Lava Computer IP-232 User Manual

LAVA PayLink-IP/232

Quick Installation Guide

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Rev.C00

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Congratulations on your purchase of a LAVA PayLink-IP/232.
PayLink-IP devicess securely connect payment terminals to
payment processors over an Ethernet/TCP/IP connection. Payment
terminals that can transmit transaction information over a COM
(RS-232) port can send information to the The
LAVA PayLink-IP/232
payment processor, places the serial data in a TCP/IP wrapper and
sends it out its Ethernet port. Data moving the other direction,from
the Ethernet side of the to the payment
terminal, undergoes the same process in reverse.

LAVA PayLink-IP/232

With a , you can:

• Securely network payment terminals

• Stop using dial-up modems

• Eliminate long-distance phone-modem charges

Included with your package, you should have the following:

•

LAVA PayLink-IP/232

• Power supply

• Installation diskette

• Quick Installation Guide

Before Proceeding:The PayLink-IP is factory preset with an

IP address of 192.168.0.35. If this IP address conflicts with a
device already installed on the network, follow the
procedure described in the "Configuring network settings"
section of this manual to set the IP address to a usable
address.

Getting Started

LAVA PayLink-IP/232.

establishes an SSL-secured connection to the

LAVA PayLink-IP/232

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Hardware Setup

1. Connect the power supply to the and to
AC power. The power (red) LED will light to indicate that the
unit is receiving power.

2. Connect to the Ethernet RJ-45 jack
of the . Attach the other end of the
crossover network cable to a host PC directly.

Network status is indicated by two LEDs on the RJ-45 connector.
The left (yellow) LED indicates network activity.It is on by default,
turning off when network activity occurs at the PayLink-IP.The right
(green) LED indicates a network link.It is off by default, but lights
when a network link exists.

an Ethernet cross-over cable

LAVA PayLink-IP/232

Network

Activity and Link

indicators

Network

connector (RJ-45)

Power

indicator

LAVA PayLink-IP/232

Power

connector

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3. Open a web browser to the IP address of the PayLink-IP and
configure the device as described in the "Configuration"
section of this manual.

4. After configuring the LAVA PayLink-IP/232,attach it to your
network and connect a payment terminal to its serial port.

Serial port activity is indicated by two status LEDs per port. The
yellow LED lights when the serial port is transmitting data.The
green LED lights when the serial port is receiving data.

Serial Tx

indicator

Serial Rx

indicator

Serial connector

Single Port PayLink-IP/232

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Configuration consists of the following:

A. Configuring network settings
B. Port configuration
C. Host configuration
D. Terminal Side Data and Protocol configuration
E. Password selection
F. Upgrading software

Configuration

A. Configuring network settings

PayLink-IP devices installed on your network will need unique IP
addresses.These are set by using a web browser.

The factory default network settings for the PayLink-IP are:

IP address: 192.168.0.35
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway address: 0.0.0.0
Name: [empty]
Workgroup: [empty]
DHCP detection: disabled

Configuring PayLink-IP network settings

To set a PayLink-IP's network settings, open a web browser and
enter the IP address of the PayLink-IP into the browser's location
bar.The embedded web server running on the PayLink-IP will
display the opening screen of the PayLink-IP.