Specifications

October 8, 2003 Networking Alpha Signs (9700-0112C)
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Appendix I—Setting up messaging software for TCP/IP networking
A serial server receives a message from one PC over a network and sends it on to a sign. This is in conjunction
with any software that can use the TCP/IP protocol. AlphaNET plus for Windows (version 1.3 or later), AlphaNET
for Windows (version 2.0 or later), and Smart Alec (version 3.0 or later) are TCP/IP-compatible.
NOTE: AlphaNET version 2.0 is documented here. If you have another version of AlphaNET, your screens
may be different.
Creating the device in the software
You must create a device that will use a serial server and TCP/IP and set the port number to 3001. The
AlphaNET 2.0 screen for TCP/IP will look like this:
For Smart Alec 3.0, the screen looks like this:
After setting up a TCP/IP device and a sign using that device, you can send messages to this sign as you
normally would.
This must be checked.
This must be “3001”.
This must be “terminal server”
since Smart Alec refers to any
serial server as terminal.
This must be “3001”.
Type the IP address of
the terminal server.