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Acappella — Instruction Manual 53
Section
4
Software and Configuration
Network Configuration
PC Requirements
A customer supplied PC is used for software installation and initial system
configuration. This PC must meet the following minimum requirements:
• 256 Mb RAM,
• 10 Mb available hard disk space,
• 100BaseT Ethernet Network Interface Card,
• Monitor with a screen resolution of 1024 x 768,
• Windows XP SP2 and above operating system,
• Logged in with Administrator-level privileges for the local machine,
and
• Internet Explorer version 6.0 or later.
PC Network Configuration
The PC you will use must be configured to operate on the Acappella stand-
alone network. This is accomplished by setting the IP address of the PC to
be compatible with the IP addresses of the Acappella system components.
In general, the first three octets of the IP address must be the same, and the
last IP address octet must be unique for each device on the network.
See Table 1 on page 54 for a recommended IP address for your PC that will
work with an Acappella system using default network settings.
The exact method used to change the IP address of a PC varies, depending
on the computer’s operating system. Before changing the PC’s IP address
you should note down the existing values so you can easily reconfigure the
computer back to normal operation when finished using it with Acappella.