User guide

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INSTALLATIONCONFIGURATIONOPERATION
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BASIC STEPS FOR A NEW CONFIGURATION
When adding and conguring 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 conguration. If necessary, Reset each one.
2 Ensure that the A.I.M. server is attached to the same subnet (installing A.I.M.) as the
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 If an ALIF unit is
not located.
5 Either:
• Click ‘Congure’ for a particular ALIF entry to deal with an individual unit in
isolation, or
• Click ‘Congure all new devices’ to list all units within the Congure New Devices
page.
6 Within the chosen conguration 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 elds 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 ash the unit’s front
panel indicators to conrm 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 rene their congurations and organise their
relationships with each other and with registered users.
Notes on Zero-cong networking
• If you are using a static zero-cong 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-cong addresses by default:
• Primary AIM server: 169.254.1.2 This is a xed address that is always present.
• AIM ETH1 conguration: 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 nds 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-cong 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-cong 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-cong addresses of 169.254.1.31..33..35.
• ALIF RXs - These use the zero-cong addresses of 169.254.1.32..34..36.
• If there are more than 3 pairs on the network, the zero-cong addresses are then
randomly assigned but 169.254.1.1 would not get used.