7.3.1. Networking
There are 3 configuration cards on this page:
▪
External Network
: Controls the External Ethernet network on the Battery Control Panel
▪
Cellular Network
: Controls the communication interface to the Cellular Modem
▪
Bridge
: Controls the Internal Ethernet network on the Battery Control Panel
Each card shows the following information:
▪
IP Address
: The current IP of the Battery Control Panel on that network. Displays
Unknown
if no
address is assigned
▪
Netmask
: The current netmask of the connected network. Displays
Unknown
if no address is assigned
▪
DHCP
: Whether DHCP will be used to acquire an address. Displays
true
for yes,
false
for no
▪
Required
: Whether the network interface is required to be up for proper operation. The Battery
Control Panel will wait for up to 2 minutes during power-up for interfaces marked 'required' to
come up before continuing with system startup
▪
Route Metric
: The priority of this interface in the internal routing table. Lower values are higher
priority. It is not recommended to change this setting unless advised by Nuvation Energy
▪
MAC Address
: The MAC address of the Battery Control Panel on the network. This address is not
modifiable
▪
Arrow in the header
: A green up-arrow indicates the network interface has a carrier. A red down-
arrow indicates no carrier
If DHCP is disabled on the External or Cellular Networks, the following options will become available:
▪
DNS
: The nameserver address to use for hostname lookups. If no DNS is available, set to
0.0.0.0
to
disable
▪
Gateway
: The gateway address to access the Internet from this network. If no gateway is available,
set to
0.0.0.0
to disable
Clicking the
Edit Configuration
button switches from showing the current status to showing the
configured values. Values can be edited in the fields directly. The field will change from green to red if
an invalid value is entered. Click
Apply
to apply and save the configuration.
The Platform Interface only supports configuring IPv4 networks. Operation of the
Battery Control Panel on IPv6-only networks is not supported.
The DNS server will receive queries for Internet addresses (for example NTP server
addresses), so the DNS server should forward queries to root nameservers for proper
operation.
If 2 or more networks overlap with each other, the message "Error: Conflicting
Networks" will appear. This may cause undesirable operation.
Nuvation Energy Battery Control Panel - Product Manual
Document ID: NE-PM-005
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Rev 1.1, 2020-10-14
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