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    I I P P o o w w e e r r C C o o n n t t r r o o l l 8 8 U s e r G u i d e English LINDY No. 32416 www.lindy.com © LINDY ELECTRONICS LIMITE D & LINDY -ELEKTRONIK GMBH - FI RST EDITION (May 2005)[...]

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    1. CONNECTION Connect the IPower Control unit to the mains and to your Ethernet network. There are eight LEDs at the front of the unit which relate to the s witching state of the ports. When using the IPower Control for the first time all LEDs wi ll simultaneously light up red. When reconnecting the IPower Control to a power supply the LEDs will li[...]

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    3. SWITCHING VIA ETHERNET Login to the website of the IPower Control , http:// “IP Address of IPower Control” (e.g. 192.168.0.2). You may need to enter a password (see section 6) . Now you can choose a port in order to reset it or switch it directly. The following options are available: Configuration The settings of the IPower Control and the s[...]

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    5. PORT CONFIGURATION The ports can be selected individually from t he roll-up menu at the configuration site. The following settings can be modified for each port: Label A name with a maximum of 15 characters can be entered here. After Power Up switch The ports state afte r a restart of the IPower Control can be defined here (on, off, last state) [...]

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    6. NETWORK CONFIGURATION The following settings can be modified in the configuration menu: Device Name A name with a maximum of 15 characters can be allocated here. IP Settings The IP settings of the IPower Control can be modified here. HTTP Port If required, the port number of the internal web server can be allocated here. Values from 1 to 65534 a[...]

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    7. OPERATING MODES The IPower Control can be started in two ways: Boot Mode To start the IPower Control in boot mode, the button at the fr ont must be pushed for at least two seconds when restarting the unit. Using the IPCnet_conf.exe program it is possible to disable password protection, to upgrade the fi rmware and to restor e the default setting[...]

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    10. DEFAULT SETTINGS In order to restore the default settings the IPower Control must be started in boot mode (see section 7). Launch IPCnet_conf.exe . After the program has opened, all IPower Control units which are on the net work will be listed on the left hand side of the program window. Select the one for which the setting should be restored a[...]

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    12. FAQs Connection The IPower Control is connected to a netw ork but... ...the LEDs do not illuminate Please check the connection to the electrical circuit ...the green LED at the LAN socket does not illuminate Please check the network connection ...I can’t open the website Please ensure that both the IPower Control and your PC are on the same s[...]