User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- FCC and IC statements
- 1. Introduction
- 2. To mount the encoder
- 3. Electrical specification
- 4. To connect to Visionline or VingCard Vision
- 5. Configuration utility
- 6. To factory reset the encoder
- 7. Web interface (Visionline only)
- Appendix A: Quick reference of technical data
- Appendix B: To install the USBXpress driver
- Appendix C: To upgrade firmware
- Appendix D: Boot-up procedure
- Appendix E: More about how the encoder finds the server (Visionline only)
- Revision history
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To commission encoders with DNS
If the encoder is located on the same subnet as the server, the encoder will
locate the server using announcement broadcast without any need for manual
configuration. However, the normal case is that the server and the encoder are
located on different subnets. The first encoder for each subnet requires help
from the DNS to locate the server.
Single server
1. Add a DNS entry called timeloxserver and let its IP address be the address of
the Visionline server to which the new encoder shall connect. The encoder will
then make a DNS query using the name timeloxserver and in this way get the
IP address of the server.
2. Connect the encoder to Ethernet and wait for it to appear in the SysMon
ZigBee tree.
Multiple servers
In the steps below, it is necessary to know the Visionline system code. To find it,
double click on System settings under Reports in the Visionline navigation window.
Figure D1
1. For each Visionline server, add a new DNS entry with the system name for
the concerned server. The system name is timelox_12-character system code
without dashes, e.g. timelox_D124BD233D13.
2. In order to find the correct server at first installation, the encoders must be
installed for one server at a time.
3. Let timeloxserver refer to the IP address of the first Visionline server.
4. When all encoders have been installed for one server, the DNS entry for
timeloxserver must be changed to the IP address of the next server.
5. When all encoders for the last server have been installed, the timeloxserver
entry must be removed.
Note: Every set of encoders that is connected with a particular Visionline server will
receive the system name of that server, once connection to the server is established.
If an encoder for some reason needs to use DNS again in the future, the system
name (e.g. timelox_D124BD233D13) will "win" over the default name. When the
encoder makes a DNS request, the system name will connect it to the correct
Visionline server.