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VG-Series Modero Touch Panels
System Settings Page
The System Settings page (FIG. 126) sets the Secondary DNS Address information with its
corresponding IP communication parameters, NetLinx Master communication settings, and reads the
device number assigned to the Modero panel.
The elements of the System Settings page are described in the table below:
FIG. 126 System Settings page showing default values (reads and assigns values to the panel and Master)
System Settings Page Elements
Back: Saves the changes and returns you to the previously active touch panel page.
Connection Status icon: This visual display of the connection status allows the user to have a current
visual update of the panel’s connection status regardless of what page is
currently active.
• A Lock only appears on the icon if the panel has established a connection
with a currently secured target Master (requiring a username and password).
IP Settings: Sets the IP communication values for the panel and contains:
DHCP/Static Sets the panel to either DHCP or Static communication modes.
• DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) assigns IP Addresses from
client stations logging onto a TCP/IP network via a DHCP server.
• Static IP is a permanent IP Address that is assigned to a node in a TCP/IP
network.
IP Address Sets the secondary IP Address assigned to the panel.
Subnet Mask Sets a subnetwork address to the panel.
• Subnetwork mask is the technique used by the IP protocol to filter messages
into a particular network segment (Subnet).
Gateway Sets a gateway value to the panel.
• Gateway is a computer that either performs protocol conversion between
different types of networks/applications or acts as a go-between two or more
networks that use the same protocols.
Host Name Sets the host name of the panel.
Primary DNS Sets the address of the primary DNS server used for host name lookups.
• DNS (Domain Name System) is software that lets users locate computers on
a local network or the Internet (TCP/IP network) by host and domain. The
DNS server maintains a database of host names for its’ domain and their
corresponding IP Addresses.
Secondary DNS Sets a secondary DNS value to the panel.
Domain Sets the unique name on the Internet to the panel for DNS look-up.
• The panel belongs to the DNS domain.
IP Settings section
Master Connection section
(NetLinx Master properties)
Master Connection features are not
saved until the panel is rebooted
Red fields are user-editable
Blue fields cycle through choices
Grey fields are read-only