Appendix A: Troubleshooting and Contact Info

Problem/Message (continued)

Reason

Solution

When you Telnet to port 9999, the

You did not press Enter quickly

Telnet to port 9999 again, but press Enter

"Press Enter to go into Setup Mode"

enough. You only have 5

as soon as you see the "Press Enter to go

message displays. However, nothing

seconds to press Enter before

into Setup Mode" message.

happens when you press Enter, or

the connection is closed.

 

your connection is closed.

 

 

 

 

 

When you Telnet to port 1 to assign

You may have entered the

Confirm that the Ethernet address that you

an IP address to the device server,

Ethernet address incorrectly

entered with the ARP command is correct.

the Telnet window does not respond

with the ARP command.

The Ethernet address may only include

for a long time.

 

numbers 0-9 and letters A-F. In Windows

For an audio/video instruction

 

and usually in Unix, the segments of the

 

Ethernet address are separated by dashes.

segment about assigning an IP using

 

 

In some forms of Unix, the Ethernet

ARP go to:

 

 

address is segmented with colons.

http://ltxfaq.custhelp.com/app/

 

 

 

answers/list

The IP address you are trying to

Confirm that your PC has an IP address

Enter 1119 in the keyword search

assign is not on your local

and that it is in the same local subnet that

subnet.

you are trying to assign to the device

field to retrieve the FAQ 1119 for

 

server.

instructions. Look for the tutorial that

 

 

 

is titled “Assigning an IP address

The device server may not be

Make sure that the Link LED is lit. If the Link

using ARP” under the CoBos

plugged into the network

LED is not lit, then the device server is not

tutorials.

properly.

properly plugged into the network.

 

 

 

When you try to assign an IP with

The cause is most likely one of

Double-check the parameters that you

DeviceInstaller, you get the following:

the following:

specified.

 

The hardware address you

 

"No response from device!

specified is incorrect.

Note: You cannot assign an IP address to

The IP address you are

Verify the IP, Hardware.

a device server through a router. See

trying to assign is not a valid

Address and Network Class.

Chapter 4: Using DeviceInstaller .

IP for your logical subnet.

 

Please try again."

You did not choose the

 

 

correct subnet mask.

 

 

 

 

The device server is not

The most likely reason is the

The serial settings for the serial device and

communicating with the serial device

wrong serial settings were

the device server must match. The default

to which it is attached.

chosen.

serial settings for the device server are RS-

 

 

232, 9600 baud, 8 character bits, no parity,

 

 

1 stop bit, no flow control. Reference Serial

 

 

Settings (on page 29) or

 

 

http://ltxfaq.custhelp.com/app/answers/list.

 

 

Enter 1119 in the keyword search field to

 

 

retrieve the FAQ 1119 for instructions. Look

 

 

for the tutorial that is titled “Assigning an IP

 

 

address using Device Installer” under the

 

 

CoBos tutorials.

 

 

 

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