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Network Overview & Tools
Genie_TS_Series GigE Vision Camera
Persistent IP
This configuration is only suggested if the user fully controls the assignment of IP addresses on
the network.
The GigE Vision camera is forced a static IP address. The NIC IP address must use the same
subnet otherwise the camera is not accessible.
If the Genie camera is connected to a network with a different subnet, it cannot be accessed.
The Teledyne DALSA Network Configuration Tool is used to set a persistent IP address. Refer to
the Teledyne DALSA Network Imaging manual.
An example of a Persistent IP address assignment on a class B network:
NIC Subnet = 192.168.1.1
Subnet Mask = 255.255.0.0
Persistent IP = 192.168.1.2
Default Gateway = 0.0.0.0
Warning: an incorrect IP address assignment might make it impossible to connect to the
camera. In such a case the Teledyne DALSA Network Configuration tool includes a function to
recover a Genie camera with an unknown persistent IP and set the Genie to the factory default
setting, i.e. DHCP/LLA mode. The camera MAC address must be known to use this function.
For GigE Vision applications the FORCEIP command is used to force a new persistent IP or to
change the IP configuration protocol. The Genie MAC address must be known to use the
FORCEIP command.
The following illustration shows a functional computer setup with three NIC ports, but no DHCP
server. Two NIC ports are used for private GigE Vision networks. The first uses the default LLA
mode for IP addresses, while the second NIC and the cameras connected to it are configured
with persistent IP addresses. An application on the computer can control each Genie camera,
on each subnet, without conflict.
169.254.
xxx.xxx
Subnet
169.254.xxx.xxx
Subnet mask
255.255.0.0
Subnet
xxx.xxx
.
xxx.xxx
Subnet mask
255.255.0.0
xxx.xxx.xxx.xx3
Persistent IP Mode
NIC
xxx.xxx.xxx.xx1
(default LLA mode)
NIC 169.254.xxx.xxx
PCI
Persistent IP Mode
NIC and cameras are
manually
assigned IP
addresses within the same Subnet
corporate network
with corporate
DHCP server
NIC xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Gigabit switch
Gigabit switch
169.254.
xxx.xxx
169.254.
xxx.xxx
Default LLA mode
Attached cameras are automatically assigned
IP addresses on the NIC Subnet
xxx.xxx.xxx.xx2
xxx.xxx.xxx.xx4
