Cooper SMP 4 - Setting up a Direct Serial Connection

206 • SMP Gateway User Manual
Step To do this Follow these steps:
checkbox and the Enable software compression checkbox. Clear
the Negotiate multi-link for single link connections checkbox.
Click OK.
17.
18. Under This connection uses the following items, clear the Client
for Microsoft Networks checkbox.
19. Click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and click Properties.
20. In the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties dialog box, click
Advanced.
21. In the Advanced TCP/IP Settings dialog box, clear the Use default
gateway on remote network checkbox and the Use IP header
compression checkbox and click OK, three times
22. Close the Connect <Connection Name> dialog box.
4
Configure
SMP Manager
to communicate
with the
SMP Gateway
1. Start SMP Manager. Select the SMP Gateway to be configured and
from the File menu, click SMP Gateway Properties.
2. In the Gateway Properties dialog box, type a significant name for
the new SMP Gateway, such as “SMP Gateway via modem”.
3. If you have an SMP 4-20 or an SMP 8-40:
 Type 100.100.100.1 in the First IP Address box.
 Type 100.100.100.2 in the Second IP Address box.
If you have an SMP 4 or an SMP 16:
 In the First IP Address box, type the IP pool’s starting address
that you specified when you installed your SMP Gateway (see
your SMP Gateway’s installation guide).
 Do not type anything in the Second IP Address box. Click
Add.
Note that even if you set up a number of SMP Gateways to communicate
via a dial-up connection, the PC will be able to communicate with only
one SMP Gateway at a time, and will use the address(es) specified here.
22.1.2 Setting Up a Direct Serial Connection
The following table outlines the procedure for setting up a direct serial connection between a PC
running Windows XP, and an SMP Gateway.
You must perform the steps in the order presented in the table.
Step To do this Follow these steps:
1
Set up the
SMP Gateway to
accept a direct
connection
By default, an incoming direct connection is supported on
SMP Gateway’s console port: skip to step 2 if you want to use this port;
to allow an incoming direct connection on any other port, proceed as
follows:
1. In SMP Manager, select the SMP Gateway to be configured.