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Lathem PC100 Serial Installation Manual

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  • Page 1 PC100 Serial to Ethernet Adapter Installation Guide...
  • Page 2 Lathem Time 200 Selig Drive, SW, Atlanta, GA 30336 404-691-0405 www.lathem.com Copyright © 2004 Lathem Time Corporation. All rights reserved. Document number: USG0043G 10-8-2007...

  • Page 3: Hardware Installation

    Hardware Installation 1. Locate a flat wall surface close to an available 110VAC wall outlet and mount the PC100 terminal using the supplied mounting screws. The wall outlet should be no farther than four feet from the terminal. 2. Plug in the PC100 power pack and communications cable. 3.

  • Page 4: Software Installation

    IMPORTANT! Wide Area Networks: Lathem Time does not support the use of this adapter on Wide Area Networks (WAN’s) due to the complexities and varied configurations options necessary for WAN communications.
  • Page 5 Installing the Ethernet Interface Software 1. Insert the PC100 external Ethernet interface software installation CD into the CD-ROM drive on your computer. 2. Select Next on the welcome screen. 3. Read the license agreement and select Yes to continue...
  • Page 6 4. On the software destination location screen select Next to install to the default folder or click Browse to choose an alternate location. 5. Make sure that all 3 components have been checked and select Next.
  • Page 7 6. Select Next to install the program folder and begin the file installation. 7. Select Finish, completing the software installation. 8. Select Start/Programs/Tibbo from the Windows tool bar and choose Connection Wizard.
  • Page 8 9. Select Next. 10. Choose “Create a link between the Virtual Serial Port and the Device Server” and select Next.
  • Page 9 11. Select “Create new VSP”, choose the port name that you wish to use (1-8) and select Next. IMPORTANT: Write down the port name that you selected for this clock, you will need it to finish the terminal setup in PayClock EZ. NOTE: If you receive a message indicating that Windows Firewall is blocking this program and asking if you would like to unblock it select the unblock option.
  • Page 10 13. Highlight the external Ethernet interface listed in the main window and click on the Change IP button. 14. Enter the IP address that you will be using for the clock and click OK to close this window. Note that the IP address must be obtained from your system administrator.
  • Page 11 15. Choose “Virtual Serial Port” and select Next. 16. Select Next.
  • Page 12 17. Choose “TCP” and select Next. 18. Choose “Yes, enable out-of-band on-the-fly commands” and select Next.
  • Page 13 19. Select Next. 20. Select Finish.
  • Page 14 21. If you receive a Windows compatibility screen, select “Continue Anyway.” 22. Select Finish and then restart Windows.
  • Page 15 23. Once Windows has restarted, enter the PayClock EZ software. 24. Select the Setup option on the left hand side of the screen and then choose the System option. 25. Click on the Terminal tab and set the COM Port equal to the port name that you selected during the external Ethernet interface software installation.
  • Page 16 26. Test the connection to verify that your settings are correct and the external Ethernet interface software is working properly. Using the PC100 Ethernet Adaptor with Windows Firewall (XP/SP2). This will explain how to use the PC 100 Ethernet adaptor on PCs running Windows XP with Service Pack2 (XP/SP2).
  • Page 17 Once you run the DS Manager (or click Refresh in the auto- discovery mode), and provided that your Firewall is using default configuration, you will get this warning message: This message means that Windows Firewall has detected certain network activity that is currently not allowed. Application name is "Run DLL as an App"...
  • Page 18 Next, click on the Exceptions tab and make sure that Display a notification when Windows Firewall blocks a program checkbox is checked:...
  • Page 19 After you "unblock" the DS Manager the Firewall puts it into the list of "exceptions" i.e. programs whose traffic is allowed to pass through the Firewall:...
  • Page 20 Manual way of making the auto-discovery mode work Same result can be achieved by telling the Firewall which port on...
  • Page 21 the PC should be opened. To do this click on the Exceptions tab of the Windows Firewall dialog, then press Add Port... button- Edit a port dialog will open: Input any meaningful name into the Name textbox (i.e. "DSMan bcast"- this is because what we are opening here is a port for DS Manager's auto-discovery broadcasts to work).
  • Page 22 New entry will appear in the list of exceptions and the DS Manager will start working properly: Why Windows Firewall needs configuration for auto- discovery to work This section explains why auto-discovery access mode will work only after you configure the Windows Firewall properly while address book access mode will require no adjustment to the Firewall setup.
  • Page 23 Trouble with Windows Firewall arises because the Firewall cannot link received responses to the broadcast sent from the PC. So, from the Firewall's point of view these responses are individual incoming UDP "connections" and by defaults the firewall blocks any incoming connection unless it is explicitly allowed.
  • Page 24 Notice, that you only need to open ports if your DS is going to connect to your PC. If it is the VSP (or application) on your PC that is going to connect to the DS then you don't need to setup the Firewall.