Connecting NAC in IP Direct mode
Firstly, connect CTPlus to the NAC using USB by following these steps:
1. Connect the NAC to the CTPlus computer using a USB cable.
2. In CTPlus, click the
Panels
button on the
Panel programming
ribbon
tab to open the Panels form.
3. On the Panels form, click the
New
button in the toolbar to add a new
panel record.
1. Enter a description for the NAC connection in the
Record
description field.
2. On the
Definition
tab, enable the panel connection by ticking the
Enable
check box.
3. Set the
Panel type
to be
TS1066 - Network Access Controller
.
4. Set the
Time zone
and
Card format
fields as required.
5. Click the
Save
button in the toolbar to save the NAC panel record.
CTPlus will connect to the NAC via USB.
CTPlus automatically creates a new DGP record associated with the NAC (DGP
number 16), allowing you to configure the options for the NAC. See Status and
control section for more details depending on the operating mode of NAC.
If desired, you can set up IP communications on the NAC and reconnect CTPlus
to the NAC using IP instead of USB. See the Programming IP communications
section on page 38.
