Chapter 2 Operating the Autoloader
Configuring the Autoloader
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• Time server IP address (or the time zone, date, and time, if
configuring manually)—only if a time server is being used
• Control mode
• Security option
Using the Remote
Management Ethernet
Port
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Ethernet is the method used by the autoloader to access a network. Using
the autoloader remote management Ethernet port (see
figure 1
on
page 3), you can access the On-board Remote Management interface of
the autoloader over a network (see
chapter 3, On-board Remote
Management
). To use this Ethernet connection, you must define the
following:
• A dynamic or static IP address for the autoloader (required)
• A subnet mask (required)
• An IP gateway (optional)
• A Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) server (optional)
• A time server, or set the time and time zone manually (optional)
Setting the IP Address
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An IP address is the address of any device attached to a network. Each
device must have a unique IP address. IP addresses are written as four
sets of numbers separated by periods ranging from
0.0.0.0
up to and
including
255.255.255.255
.
IP addresses are either permanent or dynamically assigned. A
permanent, or static, address remains the same each time the device
connects to the network. A dynamic address may change each time the
device connects to the network server using Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol (DHCP).
To set a dynamic IP address:
1
From the main menu, scroll to
Configuration
, and then press
Enter
.
2
From the
Configuration
menu, scroll to
Ethernet
, and then press
Enter
.
3
From the
Ethernet
submenu, scroll to
Set IP
, and then press
Enter
.
4
Scroll to
DHCP
, and then press
Enter
.
Please reboot to use DHCP
displays on the LCD screen.
