lodestar® MANUAL REVISED 1/08/19
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Table of Contents
1Introduction ............................................................................................................................................5
1.1 Technical support..........................................................................................................................6
1.2 Related documents .......................................................................................................................6
2Hardware Overview / Getting Started....................................................................................................7
2.1 Contents of the LODESTAR® Package........................................................................................7
2.1.1 LODESTAR® Hardware provided.............................................................................................7
2.1.2 LODESTAR® Software provided..............................................................................................7
2.2 Hardware specifications / setup....................................................................................................8
2.2.1 LODESTAR® hardware specifications .....................................................................................8
2.2.2 Power connection......................................................................................................................8
2.2.3 Vehicle Network connections....................................................................................................8
2.3 Hardware overview .......................................................................................................................9
2.3.1 LODESTAR Front Panel .........................................................................................................10
2.3.2 LODESTAR Rear Panel..........................................................................................................11
2.3.3 I/O Connections.......................................................................................................................14
3Configuring the Host PC Connections.................................................................................................15
3.1 USB Connection to the PC..........................................................................................................15
3.2 Wired Ethernet Default IP address..............................................................................................15
3.3 Configuring the wired Ethernet IP Address.................................................................................16
3.4 Reset Pushbutton........................................................................................................................16
3.5 Firmware Updating......................................................................................................................17
4The Lodestar Internal Web Pages.......................................................................................................18
4.1 Home Page .................................................................................................................................18
4.1.1 Login Screen...........................................................................................................................19
4.2 Configuration Tab........................................................................................................................20
4.2.1 Date & Time ............................................................................................................................20
4.2.2 Device Name Tab....................................................................................................................21
4.2.3 Network ...................................................................................................................................22
4.2.4 DNS Configuration ..................................................................................................................24
4.2.5 Default Route Configuration....................................................................................................25
4.2.6 Programs Tab..........................................................................................................................26
4.2.7 LCD Tab..................................................................................................................................27
4.2.8 Password Tab .........................................................................................................................28
4.2.9 Update Tab..............................................................................................................................29
4.3 Pinouts Tab.................................................................................................................................30
4.4 Channels Tab..............................................................................................................................31
4.5 System Tab.................................................................................................................................33
4.6 Utilities Tab..................................................................................................................................34
4.7 Documentation Tab.....................................................................................................................35
This manual contains the following sections:
