Setting The Ip Address - LifeSize Multipoint-12 Installation Manual

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This section describes how to use the serial port to configure the unit with an
IP address and other address information.
The upper serial port on the LifeSize Multipoint unit front panel is used to
assign a new IP address to your LifeSize Multipoint unit. You can assign the
IP address before or after you connect the hardware to the network.
Before You Begin
Gather the items listed in
Multipoint unit.
Table 2-3 Requirements for Setting the IP Address
Requirements
Dedicated IP address for the LifeSize
Multipoint unit
IP address of the default router the LifeSize
Multipoint unit uses to communicate over the
network
Subnet mask for the LifeSize Multipoint unit
if applicable
Domain Name Server and domain name for
LifeSize Multipoint unit if applicable
PC with available serial port and terminal
emulator software installed
RS-232 terminal cable (shipped with the
unit)
Procedure
Connect the RS-232 terminal cable to the PC terminal.
1
Connect the power cable.
2
Start the terminal emulation application on the PC.
3
Set the communication settings in the terminal emulation
4
application on the PC as follows:
LifeSize Multipoint Unit Initial Configuration
Table 2-3 to assign an IP address to the LifeSize
Notes
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