Drake SCTeci Ethernet Controller Interface - Manual (Page 12)

Downloading a New Webpage to the SCTeci
In the future, new web pages may be generated for
the SCTeci to incorporate some new function or
model. If this occurs, it is possible to download a new
web page to the SCTeci. The SCT Control Program
can be utilized to perform this download to the
SCTeci. Under the Tools heading, there is a dropdown
menu choice of 'Download Webpage to SCTeci' that
would be utilized. When a new page is issued, it will
be accompanied with instructions explaining where to
place the new file in order to make it available to the
program.
This function uses FTP and in most cases will need
to be performed by using a LAN connection.
Downloading Notes
When using the SCT Control Program with the SCTeci
to download stored configurations to transcoders, there
will be some buttons in the control program that will
not function with the SCTeci. These include uploading
functions and downloading to a single transcoder
buttons. To view current settings, edit, or to download
to a single transcoder only, over a network, use a web
browser connection directly to the SCTeci instead of
the SCT Control Program software.
Once the SCT Control program has been used to
download via the SCTeci, the IP address and system
ID that was entered will be saved by the PC program
and will be automatically associated with that headend
name in the future when the program is run on the PC.
Thus different IP addresses and IDs can be saved with
every headend name. At any time, the user may
overwrite any of this stored information with new
infromation if it has changed.
SCT Password Loading or Reset
This is the transcoder password, not the SCTeci
password. It is not necessary to password protect the
transcoders in most cases where the SCTeci is to be
the only mode of remote access because the SCTeci
provides the password access. Therefore, if no pass-
word has been loaded into the SCTs, you may leave
the password at 0.
If you still desire to load a password for the first time or
you desire to load a revised password into the
transcoders, or reset the SCT passwords back to 0,
then follow steps 1 through 5, below. If all of the SCTs
are already loaded with a common password, you will
not need to reload the transcoders, only give this
password to the SCTeci - skip step 3 in the sequence
below.
1) Before the SCTs are in 'LOADING PASSWORD',
using your browser, enter the IP address of the SCTeci
in the address box.
2) When the SCTeci screen comes up, using the
Select Mode drop down menu, highlight the 'Select
SCT Password' choice.
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3) Next, a person at the headend location of the
SCTs, must press the three front panel buttons to
place the SCT into the 'LOADING PASSWORD'
mode. Do this to any SCT or PS151 that is to receive
the new password.
4) Using the SCTeci web page screen, enter the
desired password into the first empty box.
5) Click the OK box. This will cause the password to
be transferred to all SCTs that are in the loading
password mode. This completes the new password
transfer.