Meter Engineers Handbook for Cellular Communication 5
  Connecting the Digi Transport to Common 
Electric Meters
3.1  Common Problems when Connecting to a Digi TransPort via 
the Ethernet Cable
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Turn off the Wi-Fi on the laptop before connecting the Ethernet cable to the Digi TransPort. The Wi-Fi DHCP could 
also be using the 192.168.1.X network.
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You may need to release your old IP address in order to acquire a new one from the Digi TransPort. On a Microsoft 
Windows system you can do this by going to the command line (Start->Run->cmd) and entering ipconfig /release 
followed by ipconfig /renew.
3.2  Connecting the Digi TransPort to Ethernet Capable Meters  
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All Meter Types)
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In the Digi TransPort WebUI go to Configuration-Network > IP Routing/Forwarding > IP Port  
Forwarding/Static NAT Mappings. This is where you will define where to redirect the communications from the 
head-end server. Note that each meter IP and Port must be known. A typical configuration is below (IP addresses 
and Ports may differ depending on how the meter is set up):
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After entering each rule hit the Add button. When finished hit the Apply button and then click on the Save here 
button when it pops up. Hit the Save All button when the new window pops up.
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