K-Patents PR-33-AC - Manual (Page 21)

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5 Instrument homepage
Every Sanitary OEM Refractometer has a built-in web server with an instrument home-
page. The homepage offers facilities to configure, monitor, verify and diagnose the
instrument.
Once there is a functional Ethernet connection between the instrument and the com-
puter, the instrument’s homepage is accessed by simply entering the instrument’s IP
address into the address bar of the computer’s web browser.
K-Patents recommends using Firefox 15.0 (or later) or Internet Explorer 8.0 (or later),
but most functionality is accessible via any modern web browser.
Opening the instrument homepage:
1. Establish a functioning Ethernet connection to the instrument. For further details,
refer to section 2.3.
2. Open your preferred web browser (for example Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer,
Safari, Chrome or Opera).
3. The address (URL) to access the instrument’s homepage is the refractometer’s IP
address, which for a factory default set Sanitary OEM Refractometer is http://169.254.23.33/ .
Insert this address into the browser address bar, then “enter”, just as you would
enter any other web address (for example http://www.kpatents.com/)
4. Wait until the homepage is loaded, this may take a few seconds.
The page looks approximately as in Figure 5.1; the exact appearance of the page
will depend which browser you are using and also screen settings. So expect slight
display variations.
5. Using the links in the link bar at the left side of the page you may access more
extensive instrument information.
Important: The JavaScript support must be enabled in the browser, in order for the
web pages to function as intended.