Communications
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Communications Options
The EFX e-Fuse Electronic Distribution has an Ethernet 100BaseT interface for communication
with a local or remote PC or laptop, or a Network Management System (NMS).
The standard communications options for an EFX48 are described in the following sections.
Ethernet Communications
Connections
EFX48 e-Fuse
Laptop/PC with:
• Web browser (see details on page 49), and/or
• Network Management System using SNMP (see details on page 87), and/or
Ethernet communications network.
EFX48 Setup
The network administrator must assign a unique IP address to each EFX48 to be
connected to the network, or approve for the EFX48 to receive an address automatically
(using DHCP)
► To configure an EFX48 for Ethernet communications from the keypad
• Go to
Settings
>
Network
• First choose
Address Type
. This can be either
Auto
– to receive an address from the
network server, or
IPv4
– to set a static IPv4 address
• For
IPv4
(static) enter the
IPv4 address
,
IPv4
netmask
and
IPv4 gateway
address details
assigned by the network administrator.
• Web access is set to
https
by default.
This can be changed to
http
, but read the
Cybersecurity section before doing so.