AJA FS1 - Manual (Page 31)

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23 FS1 Installation and Operation Manual — Network Connection
Here are the steps to communicate with the FS1 after choosing the DHCP selection:
1. Use the Select buttons to navigate to parameter 50.2. Note on a piece of paper
the DHCP supplied IP address shown.
2. With your laptop or desktop computer connected to the same LAN as the FS1
and DHCP enabled, type the IP address you noted in step 1 into the browser
address bar. You should now see the FS1’s browser status screen.
If the FS1 cannot get an address from the DHCP server on the LAN while the FS1 is
set to DHCP via parameter 50.1, the FS1 will automatically drop back to a preset
factory IP address of 192.168.0.2. In this instance you can follow these alternate steps
to communicate with the FS1:
1. Set the computer’s Ethernet IP address to 192.168.0.n (where n is not 2).
2. Set the computer’s Subnet mask to 255.255.255.0 (most PCs default to the
proper netmask when the address is set).
3. Run a browser on the computer and type “192.168.0.2” (the factory fallback
IP address). You should now see the FS1’s browser status screen.
Note: (If the FS1 fails to find a DHCP server via it’s network connection, it will fall
back to using the factory default static IP of 192.168.0.2—or whatever IP address
you’ve previously defined. AJA recommends you define a Static IP address with
parameter 50.2 so you’ll be prepared in the event your DHCP server fails.)
Networking the
FS1 using a Static
IP Address To set a static IP address for the FS1’s IP address, you’ll also make some simple
Parameter menu selections. The illustration below shows the four menu selections you
need to make, while entering the information provided to you by your IT
administrator (as discussed earlier).