Problems with PINK
Craig N
Posts: 17
Just got my PINK module yesterday, and have been trying to set it up for *hours*...
Using the red crossover cable to connect to my PC ethernet socket.
Set the network adapter on my laptop to:
IP = 10.1.1.10
Network mask = 255.255.255.0
Gateway = 10.1.1.1
Have tried all sorts of configurations, but nothing is showing up in the Netburner IPSetup V2.0 window under "select a unit".
Lights on the PINK are happily lit, and I've checked cables for *@#! how many times...
Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks MUCH in advance,
Craig
Using the red crossover cable to connect to my PC ethernet socket.
Set the network adapter on my laptop to:
IP = 10.1.1.10
Network mask = 255.255.255.0
Gateway = 10.1.1.1
Have tried all sorts of configurations, but nothing is showing up in the Netburner IPSetup V2.0 window under "select a unit".
Lights on the PINK are happily lit, and I've checked cables for *@#! how many times...
Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks MUCH in advance,
Craig
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I did the same as you, except I plugged into a port on my router with the "straight-through" cable. No changes to the laptop's settings, just run the IPSetup and the the unit showed up in the "Select a unit window". Baud rate was 9600.
Intuitively, I would leave the laptop settings the same as they were when you last got onto the network.
You can see my test unit at 142.167.85.97 the user is sci, password is katomda
Cheers
Does any code need to be running in the BASIC stamp during IPSetup?
I'm flummoxed...
Many thanks,
Craig
Try leaving the gateway blank, or setting it the same as the device address.
You should be able to use: ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx to verify that the device is seen.
If you can successfully ping all of the addresses that show up under ipconfig /all, then you should be able to duplicate those setting as needed for the PINK, if you connect it to your router.
One thing to consider, some routers, if using DHCP, require all hosts to use DHCP, and might not recognize a non-DHCP enabled device. You can try connecting PINK to your router and enabling DHCP for the PINK, or disabling DHCP and creating static addresses behind the router.
Thanks,
Craig
OK, so lets recap:
1. Get things back so the laptop is plugged into the router and it can get on the internet.
2. Go into the admin function of the router and get the IP address of the laptop and any other computers on the network. I get to mine by using a browser and typing in 192.168.0.1.
3. Plug the PINK into one of the open ports on the router. Use "straight through" cable and one of the ports on the local side of the router. Power up the PINK. Connection to a STAMP is not required.
4. Close the browser on the laptop and start up IPSetup. At the very least, you should see the devices plugged into the router.
5. Launch the PINK's webpage and configure.
6. For the outside world to see your PINK, go back to the router admin and enable outside access through port 80 through to the local IP address now assigned to the PINK.
· I just ran IPSetup from another computer on my network. The PINK shows up with a regular router address ( 192.168.0.135) which the router had assigned. Note that all the values in the NDK panel of the IPSetup are at 0.0.0.0 which, I think tells the PINK to accept the one the router wants to assign by DHCP.
If this doesn't generate happiness, there is the outside possibility that the PINK is bent.
Cheers
Post Edited (stamptrol) : 6/11/2006 12:20:39 PM GMT
1. Get things back so the laptop is plugged into the router and it can get on the internet.
I used the laptop in testing when I plugged the other end of the PINK cable directly into its ethernet jack. To get up and on the internet via a router, I'll use my desktop (also tested with the PINK cable plugged directly inot its ethernet jack, but now back on the router.) I have two other desktop computers on this router, with IP addresses assigned by DHCP. Everything's working (I'm on the internet now [noparse];)[/noparse] ).
2. Go into the admin function of the router and get the IP address of the laptop and any other computers on the network. I get to mine by using a browser and typing in 192.168.0.1.
It's a Linksys router. I type ipconfig in a cmd window on the XP box, get the gateway, pop it into a browser window, enter my browser password, and I'm at the Linksys config screen. I choose Status->Local Network, press the "DHCP Clients Table" button, and see the 3 clients connected to this router. I press the "Refresh" button several times to see the Expiration Dates update to know their alive.
3. Plug the PINK into one of the open ports on the router. Use "straight through" cable and one of the ports on the local side of the router. Power up the PINK. Connection to a STAMP is not required.
Done. Power LED and little LEDs under the ethernet jack are lit happily.
4. Close the browser on the laptop and start up IPSetup. At the very least, you should see the devices plugged into the router.
I do that, and in the "Select a Unit" box, see *nothing*. I hit the "Search Again" button several times, still see nothing. I insure that my Norton firewall allows the program, I even disable Norton Internet Security. Nothing seems to get anything to show up in that "Select a Unit" box!
Arrrrgh... Any ideas?--and again, many, many thanks,
Craig
What do the docs say as to it's default ip address??
Check the cable that you are using... Try another....
If the laptop/desktop and the pink are NOT on the same subnet, you will not find it.
So with both connected directly, change the ip/mask of the laptop/desktop to be in the same subnet
as the default for pink... You will then be able to talk to it, if it is working correctly.
Bon N9LVU
I can't find anything in the literature about a default IP address. http://www.parallax.com/dl/docs/prod/comm/30013-PINK-v1.02.pdf
Many thanks,
Craig
Try the Netburner IPSetup to see if it talks with Pink.... If NOT, your pink is a hurtin....
The ipconfig utility run from a command line on pc, ONLY shows network devices on that PC, not whats on the lan...
There are a LOT of utils to scan a lan to see the devices on it...
Bob
Post Edited (Robert Kubichek) : 6/11/2006 3:42:15 PM GMT
Tried both Laptop/Desktop, blue (non-crossover) & red (crossover) cables.
"Try the Netburner IPSetup to see if it talks with Pink...."
Nope.
"If NOT, your pink is a hurtin...."
Sure hope not,
Craig
If you try to connect directly from "HOST" to PINK without using a static IP, and if you reboot "HOST", it will NOT have an IP address, and Netburner IPSetup will fail..
You always connect directly using the RED "crossover" cable.
The steps I would use to program PINK are;
1) Direct connection to set IP using a STATIC IP address.
2) Go into PINK using set IP from browser to verify connectivity.
3) Set up user data " web pages/ ect. "
4) Browse to PINK to verify "User Data."
5) Now hook up PINK to LAN
6) Browse again to PINK to verify connectivity on LAN
From what I have read, you might be missing one little "step" that will "screw the whole match"..
Bob
PS: I do alot of networking including the proggramming of routers for a living... Plus PC repair/troubleshooting ...
Thanks,
Craig
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Craig
BTW, is anyone aware of a very small, *low power*
Many, many, MANY thanks,
Craig
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