User's Manual

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To interact with and configure Matrix sensors with SSMMX, connect to the sensor
through one of the following three types of connections:
 a serial connection;
 an Internet connection, made using an IP address and a serial to Ethernet
converter;
 or a virtual connection, which can be made for convenience in learning and
demonstrating SSMMX functionality.
Serial Connection
1. Click on Communication to access the Communication window (see Figure
4.2).
2. Select the Serial tab.
3. Set Port and Timeout to the desired settings.
4. Select the type of search you would like to perform using the radio buttons
(Full or Quick).
5. Click the Search button. Please wait up to 30 seconds while the sensors on
your network bus are discovered and listed. (You can click
Cancel, if the
sensor of interest has already been listed.)
6. Click on the desired row from the list to select a sensor. The list presents
the Sensor ID, Location, and Approach fields of each sensor discovered.
7. Click the Connect button. When a connection is established you will be
directed back to the home page.
Tip
Click the magnifying glass icon on the right side of the communication link of
the main SSMMX page to help expedite completion of a connection using the
most-recently-used parameters. For example, if your most recent connection
was an Internet connection, click on the magnifying glass to bring up the
Internet tab with the last IP Address, port, and timeout values specified. When
the page appears, you will notice that SSMMX is searching at the selected
destination using the last type of search (Quick or Full) that you selected. The
magnifying glass will only appear when there is no connection currently
established.
Tip
If you are using SSMMX on a laptop computer, you can use the panel in the
lower-left of the main screen to change the size of the program on your
computer. By default the smallest size is selected. If you click on the larger
rectangles you can increase the size of the program by two or three times.