Z-SYSTEMS ROUTER CONTROLLER™ DOCUMENTATION V1.
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BEFORE YOU BEGIN 8 C HAPTER 1: BEFORE YOU BEGIN T he Z-Systems Router Controller contains the information you will need to set up your router and begin using it immediately. Although the manual assumes that you have no knowledge of how to use our software, it does assume a working knowledge of the Macintosh computer. REGISTER YOUR COPY OF THE Z-SYS ROUTER CONTROLLER Before you begin, locate your Product Registration Card. It will most likely be inside the same envelope as your installation disks.
8 COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS The Z-Systems Router Controller will run on any color Macintosh with at least eight meg of RAM. You can use system 6.x or higher. If you require more than the two built-in serial ports on the Mac, you can obtain a serial port expander. The serial port expander will give you four additional serial ports at a time. THE Z-SYSTEMS ROUTER CONTROLLER SOFTWARE PACKAGE THE Z-Systems Router Controller is distributed on a single diskette. That takes care of the preliminaries.
GETTING STARTED 11 C HAPTER 2: GETTING STARTED T his part of the manual describes the process of installing the ZSystems Router Controller to your hard drive. INSTALLATION Installing the router controller software The Z-Systems Router Controller software is distrubuted on a single floppy disk. If you have purchased the standalone version of the Router Controller there will be a file called Router Controller on your floppy.
12 To change the configuration of the Router Controller software for your router (i.e. if a new patch has already been created): 1) Select Edit Router Parameters from the Router menu. 2) Select the port (i.e., printer, modem, Ethernet etc.) from the port pop-up. CHAPTER 2 AppleTalk back on despite the fact that you diligently turned it off! We know that sounds confusing, but unfortunately it is reality.
USING THE ROUTER CONTROLLER 15 C HAPTER 3: USING C ONTROLLER THE R OUTER T his chapter explains the operation of the stand-alone version of the Router Controller software. The multi-user version is explained in the following chapter. THE BASIC IDEA The Router Controller software gives you a graphical overview of what is happening inside the router hardware. The first thing you nave to do is to create a new patch. This is done by selecting the new patch command from the file menu.
16 To Save a Patch and name it: 1) Select Save Patch as... from the File menu. If the patch has not been previously saved, you will be prompted to give it a name. If the file has been previously saved you will be again prompted to give it a name 2) Click on OK. To Save a Patch: 1) Select Save Patch from the file menu. The file will be immediatelly saved. To Open an existing Patch: 1) Select Open Patch from the File menu. 2) Locate the desired Patch using the standard Macintosh browser. 3) Click on OK.
THE MULTI-USER VERSION 19 C HAPTER 4: USING USER VERSION Using the multi-user version of the ZSystems Router Controller is not difficult. This chapter assumes that you have installed your workstations and server applications OVERVIEW OF MULTI-USER CONTROL OF THE ROUTER Multi-user control of the router provides you with the convenience of being able to access the patching functions of your router from several rooms. Many clients can be online and can view the connections happening at the server.
20 The Network Monitor Window When the sever or clients start up the first thing you will see is the Network Monitor Window. This window lists all the clients currently running on your network. The Network Monitor Window is an invaluable tool for debugging your network, i.e., seeing at a glance if all the expected clients are attached.
