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K-Config - Connecting to the Device
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Connecting to the Device
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Configuration Steps
Description
Section
Introduction
General information and system requirements
Planning
Carefully plan your controlled room
Installation
Install the Software
Introduction to K-Config
Get to know the K-Config main window, menus and quick access icons
Driver Manager
Define the Peripheral Device Drivers
Project Navigator
Define the Controlled Room
Port Manager
Assign the peripheral devices to the Master and Auxiliary device ports
Triggers
Activate the Triggers
Adding Actions
Describes how to add the various actions to a trigger
Connecting to a Device
Describes how to connect to a device, upgrade the firmware, read/write to the device
and so on
While many actions are available to K-Config users without needing to connect to the device itself, the following
actions require that the device is connected to your PC. These actions include:
Firmware upgrade, see
General settings, see
Security Settings, see
Date and time settings, see
Syncing the configuration to the device, see
Section
Reading the configuration from the device, see
Clearing the configuration from the device, see
You can connect your PC to:
A Master device
An auxiliary device that is connected with a K-NET cable to its Master RC
An auxiliary device that is connected directly to the PC
10.1
Connecting Methods
Before you perform any of the actions described above, you need to physically connect to the device.
This can be done in any of the following ways:
Connecting via the Ethernet
Connecting to the device via the RS-232 port (no null-modem is required)
Connecting the device directly to your PC via the USB connector Whether it is defined as an auxiliary device or a
standalone Master
You can connect only via the available ports on the device.
Note that you can read from a device only via the Ethernet.
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