
DL-WINDOWS™ for Trilogy Networx™ V4.0 USER'S GUIDE 9
The following words are used throughout this manual to con-
vey specific concepts and/or actions used in DL-Windows
version 4.0.0 software (or later).
Assign - Add to hardware or specify a relationship. Can be
used with User Codes and locks ("to assign User Codes to
specific locks"), or with hardware identification ("the factory
assigns each lock a unique Serial Number"), or a fixed wire-
less communication channel between locks and a Gateway
("locks assigned to a Gateway").
Communicate - To send or receive a transmission. To avoid
the directionally confusing terms of "download" and
"upload", the word "communicate" is used in this guide.
Configure- To "assign" (add) discovered physical locks to a
Gateway (by sending the "Lock Config Table" to the se-
lected Gateway). Configuring ensures a fixed wireless
communication channel exists between selected physical
locks and a selected Gateway.
The Gateway Configuration screen allows you to select a
Gateway and allow that Gateway to discover physical locks;
these physical locks can then be assigned to that selected
Gateway. When the Use Selected Locks button is clicked
(in the "DISCOVERED LOCKS" POPUP), the Gateway
sends "configuration data" to the selected locks. This
"configuration data" contains items (such as an internal lock
designation, a specific radio channel and security data) that
are all embedded in what is called a "Lock Config Table".
This "configuration data" instructs the physical lock(s) to
communicate ONLY with that Gateway and prevents other
Gateways from communicating with the physical lock(s).
In short, the Gateway tries to "configure" the selected physi-
cal locks by assigning the selected physical locks to the
Gateway.
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) - Software
that automatically assigns IP addresses to devices that
are connected to a network. It eliminates having to
manually assign fixed IP addresses.
Discover - To "discover" Gateways, the system searches for
Gateways not yet assigned to an Account; to "discover"
locks, the selected Gateway searches for locks not yet as-
signed to Gateways.
Download - See Communicate.
Import - When the Account information stored in DL-Windows
is lost (such as with a stolen laptop)--AND--the DL-
Windows backup files are either non-existent, inadequate or
lost, the "Import" options can be used to rebuild an existing
wireless system using the data stored inside the onboard
memory of the installed Gateway device(s). See the Tools,
Import menu options on page 38 for more information.
IP Address - The IP (Internet Protocol) address is a unique
address of a device (such as a computer or a Gateway)
connected to a TCP/IP corporate Intranet. IP addresses
are written as four groups of numbers separated by peri-
ods; these groups are called "octets". IP addresses can be
permanent ("static") or dynamically assigned (by DHCP)
when a device, such as a Gateway, is powered.
Link - In DL-Windows, the word "Link" is used to describe the
specific action of associating a "virtual lock" Profile to the
serial number of the physical lock installed on the door.
Locate - With physical lock(s), the Locate command causes
the physical lock to "beep" and flash its LED (helpful when
you wish to find the physical lock or confirm the lock's wire-
less connection is operational). When used with a Gate-
way, refers to re-discovering a "lost" Gateway device on the
network. Used when an operational Gateway has lost its
network connection, and appears listed in red colored text
on the Gateway Configuration screen.
Lock Config Table - When a Gateway is "discovered" and
added to an Account, DL-Windows sends a Lock Config
Table to the Gateway. This Lock Config Table is stored in
the Gateway memory, and may or may not contain as-
signed physical lock data. The table is a database structure
that is designed to hold the physical lock data (serial num-
bers, etc) when physical locks are "assigned" to the Gate-
way.
Physical - Same as "Real". Tangible, not virtual. See Virtual.
Profile - Lock "Profiles" may also be called "Lock Programs"
or "Virtual Locks". A lock "Profile" can be thought of as a
"virtual" lock, created within DL-Windows, that contains all
of the instructions that a "real" ("physical") lock uses to per-
form its various functions. Use DL-Windows to create a
lock "Profile" on your computer, then transfer and store the
"Profile" in the memory of the "real" lock. The lock "Profile"
is essentially a computer database file that maintains User
Codes, Features, Time Zones and Schedules. When creat-
ing these virtual lock Profiles, you are also designing the
entire virtual system--conceptualizing which doors will have
which locks, adding User names and allowing or restricting
Terminology
"DISCOVERED LOCKS" POPUP
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