The following table lists the NetLinx Settings page features that an administrator or other authorized user can configure.
NetLinx Settings Page Features
Feature | Description |
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NetLinx Master: | This section allows the user/administrator to define the communication and encryption |
| parameters of the target Master. |
• Connection |
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• A status field which indicates whether a Master has been detected and | |
| communicating with the |
| • During the initial setup, this field reads Not Connected. |
| • After a successful connection to a target Master, this fields reads Connected. |
• Mode |
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• A | |
| will be used to communicate with the target Master. |
| • Available modes: Listen, Auto (default), URL |
| • Listen sets the MAX unit to "listen" for broadcasts from the Master. In this system, |
| the MAX unit acts as a "Server" (in that Clients attach to it) and the Master acts as a |
| "Client". |
| • Auto is used to instruct the MAX unit to search for a Master that both uses the same |
| System Number (assigned within this page’s System Number field) and resides on |
| the same Subnet as itself. In this case, the Master has its UDP feature enabled. |
| • URL is the address that defines the route to a file on the Web or any other Internet |
| facility. This setting is used when the IP Address of the target NetLinx Master is |
| known. In this system, the MAX unit acts as a "Client" and the Master acts as a |
| Server (in that Clients attach to it). In URL mode, you can only enter the IP/URL of |
| the target Master. The System Number is 0 (for an unknown System Number) and |
| the Master Port Number is defaulted to 1319. |
• System Number |
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Allows a user to enter a system number. | |
| • Default value is 3701. |
| • Only in the Auto Mode will the System field be |
• Device Number |
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Allows a user to enter a current device value | |
| which is not currently being used by another device currently communicating with the |
| target Master. |
| • Within NetLinx Studio, use the Online Tree tab to review what device values are |
| already being used. |
| • Default value is 32001. |
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• Master IP/URL | Allows a user to enter the IP Address or URL used by the target Master. |
| Note: This is the same IP Address used by NetLinx Studio to communicate with the |
| Master. |
| • Target Master IP Address must be in IPv4 dot notation (ex: X.X.X.X). |
• Master Port Number |
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Allows the user to enter the port number used by the NetLinx Master. | |
| • Default value is 1319. |
• Encryption |
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Based on the Master’s security status. | |
| • Default value is Disabled (fields are |
| • These radio boxes either enable or disable data encryption of the data transferred |
| between the Master and the MAX over the ICSP connection. Note that this is |
| optional. If this is enabled, this setting requires more processor cycles to maintain. |
| • This selection determines if a username and password is required prior to |
| communication between the MAX unit and the target NetLinx Master via an ICSP |
| connection using a transport method such as TCP/IP or UDP/IP. |
• Username/Password |
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If the target Master has been previously secured, enter an | |
| each field) which conforms to a |
| must have sufficient access rights. |
| Requiring the encryption of any data being transmitted or received via an ICSP con- |
| nection (via the previous radio box) also mandates that a valid username and pass- |
| word be provided within the Username and Password fields. |
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