Introduction; Connecting The Sn200 To A Laptop Pc; Connecting The Smartnode To A Laptop Pc - Patton SmartNode SN200 User Manual

SmartNode 200 User Manual

Introduction

This chapter leads you through the basic steps to set up a new SmartNode device and to download a configura-
tion.
If you haven't already installed the SmartNode device, refer to Chapter 4,
Note
"SmartNode Installation"
See section "Connecting the SN200 to a laptop

Connecting the SN200 to a laptop PC

Verify that the Power LED is lit. Once the Status LED becomes solid the SmartNode device is ready.
The SmartNode device has a fixed IP and a DHCP client setup to simplify
Note
configuration. The Ethernet port is equipped with Auto-MDX so you can
use a straight-through cable for host or hub/switch connection.
There are two options for configuring the SmartNode device
1. The SmartNode device is connected to a laptop PC (see
same range as the SmartNode device's IP address (for instance: PC's IP address; 192.168.200.20; mask:
255.255.255.0).
2. The SmartNode device is connected to a local area network (LAN) that has a DHCP server running which
assigns an IP address to the SmartNode device (see
Node device's IP can be determined.

Introduction

on page 24.
PC".
Figure 9. Connecting the SmartNode to a laptop PC
:
figure 9) that is configured with a fixed IP in the
figure 10). Using the SN Discovery
5 • Initial Configuration
tool, the Smart-
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