User manual

Configuration
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Siemens Building Technologies
Fire Safety & Security Products 01.2009
NOTE
When using the USB to serial text-in device, do not remove the USB cable from the port while the
system is running.
4. Highlight Setup…, and press the button.
5. Use the ATM or POS manufacturer’s recommended settings when configuring
the RS232, RS485 or USB-Serial ports.
6. Highlight the box beside Text-In Product, and press the
button.
7. Select your device from the list.
NOTE
The following description is for a Generic Text Device. The screen changes for different types of text
input devices, and there will be different parameter boxes for you to enter information.
8. Highlight the box beside Transaction Start, and press the button.
9. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the Transaction Start string. Refer to the
device manufacturer’s documentation for the text string that the device first
sends when a transaction starts.
Î If you want the DVR to react to any character sent from the text input device,
you will want to turn On Any Character.
10. Highlight Any Character, and press the
button to toggle between On and
Off.
NOTE
If Any Character is turned On, you will not be able to enter any text in the Transaction Start box.
11. Highlight the box beside Transaction End, and press the button.
12. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the Transaction End string.
Refer to the device manufacturer’s documentation for the text string that the
device sends when a transaction ends.
13. Highlight the more line(s) box, and press the
button.
14. Select the number of additional lines of text that you want the DVR to record.
Î You can choose from 0 to 10.
15. Highlight the box beside Line Delimiter, and press the
button.
16. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the character(s) that the device uses to
indicate the end of a line.
Î Special characters can be created using ^ and a capital letter; e.g., ^J for NL
(New Line), ^M for CR (Carriage Return).
Refer to the device manufacturer’s documentation for Line Delimiter
character(s).
17. Highlight the box beside Ignore String, and press the
button.
18. Use the virtual keyboard to enter any strings of text that you want the DVR to
ignore.
Refer to the device manufacturer’s documentation for text strings that the
device sends during transactions, so you will know which ones you do not
want recorded.
19. Highlight the Case Sensitive box, and press the
button to toggle between
On and Off.