Perle Systems SCS8C DC User Manual

Configuration Methods  57

DeviceManager

The DeviceManager is a Windows

®

-based application that can be used to connect to the IOLAN to 

actively manage and configure it or can create new IOLAN configurations offline. See 

 for information on configuring/managing the IOLAN with 

DeviceManager.

The DeviceManager can be run from Microsoft, Windows NT

®

/Windows 2000

®

/Windows 

Vista

®

/Windows Server 2003

®

/Windows 2003 R2

®

/Windows 2008

®

/Windows 2008 R2

®

/Windows 

XP

®

/Windows 7

®

/Windows 8

®

/and Windows Server 2012

®.

.

DeviceManager can be installed from the product CD-ROM or downloaded from the Perle website. 
Unless the IOLAN has already been configured with a Gateway, DeviceManager can only access 
IOLANs in the local subnet. The DeviceManager can be accessed by only the admin user. 

DeviceManager supports the following features:

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The ability to download the same configuration file to several IOLANs in one operation.

z

The ability to save a configuration file locally in text format, in addition to the binary format.

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The ability to create a configuration file without being connected to the IOLAN.

z

The ability to open a session to the IOLAN and download a (saved) configuration file to it.

z

The ability to download/upload keys/certificates to/from the IOLAN.

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The ability to download custom files, such as new terminal definitions and a custom language 
files to the IOLAN.

Before you can use DeviceManager, you need to install it on your Windows operating system from 
the IOLAN CD-ROM or you can download it from the Perle website. After the DeviceManager 
application is installed, click 

, 

, 

, 

, 

 to start 

the application. When you launch the DeviceManager, it will scan the network for IOLANs: