Lantronix EDS8/16PS manual

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    2008 Copyright © L antronix is a trademark of Lantronix. All rights reser ved. 900-546 Rev. A 11/08 EDS8/16PS Quick Star t Guide EDS8/16PS[...]

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    EDS8/16PS . . .2 . . . . . . .2 . . .3 . . . .4 Quick Setup Using the DeviceInstaller Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-9 Configuration Using W eb Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-11 LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    Quick Star t Guide EDS8/16PS QUICK CONNECT Complete the following steps in order . Refer to the numbers in the figure below. 1. Connect a serial device to your unit. 2. Connect an Ethernet cable to the RJ45 por t. 3. Supply power to your unit using the power cord that was included in the pack aging. 4. Supply power to the serial device. 2 WWW .LANT[...]

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    4 WWW .LANTRONIX.COM QUICK SETU P USING T HE DEVICEINST ALL ER UTILITY Step 1: Install DeviceInstaller T o use the DeviceInstaller utility , first install it from the produc t CD: 1. Insert the product CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2. If the CD does not launch automatically: a) Click the Star t button on the T ask Bar and select Run . b) Ente r yo ur [...]

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    USI NG THE D EVIC EINS T ALLER UTILI T Y C ONT INUE D… 6. Click the Assign button and wait several seconds until a confirmation message displays. Click Finish . 7. Click the Close button to close the dialog box and return to the main window . 6 WWW .LANTRONIX.COM Quick Star t Guide EDS8/16PS 7 USI NG THE D EVIC EINS T ALLER UTILI T Y C ONT INUE D[...]

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    8 Quick Star t Guide EDS8/16PS WWW .LANTRONIX.COM 9 USI NG THE D EVIC EINS T ALLER UTILI T Y C ONT INUE D Step 4: Complete the Configuration Once the unit is in the device list, you can complete the configuration: • T o use a web inter face ( Web Manager), double-click the unit in the list and click the Web Configur ation tab . See Configuration [...]

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    10 Quick Star t Guide EDS8/16PS WWW .LANTRONIX.COM 11 C ONF IGURA TIO N USIN G W EB MA NA GER C ON TINUE D C ONFIGURA TION USING WEB MANAGER In this Quick Star t Guide, we briefly describe how to configure the EDS using Web Manager , Lantronix ’ s browser-based configuration tool. For detailed information on W eb Manager configuration and on othe[...]

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    12 C ONT A CT For questions and technical suppor t, please check our online knowledge base at www .lantronix.com/support Lantronix 15353 Barranca Parkway , Irvine, CA 92618, USA Phone: (949) 453-3990 or Fax: (949) 453-3995 www .lantronix.com WWW .LANTRONIX.COM 13 Quick Star t Guide EDS8/16PS LEDS MEANING T ransmit (green) Blinking = EDS is transmit[...]