YDI EtherAnt II-LR, User Manual

EtherAnt II User’s Manual 

3.3 General 

Information 

The 

General Information 

screen is shown in Figure 3.2.  Notice that there are two other buttons at the top 

of this window, 

Configuration

 and 

Utilities

.  These buttons will be discussed later in this manual. 

 
The two buttons on the left – 

Save Settings,

 and 

Reload Settings

 – are explained below.  The four fields 

at the bottom of the screen, 

Host Computer Name, Host Computer IP, Ethernet Converter Name, 

and

Ethernet Converter IP

, will also be discussed.  Lastly, at the top of your screen, several drop-down menu 

items are available.  They are: 

File, Edit, View, Command, Tools,

 and 

Help

. 

Figure 3.2 – General Information Screen 

Save Settings 

Pressing this button will place all changed parameters into the attached EC. 
 

Reload Settings 

Pressing this button will restore the parameters that are currently saved in the attached EC. 
 

General Information 

This screen automatically displays information about the connection with the device you selected.  The 
Status Bar on the bottom of the window should indicate 

Connected

 if you have a connection.  If the Status 

Bar reads 

Not Connected

, then you are not connected with the device. Other information displayed in this 

window includes: 
 

Current EC Connection – 

This read-only property displays whether the EC is currently associated with a 

network. It will read either 

Not Associated

, or 

Associated. 

 
Network Name – 

This read-only property displays the name of the network that the EC is currently 

associated with.

 
Channel ID – 

This read-only property displays the Channel ID of the network that the EC is currently 

associated with.

 
Encryption – 

This read-only property displays whether the EC currently has Encryption disabled or 

enabled.

Version 3.3 

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March 2003