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Laurel Electronics Ethernet Node Configuration for Series 2 Digital Panel Meters, Counters, Timers, Transmitters and Ethernet-to-Serial Device Servers User Manual

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5. NETWORK CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES

Example 1. The host computer is connected directly to a meter with an LNET Ethernet I/O
board or to an LTE transmitter via a single Ethernet cable. Upon power-up, the Node will wait
about 25 seconds to decide that no dedicated DHCP server is present, then set itself up as a
DHCP server. It will assign a local IP address to itself and to the host computer, creating a
LAN consisting of the Ethernet Node and computer. This simple LAN allows a computer to
program a single meter or transmitter.

Example 2. On the same LAN are the host computer and multiple Nodes consisting of a mix
of LTE transmitters plus meters and counters with an LNET Ethernet I/O board. The Nodes
will automatically be discovered and can then be configured by Node Manager Software
running on the host computer. They can also be discovered and configured by using the
Web Server built into all Nodes. Simply use a web browser like Internet Explorer and enter
the public IP address of the router or the IP address of any Node in the network.