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326 VEREX Director V4.73 User's Guide 21-0381E v4.7.3

Beginning with V4.0 VEREX Director, you can use the

Communications Wizard to set up and initiate

communications with a panel. For more information,

refer to "New Installation? Try the Wizard!"

To manually set up a panel connection, refer to "Panel

Connection Overview".

The initial topics in this section provide general

information and details on starting the communications

software module. To go directly to the details on

making ports and modems available to the

communications software, browse forward to the

heading entitled "Add Modems and Serial Cables to be

Used for Panel Communications".

Note

: Setting up ports and/or modems through the

communications software requires administrator

authority under Windows (since data needs to be

written to the "registry").

The Communications Software

To manage panel co mmunications, the

VEREX Dire ctor program uses separate

communications soft ware on each PC to be

connected to a panel or modem.

The modem(s) and connections you'll be using

to connect with system panel(s) must be

added here.

(For details, ref er to "Add Mod ems /

Connections for Panel Communications", to

follow/below.)

Before You Begin: Each direct cable connection or

modem to be accessed by this software must have

been previously set up under MS Windows.

For details on setting up a panel connection, refer to:

• "PC-to -Panel—Direct Connection", or

;

• "PC and Panels—Modem Connections", or

;

• "IP Connectivity".

Note: To allow panel communications, the VEREX

Director 'activation' key must be present on the Director

PC (Director-server

PC if applicable;

≥V4: USB connector, ≤V3.3.2: Parallel/printer port,

V3.3.3: Either).

In a multi-PC system, the Director-server PC and

software must be running as well. For more

information, refer to "Client/Server Issues and the

Director Server Manager (v4.7)" (a previous section).

Client/Server Operation

For a multi-PC in stallation, the com muni-

cations soft ware can be run on its o wn if

desired. This allo ws utilizing port s /

connections on other PCs—regardles s of

whether or n ot they are r unning the VEREX

Director software.

In a client-server system, the panel connection set-up

must be done on each specific PC to be associated

with a modem and/or panel(s).

Licensing

: Client-server operation is optional, and must

be selected though the license-manager software. For

details on upgrading your licensing, refer to "Software

Activation and Licensing".

All communications modules (running on client PCs)

that are to be allowed access to the database must be

identified to the server. This is done using a "Cyclic-ID"

code that can be found by right-clicking the

LCD/Telephone

symbol on the right-hand end of the

taskbar, and selecting About. To register this value at

the Director-server PC, refer to "Client/Server Access

and Permissions".

Start Up the Communications Software

Beginning with v4.7, the Director-

communications softw are is installed as a

service

. This means it w ill start automatically

whenever th e PC or op erating syste m is

restarted.

At each

PC associated with the specif ic panel

connection(s), check t o ensure th e

communications service is running:

Detail: If the LCD/Telephone icon on the Windows

taskbar is black-and-white (colour = running), start the

communications service by right-clicking the icon, and

selecting "Start Communications".