Basic Steps For A New Configuration; Notes On Zero-Config Networking - ADDER A.I.M. User Manual

bAsIc sTePs FOR A NeW cONFIGURATION

When adding and configuring new devices using an A.I.M. server, these are the basic steps
that you need to take:
1 Add the new ALIF devices to the network and ensure that they are using a default
factory configuration. If necessary, Reset each
2 Ensure that the A.I.M. server is attached to the same subnet
ALIF units and is powered on.
3 On a host computer also connected to the same subnet, use a suitable web browser
to login to the A.I.M. server as the admin user. The default IP address for A.I.M servers
is 169.254.1.3
4 View the Dashboard page. The ALIF units should announce themselves to the A.I.M.
server and as they do so, they will be automatically added at the top of the Dashboard
page.
If your ALIF units are not added to the Dashboard page, please see
not located.
5 Either:
• Click 'Configure' for a particular ALIF entry to deal with an individual unit in
isolation, or
• Click 'Configure all new devices' to list all units within the Configure New Devices
page.
6 Within the chosen configuration page, perform the following:
• Substitute the default IP address applied to each ALIF unit for a suitable one (e.g.
192.168.x.y) within the subnet.
• Optionally use the Description and Location fields to add unique identifying
information for each ALIF unit - this is particularly important for medium to large
installations.
Note: Where necessary, click the icon for a particular ALIF unit to flash the unit's front
panel indicators to confirm its location.
• Click the save button. The new ALIF units will be restarted and will be changed to
use their new IP addresses.
7 The new ALIF units will be added to the relevant Transmitter and Receiver pages within
the A.I.M. admin view. You can now refine their configurations and organise their
relationships with each other and with registered users.
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(installing A.I.M.) as the
If an ALIF unit is

Notes on Zero-config networking

• If you are using a static zero-config address, then the recommended address to be set
to at initial log in is 169.254.1.1 This will avoid any potential IP address clashes.
• The AIM/ALIF network uses the following zero-config addresses by default:
• Primary AIM server: 169.254.1.2 This is a fixed address that is always present.
• AIM ETH1 configuration: 169.254.1.3 This is the address to use for initial login and
will be changed to a permanent network address.
• Backup AIM server: If the AIM server finds itself on the same network as an active
AIM server it will take the role of a backup AIM server. In this role it will assign
itself the zero-config address of 69.254.1.4
Future versions of AIM will allow for more than one backup server and will
implement clustering. In such installations, the AIM servers will auto assign
themselves on the even zero-config addresses:
69.254.1.2 Master 169.254.1.4 First backup 169.254.1.6 Second backup. etc.
• ALIF TXs - These use the zero-config addresses of 169.254.1.31..33..35.
• ALIF RXs - These use the zero-config addresses of 169.254.1.32..34..36.
• If there are more than 3 pairs on the network, the zero-config addresses are then
randomly assigned but 169.254.1.1 would not get used.
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