Fire-Lite IPDACT Installation Manual - Manual (Page 30)

IPDACT Module - Configuration
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IV - Chapter.
Configuration
IV - 1. Configuration modes
The IPDACT can be configured both locally and remotely.
1. Locally:
a. Telephone console: through a normal analog telephone
connected to the TO-AP labeled choc blocks.
b. Asynchronous console: from a PC with terminal emulated and a
cable for this.
2. Remotely:
a. From the VisorALARM IP receiver: through a register operation
carried out by the IPDACT installer or through ‘update’
commands from the VisorALARM console.
b. From a telnet session: from the IPDACT software release 2, the
remote configuration can also be carried out through a telnet
session to the IPDACT IP address, provided that the said IP
address is available (if this is in the same LAN for example). In
cases of a telnet session, the given interface is identical to the
asynchronous console interface.
c. Through DHCP: this is also from release 2, the parameters for
the IP address, IP mask and gateway can by dynamically
obtained from a DHCP server that is located in the same local
network as the IPDACT. From release 2.2 onwards, the DHCP
client can be disabled.
The following sections will show each of the above methods in more detail.
Accessing the device configuration, both for telephone and serial
port, always requires an access password.
IV - 2. DHCP
DHCP stands for “Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol”. DHCP is an Internet
protocol used to automate the configuration of devices using the TCP/IP