Schlage PIB300 User Manual page 952

Configuration Tab
Connecting through a serial port
To connect to a site by running a cable
from your computer to the reader, you
must have a free serial port on your
computer. See the reader manual for
more on the requirements for the cable.
Table 10.2: Serial Network Fields
Field Req'd?
Network Name Yes
Description No
Enabled No
Delete This Network No
Network Type Yes
Comm Port Yes
Baud Rate Yes
Figure 10.3: Edit a TCP/IP Network
Description
• Name of the network
• Any combination of letters, numbers, spaces, and special characters, up to 30 characters
long
• Brief description of the network
• Must be checked for the system to communicate with the network and monitor any readers
connected to it.
• Uncheck when in the process of setting up or reconfiguring the network to keep the program
from trying to communicate
• If checked when the network is not really connected, the system will slow down significantly.
• Check to delete this network and remove it from the network selection list.
• You cannot delete a network with readers in it
• Choose Serial port or TCP/IP
• The remaining fields will be determined by this selection.
• Only available if Serial port was chosen in the Network type field.
• Must match the serial port to which the reader is connected
• Only the ports that are currently available on your computer are listed.
• Only available if Serial port was chosen in the Network type filed.
• Choose from values of 4800, 9600, 19200, 28800, 38400, or 57600.
• Choose 9600 initially. Increase the rate after a working connection has been established.
Longer wire distances require lower rates.
• Must match the rate set in all readers on the network. See the reader manual for more
information.
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