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Appendix I - TSMPPT Networking
V. Additional Info
Manual Network Conguration
FornetworksthatdonotsupportDHCP,theTriStarMPPTmustbeconguredmanually.Followthese
stepstomanuallycongurethenetworksettingsfortheTriStarMPPT.
Open a web browser on any computer on your local networka.
Enter the IP of the “Default Gateway” listed in the network settings information. Instructions b.
for obtaining the network information are provided in the introductory notes in Section II.
When prompted, enter the login/password information for the router. If you do not know this c.
information, contact your ISP or consult the router documentation for the factory default login/
password.
FindtheDHCPrange(dynamicIPrange)undertheDHCPsettingsintheroutercongurationd.
menus. It may look something like this:
Dynamic IP Range
Range Start : 192 . 168 . 1 . 100
Range End : 192 . 168 . 1 . 149
Pick an IP that lies e. outside of this range. For the example range above, 192.168.1.50 would
be a good choice
Browse to the network settings page in the TriStar MPPT live viewf.
In the Settings section, change the selection from “Obtain IP address from DHCP server” to g.
“Use Static IP address”
IntheIPAddresselds,entertheIPchoseninstepc.h.
Fill out the rest of the network settings with the info obtained in the introductory notes in Sec-i.
tion II.
Default TriStar MPPT Settings
Port Assignments
Port 80: HTTP Server
Port 502: MODBUS via TCP/IP
Port 161: SNMP Agent Port
Network Settings
Static IP address: 192.168.1.253
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1.
Primary DNS 192.168.1.1
Secondary DNS 0.0.0.0