Carrier i-Vu CIV-OR - To Choose an IP Addressing Scheme; To Obtain an IP Address Using DHCP; To Assign a Custom IP Address

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Installing the i-Vu® Open Router

To choose an IP addressing scheme

Carefully plan your addressing scheme to avoid duplicate IP addresses.

• If there is a DHCP server on the network, and, if you have a single i-Vu® Open Router or multiple i-Vu® Open

Routers that exist on the SAME subnet, use DHCP addressing. Skip to the section To obtain an IP address

using DHCP (page 7).

• If you have multiple i-Vu® Open Routers that reside on different subnets, you cannot use DHCP addressing.

Instead, give each i-Vu® Open Router an assigned IP address. Skip to the section To assign a custom IP

address (page 7).

NOTE This network configuration also requires that you configure IP Broadcast Management Devices

(BBMDs). See To set up BACnet Broadcast Management Devices.

To obtain an IP address using DHCP

1 Turn the i-Vu® Open Router's power off.

2 Set the IP Addr DIP switch DHCP to On.

3 Turn the i-Vu® Open Router's power on. The DHCP server assigns an IP address to the i-Vu® Open Router.

CAUTION If the DHCP server is not found, the following default IP address settings will be used:

• IP address = 192.168.168.xx, where xx = i-Vu® Open Router address (rotary switch settings)

• Subnet Mask = 255.255.255.0

• Default Gateway = 192.168.168.254

To assign a custom IP address

1 Obtain the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway address for the router from the facility network

administrator.

2 Turn the i-Vu® Open Router's power off.

3 Set the i-Vu® Open Router's IP Addr DIP switch Assigned to On.

4 Configure the i-Vu® Open Router by setting the Router Config Mode DIP switch Console to On using a

terminal program such as PuTTY or Hyperterminal.

5 Turn the i-Vu® Open Router's power on.

PREREQUISITES

• A computer with a USB port

• A USB Link cable — See To communicate through the Local Access port with a USB Link (page 12)