Installing 5500 Pc Remote Control Software; Installing The Necessary Windows Services - Orban OPTIMOD-FM 5500 Operation Manual

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 If you are running Windows XP, PC Remote will download your computer's
currently specified timeserver into your Optimod.
 PC Remote will adjust your Optimod's O
computer's time zone setting.
 PC Remote will synchronize your Optimod's clock with your computer's
clock.
F) It is wise to disconnect from PC Remote and then to press the S
ton on your Optimod [step (4.B) on page 2-47]. This is to test the ability of
your Optimod to synchronize to the selected timeserver and to ensure that
your Optimod's clock is set accurately.
NOTE: Manually setting your Optimod's clock via Set Time, Set Date, Daylight
Time, and the remote contact closure Reset to Hour and Reset to Midnight will
not work when the automatic synchronization function is active. To inactivate
this function (thereby permitting manual setting to work), set the S
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Installing 5500 PC Remote Control Software

This section briefly summarizes the procedure for installing 5500 PC Remote soft-
ware on existing 5500s. If required, you will find more detailed instructions in the
.pdf file automatically installed on your computer by Orban's installer program,
Setup5500_x.x.x.x.exe, where "x.x.x.x" represents the software version you are
installing. (For example, for version 1.0 software, this would be 1.0.0.0.)
The PC Remote software is supplied on a CD shipped with your 5500. You can also
download it from ftp.orban.com/5500.
Instructions for using the PC Remote software begin on page 3-58.

Installing the Necessary Windows Services

The 5500 PC Remote application uses Windows' built-in communications and net-
working services to deal with the low-level details necessary to communicate with
the 5500's serial port. (These services are also used to upgrade your 5500's firmware
when updates are available from Orban.) The exact process will vary, depending on
how you wish to set up the communications. That is:

If you want to communicate through a local PC, you will need to establish a con-
nection between a serial (COM) port of the PC and the COM port of your 5500
through a null modem cable (supplied with your 5500). You will then use Win-
dows Direct Serial Connect to make the basic connection.

If you want to communicate through a pair of modems, you will use the Win-
dows Dial-Up networking service to make the connection.
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