3. Net-Log Set-up & Installation
Figure 3.4 Net-Log-Win Installation
Figure 3.5 Net-Log-Win Serial Utility
Figure 3.6 Detail of Net-Log-Win Serial Utility
Class A address:
The first octet contains the network ID
and the second, third and fourth contain the host ID.
Class B address:
The first and second octets contain the
network ID and the third and fourth contain the host ID.
Class C address:
The first, second and third octets contain
the network ID and the fourth contains the host ID.
So, the network ID of the IP Address that you give the
Net-Log must match the network address of the network
on which you connect it and the host ID of the Net-Log’s
IP Address must be different to that of any other device
on the network.
Subnet Masks
To determine which parts of an address contain the
network ID and host ID we use a Subnet Mask, which has
an identical format to the IP Address being made up of
32-bits, split up into four octets. It is configured as
follows:
For every bit in the IP Address that contains the network
ID the corresponding bit in the Subnet Mask must be set
to binary 1, (i.e. the byte of 8 bits is set to “255”). For
example if the IP Address is a class A address, the
network ID is contained in the first octet. So the first eight
bits of the address contain the Network ID. Therefore the
first eight bits in the Subnet Mask must be set to binary 1,
making it “255.0.0.0”.
Installing Net-Log-Win Software
The procedure below describes how to install the PC
software. As the initial set-up procedure will required the
use of the Net-Log Serial Utility, the software must initially
be installed on a PC with a free serial port.
1. Insert the Sonifex Software Installation CD into your
CD-ROM drive.
2. The installation process should begin automatically. If
it fails to start, select “Run…” from the Start Menu
and type “x:\Index.htm” where
x
is the letter of your
CD-ROM drive.
3. The installation starts by displaying a web page that
has links to several software packages from Sonifex.
Locate Net-Log-Win from the list and click on the link
provided. The Net-Log-Win installation will begin as
shown in
Figure 3.4
. Simply follow the on screen
instructions to proceed. During the installation, Set-up
will attempt to detect what version, if any, of DirectX
is installed. DirectX is required for audio playback and
Net-Log-Win requires that version 6 or later is
installed. If a compatible version is not found, then
the supplied DirectX 8.0 will be automatically
installed.
4. The installation will place three shortcuts in the start
menu – Net-Log-Win, Net-Util and Net-Log Auto-
Archive.
Entering Network Settings
To do this you need to start the Net-Log-Win Serial Utility
(
Figure 3.5 & 3.6
), and connect one of your PC’s
available serial ports to the Net-Log’s serial port (COM1).
This is done with the null modem cable supplied with the
Net-Log.
Select the relevant PC COM port number in the serial
utility by using the up/down buttons labelled “1” in
Figure
3.6
). Now press the Connect button (labelled “2”). To test
the connection between the PC and Net-Log press the
question mark Test button (labelled “3”). This sends a
command to the Net-Log, and waits for a reply. If there is
no reply, an error message box appears declaring that the
connection test has failed.
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