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Getting Started with the NI 17xx
Configure the IP Address
You can assign the NI Smart Camera a static IP address or
configure it to automatically acquire an IP address from a DHCP
server. Complete the following steps to configure an IP address for
the NI Smart Camera.
1. Launch Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX), the
National Instruments configuration utility, by double-clicking
the Measurement & Automation icon on the desktop, or
selecting
Start»All Programs»National Instruments»
Measurement & Automation
.
2. Expand the
Remote Systems
branch of the configuration tree,
and select the device you want to configure. To uniquely
identify multiple unconfigured devices, connect and configure
one device at a time.
Refer to the
Subnet Considerations
section of this document
and Appendix B,
Troubleshooting
, of the
NI 17xx Smart
Camera User Manual
for information about subnets and
troubleshooting smart camera configuration issues.
3. In the
Name
field, enter a name for the device. Use the
Comment
field to enter any additional information or a brief
description of the device.
4. Device names are limited to 31 characters with no spaces or
special characters, except hyphens. The first and last characters
must be alphanumeric.
5. Verify the IP address configuration. The IP address is either
a network address, an automatic private IP address
(
169.254.x.x
), or
0.0.0.0
, depending on how the network
is configured to issue network addresses.
•
If the network is configured to issue IP addresses using
DHCP, select
Obtain IP address from DHCP server
.
•
Otherwise, configure the IP address manually. Select
Edit
the IP settings
, click
Suggest Values
, and click
OK
.
Note
If the smart camera IP address is
169.254.x.x
or
0.0.0.0
, the smart camera is only accessible from the
local subnet. To access the smart camera from a remote
subnet, configure the smart camera to obtain an IP
address from a DHCP server or manually assign a static
IP address.
