Comtrol 500 DeviceMaster - Manual (Page 21)

DeviceMaster 500 User Guide: 2000501 Rev. A Initial Configuration - 21
Initial Configuration
5. Optionally, rename the DeviceMaster
500 in the Device Name field.
6. Change the DeviceMaster 500
network properties as required for
your site.
• If you want to run the
DeviceMaster 500 using the MAC
addressing scheme, click Disable
IP.
• To use the DeviceMaster 500 with
DHCP, click DHCP IP, and make
sure that you provide the MAC
address of the device to the
network administrator. Make sure that the administrator reserves the IP
address, subnet mask and gateway address of the DeviceMaster in the
DHCP server.
• To program a static IP address, click Static IP and enter the appropriate
values for your site.
Note: For additional information, open the PortVision Plus Help system.
Access the Help system using the Help button or go directly to the help for
a specific property page by clicking the Context menu button (
).
7. Click Apply Changes to update the network information on the DeviceMaster
500.
8. Optionally, click Save Settings to a File to create a configuration file that you can
use to configure other DeviceMaster 500s.
If you are deploying multiple DeviceMaster 500s that share common values,
you can save the configuration file and load that configuration onto other
DeviceMaster 500s.
9. Click Close to exit the Configure Device window.
10. Go to Checking the SocketServer Version on Page 22 to see if you need to
update SocketServer before installing the device driver or configuring sockets.