Dennis Laff Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 If you used a temporary ip address to access board and did not assign new address you have to force temporary address again ,when you power board down without permanent address you lose the temporary address Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zvacman Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 Dennis: I used the IP 192.168.1.206 that the controller was sent with. I was going to change it but I didn't. Is the IP it comes with temporary? When I get home from work tonight I am going to try to do a #5 force IP and see what happens. Thanks, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenie95125 Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 41 minutes ago, zvacman said: Dennis: I used the IP 192.168.1.206 that the controller was sent with. I was going to change it but I didn't. Is the IP it comes with temporary? When I get home from work tonight I am going to try to do a #5 force IP and see what happens. Thanks, Mike That's the default IP address of the controller. It's permanent (unless you change it) and will not change when the power cycles. You do not need to change it if your computer's ip address is in the same subnet. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenie95125 Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 48 minutes ago, zvacman said: Dennis: I used the IP 192.168.1.206 that the controller was sent with. I was going to change it but I didn't. Is the IP it comes with temporary? When I get home from work tonight I am going to try to do a #5 force IP and see what happens. Thanks, Mike I think this was asked earlier, but have you tried a different ethernet cable. An intermittent problem like that could easily be the cable. Any word from Jim yet? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zvacman Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 I have tried several different cables, homemade and store bought. Yes I did hear back from Jim right after the first controller connected, so I told him I would get back to him. I just don't get it. The controller sat on the workbench and literally did not get touched. I will try yet another cat5 cable when I get home. If I don't have this resolved by the end of the weekend they are going back to Sandevices. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 try to force ip again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zvacman Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 This is really getting weird. I got controller 1 to connect using 192.168.1.206, changed the IP to 192.168.1.207, updated the change. Then I exited the config page and tried to go back in and it won't connect. Checked the address on the controller using 1 and it blinks the correct address of 192.168.1.207 but it won't connect. Restarted the computer and tried again, page can't be displayed comes up. Tried another cat5 cable although the other one wasn't touched and still nothing. I would put an emoji of me beating my head against the wall in here but LOR won't let me. How in the world would it connect just fine and then nothing? I also tried doing a forced IP on both of them and still nothing. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zvacman Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 It keeps getting stanger. I can connect only by forcing the controller. I even put the default IP address in and updating it. Exit the config page and it won't connect without forcing the controller. What the heck? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 After you got in using the forced ip you enterd the new IP address ,on bottom page did you click on restart controller that's has to be done to change IP address Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zvacman Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 Yes. If I leave the address as the default (192.168.1.206) it is fine. If I change it to (192.168.1.207) it won't connect until I do another force. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zvacman Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 How long should a restart the controller take? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Enter new IP address. Update system. Restart controller. Close page type in new IP address page should reappear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zvacman Posted April 17, 2016 Author Share Posted April 17, 2016 (edited) The controllers will not let me change the IP addresses of either one. When I change them they won't connect without forcing the 192.168.1.206 address again. If I leave them at 192.168.1.206 they connect no problem. Mike Edited April 17, 2016 by zvacman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 (edited) Try a few different numbers. Are you restarting controller Edited April 17, 2016 by Dennis Laff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenie95125 Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 1 hour ago, zvacman said: The controllers will not let me change the IP addresses of either one. When I change them they won't connect without forcing the 192.168.1.206 address again. If I leave them at 192.168.1.206 they connect no problem. Mike I'm going to dig mine out of storage tomorrow to see if I can help you further. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxon Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 (edited) 5 hours ago, Dennis Laff said: After you got in using the forced ip you enterd the new IP address ,on bottom page did you click on restart controller that's has to be done to change IP address correction, you need to "update system information" first, then restart Edited April 17, 2016 by saxon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Thanks Sax I told him that a few posts early Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxon Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 sorry, I missed that... I agree, it seems his address is not being saved properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zvacman Posted April 17, 2016 Author Share Posted April 17, 2016 Good news. Both controllers are connecting with their new IP addresses. For some reason they wouldn't accept an IP address that ended in an odd number. Also just updating wouldn't save the new address, I had to update then restart the controller then update again. So for now all is good in the workshop. Thanks everybody. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenie95125 Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 1 hour ago, zvacman said: Good news. Both controllers are connecting with their new IP addresses. For some reason they wouldn't accept an IP address that ended in an odd number. Also just updating wouldn't save the new address, I had to update then restart the controller then update again. So for now all is good in the workshop. Thanks everybody. Mike Good to hear. My controllers will stay safely packed away then. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Zvacman congratulations time to buy more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zvacman Posted April 17, 2016 Author Share Posted April 17, 2016 @ Mike, I wanted to get the update out before you troubled yourself, thanks for the offer. @Dennis, Jim has an order in his email for 2 more already. It does still strike me as weird that they won't accept an odd number address. It won't be an issue until I get to 24 of them but I need to find out why. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 1 hour ago, zvacman said: It does still strike me as weird that they won't accept an odd number address. It won't be an issue until I get to 24 of them but I need to find out why. Mike Mike, The San Devices controllers will take odd IP addresses just fine- my four are 192.168.131.91, .91, .98, and .99. And since there are 254 available addresses in a 255.255.255.0 subnet, even with a limitation of only even addresses, you could have 127 controllers before running out of addresses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zvacman Posted April 17, 2016 Author Share Posted April 17, 2016 I just tried connecting both controllers to the computer through my 8 port switch and they both connected. After that I tried plugging a ribbon into number 2 and it now flashes green and red and won't connect. What the heck?? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Laff Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 It seems like you have the string wired wrong what kind of string are you you using Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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