Quick guide

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1. Quick guide

RipEX2-HS serves as a redundant station equipped with two standard RipEX2 radio modems using a hot standby functionality. All you have to do to put it into operation is to connect properly all connectors and configure internal RipEX2 units using a PC and a web browser.

RipEX2-HS

Fig. 1.1: RipEX2-HS


To configure RipEX2 units please see RipEX2 Configuration

[Note]Note

RipEX2 access defaults: IP 192.168.169.169/24, username: admin, password: admin or IP 10.9.8.7 when accessing over the optional USB/ETH adapter or Wifi adapter.

Power on the RipEX2-HS and wait approx. for 25 seconds for the RipEX2 OS to boot. When accessing over the optional USB/ETH adapter or Wifi adapter, your PC will get its IP settings from the built-in DHCP server and you have to type https://10.9.8.7 in your browser.

When accessing over Ethernet, set a static IP 192.168.169.x/24 on your PC first, connect your PC to RipEX2 ETH interface, start your browser and type https://192.168.169.169 in the address line. When accessing RipEX2 for the first time and using https, you have to accept the https security certificate issued by RACOM.

[Note]Note

Both RipEX2 units are in factory default settings.

1.1. RipEX2-HS establishing connection

  • Switch RipEX2-HS to manual mode and switch to Unit A

  • Turn of Unit B

  • Configure Unit A (see RipEX2 configuration)

  • Download the configuration of Unit A and turn it off (described in Chapter 5, RipeEX2-HS Settings)

  • Turn on Unit B and upload the configuration (originally downloaded from Unit A)

    • Rewrite station name

    • Chassis position

    • management address

  • Change the IP address for the address with the Range for virtual address on

  • Turn on Unit A

  • Switch back to Auto mode