PAX S300 Set Up
Part 1:
Getting the IP Address of the PAX S300
Step 1
You will need to get the IP Address of the PAX S300 in order to communicate to it from Lightning Online Point of Sale.
Ensure that your PAX S300 terminal is running and click the Menu (Func + 1) button. You will be prompted for the terminal password.
The password will always be the current date in the format mm/dd/yyyy.
Step 3
Click on the Communications button.
Step 5
On the next menu click the LAN Parameters button.
Step 7
And on the final screen, you will see the IP Address displayed.
Important, please make a note of this IP address as you will need to enter it in the next step to configuring your PAX S300
Step 2
On the menu screen that appears click the down arrow to go to the next menu screen.
Step 4
On the Communication Options screen click the down arrow again which bring up the menu noted below.
Step 6
On the LAN Parameters menu click on the IP Address option.
Part 2:
Setting up the Hosts file
Step 1
Once you have the IP address of your PAX S300 by following Step 1 you will need to configure the hosts file on your PC.
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The host's file is a special file in Windows that gives a name to the IP Address.
Press the Windows key.
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Type Notepad in the search field.
In the search results, right-click Notepad and select Run as administrator.
Step 2
From Notepad, open the following file: c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts
Step 3
From Notepad, open the following file: c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts
Step 4
Add the following entry to the bottom of the host's file.
The IP address entered may not be 192.168.0.4 but should be the one you noted down in Step One.
192.168.0.4 pax1.lightningpos.com
It should look something like this.
Click File > Save to save your changes.
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NOTE: the pax1.lightningpos.com value can also be
pax2.lightningpos.com
pax3.lightningpos.com etc.
In each situation, if your existing configuration reads pax1.lightningpos.com please keep this, as it would be rare it would change..