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3 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION

The SmarActNetConﬁg tool is able to ﬁnd devices regardless of its actual network conﬁguration,

even if the parameters do not match the current network settings.

Note that the device cannot be found if the discovering was disabled with the Network Discover

Mode property. Note further that it cannot be found while the DHCP IP address allocation is run-

ning in case the DHCP mode is enabled. If no DHCP server is available the interface will fall-back

to the static IP settings after the conﬁgured DHCP timeout has expired. After that the device can

be found again by the discovering.

For the second method the MCS2 device has a push button on the front panel which may be used

to reset the interface conﬁguration to the static default conﬁguration temporarily. The button is

located behind a small hole below the ethernet connector on the front panel. Use a pen or a paper-

clip to press the button for minimum 5 seconds. Note that this IP setting is volatile, meaning that

a power cycle will restore the original settings assumed they have not been reconﬁgured in this

session.

Now connect to the MCS2 conﬁguration webpage with an internet browser by using the default IP

address: 192.168.1.200. Use the conﬁguration tab to conﬁgure a new IP address as desired. For

this method the MCS2 must be connected to a network in the address range: 192.168.xxx.xxx. The

easiest way to do this is to connect the MCS2 directly to the PC ethernet interface and to conﬁgure

a static IP address for the PC. (For example 192.168.1.100).

MCS2 User Manual