Installation Instructions
Table Of Contents
- Approvals
- System Overview
- Network Design and Survey
- Installation
- Pre-requisites
- Installing the Hub
- Repeaters
- PPP Modem
- The Browser Interface
- Accessing the HUB with the browser interface
- Connect the Hub to the PC using Windows XP
- Using the Web Browser to Access the EkoTek Hub
- Main menus
- Maintenance Menus
- Configuration menus
- Final Checks
- Appendices
- Related Documentation and Revision History
EkoTek System Installation and Configuration Manual
The Browser Interface
Accessing the HUB with the browser interface
In order to configure and setup the Hub, a PC or a network Ethernet connection needs to
be made to the Hub. This connection can also be used to monitor the EkoTek network.
Once the connection has been made, then communication with the Hub is achieved
through a web browser.
DC
Ethernet
(RJ45)
Alarm Output
TAP
(DB9)
PPP
(DB9)
Figure 11. Hub Interfaces
Connect the Hub to the PC using Windows XP
On the PC: -
1. Click the Windows start menu and select Control Panel.
2. Click ‘Network and Internet connections.
3. Click Network Connections. With the network cable disconnected, the Local Area
connection will be shown as unplugged (
X).
4. Open the Hub. To open the Hub, push the two locking tabs in and then separate the
cover from the back plate.
5. Connect an Ethernet (RJ45) patch cable to the RJ45 connector, See Figure 11. Hub
Interfaces.
6. Connect the other end of the patch cable to the Ethernet (RJ45) connector on the PC.
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