Panametrics PanaFlow MV80, User Manual, Page: 66 / 184

Chapter 2. Installation
54 PanaFlow™ MV80, MV82 & MV84 User’s Manual
• If you are trying to talk to a device on the other side of a router. Check to see if the PC and Vortex/TCP devices are
on the same LAN.
2.7.7 IPSetup FAQ
• If DHCP serve can't assign an address to the meter, it will switch to AutoIP . AutoIPs are special addresses in the
range 169.254.XXX.XXX. The XXX.XXX values are randomly selected with an attempt to avoid duplication. AutoIP is
used for
DIRECT CONNECTION to a PC.
• IPSetup shows the name of the application as shown on Fig. below. The name is composed of letters VRTX and 4
last HEX digits of unit's MAC address. For example: VRTXE46B also referred to as the NetBios name.
Figure 62: IPSetup displaying the unique identifer code VRTX (netbios name)
• You may access the unit by typing the name in address field of WEB browser, for example: http://VRTXE46B. This
works on Microsoft computers and may not work on Linux machines. For Linux machines it needs to have SMB
protocol enabled to understand the NetBios names.
Note: There is linux nmblookup command, which shows IP address by NetBios name.
• It is recommended to provide a correct GateWay address. DNS is necessary only if access to the Internet is
needed for the device. in case, for example, accessing Network Time Servers. It may be set as 0.0.0.0.
2.7.8 Meter WEB pages
VRTX meter has an internal WEB server providing real time measurement information and a configuration interface.
The meter supports two protocols for accessing the WEB pages:
• HTTP – insecure connection to TCP port 80
• HTTPS – secure connection to configuration pages on TCP port 443.
It is possible to connect to all pages using HTTPS instead of HTTP. The assumption is that measurement data does not
need to be secure, while configuration must be always encrypted.