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Using Serial Commands

Ask your network administrator to make the receiver visible
from the public network (Internet) according to the choices
made earlier for the TCP/IP connection. Make sure that the
chosen port (IP port No. 8888 by default) can be reached.
The IP port number can be defined using the
$PASHS,TCP,PAR command.

Using a TCP/IP

Connection to

Communicate With

a Receiver

The most convenient way of communicating with a receiver
through an IP connection is to access its Web Server using a
web browser. This is explained in Chapter 2. Other solutions
are however possible.

One of the most popular programs used to work in command
mode through a TCP/IP connection is Microsoft
HyperTerminal. This is the program we chose for the
instructions below but you can use any other similar program
of your choice.

• Run HyperTerminal on the remote computer (in

Start>

Programs>Accessories>Communications>)

• Name the connection and press

• In the

Connect using field, select “TCP/IP (Winsock)”.

• Enter the receiver’s IP address in the

Host Address field. If

you don’t know this address, you can read it on the
receiver display screen. Press the Scroll button until you

Receiver

Ethernet port

P/N 702426

Standard
RJ45 cable

RJ45

Hub, switch

or Modem

Internet