Echelon IP-852 Channel - Manual (Page 16)

8 Creating an IP-852 Channel
Figure 2.3 IP-852 Configuration Server Network Settings
5. If your computer has more than one IP address assigned to it, you can click Local IP
and specify the IP address to be used by the IP-852 Configuration Server.
6. The defaults for the channel properties will work in cases where network delays are
low. If you anticipate large delays in the IP segment (many routers / hops, or slow
media segments), you can adjust the channel property settings and/or use SNTP time
servers to synchronize IP-852 Router member devices. See Chapter 3 for more
information on this.
7. To configure the channel mode, right-click the New Channel entry and select
Properties from the shortcut menu. Select Backward Compatible, Standard
EIA-852 or Extended Firewall Support mode. See the Channel Mode section in
Chapter 3 for more detailed information on these settings.
8. From the IP-852 Configuration Server main dialog, right-click the new channel, and
select New Device from the shortcut menu. An icon representing an IP-852 device
is added to the channel.
9. Right-click on the new device and select Rename Device from the shortcut menu to
enter a name for the device.
10. Right-click the device and select Device Properties. The device properties dialog
opens.