Chapter 3 : Operations
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There are two ways to define an active IP address. One is to enter the Transmitter’s IP address
directly and click the
Apply
button. This only causes a check that the IP address is valid and not that
we can communicate with this transmitter (or that the device at that IP address is a transmitter).
If a valid IP address is entered, the TX Setting window makes all the options available for the
administrator as shown in Figure 23.
A second mechanism to define an active Transmitter IP address is to use the discovery process.
This requires the transmitter to be connected to the receiver on a point-to-point link or be the only
transmitter on the attached network. If this is the case, the administrator can click on the
Discover
button and follow the wizard to discover the IP address of the attached Transmitter. This is required
in the case when an administrator does not know the IP address of the Transmitter.
Figure 23 - Transmitter Settings Configuration Window - Active IP address
If the IP address of the Receiver and Transmitter are not on the same subnet, a router is required to
allow them to communicate. This is true even when the Receiver “discovers” the Transmitter’s IP
address. One way to avoid this is to change the Receiver address to be on the same subnet as the
Transmitter, make the required configuration changes to the Transmitter, and then change the
Receiver back to its required IP address.
