• By connecting a control device directly to the Fluidmesh device
using an Ethernet cable (Local access)
• By connecting a control device to the Fluidmesh device through an
internet connection (Internet access)
6.2.1. Local access and login for initial configuration
NOTE
If your computer has a wireless WiFi card, you may have to
disable the card to avoid routing issues between the
computer's wired and wireless network interfaces.
To use the Configurator interface to access the Fluidmesh 4200 FIBER
directly, do the steps that follow:
1.
Power ON the unit.
2.
Wait approximately one minute for the boot sequence to
complete.
3.
Connect one end of a CAT5/6 Ethernet cable to the computer that
will be used to configure the Fluidmesh 4200 FIBER.
4.
Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to an unused LAN
port on the Fluidmesh 4200 FIBER.
5.
Manually set the computer's IP address and Netmask to be
recognizable by the Fluidmesh 4200 FIBER. The correct settings
are as follows:
•
IP address:
192.168.0.10 (or any other IP address
belonging to subnet 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0)
•
Netmask:
255.255.255.0
6.
Launch the computer's web browser.
7.
Enter the IP address of the Fluidmesh 4200 FIBER in the
browser's URL entry field.
• If the Configurator interface is shown immediately, proceed
• Alternatively, you may see the following window:
Fluidmesh 4200 FIBER
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