3.1 The Web-based User Interface

After having connected the IO-FEP to a power supply and set the IO-FEPs IP address, you can access the IO-FEP's user interface. To do this, start your favorite web browser program (Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Opera or what else Program you prefer). At the address field, where you normally enter the URL of a web page you want to see, type in the IP address of the sat-nms IO-FEP you want to control.

The IO-FEP shows a web page consisting of a navigation bar at the left side of the browser window and the actual state display of the IO-FEP in the main part of the window. The readings automatically refresh once a second.

The navigation bar at the left contains a couple buttons which build the IO-FEP's main menu:

• State --- This button switches back to the IO-FEPs main page you already see when you connect to the IO-FEP. This page displays the actual state of the IO-FEP.
• Settings --- By clicking to this button you switch to the 'Settings' page where you can change the position of the wageguide switches connected to the IO-FEP as well as the state of the outputs which are available for general purpose.
• Setup --- Clicking this button expands the navigation bar, making the submenu buttons visible which give acces to the several sections of the installation / setup dialog. A second click to the 'Setup' button folds the navigation bar to it's original state.
• Event Log --- This button shows the IO-FEP's event log in the main display area (the most recent 25 entries). The IO-FEP records all input port changes and all switch actuations with a time stamp.
• Info --- After a mouse click to this button, the IO-FEP shows a table with information like the serial number of the device or the revision ID and compilation date of the software.
• Help --- Clicking to this button shows the on-line version of this user manual