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Sage Digital ENDEC Quick Start Rev 2.0
5. Configuring Your ENDEC
Configuring your ENDEC requires three main actions
1) Get the ENDEC connected to your local area network (LAN) so you can access it.
2) Change your access passwords – don’t use the defaults, and never connect your ENDEC directly to
the Internet until you have changed the passwords. Use HTTPS to protect your passwords as you
enter them.
3) All other settings. These include your audio connections, levels, and incoming alert filters that tell
your ENDEC which alerts you want to put on the air.
Step by step instructions on configuring your ENDEC are provided in our Task Sheets, available on our
website as discussed below.
5.1 ENDEC Task Sheets
The Sage web site contains several sets of step by step instructions for initial setup of your ENDEC. If you
haven’t done this before, go and read those documents. This manual gives an outline of what you need to
do, the web Task Sheets documents will provide up to date details and pointers to the location of the latest
ENDECSetD as well as any recent firmware updates.
The task sheets are at:
www.sagealertingsystems.com/faq.htm
5.2 Preparing to configure your ENDEC’s settings
You will need to download and install the ENDECSetD settings file editor.
1) Open your web browser, and go to this address: http://sagealertingsystems.com/support-
firmware.htm You will need to use a modern browser, see Supported Web Browsers on page 23.
2) Create a folder on your desktop. For convenience, simply call it “sage”.
3) If the firmware update page has a newer version than what is on your ENDEC, you still install the
new update. Read the release notes for the update and follow their instructions to make sure you
need to install it. From the firmware update page you opened in 1), click the link for the firmware
file. When prompted to run or save the file, choose to save it in the folder you created in 2). The
filename will contain the firmware version and have an .x extension, e.g. 95-1.x.
4) Download the ENDECSetD software. From the firmware update page that should be open in your
browser in 1), download the ENDECSetD utility. When prompted to run or save the file, choose to
save it in the folder you created in 2). Once the download process has completed, open the folder
and double-click the EndecSetD.msi file. Answer all questions in the affirmative, stepping through
the installation process just as you would when installing any program.
5.3 Edit Your Settings
Quick changes to basic settings can be made at the ENDEC's front panel, but more involved procedures
(incoming alert filters, for example) are best handled using the ENDECSetD utility. This section provides
the basic steps to retrieve your ENDEC's settings, edit them on your computer, and then upload your
changes back into the ENDEC. You will also need a folder to store the ENDEC settings file - the Sage
folder you created above is a good place for this purpose, and we'll refer to it here as your Sage folder.
1) Open your web browser to the ENDEC's built-in web page. Open your web browser. In the address
bar, type in the IP address of the ENDEC, then hit Enter. The ENDEC's built-in web page will
appear in your browser.
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