Manual

CTI Products, Inc. NCB-EL/FL User Guide
4. NCB Plug-In 20
4. E
THER
P
LUG
A
DDITIONAL
F
UNCTIONS
Basic usage of the EtherPlug configuration software is described in S
ECTION
2 of the manual. This section
covers additional features of EtherPlug not described in S
ECTION
2.
P
RINTING
I
NFORMATION FROM
E
THER
P
LUG
The
File – Print
and
File – Print to File
functions can be used to print Channel information (from the main
window) or detailed member information (from the View Details window) either directly to a printer, or to the
default Windows editor.
U
PDATING
F
IRMWARE IN THE
NCB U
NIT
The
File – Flash Loader
function is used to update the firmware in the NCB-Etherlon or NCB-Fiberlon unit.
This is possible on NCB units of revision 200 or greater. Contact CTI Products technical support should the
firmware need upgrading.
I
MPORTING
/E
XPORTING
E
THER
P
LUG
C
ONFIGURATION
D
ATA
The
Import/Export – Export File
function is used (only in LNS Plugin Mode) to save the EtherPlug
configuration data in a file outside the LNS database to be used by EtherPlug in standalone mode, or when
transporting the EtherPlug data from one LNS database to another LNS database.
The
Import/Export – Import File
function is used to import EtherPlug data from an
ETHERCON
data file with a
“.el” file extension.
O
THER
R
IGHT
-C
LICK
M
EMBER
F
UNCTIONS
Other functions available on the menu presented after right-clicking on a member name are as follows:
• View Details
: Shows the Ethernet/IP data as stored in the NCB unit compared to that in the database
for that unit.
• Rename Member & Delete Member
: Allowed only in Standalone mode.
• Wink, Pulse Router Service Pin, Soft Reboot
: Allowed only in LNS Plugin mode.