Cables to Go CDM-570L manual Managing IP Address, Primary Heart Beat

Vipersat Configuration

configuration data, including the CDM-570/570L’s IP address. When the VMS receives the unicast response, it registers the CDM-570/570L on the network.

Enter V at the command prompt in the Vipersat Configuration screen (figure 3-5) to display the dialog shown in figure 3-49.

Figure 3-49Receive Multicast IP Address prompt

Switch requests can be unicast to the VMS server and unicast switch commands received from the VMS by the CDM-570/570L. For more information on this process, refer to the VMS User Guide.

Managing IP Address

The Managing IP Address command in the Vipersat Configuration screen (figure 3-5) allows the IP address for the server running VMS to be entered. Enter I at the command prompt to display the dialog shown in figure 3-50.

Figure 3-50Managing IP address menu

If available, this is the IP address to which the CDM-570/570L sends a unicast registration request every 60 seconds when requesting initial registration on the VMS network. Later the CDM-570/570L uses this address to send switch requests, network health messages, etc. to the managing VMS server.

Primary Heart Beat

This menu item appears for the Hub modem only.

The Primary Heart Beat feature is a redundancy heart beat message for primary Hub units that provides the option for a periodic communications check message to be sent from the Hub modem to the VMS for backup recovery in

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