Direct Connection to Your Computer

When connecting a DataMan device directly to an Ethernet port on a PC, both the PC and the DataMan device must be configured for the same subnet. This can be done automatically though Link Local Addressing or you can manually configure your reader and your PC.

Link Local Addressing automatically requests and assigns an IP address. In the DataMan Setup Tool, this corresponds to the DHCP Server communication option. This is the default, you do not have to make any changes.

You can also manually configure your DataMan device to reside on the same subnet as the PC. This option is detailed in the following section.