Specifications

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Serial port users must choose a port prior to actually connecting to your Sicon-8. When setting up your serial com port,
you will notice a button marked "filter" just to the right of the port selector. If you click that button, only available com ports
will be displayed in the com port selector box. If your com port is set to zero, or some other non-existant port, you will not
be able to connect. If you select the com port that is physically attached to your Sicon-8, you should be able to connect.
Your Sicon-8 supports various serial baud rates, if your firmware is 1.32 or higher. The default is 38,400. To change
baud, first connect at 38,400, then set the new rate and upload to your Sicon-8. Then restart your Sicon-8 for the new
baud rate to take effect. Any time that you reset the Sicon-8 to factory defaults, the baud rate will also be reset to 38,400.
Once you have selected an appropriate com port, you will then be prompted to enter one or
more of the hardware passwords for the Sicon-8. You must, at least, enter the hardware’s
default super-administrator serial password. If the Sicon-8 has never been serially
accessed before, the default super-admin’s hardware password is 12345678. Note that the
serial password for the Sicon-8 is different than the software access password that you
needed in order to start the software. No other passwords are factory set in your Sicon-8.
hardware, so you must also use the super-admin setting for first access to the
hardware. You must use the de fault access code of 12345678 for the first access to
the Sicon-8. You should be sure to log into your Sicon-8 using the default Super-
Administrator’s password before you change the password or else the software will
not communicate with the hardware because changes made to the software are
instant and if they haven’t been uploaded, you will have no way to communicate with
your Sicon-8. Once connected, you can now control the hardware and upload or download configuration data. You
should also change the default super-admin hardware password. If others will be using the Sicon-8 hardware, you can
now set passwords for the other levels of users. Note that super-administrators can change all data and/or telco access
passwords.
If your Sicon-8 has been previously programmed via DTMF, you may now want to download the existing configuration data
from the hardware and save it to your PC. Once downloaded, the configuration data can be modified, re-saved and/or
uploaded back to the hardware. Currently, all data from your Sicon-8 can be saved, except for stored audio. If you want
to save existing audio, individual audio tracks can be played out of the Sicon-8’s audio output port and recorded back into
a PC or other recording device, then re-edited and digitally stored and/or uploaded back as needed. Digital retrieval and
storage of existing audio tracks is planned for a future release of the software.
If you logout or close the Sicontroller program, you will be required to enter your user name and password again.
Once you have logged into the Sicontroller and connected to the Sicon-8 hardware, you have complete access to all
operating functions and configuration setup (depending on your access level). If you connected via Webserver, the
Sicontroller software automatically downloads the labels from each Sicon-8. This overwrites any labels that are different in
the software, but once the connection is made, you can re-load a different site file or change the labels in your software.
Each time you connect, the current labels are downloaded from your Sicon-8.
Above:
Typical
Sicontroller
software
user login screen. Software
accounts are unlimited, but all use
one of four access codes to
communicate with the Sicon-8.