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Editing the communication settings, Editing the communications settings – Extron Electronics ISM 824 User Manual

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ISM 824 Integration Scaling Multiswitcher • Operation and Setup

Editing the communication settings

To edit the communication settings, do the following:

N

The hardware address (the MAC address) is hard coded and cannot be changed.

In edit mode the MAC addresss menu is not displayed.

1

.

Press the Enter, Preset, View, and Esc buttons at the same time, and hold

down for 2 seconds. The LCD displays the Edit Comm Settings menu.

2

.

Press the Next button to enter the first sublevel, Remote Port.

3

.

Rotate the left front panel encoder (

[

) to adjust the baud rate (9600, 19200,

38400, or 115200), and rotate the right encoder (

{

) to select the connection

type (RS-232/RS-422).

4

.

Press Next to go to the front panel’s Config Port menu.

5

.

Rotate the left front panel encoder (

[

) to adjust the baud rate (9600, 19200,

38400, or 115200), and rotate the right encoder (

{

) to select the connection

type (RS-232).

N

The hardware address (the MAC address) is hard coded and cannot be changed.

In edit mode the MAC address menu is not displayed.

6

.

Press Next to go to the DHCP Mode menu. From this menu, DHCP (Dynamic
Host Configuration Protocol) can be turned on or off. Default setting is off.

7

.

Rotate either front panel encoder to turn the DHCP mode on or off.

8

.

Press Next to go to the IP Address menu. In this menu the IP address of the

ISM 824 multiswitcher can be changed as desired. Valid IP addresses consist

of four 1-, 2-, or 3-digit numeric subfields separated by dots (periods). Each

field can be numbered from 000 through 255. Leading zeroes, up to 3 digits

total per field, are optional. Values of 256 and above are invalid. The default

IP address is 198.162.254.254.

9

.

Rotate the left front panel encoder (

[

) to select the field to be changed (the

field value flashes when selected), then rotate the right encoder (

{

) to change

the field values.

10

. Press Next to go to the Subnet Mask menu. In this menu the Subnet mask

of the ISM 824 multiswitcher can be changed as desired. The default is

255.255.000.000.

11

. Rotate the left front panel encoder (

[

) to select the field to be changed, then

rotate the right encoder (

{

) to change the field values.

12

. Press Next to go to the Gateway Address menu. In this menu the Gateway

address of the ISM 824 multiswitcher can be changed as desired. The default

is 000.000.000.000.

13

. Rotate the left front panel encoder (

[

) to select the field to be changed, then

rotate the right encoder (

{

) to change the field values.

14

. Press Next to return to the upper level Edit Comm Settings menu.

N

Press the Menu button to go directly to the next top level (System Reset) menu.