Connect using persistent static ip address, Beta draft - 62 – Epiphan Pearl Mini Live Video Production System with 512GB SSD (NA/JP) User Manual

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Pearl Mini User Guide

Connect using persistent static IP address

System

Action Needed

Mac OS X

The Bonjour software used for service discovery is built into the Mac OS. No special
actions are needed.

Linux

The Avahi implementation used for DNS-based discovery is shipped with most Linux
distributions. If necessary, check with your administrator to ensure you have the Avahi
package installed.

Access the Admin panel of the Pearl device using DNS discovery

1. Find the system’s serial number that's printed on a label attached to the device. To find the system serial

number using the device screen, do the following:

l

Pearl-2 and Pearl Mini: Tap the system information gear icon to display the System information
screen. If needed, tap the screen once to display the control icons.

2. Enter the following string into the address bar of your web browser on your admin computer, where

<serial> is the serial number of your Pearl device:

http://

<serial>.local/admin

For example: http://95dd40d5.local/admin

If HTTPS is enabled on the Pearl device, replace

http with https in the URL.

3. Log in as an administrator using the default user name admin and the administrator account password,

then click OK to open the Admin panel. If you don't know the password, contact your Pearl system
administrator.

For a first-time log in as an administrator-level user, you're prompted to assign passwords to
the admin, operator, and viewer accounts. Record the passwords for future reference.

4. (Optional) From the Configuration menu, click Network and note the IP address of the system from the

network configuration page.

Connect using persistent static IP address

Your Pearl device has a default persistent static IP address, also known as the recovery IP address. To set up a
Pearl device on a network that does not support DHCP, or to recover from a previous static IP address setting,
use this procedure to connect directly to the device for configuration.

A workstation computer with access rights to modify your network settings is required.

Pearl device static IP address defaults are:

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