TriStar Live View Glossary of Definitions

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Network Settings
NETBIOS Name - a unique address that can be used instead of the IP address to view the TSMPPT
webpages; may not be supported by all operating systems such as MAC.
MAC address - an address that uniquely identifi es the TSMPPT hardware on the network. unlike an
IP, this address never changes.
IP Address - the network address assigned to the TSMPPT. may be static (never changes) or dy-
namically assigned by the DHCP server.
Subnet Mask / Default Gateway / Primary & Secondary DNS - manually assigned network settings
for TCP networks. Refer to the Ethernet Network Confi guration document for more information.
Controller Name - the name reported in email, text message, and SNMP notifi cations
DHCP or Static IP option - choose between manually specifying the network settings or allowing
DHCP to automatically assign them. Refer to the Ethernet Network Confi guration document for more
information.
HTTP Port - specify the port for all web traffi c, port 80 is the default. only change if necessary.
ModbusIP Port - specify the port for all ModbusIP communication, port 502 is the default. only
change if necessary.
Modbus Server ID - an address that uniquely identifi es the TSMPPT on a Modbus network, this ad-
dress is used for all Modbus communication through RS-232, EIA-485, and Ethernet
MeterBus ID - an address that uniquely identifi es the TSMPPT on Morningstar’s proprietary Meter-
Bus network
SNMP destination NMS port - specify the port for all SNMP TRAP notifi cations and other traffi c, port
162 is the default.
MIB fi le - link to the TSMPPT SNMP management information base (MIB) fi le, contains defi nitions
and information about the properties supported by the TSMPPT
Bridge Modbus requests option - select this option to allow incoming ModbusIP requests that are
not addressed to the receiving TSMPPT to be re-broadcast on the EIA-485 network, this feature al-
lows communication with other Modbus compliant devices that are networked to the TSMPPT through
EIA-485 to share the Ethernet connection.
Ethernet Power Saving Mode option - enables “Green Ethernet” functionality; powers down the
Ethernet port to save energy and periodically checks for a connection to a network.