Inovonics AARON 650, Installation & User Manual

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Section IV
CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET
FRONT PANEL VS. WEB INTERFACE
The ‘responsive’ design of the AARON 650 Web interface pro-
vides an optimal viewing experience across a wide range of de-
vices. From desktop computer monitors to tablets to mobile
phones, a minimum of resizing, panning or scrolling is re-
quired. Data entry using a real keyboard will almost always
prove easier than knob-and-button menu navigation, and use of
the Web interface is thoroughly covered in Section V.
Initial configuration (setup) of the AARON 650 has been pre-
sented using front-panel ‘knob and button’ data entry, as this is
necessary to get the unit online in the first place. However,
other setup programming of the unit is easier and faster with a
conventional keyboard, once the unit’s Webpages can be
brought up in a computer browser (see Section V).
DHCP IP
Assignment
With the LAN jack on the back of the AARON 650 connected to
your network, navigate from the Main Menu to
Setup
/
Network
/
IP Settings . Here you may select: DHCP to have your router
automatically assign an IP
address to the receiver.
Once DHCP connection is es-
tablished, the fields on the
right-hand side of the screen
will populate automatically.
Manual IP
Setup
For any of several reasons you may need to set the IP address
of the AARON 650 manually. Select the Static IP radio button
and use the knob to bracket the various network parameter op-
tions. Push the knob to bring up each data-entry field, and
then turn and push to enter the proper decimal-delineated
numbers. Use Backspace to erase an entry or to make correc-
tions, and when you’re finished be sure to
Save
the new entry.
It is not within the scope of this discussion to detail the com-
plete static-IP setup procedure, but a competent IT professional
should be familiar with the intricacies of this operation.
Assigning a
Host Name
Hostname
is the second item on the
Network
menu. It allows the
user to assign a unique name to a particular Internet Radio
Monitor, and will identify the AARON 650 when accessing it via
the network. The factory-default name is AARON650 . You may
change this to personalize the equipment name, or to differen-
tiate one receiver from another on a common network.