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Basic installation and configuration/IKUNET bus configuration
IKUNET bus configuration
The IKUNET bus is an Ethernet communication bus between the headend modules. The
IKUNET bus is installed using Ethernet pigtails supplied with the modules. If n is the
number of station modules, n-1 Ethernet pigtails are required.
Definition of the master module
NOTE
JRemember the PC conguration prior to the connection with the IKUNET
bus.
JThe denition of the master module must be made with an STC-200 module.
NOTE
In mixed STC and MTC congurations, an STC module may never be an MTC
module master. In these cases, the master module must be an MTC module and
the STC modules are reserved for conguration as slave modules.
1) Start the conguration of the IKUNET bus for
the headend with the modules disconnected
from each other.
2) Connect the selected module ( A ) to the PC ( B
) via its Ethernet connection and using an RJ-45
cable ( C ).
3) In the PC (Windows XP) go to
.
4) Select the
checkbox. Enter the following IP
conguration parameters:
F: 10.254.254.2
F: 255.255.255.0
F: 10.254.254.1
5) Click on the button.
6) Enter the IP address http://10.254.254.254 in the web browser. This takes you to the
home page of the connected module.
7) In the home page of the selected module, “Admin” appears by default in the
eld. Enter the word “admin” in the eld and click on .
8) The main management window for the STC-200
module as slave module is displayed.
STC-200 STC-200
