User Manual

2 Getting started with Bluegiga Access Device

Access Point and Access Server can be controlled in four ways:

by using Bluegiga Solution Manager (see for details)BSM documentation

by using the WWW interface

by entering commands and using applications at the shell prompt

by sending and/or retrieving files to/from the device.

The default username is and the default password is .root buffy

2.1 Powering up

To get started with Access Point or Access Server, connect it to your local area network (LAN) by using an

ethernet cable, and connect the power adapter. The unit will power up and retrieve the network settings from

your network's DHCP server.

Access Devices will also use Zeroconf (also known as Zero Configuration Networking or Automatic Private IP

Addressing) to get a unique IP address in the 169.254.x.x network. Most operating systems also support this. In

other words, you can connect your controlling laptop with a cross-over ethernet cable to Access Server, then

power up Access Server, and the devices will automatically have unique IP addresses in the 169.254.x.x

network. With Access Point and AX4, also a direct ethernet cable works.

If you need to configure the network settings manually and cannot connect Access Server first by using Zeroconf, you can

do it by using the management console. Access Point and AX4, however, do not provide user access to the management

console. You can configure static network settings by sending the settings in a management packet for example using a

USB memory dongle.

2.1.1 Access Point connectors

The physical interface locations of Access Point 3201 and 3241 are shown below.