Polycom SoundStructure C16 Design Manual page 271

Assigning A Static IP Address Via Ethernet
Over the network interface, first connect the device to the network and accept
the dynamic IP address from a DHCP server. Once connected to the device, the
static IP address may be set directly from the wiring page within SoundStruc-
ture Studio. Hit the apply button to change the IP address. Changing the IP
address will force SoundStructure Studio to lose connection to the device.
Reconnect to the SoundStructure device using the new IP address and save the
settings to a file using the File Save or File Save As which when working online
will also force the SoundStructure device to store the IP address permanently
in the device. The project must be saved to ensure the IP address is set perma-
nently - otherwise upon the next reboot of the device, the IP address will revert
to the previous settings.
With version 1.3 firmware and later, a static IP address assigned to a device
will remain with the SoundStructure device regardless of whether a configu-
ration file in a device matches that actual hardware. In previous firmware
releases, if the configuration file did not match the hardware, perhaps because
a telephony card was inserted or removed from a SoundStructure device, then
the system would default back to looking for a DHCP address.
Assigning A Static IP Address Via The API
A terminal window may be opened directly via the RS-232 interface to send
the API commands described below.
To configure the device to have a static IP address, use the eth_settings com-
mand as follows:
set eth_settings 1
"mode='static',addr='192.168.1.101',gw='192.168.10.254',nm='255.255.25
5.0',dns='66.82.134.56'"
where the 1 represents the device ID of the SoundStructure. If multiple Sound-
Structure devices are linked together, the device id of the first unit will be 1
and subsequent connected devices will have sequential device id's ranging
from 2 to the number of devices assuming the OBAM interface is connected
from OBAM in to OBAM out as described in Chapters 2 and 3.
The eth_settings command accepts a complete string with the arguments sum-
marized below. Arguments to the different fields must be surrounded with
single quotes.
Field Definition
mode How the system
receives an IP
address
addr IP address
Network Management
Values
static or dhcp
The desired IP address
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