Adding A Connection; Adding A Direct Connection - Tait TB8100 User Manual

Adding a Connection

TB8100 Service Kit User's Manual
Each base station has its own IP address. In subracks with more than one base
station, the Service Kit can connect to each base station.
The New Connection dialog box lets you define new connections and add
them to the list of available connections. There should already be direct
connections for COM1 and COM2. You need to set up one connection for
each base station with a remote link.

Adding a Direct Connection

1. Select Tools > Configure Connections. The Connections dialog box
appears.
2. Click New. The New Connection dialog box appears.
3. In the Name box, enter a suitable name, for example 'All'.
4. In the Connection type box, select Direct Connection.
5. In the Serial Port Number box, select the port on your PC that will be
used by the cable from the base station.
6. In the Baud rate box, select a suitable communications speed: for a direct
connection, this can be 57,600 or even 115,200 Baud.
You may experience slow or intermittent communications at
Note:
baud rates of 56k and above. This is not a Service Kit or base station
problem; it has been found that serial ports on some older PCs do
not operate correctly. Moving the mouse makes the problem worse (use of one
serial port affects the other). If you have this problem, select a slower Baud rate.
7. Set suitable polling intervals. These specify the interval from one poll of the
base station to another. A direct connection can have very short intervals,
for example 1 second for monitoring and 5 seconds for alarms.
8. Click OK. The new connection now appears in the Connections dialog
box.
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