Installation and hardware
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Manta Technical Manual V2.7.0
Installing the network interface card driver
Install the network card driver from your network card manufacturer. If no
installation application is provided, update the driver manually.
To update the driver manually
1. Click the
Start
icon and select
Control Panel
in the menu.
2. Click
View by Large Icons
and select
Device Manager
in the list.
3. Under
Network Adapters
, locate the Ethernet network interface card,
right-click the entry, and select
Update Driver Software
in the menu.
4. Select the
Search automatically for updated driver software or Browse my
computer for driver software
.
5. Click
Close
after the driver has been installed.
Optional: Modifying network interface card
IP address
After initial network interface card hardware installation, connect the network
interface card directly to the camera. The default configuration assigns an IP
address automatically using the Link-Local Address range of 169.254.xxx.xxx or an
address defined by the DHCP server, when present.
Users can set the network interface card address to minimize the time required for
a camera to be recognized by the host application. When systems employ multiple
network interface cards connected to multiple cameras the address of the network
interface cards should be set.
To connect to the camera, edit the host computer’s network interface card settings
and configure the following settings:
•
IP Address: 169.254.100.1
•
Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0
•
Default gateway: blank
Network interface card driver settings
The network interface card should be adjusted to improve system performance
when using a Manta camera. This performance is related to minimizing CPU usage
and dropped or resent packets.
