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Working Zone
Adding a Terminal to the
Adding a Terminal to the Adding a Terminal to the
Adding a Terminal to the
Network
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Network
Purpose
Before You Begin
Procedure
Purpose
This document contains instructions for adding a new or repaired Talkman® terminal to the
network.
Note: Before adding a repaired terminal to Terminal Manager, verify that the terminal was
previously deleted from Terminal Manager.
Before You Begin
Before a terminal can be recognized in Terminal Manager and before it can be added to your
site's network, the terminal must first be properly configured. (For details about Terminal
Manager, refer to the Talkman Management System online documentation.) When the Talkman
system is first installed at your site, a Vocollect System Engineer configures the Talkman
terminals.
If the terminal has not been properly configured to communicate with Terminal Manager, it
cannot be added to your site's network. Loaded onto each terminal is a ROM configurable
parameters file containing the information needed for the terminal to communicate with
Terminal Manager. There may already be a configurable parameters file for your site that can
be manually loaded onto the terminal. If you need to create a configurable parameters file,
see Configuring a Terminal.
Once a terminal is on the network, you can make changes to its configurable parameters by
loading firmware onto the terminal online.
Procedure
To add a terminal to the network, perform the following steps:
1. Place the terminal in a powered charger within radio range of the network.
Terminal Manager automatically recognizes a new terminal if the terminal has been
properly configured. The terminal is then added to Terminal Manager. By default,
Terminal Manager assigns all new terminals to the Root group.
2. Select the Root group in the left pane of the Terminal Manager window.
Note: If the terminal is within radio range of an access point, but does not appear in
the Root group, you must configure the terminal. See Configuring a Terminal.
3. Select the new terminal in the right pane of the Terminal Manager window.
Note: Terminal Manager names a new terminal with its serial number.
4. Look in the Cur. Software column in the right pane of the Terminal Manager window
for the software (i.e. firmware) version of the terminal. If the firmware version is not