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Addressing a network of controllers using the controller setup Local Network tab
TruVu™ VAVB3
-E2
CARRIER CORPORATION ©2022
Installation and Start-up Guide
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You can use the controller setup
Local Network
tab to discover Carrier i-
Vu® XT or TruVu™ d
evices on a single
network. You can configure them and assign addresses to each one using one of the methods described below.
NOTE
For this discovery tool to work, the controllers must reside on the same subnet and be downloaded with
drv_fwex_107-xx-xxxx or later.
Method 1: To address when you know the serial numbers
1
Connect one i-
Vu® XT or TruVu™ device on the IP network to either of the Comm/Se
rvice ports. For details,
see
Addressing the TV-VAVB3-E2 through the Comm/Service Ports
(page 16).
NOTE
This device is referred to as the "connected controller".
2
Browse to the Comm/Service port address (http://local.access or http://169.254.1.1).
3
On the
Ports
tab, set the device's
IP Address
,
Subnet Mask
, and
Default Gateway
.
4
On the controller setup
Local Network
tab, verify that the device's address information is displayed at the top
of the page.
5
On the
Local Network
tab, click the
Clear
All
button to erase the
Local Devices
table if there is information in
it.
6
Click
Discover
. The table finds and lists the first 256 unconfigured devices on the same subnet. The table is
sorted by serial number.
NOTE
A maximum of 256 i-Vu® XT or TruVu
™ controllers can be discovered and displayed in the
Local
Devices
table. If you have more than 256 controllers on your network, configure some or all the controllers in
the table and click
Clear
. Check
Only Unconfigured
and click
Discover
again. A count appears above the table
to report the total number of controllers and the discovered number.
7
To configure devices:
○
One at a time - Enter the IP
Address
and
Location
or name (optional) of each device you wish to
configure. When you enter the IP address, that device inherits the original device's subnet mask and
default gateway.
○
Multiple devices simultaneously -
Select
the devices you want to address, enter the starting IP address in
the field under the
Address
heading, and then click
Assign
. The selected devices are automatically
assigned sequential IP addresses.
NOTE
To change the IP Address, the device's
Mode
must be
Custom Static
.
For more details about discovering and configuring your devices, see
Local Network
tab
(page 90).
Addressing a network of controllers using the controller setup Local
Network tab