enabled device connected to your home network Bookmark this page in your web browser allowing you quick access to this page at any time Figure 3 ...

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Page 16: ...gs and heat exchangers For more information on our parts or to arrange product installation please contact your local HeatMasterSS dealer HeatMasterSS Box158 Winkler Manitoba Canada R6W 4A4 Phone 204 325 9792 Fax 204 325 9803 Toll Free 1 877 325 9792 Email info heatmasterss com heatmasterss com ...

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