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4.
Click the
Take
button for the address change to take effect.
NOTE:
%DITINGTHE
Gateway
IP
Address
FIELDWHILECONNECTEDVIA%THERNETCAN
immediately disconnect your computer from the DXP. It is recommended that
you connect via RS-232 or RS-422 to edit this field.
Setting the subnet mask
The
Subnet
Mask
field is used to determine whether the DXP is on the same subnet as the
controlling PC or the mail server when you are subnetting. The subnet mask has the same
format as the matrix switcher IP and gateway addresses (
nnn
.
nnn
.
nnn
.
nnn
).
For more information, see “
Subnetting, a Primer
” on page 131.
%DITTHISlELDASFOLLOWS
1.
Click in the
Subnet
Mask
field. The graphic cursor becomes a text cursor.
2.
Make any desired changes to the mask.
3.
Press the <Tab> key on the keyboard or click in another field to exit the
Subnet
Mask
field.
4.
Click the
Take
button for the changes to the mask to take effect.
NOTE:
%DITINGTHE
Subnet
Mask
FIELDWHILECONNECTEDVIA%THERNETCANIMMEDIATELY
disconnect your computer from the DXP. It is recommended that you connect
via RS-232 or RS-422 to edit this field.
Hardware Address field
The hardware (MAC) address consists of six pairs of alphanumeric characters in the format
xx
-
xx
-
xx
-
xx
-
xx
-
xx
. The MAC address is hard coded in the DXP switcher and cannot be
changed.
Enabling and disabling DHCP
Selecting the
Use
DHCP
check box directs the DXP to ignore any entered IP addresses and
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NETWORKIS$(#0CAPABLE #ONTACTTHELOCALSYSTEMADMINISTRATORFORINFORMATIONABOUT
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NOTE:
3ELECTINGORDESELECTINGTHISCHECKBOXWHILECONNECTEDVIA%THERNETCAN
immediately disconnect your computer from the DXP. It is recommended that
you connect via RS-232 or RS-422 to edit this field.
Setting the date
The
Date
lELDDISPLAYSTHECURRENTDATEINTHE'REENWICH-EAN4IME'-4 ZONE)F
necessary, adjust the date as follows:
1.
Click in the field. A date editing field appears, displaying the date in the format
M
(
M
)/
D
(
D
)/
YYYY
. Leading zeros are not used. The graphic cursor becomes a text cursor
in the date editing field.
2.
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3.
Press the <Tab> key on the keyboard or click in another field to exit the
Date
field.
4.
Click the
Take
button for the date change to take effect.