Software needed to change IP NI1742

[Juurma]

Hello!

My question is: What software do I have to install (as little of it as possible) on to a clean computer so I could change the IP address of a NI 1742 SmartCam with an unknown IP address?

Tha camera is on the same network as the computer, but has a different subnet and an unknown IP adress.

Thank You,

M. J. 

[BlueCheese]

M.J.,

You normally will need MAX and Vision Acquisition installed in order to see the target in MAX and access its IP settings. I will let you know of a method I sometimes use as a shortcut though, because I can understand the hassle of installing 2 CDs worth of software to configure an IP address if you don't need the software on that system otherwise....

NI-Serial ships a utility that can discover and configure the IP address settings on most Ethernet targets NI has. This utility is lightweight and has worked with the Smart Camera for me. I will state that its not really a supported configuration mechanism and might not work for all targets nor in the future. This utility can be run from MAX under the Tools->NI-Serial menu or you can find it on disk usually here: C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI-Serial\ENET. You should be able to copy that from a PC that NI-Serial (or probably NI-VISA) has been installed and run it standalone.

Hope this helps, 

-Eric

[Juurma]

Thanks a mil Eric, it worked.

Wishing all the best,

M.J.