Remote configure IX devices, Configure IX device via Monitor/IX850
Onsite tool using for configure and check an IX device remotely on another IX monitor (connected with the same subnet)
Search devices in onsite tool
In order to configure an IX device, first step is to search devices. Only monitor and IX850 has onsite tool. Check below
How to search devices
Into onsite tool menu, check below steps
On monitor (IX471/IX471(GL)/IX439): tap “Settings” -> “Onsite tool” -> “🔍”
On door station IX850: in installer mode, tap “Installer mode” -> “Search online”
2. Fill search scopes, for each scope as below:
BD_Nbr: input devices’ BD_Nbr. “9999” means all BD_Nbr. Only devices with input BD_Nbr will be search
Device/Type: Select device type. *
Capacity/Maximum: maximum list length.
*Device type: IM: monitor, OS: outdoor station IX610, DS: door station IX850/821, GL: Guard unit IX471(GL)
3. Tap “search”, and display result list.
Search monitor with known Call_Nbr on IX850
Specially to search a monitor with known Call_Nbr, or select names from namelist, this could be only done with IX850.
While IX850 in “installer mode”, calling with input “Call_Nbr” or select namelist to call, IX850 display a call parsing menu instead of forward call directly as below, the parsing menu will show all relate monitors (master and slaves), the list is similar to search result list.
Search devices result
Below are explanations of a result list:
With “Search devices in onsite tool” you will see results list as below:
Example: a search result as below.
“OS2(1) IX471_OS02 192.168.254.224 6h9m”
First field “OS2(1)” is device type and abbreviated Device_Addr.
Second field “IX471_OS2” is device name.
Third field “192.168.254.224” is device’s IP address.
Fourth field “6h9m” or “06:09” is uptime since power on.
Remote device manages
Tap device in search list to manage device, menu title in “RED” means now is in remotely managing device, and current device will display in the title.
· Device/Device info: Read only table, device’s overview.
· Call_Nbr: In this tab, setup “Call_Nbr” for the device.
· Parameter: Change parameters for the device.
· Upgrade: Upgrade device remotely, specially, in remote manage “SD card” as server in upgrade, SD card means the SD card in target device.
· Reboot: reboot the device.
Appendix 1
Call_Nbr and IP address in onsite tool
Call_Nbr and IP address are basic settings for IX device.
Check and modify Call_Nbr
Check current Call_Nbr
In onsite tools, search, and locate target device, tap the device in the list.
In onsite configure menu, tap “Call_Nbr”.
The setting menu is “What you see is what you get”
Modify Call_Nbr
For different target device the menu will have different “Call_Nbr” settings. As below
Target device is DS (door station type, such as IX850/IX821), “BD_Nbr”, “DS_Nbr” could be changed.
Target device is IM (monitor type, such as IX471/IX821), “Device_Addr (BD_Nbr +RM_Nbr)”, “MS_Nbr” could be changed.
Current OS is same as DS, GL is same as IM, which might change in the future.
Check and modify IP address
Check current IP address
In onsite tools, search and local target device, tap the device in the list.
In onsite configure menu, tap “Parameter” -> “Network settings”
The setting menu is “What you see is what you get”
Modify IP settings
Change to “Static” if you need to change IP address.
Tap “IP policy” and select “Static”, and modify following IP settings