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DeviceMaster Driver User Guide: 2000595 Rev. A Changing a Static IP Address - 47
NS-Link Device Driver Configuration
You can use the Disable IP option if you are not using IP addressing (DHCP or
static) and operating the DeviceMaster in MAC mode.
7. Click the Apply Changes button.
8. Click Ye s to the Warning popup.
After the DeviceMaster is rebooted,
the following occurs:
• In PortVision DX, the IP address
displays as 0.0.0.0.
•In the Comtrol Drivers
Management Console:
- The IP address in the Network Settings popup displays 255.255.255.255.
- If the DeviceMaster had been set to IP Mode, the previously programmed
IP address will appear in the IP Mode text box. You can delete the IP
address from the IP Mode text box and click Apply to clear the IP address
from the text box.
9. Click Close to return to the Comtrol Drivers Management Console.
After disabling IP communications, you may need to do the following:
• Configure device properties, see Configuring Device Properties
on Page 38.
• Configure COM port properties, see Configuring COM Port Properties
on
Page 41.
• Configure any of the DeviceMaster ports as sockets, see Configuring
DeviceMaster Ports as Sockets on Page 50.
Changing a Static IP
Address
Typically, PortVision DX is used to program the IP address into the DeviceMaster
during initial configuration. After associating the DeviceMaster with the MAC
address you can change the IP address using the Comtrol Drivers Management
Console.
1. Before programming an IP address it is critical that the DeviceMaster be
operational
(the PWR or Status LED is lit) when configured for the MAC
address (Associating the MAC Address
on Page 34).
Note: If the DeviceMaster is NOT operational, do NOT attempt to program or
use an IP address with the DeviceMaster.