ALLIED Vision Technologies Bigeye G-1100 Cool - Manual (Page 18)

AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.0
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Installing hardware
Users can fix the adapter address to minimize the time required for a camera to
be recognized by the host application. Systems that employ multiple Ethernet
adapters connected to multiple cameras will also be required to fix the address
of the Ethernet adapter.
[Windows 7]
– Start, Control Panel
– Network and Internet
– View network status and tasks
– Change adapter settings
– Right-click Network Connection
– Properties
– Select Internet Protocol Version
4 and click Properties
– Select Use the following IP
address:
IP Address: 169.254.100.1
Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0
Default gateway: blank
[Linux]
– Terminal: ifconfig
– Note eth# of NIC connected to
camera
– Terminal: sudo gedit /etc/net-
work/interfaces
– Add/edit:
auto eth6
iface eth6 inet static
address 169.254.100.1
netmask 255.255.0.0
Where, eth6 is name of NIC con-
nected to camera.
Figure 2: Windows - Fixed IP address,
Auto IP range
Figure 3: Interfaces file for static IP,
Linux Ubuntu 10.04