User's Manual

CHAPTER 5: PROGRAMMING INSTRUCTIONS

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Overview

 This section applies to all frequency ranges of the IPSeries Base Stations. Important! The base

station’s IP address must be known prior to performing the procedures in this section.

The programming procedure should be performed when it is necessary to upgrade a base station’s

Firmware or to change the operating parameters to suit the customer’s needs before putting into

complete operation.

HyperTerminal Setup

To communicate and access parameters from the base station, the base station must be connected to a

HyperTerminal session setup on a personal computer.

Perform the following steps to setup the base station for communication with HyperTerminal:

Step 1 Connect the base station and the PC as shown in the figure below.

Figure 12: Base Station-to-HyperTerminal Connection Diagram

Step 2 Power on the PC.

Step 3 Power on the base station using the front panel power switch.

Step 4 On the PC desktop, click on the Start button and select Accessories, Communications,

and HyperTerminal.

Step 5 At the Connection Description window enter IPMNBS and click on the OK button.

Step 6 At the Connect To window, under Con

nect using: select the appropriate COM port and

click on the OK button.