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14 Installing via a Modem AXIS 2420 User’s Manual

Installing via a Modem

The information in this section describes how to connect the AXIS 2420 to a serial modem for transmitting images over a dial-up connection.

Important!

•Although instructions for configuring the AXIS 2420 using a null modem cable are provided below, it is recommended that (if possible) the unit is initially installed and configured over a network.

•The information and screen examples featured within this section are specific to Windows NT. Although similar to the Dial-Up implementations in other versions of Windows, small deviations in the dialog instructions for other operating systems should be expected. Refer to your system information for further information on creating a Dial-Up modem connection if you are using any other operating system.

•Windows Dial-Up Networking and TCP/IP must be correctly installed prior to commencing with the modem cable connection. Detailed information on how to check this is provided in Windows Help.

Connecting Your Computer Using the Null Modem Cable

❶Connect the supplied Null modem cable between the COM1 Serial Connector on the

AXIS 2420 and the COM port of your computer. ❷ Connect the power supply to the AXIS 2420 and check that the Power Indicator is lit.

❸From the Start menu, open the Control Panel and double-click the Modems icon.

❹If a Standard Modem is already set up and displayed in the Modem Properties dialog you can proceed directly to step 8.

❺Check the box: Don’t detect my modem, I will select it from a list. Click Next>.

❻Select the Standard 28800 modem from the displayed list of modems. Click Next>.

❽A Standard 28800 modem connection is now available for the AXIS 2420. Click Finish to close the Install New Modem wizard.

❼Select the serial port to which your AXIS 2420 is now connected via the Null Modem cable. Click Next>.

❾Click the Properties button to finally check that the dis- played Communications Port is set correctly; that is, set to the same port you connected the AXIS 2420 to. Click OK.

❿Click Close.