Spex uses a digi for communication to serial device at cass. In hilo, we test using hilodigi1. hilodigi's (hilo)IP: 128.171.110.211 spexdig's (summit) IP: 128.171.165.79 For centos 4.4, I need to do 'yum install rarpd', and the deamon is 'rarpd'. The following example was perform using centos 4.4. 1. Edit /etc/ethers and add the appropriate information: 0:40:9d:21:fb:bd hilodigi 2. Check the hosts table to make sure the host/IP is defined. 3. Run RARP daemon. # rarpd -A -v -d (the linux deamon has no feedback, tun on port server and ping to see that it worked). use 'tail -f /var/log/messages' to see when the rarpd issued the IP. 4. Turn on the PortServer. 5. Is it alive? Note that the RARP setup is reset when the power is recycled on the PortServer. # ping 128.171.110.211 128.171.110.211 is alive 6. Telnet in to complete the configuration # telnet 128.171.110.211 Connected to 128.171.110.211. Escape character is '^]'. Digi International PortServer 16 login: root passwd: dbps Hilo Config: set config myname=hilodig set config domain=ifa.hawaii.edu set config nameserv=128.171.2.6 set config submask=255.255.255.0 set config gateway=128.171.110.129 set config ip=128.171.110.211 exit Summit Config: set config myname=spexdigi set config domain=ifa.hawaii.edu set config nameserv=128.171.2.6 set config submask=255.255.255.0 set config gateway=128.171.165.68 set config ip=128.171.165.79 exit 7. Check it. # ping 128.171.110.211 128.171.110.211 is alive or telnet into server 'set config' to list configuration info. 8. Configuration notes: 8.1. Ports 1-8. Animatics Smart motor Ports 9-11. Temperature Controllers 0. Cable between Digi & Animatic: Staight-though RJ45-plug -- DB9-male 2. Default Serial of motor & Digi Match: baud=9600 csize=8 parity=N stopb=1 3. modification from default settings: set ports dev=prn range=1 set ports dev=prn range=2 set ports dev=prn range=3 set ports dev=prn range=4 set ports dev=prn range=5 set ports dev=prn range=6 set ports dev=prn range=7 set ports dev=prn range=8 set ports dev=prn range=9 set ports dev=prn range=10 set ports dev=prn range=11 9. Port Assignments: Port 1: Animatics Motor -> Port 2: Animatics Motor -> Port 3: Animatics Motor -> Port 4: Animatics Motor -> Port 5: Animatics Motor -> Port 6: Animatics Motor -> Port 7: Animatics Motor -> Port 8: Animatics Motor -> Port 9: Temperature controller -> Port 10: Temperature controller -> Port 11: Temperature controller -> 10. Resetting to Factory defaults: Turn off port server. Press and Hold both arrow pushbuttons and turn on power. Hold pushbutton until the display reads "EP" 11. cpconf term - displays the configuration to the terminal