Ethernet; Serial - FLIR E Series User Manual

C - Networking
This section describes the basic installation and setup steps required to network your pan-tilt units.
C.1 - Ethernet
To connect multiple PTU units to a single host computer via Ethernet:
1. Plan the physical placement of each PTU and the host computer.
2. Connect each PTU to your network using the Ethernet connection on each unit.
3. On the host computer, run the PTU Finder utility to locate the PTU IP addresses.
4. Launch a Web browser and point it to the IP address of the unit you want to connect to. You may
open multiple browser windows/tabs to connect to multiple units at once.
Please see "Ethernet Connection" on page 15 for more information about connecting to a PTU using the
Web interface.
C.2 - Serial
You may connect up to 127 PTUs to a single host computer port. The host computer can then address
each connected PTU as if it were the only unit on the network. This makes it easy to migrate code
developed for a single PTU to a network of PTUs controlled by one host computer.
To connect multiple PTU units to a single host computer via serial:
1. Assign a unique network ID number to each PTU.
2. Connect the PTU units and host computer to the serial network.
3. Test the configuration by addressing each PTU by its unit ID and issuing commands and queries.
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