Mercury PR0091 User Manual

 

Mercury 6-5 Stat – Installation & User Guide

 
Network Configuration 
 
The final section to set-up is the network address. In all instances, this must be done before the controller is 
plugged into the site network. The controllers have an auto-initialise function, which will automatically log the 
device onto the site network. If the wrong address has been entered onto the network, you will have to reset 
the controller address by setting the address to 00-0, and then re-enter the correct address. (You may have to 
deregister the wrong address from the home system as well). 
 
To set the controller onto a network you must first connect the controller to a communications module. This is 
either a: - 

•  IP Futura or 

• Mercury 

Hub 

 
IP Futura module 
In an IP system there are two options 

• IP-L 

• IP-r 
 

IP-L allows you to fix an IP address into the controller, which you would use when you are connecting the 
controllers onto a customer’s local area network. This would allow the customer to view each controller using 
Internet Explorer 
 
IP-r allows you to give each controller on the system a unique number. This number is then allocated a 
dynamic IP address by the system DHCP server (such as the RDM Data Director) 
 
IP-L 
 
To configure the communication module for IP-L, set all three rotary switches to zero. The module should 
then be connected to the controller. 
 

1.  nEt. From the function menu you can now select nEt 

•  Press enter and the display will show  “IP-L”, press enter 

•  You can now set the address using the table below 

 

Display 

Option 

IP-1 

IP Address byte 1 

IP-2 

IP Address byte 2 

IP-3 

IP Address byte 3 

IP-4 

IP Address byte 4 

nL Network 

Mask 

Length 

gt-1 

Gateway Address byte 1 

gt-2 

Gateway Address byte 2 

gt-3 

Gateway Address byte 3 

gt-4 

Gateway Address byte 4 

ESC 

Exit network menu. N.B. this option must be selected 
to save any changes made in this menu 

 
IP-r 
 
To configure the communication module for IP-r, set the three rotary switches to give each controller a unique 
identifier. The module should then be connected to the controller and the network. 
The green network LED on the controller will flash until it has been logged on to the network. The Green 
network LED will remain permanently on while it is on-line. 
 

 

Please refer to the Mercury Hub user guide, which can be obtained from the RDM website, for information 
regarding connecting a controller to a network. 

 
 
 

  

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