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Lava Computer IP/232 manual

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  • Page 1

    Rev . C00 ™ LA V A P a yLink-IP/232 Quick Installation Guide[...]

  • Page 2

    1 Congratulations on y our purchase of a LA V A Pa yLink-IP/232. Pa yLink-IP devicess securely connect payment t erminals to payment processors o ver an Ethernet/T CP/IP connection. Pa yment terminals that can transmit transaction information ov er a C OM (RS-232) port can send information to the The establishes an SSL-secured connection to the pay[...]

  • Page 3

    Hardwar e Setup 2 1. Connect the power supply to the and t o AC pow er . The po wer (red) LED will light to indicate that the unit is receiving pow er . 2. Connect to the Ethernet RJ-45 jack of the . Attach the other end of the crossover netw ork cable to a host PC directly . Network status is indicated by tw o LEDs on the RJ-45 connector . The lef[...]

  • Page 4

    3 3. Open a web browser t o the IP address of the P ayLink-IP and configure the device as described in the "C onfiguration" section of this manual. 4. After configuring the LA V A P ayLink-IP/232, attach it to your network and connect a payment terminal to its serial port. Serial por t activity is indicated by two status LEDs per port. Th[...]

  • Page 5

    4 Configuration consists of the f ollowing: B. Port configuration C. Host configuration D . T erminal Side Data and Protocol c onfiguration E. Password selection F . Upgrading software A. Configuring network settings C onfigura tion A. Configuring network settings Pa yLink-IP devices installed on your netw ork will need unique IP addresses. These a[...]

  • Page 6

    5 Click "Configure" if no passwor d has been set, or enter the password for the P ayLink you are configuring , and then click "Configure ." The Configuration menu will open. Opening screen Configur ation Menu 5 Click "Configure" if no passwor d has been set, or enter the password for the P ayLink you are configuring , [...]

  • Page 7

    6 If not using a DHCP ser ver t o assign network addresses , choose the "Manually configure" option for Netw ork Settings. In the configuration screen that appears , enter the network settings you wish for that P ayLink-IP . Once the new v alues are entered and accepted , the Pa yLink-IP will reboot to implement the new netw ork settings.[...]

  • Page 8

    7 Device name IP address Subnet mask Default gatewa y HTTP por t DHCP enabled Use this field to supply a “friendly ” name for the device being configured . The friendly name is optional, and can be chosen to provide a con veniently-r emembered name for the unit. The IP address for the will identify the devic e on the LAN on which it is located.[...]

  • Page 9

    8 “DHCP enabled” checkbox has been set. The will then act as a DHCP client and obtain its IP address from the DHCP server on its LAN that first leases an IP address to the . Use this dialog box to change the TCP port number assigned to the serial port of the . B y default the assigns TCP port 2300 to its serial port; if another device on the ne[...]

  • Page 10

    9 B . Port configuration The P ayLink-IP/232 serial port can be configured through a web browser . The settings for the LA V A Pa yLink-IP/232's serial port should match the settings of the serial port on the payment terminal. Serial Port Settings The following port parameters can be configured f or the LA V A Pa yLink-IP/232: Baud rate This p[...]

  • Page 11

    10 Data bits Par it y Stop bits Flow contro l T erminal ID This parameter can be set from 5 t o 8. By default this parameter is set to 8 bits. This parameter can be set ev en, odd, none , mark, or space. By default this parameter is set to none . This parameter can be set 1, 1.5, or 2. By default this parameter is set to 1. This parameter can be se[...]

  • Page 12

    11 C. Host configuration The P ayLink-IP/232 P ayment Host c onfiguration screen has fields for entering IP address/DNS name and TCP port information for up to four pa yment processing hosts. Each host can also be configur ed for the P ayLink to use a fallback addr ess By default, these fields are empty . Users will need to supply the addressing in[...]

  • Page 13

    12 D . T erminal Side Data and P rotocol C onfiguration The P ayLink-IP/232 permits each host connection to be configured with specific data format and protoc ol configurations, using the screens shown below . T hese parameters are described in detail in the PDF manual supplied with the Pa yLink software. T erminal Side Data and F ormat C onfigurat[...]

  • Page 14

    13 By default, the LA V A Pa yLink-IP/232's connection to the payment processor is set up using an SSL V er . 3.0 link. Disabling this setting will send data over an unsecured TCP/IP link. Protocol C onfiguration[...]

  • Page 15

    14 F . Upgrading Software New versions of P ayLink-IP software and firmware ma y be found at www .lav alink.com. Passw ord Selection E. Passwor d selection The P ayLink-IP/232 passwor d configuration screen can be accessed through a web bro wser . The passw ord permits securing the Pa yLink-IP against unauthorized configuration of netw ork settings[...]

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    LA V A C omputer MFG Inc. T oronto , Canada LA V A T echnical Suppor t 9:00 am to 5:30 pm Monday to F r ida y (Eastern Time) T el: +416 674-5942 F ax: + 416 674-8262 E-mail: tech@lav alink.com Internet: www .lavalink.com This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following conditions: (1) This device may not cau[...]