9410 series Communications
NOTICE
LOSS OF ACCESS
Failure to follow these instructions can result in loss of access to the device.
Ensure you maintain sufficient access to communicate with and configure your
device.
Contact your network system administrator for your IP addresses and other Ethernet
network configuration values.
1. Start ION Setup.
2. Open the Setup Assistant for your device.
3. Select Communications > Basic Ethernet and click the IPv4 or IPv6 tab.
4. Select the IP address then click Edit.
For IPv6, select the IPv6 Enabled checkbox to enable IPv6 communications or
clear it to disable IPv6 communications.
NOTE: The IPv6 Link Local address itself is factory set and is read-only.
5. Select your IP address assignment mode.
Selection Mode Description
Use DHCP to obtain an
IPv4 address
DHCP The meter acquires its IP addresses from your
network’s DHCP server.
Use the following IP
address
Stored The meter uses the IP addresses that you
manually enter for IPv4 (address, subnet mask
and gateway) or IPv6 (global address and
default gateway).
You can have different assignment modes for IPv4 and for IPv6.
6. Configure the settings for the selected mode then click OK.
The changes are saved to the meter. If ION Setup detects that the connection
information is already in use, you are prompted to confirm the change.
7. Click Yes to confirm the change or No to cancel.
An example of an instance where you might want to confirm the change is if you
are programming the meter to replace another meter already in service.
DHCP settings available using ION Setup
Parameter Value Description
Device name Contact your local network
administrator for parameter
values.
The Ethernet device name is
used by DPWS for self-discovery
over Ethernet and as the
hostname to uniquely identify
your meter for DHCP and DNS.
By default, this is set to the meter
model plus the last six-digits of
the MAC address.
Domain name Contact your local network
administrator for parameter
values.
The Ethernet domain name for
the network that the meter
resides on.
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