User's Manual

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The STATUS key is reserved to only display the Time and Date.
The Control keys can be used without pressing the ENTER key by using the
Control Keys Only Terminal Setup parameter. See Chapter 2; RF System
Setup for details.
802Control/ActiveX
PromptNET/ActiveX is a drop in COM component that allows
programmers to easily add the ability to send prompts to and receive data
from their R/F Terminal across a TCP/IP network connection.
The ActiveX component is compatible with Visual Basic, Visual C++,
Delphi, and most other 32-bit development platforms. The client program
requires Windows 98 or later. See the help file for installation instructions.
Programming Considerations
Network Setup
•
The network settings on the and server must support TCP/IP
communications.
• It is critical that the Access Point(s) and Server are "visible" to
each other across your network. Both must have an IP address in
the same subnet. Both the Server and the Terminal Device(s) can
either have a static address or use an assigned IP address via a
DHCP server or equivalent. Refer to your Windows networking
administration utility in the Control Panel to configure computer IP
address settings.
• PromptNET uses ports 54123 (server).
• You can link server and client through a dial-up or DSL internet link
as long as the server has a static IP address and your router passes
the above ports.
• If you are unsure of how to set up your IP configuration properly,
refer to your network administrator for help.
Server Communications
•
Run the Server Test Utility on the server computer. Now go to the
client computer, set the IP address for the server computer and a
unique "Base Name" for the Client Utility and attempt to connect to
the Server Test Utility. If the Client Utility connects, you are
configured properly. Go to the server computer, shut down the Server
Test Utility and begin work on your PromptNET server application.
• For Client/Server communications, the Client Utility is required to
be running on the PC that the serial Base Stations are attached to.