Network Connection To An Alarm Station; To Setup A Network Connection To An Alarm Station; Network Address Translation For Alarm Stations - Honeywell rapid eye System Administrator Manual

Network Connection to an Alarm Station

Tip
Your Rapid Eye site might not need this type of connection to an alarm station.
For other means of connecting to an alarm station, see table
Fig. 11–2. Over a Network, Alarm's Are Sent to an Alarm Station's IP Address.

To Setup a Network Connection to an Alarm Station

1. While adding or updating an alarm station definition in the Add Alarm Station/Update Alarm Station
dialog box, select Use Existing Network Connection.
2. In the IP Address box, type the alarm station's address. An IP Address is mandatory for a network
connection.
3. Click Save and Close. The Alarm Stations tab appears. In the tab's Connection Method column,
the first letter of "network" appears in parentheses: "(n)", followed by the IP address used to
connect to the alarm station.
4. The next step is

Network Address Translation for Alarm Stations

In a nutshell
A connection to one or many Multi-Media alarm stations, using one IP address, can be made by
using network address translation (NAT) and port address translation (PAT)—a one-to-many
address translation. This is useful to connect to alarm stations through:
A WAN
Document 800-02325 Rev A
07/08
Making an Alarm Station Operational; see p. 224.
System Administrator Guide
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