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Embedded Web Server
6. Embedded Web Server
The AVN Commentator Units have an embedded web server which provides
easy access to all the configuration options through a web browser. It also
gives access to system information and allows firmware to be easily
updated when new firmware releases are made available.
The device has two Ethernet ports on its back panel one is the ‘Primary’
Ethernet port and the other is the ‘Secondary’ Ethernet port. When the
Dante Redundancy is set to ‘Redundant’ the web server can only be
accessed via the primary port, when set to ‘Switched’ the web server can
be accessed via both ports.
By default, the embedded web server is set to static address mode the IP
address of the embedded web server is 192.168.0.100 with a subnet mask
of 255.255.255.0. If the network address mode for the port to be used has
been set to ‘Dynamic’ the unit will attempt to acquire an IP address from a
DHCP server, if no DHCP server is found an automatically generated IP
address will be used.
The active IP address for the network port can be found using a service
discovery tool such as the ‘Discovery Application’ which can be found on
the Sonifex website:
(http://sonifex.co.uk/technical/software/index.shtml#sfxsrvdisc)
Alternatively, the user can display the IP address on the main
display of the device by navigating to the ‘Status’ section
using the controls on the front panel. If the embedded web
server has yet to acquire an IP address or has failed to link,
the corresponding IP address and subnet mask will show
0.0.0.0.
Once the IP address of the embedded web server is known,
type this into the address bar of a web browser, the ‘Device
Information’ page will be displayed. This is the default page
and will always be displayed first when connecting to the
embedded web server. The friendly name of the device is
shown underneath the Sonifex logo, this makes it easier to
identify the connected device especially when configuring
multiple devices at the same time. Help information can be
found by clicking on the question mark in the corresponding
section.
Fig 6-1: Device information page.
