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K-Config - Connecting to the Device
10 Connecting to the Device
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Description
Section
Introduction
General information and system requirements
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Planning
Carefully plan your controlled room
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Installation
Install the Software
3
Introduction to K-Config
Get to know the K-Config main window, menus and quick access icons
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Driver Manager
Define the Peripheral Device Drivers
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Project Navigator
Define the Controlled Room
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Port Manager
Assign the peripheral devices to the Master and Auxiliary device ports
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Triggers
Activate the Triggers
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Adding Actions
Describes how to add the various actions to a trigger
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Connecting to a Device
Describes how to connect to a device, upgrade the firmware, read/write to the device
and so on
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While many actions are available to K-Config users without needing to connect to the device itself, the following
actions require that the device is connected to your PC. These actions include:
 Firmware upgrade, see Section 10.2
 General settings, see Section 10.4
 Security Settings, see Section 10.4
 Date and time settings, see Section 10.4.1
 Syncing the configuration to the device, see Section 10.5
 Reading the configuration from the device, see Section 10.6
 Clearing the configuration from the device, see Section 10.7
You can connect your PC to:
 A Master device
 An auxiliary device that is connected with a K-NET cable to its Master RC
 An auxiliary device that is connected directly to the PC
10.1 Connecting Methods
Before you perform any of the actions described above, you need to physically connect to the device.
This can be done in any of the following ways:
 Connecting via the Ethernet
 Connecting to the device via the RS-232 port (no null-modem is required)
 Connecting the device directly to your PC via the USB connector Whether it is defined as an auxiliary device or a
standalone Master
You can connect only via the available ports on the device.
Note that you can read from a device only via the Ethernet.
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