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Illuminator User Manual
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Appendix A: Connecting to an Illuminator Locally
Illuminator uses standard internet browsers for all communications. No special software
needs to be installed.
This Appendix describes two most common ways of network connection.
Your computer must have a local area network (LAN) adapter installed. The following
procedure assumes that the adapter is present and installed correctly. If this is not the case,
install a network adapter by following its manufacturer’s instructions.
Connecting a PC Directly to an Illuminator
1. Turn your computer on but do not connect it to the Illuminator yet.
2. Turn on the Illuminator by pressing and holding the button on the front panel for two
seconds. (The unit must be turned on, i.e. the display must be showing something
before you can establish a local connection.)
3. Use the supplied red “cross-over” network cable to connect your computer LAN port
to the Illuminator LAN port.
4. Wait 30 seconds.
5. Start an Internet browser program such as “Microsoft Internet Explorer” or “Google
Chrome” on your PC.
6. Type
192.168.0.188
as the web address and press the return or enter key
7. The Illuminator log-on page will be displayed on your PC. Enter your username and
password in the spaces provided. (Default values are “user” and “changeme”
respectively.) Click on the “Log in” button.
8. Lights page will be displayed immediately following a successful log-on. You can now
examine other pages.
The previous procedure will work in most cases without requiring any setting changes. It
assumes that all of the following are true:
You will be connecting your PC directly to the Illuminator using the supplied “cross-
over” cable
“EASY CONNECT” on the Illuminator is enabled. (Illuminators are shipped from the
factory with EASY CONNECT enabled.) You can check the setting by pressing the
front panel switch repeatedly until the EASY CONNECT page is displayed.
Your PC is setup to automatically get an IP address from the network. (Most PC’s are
set up in this way by default.) You can check this setting by following the
AUTOMATIC IP ADDRESS SETTING CHECKLIST later in this section.
