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Chapter 4: Niagara SCX and Explorer Basics
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Insert a New Encoder
After adding Niagara SCX Encoder Manager, you must take the next step and insert any new
encoder(s) that you want the specific Niagara SCX to control.
1. Go to the Insert menu and select Encoder.
NOTE: The New Encoder window displays (Figure 50).
Figure 50. New Encoder
NOTE: You can alternately insert an encoder by clicking the right-mouse button and
selecting Insert a New Encoder while you have the specific item selected.
2. Select the encoder type you want to add from the Encoder Driver drop-down list.
3. Click OK.
NOTE: The Connect to Server window (Figure 51) displays.
Figure 51. Connect to Server
4. Type the machine or computer name where the encoder is running.
NOTE: The design of Niagara SCX allows you to have encoders running on various systems
and have only one iteration of Niagara SCX controlling all of them.
5. Click OK to save the encoder you want to connect. If you do not want to save the encoder,
click Cancel.
NOTE: The Niagara SCX Encoder Manager (Figure 52) with the new encoder displays.
Figure 52. New Encoder Display
6. Click the plus sign (+) next to the Niagara SCX Encoder Manager name.
7. Click to select the new encoder.
8. Go to the Edit menu and select Rename (Figure 53).