Overview

Requirements

1. Local Administrator Rights
   
2. IP Address(es) of Moxa Device(s)

Change IP Address

1. Notate the COM port of the device you want to change
2. Close the application, such as Predator DNC, that connects to the NPort device
   
3. Launch NPort Windows Driver Manager
   
4. Locate the device via the COM port number or former IP address, double click it to open settings
   
NPort devices can have 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 ports
5. Go to Advanced Settings tab and take note of Tx Mode and FIFO settings
6. Click Cancel to close Settings
   
7. Click the device from the list, Click Remove
8. Click Apply accepting any prompts along the way
   
9. Click Add
10. Select Input Manually
    
11. Enter IP address of Moxa NPort Device into NPort IP Address
    
12. Enter number of serial port(s) in Total Ports
    
1. Moxa NPort 5110, W2150A, P5150A = 1
   
2. Moxa NPort 5210A, W2250A, IA5250A = 2
   
3. Moxa NPort 5610-8 = 8
   
4. Moxa NPort 5610-16 = 16
   
13. Click OK
    
14. Click No
    
15. The device is blue, double-click it to open COM Port Setting
    

If the NPort unit has multiple ports, hold Ctrl key and click all ports for the NPort unit,

click Setting, then check the box Auto Enumerating COM Number for Selected Ports. 

Select the first COM number, e.g. COM5, then each consecutive COM number will

increment by one, e.g. COM6.




16. Set COM Number to previous COM Number as noted previously
17. Click Advanced Settings tab
    
18. Set to previous settings, note defaults below if unsure
1. Set Tx Mode to "Classical"
   
2. Set FIFO to "Disable"
   
3. Check Return Error If Network is Unavailable
   
19. Click OK
20. Click Apply
21. Click Yes to apply the changes