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AcroComm Programming Manual

(FOR MODEM TERMINAL ONLY)

Select option 1 for Modem <press ENTER>

Select the Modem baud rate 0 for 1200 and 1 for 2400 baud <press
ENTER>

Select the Answer Window HHMMHHMM for starting and ending
times <press ENTER> (Time is in military format. Example: Clock will
not answer during business hours and will only answer between the
hours of 8:00 pm and 6:00 am, then select 20000600)

(FOR RS485 TERMINALS ONLY)

Select option 1 for RS485 <press ENTER>

Select the 0 for 1200, 1 for 2400, 2 for 4800, 3 for 9600 and 4 for
19,200 baud <press ENTER>

(FOR ETHERNET TERMINALS ONLY)

Select option 2 for Ethernet <press ENTER>

Select the baud rate option 3 for 9600 baud <press ENTER>

(Leave this as the default for Ethernet.)

Select the TCPIP address <press ENTER>

(Your network administrator will have this information.)

Select the GATEWAY address <press ENTER>

(Your network administrator will have this information.)

Select the PORT VALUE <press ENTER>

(Default number 10001. Select the same value in the atr9800 software.)

Select the NETMASK PART BITS NUMBER <press ENTER>
(Your network administrator will obtain this information.) The Default
Subnet Mask IP number contains 4 segments of numbers separated by
“.” To determine the NETMASK VALUE obtain your Subnet Mask IP
number from the Network administrator XXX.125.125.125 for you
server, convert EACH 125 (your numbers will be different) to binary
and count the number of zero’s in the binary segment and enter this
number. 125 = 01111101 in binary. Each 125 has 2 zeros, therefore the
Netmask part bits number is set to 6.)

Set the BUFFER FLUSH VALUE <press ENTER>
(Default number 000. The Buffer Flush value is used with Unix
communications. Consult Acroprint for details communicating with
UNIX.)

Select the TERMINAL TRANSACTION PRINTER TYPE <press
ENTER> (default is parallel port)

Select the TRANSACTION TIME OUT < press ENTER>
(This controls how long the terminal will restrict between badge swipes.
Example: You want to keep your employees off the terminal for at least
30 minutes for lunch, then set Transaction Timeout to 30.)

Select TERMINAL ID <press ENTER>
(Default is 1, select the ID for terminal, each terminal MUST have a
unique ID.)

The terminal MUST be powered down and back up to accept the new
TCPIP information.

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