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8 Embedded Web Server
Configuration
There are five sections under the ‘Configuration’ tab, these are as follows.
• Network
• PTP
• Display Settings
• Audio Routing
• GPIO Settings
Each settings page has a ‘Submit’ button, this is initially greyed out and
disabled when the page is loaded. After changes are made to the web page,
the ‘Submit’ button is enabled and change to a green colour, pressing this
button will then save any changes made to the page. If the user tries to
navigate to another webpage when changes have been made an alert box
will be displayed asking the user if they would like to save the change made,
if the user selects ‘OK’ the changes are saved before moving to the new
page, if ‘Cancel’ is selected, any changes made are discarded before moving
to the new page.
Network
The Network page shows the current configuration of the Ethernet and
AoIP network ports. The friendly name is also set here.
Friendly Name
– The friendly name identifies the unit on the network. It is
a good idea to assign a user name or location as this is easily recognised by
other users. The default friendly name is made from the device ID and the
7-digit product serial number i.e. AVN-PA8-1234567. The friendly name can
only contain letters, numbers and hyphens although it cannot start or end
with a hyphen.
Address Mode
– Each network port has its own independent address
mode which determines how the port obtains its IP address. When set to
dynamic, the unit will attempt to acquire an IP address automatically from
either a DHCP server or via auto configuration if no DHCP server is found.
The actual IP address will be shown on the device information page. When
static mode is used, the IP address and subnet mask values entered will be
assigned to the corresponding network port.
Static IP Address
– This is the IP address that will be assigned to the
corresponding network port when static address mode is selected. It is
important to ensure that this IP address is not currently in use on the
network. These values are not used when the address mode is dynamic.
Static Subnet Mask
– This is the subnet mask that will be used for the
corresponding network port when static address mode is selected. These
values are not used when the address mode is dynamic.
Auto Multicast
– When this option is enabled and the address mode of the
AoIP port is set to static, the AoIP transmit multicast IP addresses, shown
on the Audio Routing Web Page, are automatically configured based on
the AoIP port IP address. If the IP address of the AoIP port is changed, the
multicast addresses are updated. This simplifies configuration and ensures
the multicast addresses are unique on the network.
If any of the network configuration options are changed, the unit will
automatically restart to implement the new settings. If the IP address of
the network port that is currently being used to access the web server
is changed, a new connection will need to be made once the unit has
restarted. Otherwise, the new page will be shown automatically once the
restart is complete.
