David Rise Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 I seem to be missing something here. I am unable to connect to the pixielink directly from my laptop. The only way for me to see it, is to connect it to my home network. What am I missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 (edited) The PixieLink is probably set to DHCP so when it is connected to your home network it is assigned a IP address from your home router. Your computer does not assign IP addresses so you would have to use the PixieLink as a fixed IP address which comes as 192.168.1.206. Make sure your computers network adapter for your ethernet port is set in the same subset: example 192.168.1.1 as it is probably set as DHCP. Then you can type http://pixielink in your browsers address bar and it should connect. Edited June 28, 2021 by Mr. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rise Posted October 13, 2021 Author Share Posted October 13, 2021 Does this require a cross over cable to connect directly to my laptop? When I plug this into my router, I can see it and configure it. I set the IP to static and made sure it is 192.168.1.206 and saved. But if I plug it directly into my laptop it cant see it at all. Won't even ping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDucks Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, David Rise said: Does this require a cross over cable to connect directly to my laptop? When I plug this into my router, I can see it and configure it. I set the IP to static and made sure it is 192.168.1.206 and saved. But if I plug it directly into my laptop it cant see it at all. Won't even ping. Usually. Auto-crossover seems to be a modern Switch (a soho 'router' is 3 or 4 things in one box) thing. or use a spare switch. BTW your Laptop also needs to be Static as you now have no DHCP server Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rise Posted October 13, 2021 Author Share Posted October 13, 2021 5 minutes ago, TheDucks said: Usually. Auto-crossover seems to be a modern Switch (a soho 'router' is 3 or 4 things in one box) thing. or use a spare switch. BTW your Laptop also needs to be Static as you now have no DHCP server So if I read this correctly, it does need a cross over cable. Either that or plug it into a switch. I just don't want all that data clogging up my home network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDucks Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 57 minutes ago, David Rise said: So if I read this correctly, it does need a cross over cable. Either that or plug it into a switch. I just don't want all that data clogging up my home network. Small Switches are cheap (my Fav is Netgear ProSafe, and that is $60 for a 1G 5port). You don't have a used router with more than 1 RJ45 out? It might even work as a switch without Cable / DSL INPUT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 I've heard nothing of a crossover being needed for this device. Don't try it. I was able to connect to one with my laptop. Just make sure you have your local computer set to talk to the PixieLink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 2 hours ago, David Rise said: Does this require a cross over cable to connect directly to my laptop? When I plug this into my router, I can see it and configure it. I set the IP to static and made sure it is 192.168.1.206 and saved. But if I plug it directly into my laptop it cant see it at all. Won't even ping. Look at the link status LED on or adjacent to the ethernet ports. If they light up, then you don't need anything in between. These days almost EVERYTHING does auto-crossover, and as long as one end of the link will auto crossover, you are good to go. As TheDucks said, make sure your computer is using static IP. That is very likely the cause of no ping or connectivity.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibblejr Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 NO Crossover is needed nor required and may damage the device. JR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibblejr Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 On 6/28/2021 at 1:18 PM, David Rise said: I seem to be missing something here. I am unable to connect to the pixielink directly from my laptop. The only way for me to see it, is to connect it to my home network. What am I missing? OP, I did a short write up on this within the last month. Sorry I cannot link it to you but you should find it with a search. JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rise Posted October 14, 2021 Author Share Posted October 14, 2021 Thanks for all the help and suggestions. I got it figured out finally. I use my laptop on a wireless connection and it would not let me set the ethernet connection to static until I actually plugged a network cable into the port on my network. Only then did it let me set it to static and enter a IP address. Now I am unable to update the firmware. I opened hardware utility connect my 485 to port 1 and it can't find the controller. Ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 43 minutes ago, David Rise said: I use my laptop on a wireless connection and it would not let me set the ethernet connection to static until I actually plugged a network cable into the port on my network. Only then did it let me set it to static and enter a IP address. Correct. Same thing with a wireless connection. Until there is a connection, you can't set most of the parameters of whatever connection you're talking about. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyJ Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 7 hours ago, David Rise said: Thanks for all the help and suggestions. I got it figured out finally. I use my laptop on a wireless connection and it would not let me set the ethernet connection to static until I actually plugged a network cable into the port on my network. Only then did it let me set it to static and enter a IP address. Now I am unable to update the firmware. I opened hardware utility connect my 485 to port 1 and it can't find the controller. Ideas? You can´t see the PixieLink in HU. Just follow the steps in the manual to update the firmware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthVodka Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 On 10/15/2021 at 12:45 AM, JohnnyJ said: You can´t see the PixieLink in HU. Just follow the steps in the manual to update the firmware. This is something I wish they would change in the manual. All of the screen shots of the HU show a unit found and a Pixie16. When reading on my laptop I thought it said PixieLink Until I zoomed way in. Maybe add a line saying the HU will not see the PixieLink that is why we pick only one unit is connected or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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