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ETHERNET CONNECTIVITY
The front panel LAN connector on the MCU pro-
vides for 10/100 BASE-T Ethernet connection
using the TCP-IP protocol. This product feature
allows access to a web-based interface for control-
ling and monitoring of amplifier currents, alarms,
and attenuators. The web based interface requires
a JAVA runtime environment (version 1.6.0). The
JAVA software can be downloaded free of charge
from the Sun Microsystems website found at “http:/
/java.com/en/download/index.jsp”. An RJ45 con-
nector is provided on the front panel of the MCU for
the network connection. The MCU is shipped from
t h e f a c t o r y w i t h a d e f a u l t I P a d d r e s s o f
“192.168.1.1”.
Two connection schemes are discussed including
a direct connection from your laptop computer to
the MCU front panel as well as connecting the
MCU to a networked environment. A direct connec-
tion (at the installation site) should be established
the first time you interface to the TTA using the
fixed IP mentioned above. Once the initial commu-
nications are established the IP address in the
MCU can be changed to permit a networked con-
nection (from a remote site such as your office).
Direct Connection
Your initial connection to the TTA system should
be a direct connection to the front panel using an
Ethernet crossover cable. Figure A1 shows the
proper way to interconnect the equipment as well
as the pinout for a CAT-5 crossover cable.
REQUIRED EQUIPMENT
Cat-5 Crossover Cable
Laptop Computer with a network interface card
installed. In addition, the JAVA run-time environ-
ment version 1.6.0, and a web browser such as
Internet Explorer must also be installed on the lap-
top.
PROCEDURE
To connect your laptop computer to the front panel
LAN port and access the web page interface, per-
form the following steps;
1) Insure the JAVA runtime environment software
is installed on your laptop.
2) Connect your laptop network port to the LAN
connector on the MCU front panel using a stan-
dard CAT-5 Crossover cable.
The front panel LAN connector has
two built-in bi-color status LED’s
which will aid you in establishing
communications. The meaning of
each LED is shown in Table A1.
3) The left-most (LINK) status LED built-in to the
LAN port connector should illuminate amber or
green indicating that a good physical connec-
tion is established between your computer and
the TTA.
4) Insure that your laptop’s IP address is compati-
ble with the default address of the TTA system.
This may require changes be made to the
Ethernet adaptor address on your laptop. Your
laptop’s IP address will need to be set to
“192.168.1.2” along with a subnet mask of
“255.0.0.0”. The right-most (ACTIVITY) status
LED built-in to the LAN port connector will turn
amber or green indicating good TCP-IP com-
munications are established between the laptop
and the MCU.
5) Launch your web browser software on the lap-
top.
NOTE
APPENDIX A
Front Panel Ethernet Connectivity
LINK LED (left side) ACTIVITY LED (right side)
Color Meaning Color Meaning
Off No Link Off No Activity
Amber 10 Mbps Amber Half-Duplex
Green 100 Mbps Green Full-Duplex
Table A1: LAN port status LED’s