Setting static IP address

[jimmsch (James Schiavoni)]

This might be more of an OMtech Polar question, but I am not a member at facebook and that is the only place where they have a forum.

I need to connect my Polar to ethernet via a wall port connected to a switch that is connected to the router. Obviously the physical connection is not an issue. I run into trouble when trying to set a static IP address for the machine. It doesn’t have any type of screen that I can use to set the IP address.

The OMtech video (starts at the 2:00 mark) is not real clear on how to do this. It seems they are maybe connecting directly to the PC using a crossover cable? I am not sure, but the directions they give for setting the IP address seem like they will only set the IP address on my PC and not the laser.

[berainlb (PY)]

Read through these two topics. They should have the information that you need:

Communication problrms

I can no longer communicate with my laser with USB and not with Lightburn bridge. My setup: Windows 10 Lightburn 1.3.01 Acer Notebook Starlink network OMT Polar 350 Laser Ruida RDC6442S History: My Laser is a new machine. Out of the box it ran great for about 3 weeks, but then started having error messages “There was a problem sending data to the laser. The laser may be busy or paused.” Now it won’t process any laser cut files and all I get is the above message and the status light …

Connect Omtech Polar to Ethernet

I have an Omtech Polar laser, and have successfully connected it to my Mac via the USB port. I would like to connect it via the ethernet port - here is where the issue lies. The Polar’s don’t have an external controller, and RD Works isn’t compatible with the Mac, so I cannot find the IP address of the controller itself. Is there any way for me to connect this laser via ethernet? The USB cables are horribly unreliable.

[jkwilborn (Jack Wilborn)]

Unless you have a console on your Polar, you can’t change the machines IP.

The Ruida is a static IP. In your router, you need to bind the Ruida ip to the Ruida MAC address … this prevents the router from issuing that ip elsewhere.

The two links @berainlb posted are good.

Good luck

[jimmsch (James Schiavoni)]

Thank you. This did the trick. It was a task learning how to do this within the router but I managed. I would explain how I did it, but I think all routers will be different, not to mention I don’t think I can explain it very well

[jkwilborn (Jack Wilborn)]

Glad that fixed you up…

Good luck and have fun