Each device to be interfaced with Rx-Universe requires a connection between the device and Rx-Universe. This connection can either be serial (using an RS232 connection), or though TCP/IP. If a device supports both, TCP/IP is preferred, as it is faster and does not require a dedicated RS232 port to be used.
Installing A New Workstation
If setting up a device interface on a new workstation, you can browse to the install files on the Rx-Universe server. The install file for a device workstation is found (assuming default folders were used to install Rx-Universe) under "RxUniverse\Install\Devices\setup.exe". Browse to that folder from the workstation, and run the setup.exe program. Follow the prompts and an Rx-Universe Device session will be set up on the computer.
The default workstation number is 44 for a device session. If you are setting up the second, third, or more, device computer, you will need to change the workstation number (since 44 would be used by the first computer set up). Just modify the properties of the icon:
In the example above, the workstation is 45 (the last 2 characters at the end of the target line).
Serial Connections
When using a serial connection, a serial cable is run from the equipment to a serial port on the computer that will service the request. This computer must be running an Rx-Universe Device session, and like all Rx-Universe sessions, will be set up with a particular workstation number (for example, 44). Each serial port on the workstation (whether native, on the computer, or on a multi-port serial board) is identified as a particular COM port. For example, on a multi-port serial board, the first COM port might be COM5, the next COM6, etc.
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