Configure Your Network On Ubuntu

After your PC has booted and you have logged in it’s time to go trough the following steps:

1. Go to System Settings.

2. In System Settings go to the Network tab.

3. Under Wired go to Wired Settings by clicking the cogwheel ⚙️ icon.

   

4. In Wired Settings go to the IP4 tab.

5. Set IPv4 Method to Manual.

6. Fill in Addresses for the Address: 192.168.2.XYZ, where XYZ is not equal to the controller ip and smaller than 255. (Motorcortex Controller default IP address is 192.168.2.100).

7. Fill in Addresses for the Netmask: 255.255.255.0.

   

Test your connection

After configuring your connection it is time to check if your connection is working

8. Connect your controller with your pc using the Ethernet port (In the virtual machine this is already set-up).

9. Check if your connection is established by pinging the controller by using the following command in the terminal.

   ping 192.168.2.100 -c 5
   

   Note

   In case the Motorcortex Controller is configured for a different network, the settings may have to be adapted.Per default this is not the case

10. The the terminal should give you a answer that 5 packets have been transmitted and 5 received. If this is not the case please make sure you check out Connection Troubleshooting section that serves as a step by step guide.

    

11. Congratulations you have established a connection!