9.Software Tools
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9.1.2.2. Auto Config
You can configurate the device
’s IP address manually or automatically. In manual mode, the user is
required to understand the basic network knowledge and to set the device one by one manually. In auto
mode, the program will be executed automatically without the operator intervening.
If a user needs a batch of GigE cameras with no IP conflict between them, the user needs to connect all
the cameras to the network and to make sure that all the cameras can be enumerated by IP configurator,
then performs the IP config function automatically. If the user sets these cameras in two times, the IP
conflict between them will be possibly caused. Please refer to precautions 3.
The auto config function can configure the IP address of the network card and devices which enumerated
by the network card in bulk, with one push and no input needed. According to the network card
’s IP and
device
’s IP, the program can configure IP automatically, under the premise of avoiding IP conflicts to the
greatest extent and making minimum changes. After this function is executed, the starting mode of the
GigE device is changed to static IP start mode, and the IP address is changed to permanent IP.
The auto config function has three modes:
1) According to the network card
’s IP address
If the current network card
’s IP is valid (Valid IP: non LLA type IP and 0.0.0.0, the same below), but the IP
of devices enumerated by this network card is in the following cases: IP not in the same subnet, IP is
invalid and IP conflicts with other devices, the program will modify the device
’s IP to the same subnet. After
selecting the
[Auto Config]
.
2) According to device
’s IP address
If the current network card
’s IP is invalid, but at least one of the IP address of the devices that enumerated
by the current network card is valid (let
’s say the device is A), please select
[Auto Config]
. According to
the device
’s IP, the program will modify the current network card’s IP to the same subnet with A, and also
will modify all the devices with invalid IP under the current network card to the same subnet as device A.
3) According to the configuration file
If the current network card
’s IP and all the GigE devices’ IP under the current network are invalid, the
program will modify all the devices
’ IP under the network card and the network card’s IP according to the
configuration file (The configuration file is in the same directory as the tool). In the configuration file, the
user only needs to specify the IP address segment and subnet mask that the network card is expected to
be in. The user must input the private network address of A, B, and C. Otherwise, the program will set the
network card
’s IP address and SubNetMask as 192.168.1/24 (IP:192.168.1.0, SubNetMask:
255.255.255.0).
1) This function will modify the network card
’s IP when the IP of the host network card is invalid.
The network card
’s IP which is modified may be different from the IP of user work network.
2) The program will avoid IP conflict when modifying the IP of the device and the network card.
But under the Windows system, the program is difficult to discover the IP conflict between
GigE devices and other non-GigE devices on the network. In this case, the
[Auto Config]
operation may fail.