Configuring Communication

Configuring a Wired Ethernet Connection

It is necessary to tell the panel which Master it should be communicating with. This "pointing to a Master" is done via the System Settings page where you configure the IP Address, System Number and Username/Password information assigned to the target Master. If you have previously established a wireless connection to the Internet you must still navigate to the System Settings page and configure the communication parameters for the target Master. Until those parameters are configured, your Connection Status icon will remain red (indicating there is no current connection to a Master).

If you have previously configured an internal wireless card for communication to the Internet, you do not need to configure the panel’s IP Settings fields and can skip the following Step 1.

Step 1: Configuring the Panel’s Wired IP Settings

There are only two available methods of communicating to a target Master over the Internet: Wireless (via an internal card) or Wired (direct Ethernet connection). If you are not using an internal wireless card, you can only configure the connection parameters through the System Settings page. This type of communication can be established either via either a Dynamic IP Address (DHCP) or via a pre-reserved Static IP Address (typically provided by your System Administrator).

IP Settings section - Configuring a DHCP Address over Ethernet

1.Select Protected Setup > System Settings (located on the lower-left) to open the System Settings page.

2.Locate the IP Settings section of this page.

Even though the Host, Gateway, Primary DNS, Secondary DNS, and Domain fields appear on the two separate System Settings and Wireless Settings pages; the

information populating these fields is identical.

If the information within one of these fields is altered, the change is reflected on both pages within the altered field.

Example: Domain is altered on Wireless Settings page, the value is then also changed within the Domain field of the System Settings page.

3.Toggle the DHCP/Static field (from the IP Settings section) until the choice cycles to DHCP.

DHCP will register the unique MAC Address (factory assigned) on the panel and once the communication setup process is complete, reserve an IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway values from the DHCP Server.

4.Press the optional Host Name field to open a Keyboard and enter the Host Name information.

5.Press Done after you are finished assigning the alpha-numeric string of the host name.

6.Do not alter any of the remaining greyed-out fields in the IP Settings section. Once the panel is rebooted, these values are obtained by the unit and displayed in the DNS fields after power-up.

This information can be found in either the: Workspace- System name > Define Device section of your code (that defines the properties for your panel), or in the Device Addressing/Network Addresses in the Tools > NetLinx Diagnostics dialog.

7.Press the Back button to return to the Protected Setup page.

8.Press the on-screen Reboot button to both save any changes and restart the panel.

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AMX NXT-1200V manual Configuring a Wired Ethernet Connection, Configuring the Panel’s Wired IP Settings