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Chapter 2: Powering and connecting to your Matrox Iris GTX
Adding Matrox Iris GTX to your network
Corporate-wide networks typically use DHCP servers to assign each connected
device an IP address. If your Matrox Iris GTX is still in its factory-configured state,
and your network uses a DHCP server, no configuration is required to use your
Matrox Iris GTX on your network.
Much of the information found in this section is directed to users with a Matrox
Iris GTX camera with Matrox Design Assistant, because in this case, the camera
uses the Matrox Imaging Operating System (MIOS).
Device name (AUTO NETNAME)
By default, Matrox Iris GTX comes factory configured with a device name
(AUTO NETNAME), which can be found on a sticker attached to your Matrox
Iris GTX smart camera and is unique for each camera. If you are connecting to a
static network, use the IP address of the camera; otherwise, if you are connected
to a DHCP network, this name is used:
The xxxxxx corresponds to the six hexadecimal digits of your Matrox Iris GTX’s
MAC address. This can be changed to a more meaningful name through the
Matrox Design Assistant configuration portal.
The Matrox Design Assistant configuration portal on your Matrox Iris GTX is
located at
http:\\GTXxxxxxx , where GTXxxxxxx is your smart camera’s device
name. This portal allows you to manage many aspects of your smart camera (for
example, configure settings, manage projects, and set up communication). You
can change network settings in the
TCP/IP tab of the Administration page (gear
icon), where you can also change the device name (AUTO NETNAME) of your
camera.
Using a static IP address with networks that do not use DHCP
If your network does not use DHCP, you must access and configure your Matrox
Iris GTX to use a static IP address. To access Matrox Iris GTX when you don’t
know its current IP address, you can physically connect to it or use the Matrox
System Discovery (MtxSysDiscovery) utility on your development computer.
GTXxxxxxx