Stride IO-Link Master Ethernet Network quick start from AutomationDirect

Connecting your Stride IO-Link master to your network is made quite easy by using the rotary switches. These switches are used to determine the IP address. There are 4 ways to set the IP address: set it to a static IP address by setting the last octet, using the fixed IP address, determine the IP address from DHCP, and last, use the saved IP address that is set in the web server. On this last option, since connecting to the web server is done using the current IP address, you will first need to use an initial IP address before being able to set the saved address. For this video, I will show setting a static IP address initially to get my first connection to the web server then change the address to the final saved address. Typically this will be the most common process. Let’s talk about the rotary switches. Out of the box the rotary switches are set to 000, which sets the master to DHCP. This allows your router or other device to determine the IP address externally. For those of you that can access your DHCP table and see the IP address of the device, this will allow you to just connect to the device and then make your changes. Those of you without the access would be best served setting a static IP address at first then changing the saved IP address through the web server. To set a static IP address, you will use these 3 rotary switches to set the last octet of the IP address. So the first 3 octets of my device will be this, and I will set my rotary switches to be 160. So, I have my static IP address set now. Let’s power up the device and get connected to the web server. Open up a web browser and type in the static IP address of your Stride IO-Link master. You will need to sign in to change the IP address so select the sign-in option. By default, the user is "Admin" and the password is "Private". Now go to the setting maintenance option and expand the interface configuration control. Here I will change the IP address to the last octet of 181. Then select apply. Now I will power down the IO-Link master, switch the rotary switches to 255, power back up the device and be able to access the master at the new IP address. Now you have a set IP address for your device and can deploy it to your production. If you have any questions on this or any other feature of the Stride IO-Link master, please feel free to comment below or call into our award-winning technical support team. And make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel for new products and solutions.