HandNet Lite Manual - Security Technologies

Configuration Tab
Connecting
through a serial
port
To connect to a site by running a cable from your computer to the reader, you must have
a free serial port on your computer. See the reader manual for more on the requirements
for the cable.
Figure 10-3: Serial Network Edit Screen
Table 10-13: Serial Network Fields
Field Req’d Description
Network Name Yes • Name of the network
• Any combination of letters, numbers, spaces, and
special characters, up to 30 characters long
Description No • Brief description of the network
Enabled No • Must be checked for the system to communicate with
the network and monitor any readers connected to it.
Delete This
Network
No
• Uncheck when in the process of setting up or
reconfiguring the network to keep the program from
trying to communicate
• If checked when the network is not really connected,
the system will slow down significantly.
• Check to delete this network and remove it from the
network selection list.
• You cannot delete a network with readers in it
Network Type Yes • Choose Serial port or TCP/IP
• The remaining fields will be determined by this
selection.
Comm Port Yes • Only available if Serial port was chosen in the Network
type field.
• Must match the serial port to which the reader is
connected
• Only the ports that are currently available on your
computer are listed.
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