Difference between revisions of "Communications Tutorial"

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In order to connect to a panel, you must first decide which type of connection you wish to use. The options available to you are whichever communication types were added when you [[Create a new Account Tutorial|created the account]].
  
DLS IV gives you a few different options of connecting to a panel.
 
  
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==PSTN==
  
== Connection Types ==
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==IP (T-Link)==
  
There are a few different ways that you can connect to a panel.
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==SMS (GS2060 or TL260GS)==
  
===PSTN===
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==TL Network (TL260)==
 
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===PC-Link===
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===IP===
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====SMS====
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====TL-Network====
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== '''Global Upload''' ==
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Selecting the "Global Upload" option will upload the entire panel to your software. After selecting "Global Upload" a window will appear with 3 tabs: Basic, Options, Comments.
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The "Basic" tab gives you options to change connection type, DLS Access Code, Panel ID Code, whether to upload the event buffer, and if you would like to auto-detect modules.
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You can also select the option to override the default connection type with PC-Link. This will simply change the default connection from PSTN (modem) to PC-Link.
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There is also an option to automatically hang up after the Global Upload has finished.
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The "Options" tab lets you change some settings for the connection.
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The "Comments" tab
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== '''Global Download''' ==
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Selecting the "Global Download" option will download all of the information from the software into the panel.
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== '''Communicate Selected Tags''' ==
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== '''Upload Event Buffer''' ==
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== '''Module Auto-Detect''' ==
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Revision as of 16:21, 31 March 2009

In order to connect to a panel, you must first decide which type of connection you wish to use. The options available to you are whichever communication types were added when you created the account.


PSTN

IP (T-Link)

SMS (GS2060 or TL260GS)

TL Network (TL260)