PP8xx LED Controller - User Manual
8.2
Automatic sensing
The PP82x sends out a message on three events:
On power up,
When an IP address is received or renewed by DHCP, and
When an enquiry message is received
On the first two events, the message is broadcast. On the third it is a reply
to a single IP address.
An enquiry message is a UDP packet from source port 30310, destination
port 30311 with the message body 'GardasoftSearch' (8-bit ASCII, 13
characters).
The message output by the PP82x is a UDP packet from source port
30311, destination port 30310. It is formatted as:
Gardasoft,PP82x,000000,111111111111,22222222
(8-bit ASCII, 44 characters), where
000000
is the serial number of the unit
111111111111
is the MAC address in 6 HEX bytes
22222222
is the IP address in 4 HEX bytes
For example for PP822 serial number 12345, IP address 192.168.1.103,
MAC address 00.0B.75.01.80.99 the packet comprises:
Gardasoft,PP822,012345,000B75018099,C0A80167
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Web page configuration
You can set up the PP82x through its own internal web pages. Click the
Open webpage...
button in GardasoftMaint to take you directly to the
PP82x's webpages. You can also type the controller’s IP address
(displayed in GardasoftMaint) into your web browser, which will display the
Main page. GardasoftMaint software is available from
www.gardasoft.com/Downloads
.
9.1
Main page
The main page (shown below) is the first to open when you access the
PP82x's web pages. This gives the controller's hardware and firmware
revision levels and the serial number.
9.2
General setup page
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