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Configure IP on a setup for ETH boards

This documentation describes how to setup a laptop/workstation network interface in order to communicate with an ETH board (i.e. mc4plus, mc2plus or ems)

Setup

In the image above the ETH interface used is an USB/ETH adapter but a physical network interface can be used as well.

Requirements

To let the setup working we need:

  • A laptop/workstation with a network interface available (both physical or an USB/ETH adapter)
  • The robotology-superbuild installed

Memo

Remember to enable the ROBOTOLOGY_ENABLE_ICUB_HEAD profile when compiling robotology-superbuild in order to make FirmwareUpdater available.

Ubuntu

In order to communicate with an ETH board, we need to assign a static IP to the network interface used.

To do that :

  1. Open Settings -> Network
  2. Open settings of the network interface to be used (in this example AXIS Ethernet)
  3. Go to IPV4 tab
  4. Select Manual in the IPV4 Method
  5. Set 10.0.1.104 and 255.255.255.0 in the Address and Netmask fileds respectively
  6. Click on Apply and the restart the network interface

Network config

Note

It's also possible to define the static IP address by editing the /etc/network/interfaces as follows: 

    # The primary network interface
        auto eth0
        allow-hotplug eth0
        iface eth0 inet static
        address 10.0.1.104
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        network 10.0.1.0
        broadcast 10.0.1.255

Windows

In order to communicate with an ETH board, we need to assign a static IP to the network interface used.

In this example, a USB/ETH adapter is used (but a physical network interface can be used as well) to communicate with an EMS board.

Follow the steps below:

  • In Control Panel go to Network and Internet

Network and Internet

  • Select Network and Sharing Center

Network and Sharing Center

  • Select Change adapter settings

Chnage adapter settings

  • Right click on the desired network interface then select Properties

Properties

  • Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) then click on Properties

IPv4

  • Select Use the following IP address and input the values as in figure below, then click OK

IP address

Verify the setup

In order to check if the above operations went ok:

  1. Power on the board
  2. Run FirmwareUpdater
  3. Select the ETH interface
  4. Click on Discover

Now you should see the board listed:

FirmwareUpdater