Assign Device Drivers

Serial Configuration

The Serial Configuration tab of Global Configurator allows you to associate a device driver to each serial port of the device.

To assign a device driver:

  1. Select a Serial Port in the
    IP Link® Tree window.

The Serial Configuration tab opens (see below).

  1. Select a device type.

  2. Select a manufacturer.

  3. Select a version filter.

  4. Select an available driver.

  5. Click the Add Driver button.

The selected device driver is displayed in the Added Driver field (7), and in the IP Link Tree window.

Ethernet Configuration

The Ethernet Configuration tab of Global Configurator allows you to associate a device driver to each Ethernet port of the device.

To assign a device driver:

  1. Select an Ethernet port in the IP Link Tree window.

  2. Select the Ethernet Configuration tab.

  3. Select a device type, manufacturer, and version.

  4. In the Available Driver section, select a device driver.

  5. Click Add Driver.

The selected device driver is displayed in the Added Driver field, and in the IP Link Tree window.

GlobalViewer® control buttons

When a device driver is selected as described above, the GlobalViewer Driver Command and State Configuration section (lower left corner) is populated with the control buttons that will be displayed for this device in the GlobalViewer interface.

In the Driver Command and State Configuration section, the you can:

  1. De-activate or re-activate the buttons and functions by clicking on their respective check boxes.

  2. Change the function name by selecting the function, then clicking on the pencil icon at the top, right corner, or by right-clicking over a function name and selecting Rename.

  3. Change the vertical positions of the functions by highlighting a function and using the green Up/Down arrows to move the selected function up or down in the tree.

Note:   Before changes are viewable in GlobalViewer, you must perform the build and upload process in Global Configurator.

To view the buttons in the GlobalViewer Web page:

  1. Right-click the GlobalViewer host device in the IP Link Tree window.

  2. Select Open GlobalViewer Webpage.

The GlobalViewer Web page opens (see below).

  1. Expand the GlobalViewer tree in the left pane.

  2. Select the desired device.

The device's control buttons are displayed in the right pane.  These buttons will match the selections made in the lower left corner of the Driver Configuration tab.

 

GlobalViewer Info window

In the lower right corner of the Driver Configuration tab is the GlobalViewer Info section.  Here you can enter relevant information about the selected device that will appear in the Info tab of GlobalViewer (see below).

To add information:

  1. Select a serial device in the IP Link Tree window.

  2. Enter a unique label name.

  3. Enter the label description.

  4. Click the Add button.

The label and description information is displayed in the GlobalViewer Info section (5) and in the Info tab of the GlobalViewer Web page (see below).

 

Note:  Before changes are viewable in GlobalViewer, you must perform the build and upload process in Global Configurator.

To view the added information in the GlobalViewer Web page:

  1. Right-click the GlobalViewer host device in the IP Link Tree window.

  2. Select Open GlobalViewer Webpage.

The GlobalViewer Web page opens (see below).

  1. Expand the GlobalViewer tree in the left pane (click the + sign).

  2. Select the desired device.

  3. Click the Info tab at the top of the right window pane.

The added information (6) is now displayed at the bottom of the Info screen.