User guide

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Saving and restoring conguration settings
The AdderView Matrix can store up to 512 computer names and 16 sets of
user access rights. Particularly in cascaded congurations, manually re-entering
all computer names, port numbers and access rights can be a lengthy process.
Therefore, the AdderView Matrix provides a method to save and, if required,
restore conguration settings using one of its serial ports. Further to this, the
saved le can be opened and edited within a spreadsheet and then restored
back to the AdderView Matrix – a useful way to make multiple setup changes.
Note: You must be logged-in as the ADMIN user for this procedure.
Preparations for conguration save/load
• Log on to the Adder Technology website at www.adder.com and download
the les XPREAD.EXE and XPWRITE.EXE.
• Connect the serial port on the rear panel of the AdderView Matrix, labelled
‘COM’, to a serial port on your computer using the optional serial ash
upgrade cable available from Adder (p/n: CAB-9M/9F-2M). See Appendix 3
for pin-out specications.
• Ensure that the serial port is available. The AdderView Matrix has a single
RS232 COM port which is used for various functions. The port can only be
used for one task at any one time. To use the COM port for conguration
saving/loading, ensure that the power control option is disabled.
To save conguration settings
1 Run the program XPREAD.EXE on the computer that is connected to the
AdderView Matrix’s serial port. Follow the instructions given by the program.
2 Using one of the AdderView Matrix user ports, display the Conguration
menu. Note: You must be logged-in as the ADMIN user.
3 Highlight ‘Functions’ and press .
4 Highlight ‘Send Data to RS232 port’ and press .
5 The AdderView Matrix will send the conguration data to your computer.
The XPREAD program will store the data in a le named ‘XPRODATA.CSV’
that will be created in the same directory where the XPREAD program was
started - Ensure that you have sufcient rights to write to this directory.
To edit the conguration settings
The saved XPRODATA.CSV le can be opened using a spreadsheet program such
as Microsoft Excel. The format of a typical le is shown below. You will see that
the computer names (rows) are tabulated against the user proles (columns):
USERS ADMIN Alan Jim Sue Test
PASSWORDS password letmein hello logmein Test
COMPUTERS PORT
Admin PC 2103 1 1 1 1
Alan’s System 2102 1 1 1
Comms Server 3 1 1
Comms PC 4 1 1 1 1
Gateway 1 8 1
Gateway 2 5 1
Test System 15 1 1
Web Browser 9 1 1 1
Hints for editing
• To grant a user access to a computer, enter the value ‘1’ in the box that is
common to the computer’s row and the user’s column.
• To deny access, leave the box blank.
• To add extra users, add additional columns (up to 16 users).
• To add extra computers, add additional rows (up to 512 computers).
• The ADMIN user will always be granted access to all computers regardless of
the values entered.
To restore conguration settings
Note: Ensure that the computer is connected to the AdderView Matrix as
discussed earlier in the ‘Preparations’ sub section.
1 Copy the program XPWRITE and XPRODATA.CSV into the same directory on
the computer connected to the AdderView Matrix’s serial port.
2 Run the program XPWRITE.EXE and follow the instructions given by the
program.
3 Using one of the AdderView Matrix user ports, display the Conguration
menu. Note: You must be logged-in as the ADMIN user.
4 Highlight ‘Functions’ and press .
5 Highlight ‘Read Data from RS232 port’ and press .
6 The AdderView Matrix should then receive the conguration data from the
computer and load the new menu names and access rights into the menu.