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Ditto DX Forensic FieldStation User Manual
3 BROWSER INTERFACE
TheDitto DXForensicFieldStation can becongured and operated either fromthe Front
Panel(seeSection9)orthroughawebbrowser.
3.1 ACCESSING THE BROWSER INTERFACE
3.1.1 Accessing Via Network
a. PluganEthernetcableintotheEthernetportonthe“ControlInterface”sideof
theDittoDXForensicFieldStation.
b. ConnecttheotherendoftheEthernetcabletoyournetwork.Thisusuallymeans
pluggingitintoarouterorhub.Inanofceenvironment,youmayhaveanetwork
jackbuiltintoyourofcewall.
c. ConnectthepowercabletotherearoftheDittoDXForensicFieldStationandto
theprovidedACadapter.
d. TurnontheDittoDXForensicFieldStation’spowerusingtheswitchontherear
panel.(0=off,1=on)
e. IfyouhavepreviouslyconguredtheDittoDXandyouknowtheIPaddressit
uses,godowntothelaststepofthissection.IfyouhavenotconguredtheDitto
DX,useoneofthetwofollowingwaystocongureit.
Configure Ditto to Use DHCP
DHCPisthe protocolused bymost networkenvironmentstoday. Unless your
networkadministratordirectsotherwise,youshouldprobablyfollowthesesteps.
a. PresstheDownnavigationbuttonontheDittoDXForensicFieldStationuntil
youreachthe“Settings”menu(seeFigure1).ThenpresstheRight naviga-
tionbuttontoviewtheSettings.
b. PressUporDownuntilyoureachthe“CtlNetworkSettings”screenshown
inFigure2andpressRight.
c. PressUporDownuntilyoureachthe“CtlNetwork”screenshowninFigure
3.
d. Ifthetextonthesecondlinesays“Disabled”,presstheRightbuttontoedit
thesetting.PressUponceandthenRighttocommitthechange.Ifthetext
says“Enabled”,continuetothenextstep.
e. PressUporDownuntilyoureachthe“CtlNetworkMode”screenshown
inFigure4.
f. Ifthetextonthesecondlinesaysanythingotherthan“Client(DHCP)”,press
Righttoeditthesetting.PressUpuntilthesecondlinesays“Client(DHCP)”
andthenpressRighttocommitthechange.Ifthetextalreadysays“Client
(DHCP)”,continueontothenextstep.
g. Press Up or Down until you reach the“Ctl IP Address” screen shown in
Figure5.
h. ContinuetoStepGbelowtologintothebrowserinterface.
CtlNetworkSettings
View/Edit>
Figure 2. A depiction of the “Ctl Network Settings”
screenontheDittoDXForensicFieldStation.
CtlNetworkMode:
Client(StaticIP)
Edit>
Figure 4. A depiction of the “Ctl Network Mode”
screenontheDittoDXForensicFieldStation.
CtlIPAddress:
10.10.0.1
Edit>
Figure 5.Adepictionofthe“CtlIPAddress”screenon
theDittoDXForensicFieldStation.
CtlNetwork:
Disabled
Edit>
Figure 3.Adepiction ofthe“CtlNetwork”screen on
theDittoDXForensicFieldStation.
Settings
View/Edit>
Figure 1. A depiction of the “Settings”menu on the
DittoDXForensicFieldStation.