17.1 Accessing the card with the SP-ICE-3 Configuration Tool

Many operating and process parameters of the SP-ICE-3 Card can be configured to fit the requirements of your particular application.

The entire configuration may then be stored in the card's non-volatile memory, and will be automatically loaded each time the card's firmware starts up.

For this purpose, the SP-ICE-3 Configuration Tool (SPICE3Config.exe) is installed by default on the Host-PC, and may be used to effect any necessary changes to the configuration of the card.

• Make sure the card has been installed according to one of the Installation Procedures.

  Also ensure that both card and Host-PC are powered up, and that you are logged in on the Host-PC.

• From the Start Menu on the Host-PC, start the SP-ICE-3 Configuration Tool (SPICE3Config.exe).

  

• If you already know the IP address of the card you want to access, simply enter that address in the Select Card textbox, and skip forward to Connecting to the Card.

• If you do not know the IP address of the card you want to access, you can use automatic discovery to find available cards:

  1. Either:

     • click the Discover button, and wait for the discovery process to finish, which takes about 10 seconds.

     or, for internally installed or peer-to-peer connected cards:

     • use the alternative PING discovery method, described in 5.5.2.2 How to obtain Card IP-Addresses using the SPICE3Config Tool.

  2. Click on the relevant entry in the drop-down list to select it.

     Note
     Depending on how a particular card has been installed, the drop-down list may contain two relevant entries: one with the card's IPv4 Address, and another with its IPv6 Address. Please refer to 5.5.2.1 How Card Discovery works and 5.5.2.3 How to obtain Card IP-Addresses the Hard Way for more details.

• Once you have selected the relevant card, or entered its IP-Address directly, click the Connect button.

  

• Check the information displayed on the various tabs, especially the Serial Number and Product Version on the General tab.

  

• All tabs which allow changes to the card's configuration feature an Upload to card button.

• You can upload configuration data from the currently active tab to the card's non-volatile memory by clicking the Upload to card button which appears on that tab.

  • To discard any outstanding changes on the currently active tab, either

    1. click the Refresh button to retrieve the card's existing values again, or

    2. simply close the SP-ICE-3 Configuration Tool (SPICE3Config.exe) without clicking the Upload to card button.