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OMNIKEY 5121 Ethernet Encoder User Guide, L001436, Rev. 2.0
1.2.1
User Interface Control of the Encoder Session
The OMNIKEY 5121 Ethernet Driver and its associated OMNIKEY 5121 Ethernet Encoder Utility
provide a user interface to simplify the installation and configuration of OMNIKEY 5121 Ethernet
Encoder devices. This same user interface may also be used to establish and terminate an encoder
session with a device. Manual control via the user interface will support any software application
that must access an OMNIKEY 5121 Ethernet Encoder and does not require any specific
modifications to the software application to function.
The OMNIKEY 5121 Ethernet Encoder Utility will display the following window at initial start-up.
1.2.2
Program API Control of the Encoder Session
To fully automate the process of accessing an OMNIKEY 5121 Ethernet Encoder device, a software
application may also require the capability to programmatically manage the OMNIKEY 5121
Ethernet Encoder session. For additional information about obtaining, installing, and using the
OMNIKEY 5121 Ethernet Encoder Utility, see the
OMNIKEY 5121 Ethernet Encoder User Guide
.
