5.2 Control Panel

The 2N® SmartCom Control Panel provides a comfortable administration of terminals and users/user groups and assigns users relevant communication and administration rights. Also, it can create virtual TCPs and serial ports and connect terminals to them. 

Caution

  • The 2N® SmartCom Control Panel uses the English language version only.

Installation and Sign-In

Once launched, the installation program will scan your PC. If it finds another 2N® SmartCom Control Panel, it will ask you whether to uninstall or modify it. If you select Uninstall, the current 2N® SmartCom Control Panel version will be uninstalled.

Now the 2N® SmartCom Control Panel Setup Wizard is launched. Follow the Wizard instructions. Select the directory for the 2N® SmartCom Control Panel to be installed. By default, C:\Program Files\2N TELEKOMUNIKACE\2N SmartCOM\ is used. Also, select whether the application shall be installed for the currently signed-in user or all PC users. 

Now the wizard is ready to install the 2N® SmartCom Control Panel. It automatically adds an item to the Start menu and the application icon to the desktop.

Note

  • The 2N® SmartCom Control Panel requires 150 MB of free disk space at least for installation.

Now the 2N® SmartCom Control Panel is ready for use. Click on the shortcut icon on the desk top (see Fig. 7.1) or select the Start menu option to launch the application.

Upon the first launch, you will be asked to enter the username and password and then the server and server listening port. After you do so, use the Sign in item.

Figure: 2N® SmartCom Control Panel Icon

Caution

  • Important! A default user with the Administrator login was created during the 2N® SmartCom Server installation to make it possible to connect to the server and configure all the other users. The default user login data are as follows:
  • Username:Admin
  • Password: 2n

If you use one and the same PC for the 2N® SmartCom Control Panel and the 2N® SmartCom Server, you can enter the local loop address 127.0.0.1 or the local host text as the server address. To log in to another server, enter the local or public IP address. Or, use the DNS names if you use DNS. Enter the listening port into the Port item as selected during your 2N® SmartCom Server installation. Contact you network administrator for correct settings.


Figure: Sign-In Window

The encryption settings are in the right-hand bottom corner. Click on Change encryption key to display the encryption setting window. If the server requires so, enable packet encryption and set the key. Enter the key either in the ASCII format, where HEX is completed automatically with the translated characters, or enter the HEXA key. The key length is 16 ASCII / 32 HEXA characters. Press OK to sign in with applied encryption. A message will notify a key error if any or encryption options if supported by the server.

Encryption Settings

Introduction to Application

You will be shown the application layout and main controls in this subsection. The application can be viewed in two ways: the User mode and the Admin mode. The User may see the menus necessary for its work with terminals only. The Administrator also views the user/user group managing and server setting menus.

The Status line displays the following information: From the left: application version, currently signed-in user, count of configured terminals, count of on-line terminals, current server address, server listening port and application status.
Find the Sign-out button in the bottom part.

Figure: Application Window

Basic Controls

Push the Home button to return to the main menu.

Click on Refresh to update the status of objects in the selected menu, 

e.g. the terminal status in the Terminals or Connections menu.

Push these buttons to Start/Stop communication with the terminal.

Push the Add user button to add a user..

Push the Add group button to add a user group.

Push the general Add button to add an object to a group and create new virtual ports and terminals.

Click on Edit to modify the parameters already configured.

Click on Remove to remove an object from configuration.

The Change password button changes the user password and may be used by the Administrator only.

Push the Create button to create new objects.

Click on the Cancel button to clear the currently made changes.

Click on Save to save the currently made changes and send them to the 2N® SmartCom Server configuration.

Use this button to install the virtual serial port driver.

Push the Sign out button to log out the currently signed-in user.

Use Search to search the relevant table columns.

Use Switch on/Switch off to control the relay contacts.

Use the button to display details on the terminal.

Click on Update to upgrade firmware of selected terminals.

Click on Default to reset the factory default values for all parameters.