W i r e l e s s N e t w o r k S e t u p
7
Wireless Network Setup – DMXConfig Utility
DMXConfig (available on the Datamax FTP site) is a windows based configuration utility, (Windows
®
2000 and later) that
allows the user to make changes to the existing printer setup via a direct connection to the host computers serial and
parallel connection.
If you wish to use DMXConfig to configure your wireless card please download the latest version from the Datamax FTP
site at:
ftp://ftp.datamaxcorp.com/dmxConfig/
Once you have downloaded and installed the DMXConfig utility:
1. Connect the host to the printer with a
serial or parallel cable.
2. Turn on the printer.
3. Launch the DMXConfig utility.
4. Query the printer by using the Query
Printer toolbar button (top-left). This will
connect to the printer and get the current
printer settings.
5. Next select the Communications tab,
scroll down to the network parameters
and modify these settings as needed to
work with your network.
6. Send the settings to the printer using the
Configure Printer toolbar button.
Once the previous steps have been
successfully completed you may now:
> Install a printer driver, and start printing from
your Windows
®
applications. See section,
Installing the Printer Driver.
-or-
> Browse to the printer’s internal web pages
to print test labels or configure network
settings such as assigning a new IP
address or SSID to the printer and
enabling/configuring wireless security
protocols. See section,
Browsing to the
Printer’s Internal Web Pages.
