AJA Ki Pro Rack - Manual (Page 26)

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Figure 6. Ki Pro Networking via DHCP
Here are the steps to communicate with Ki Pro Rack 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 and DHCP
enabled, type the IP address you noted in step 1 into the browser address bar. You
should now see Ki Pro Rack’s browser status screen.
If Ki Pro Rack cannot get an address from the DHCP server on the LAN while Ki Pro Rack is
set to DHCP via parameter 50.1, it will then 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 Ki Pro Rack:
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 computers 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 Ki Pro Rack’s browser status screen.
NOTE: If Ki Pro Rack fails to find a DHCP server via its 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 Ki Pro
using a Static IP
Address
To set a static IP address for Ki Pro Rack, you’ll have to 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).