I.  Hardware:     

For direct connection of the Astro-Med Data Acquisition Recorders recorder to a PC, use an Ethernet cross cable.  A five-foot cable is available from Astro-Med.  The cross cable is identified by holding both connectors of the cable in the same orientation next to each other.  Because the connectors are transparent, you can see the colors of the wires.  The cross cable has the green and orange wires crossed.

It is recommended to have your Astro-Med Data Acquisition Recorder powered on and ready for operation.  Then, turn on your PC.  After boot up, you get verification of Ethernet connection.  Most Ethernet cards have a green LED to confirm line connection.

II.  Ethernet set up on the PC:

Important Note:  You may need to check with your network administrator if your PC is already on a network. This procedure assumes you can freely assign a static IP address on your PC.

When Windows 9X detects new hardware, the installation wizard will guide the user.  At one point, it will want the driver installed.  It is recommended to use the driver disk that came with the Ethernet card.

Next, verify or install the network driver.  In the Control Panel, double click the Network icon.  Your Ethernet card should be listed under hardware and the TCP/IP protocol should also be listed.  If the hardware is not listed, use the Add/Remove Hardware from the Control Panel to install.  If the protocol is not listed, use Add then Protocol to add TCP/IP for your network card.  Select Microsoft as the manufacturer and TCP/IP as the protocol.  Click the TCP/IP entry for your network card, then the click Properties button.