LG Electronics HCS6300 setup guide Network and Communication Setup

Network and Communication Setup

The HCS6300 feature card and the transcoder cards installed in the CodePlus card frame contain several internal registers for different configuration options. This document describes configuration options via a network or direct connection to the HCS6300.

Refer to the Installation & Setup Guide for the applicable transcoder cards for information on performing configuration via a direct connection to the transcoder Service Port.

Note: Before you proceed with any additional configuration, the system (including the feature card, transcoders, and satellite STBs) should be installed and operating as described in the Installation and Setup sections in this document.

There are three options for communicating with the HCS6300.

•When the HCS6300 is connected to an IP network, you can use a standard Internet browser to communicate with the HCS6300 via a graphical user interface (GUI).

•When the HCS6300 is connected to an IP network, you can also use Telnet to communicate with the HCS6300 via a command line interface.

•To establish a direct connection to the HCS6300, connect a PC to the serial port on the HCS6300 using the FTDI TTL-USB cable (P/N TTL-232R-5V-AJ). Plug the USB end of the cable into an open USB port on your PC. If necessary, install the device driver. Plug the other end of the cable into the Service Port jack on the HCS6300 front panel.

Using HyperTerminal or an equivalent terminal emulation program on the PC, configure the serial port as follows:

−−Bits per second/baud = 115200 −−Data bits = 8

−−Parity = None −−Stop bits = 1 −−Flow Control = None

Configuration options via web GUI are described on pages 17 to 30; configuration options via command line are described on pages 31 to 47. For security and control purposes, some options available from the command line menus are not available from the GUI.

Note: The default network setting for the HCS6300 is DHCP, in which case the server assigns an IP address to the HCS6300. If necessary, consult the network administrator to obtain the IP address that has been assigned to the HCS6300.

Note: If you want to connect the PC directly to the HCS6300 ETHERNET port using an Ethernet crossover cable, in order to establish communication you must first connect the PC to the HCS6300 Service Port, and set the HCS6300’s IP address (see “Set the HCS6300 IP Address” on page 34). The HCS6300’s IP address must be on the same subnet as the PC’s IP address.

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