Additional Network Setup

From ECCWiki

Connecting the BCS directly to a computer is effectively creating a point-to-point network. The BCS assigns itself a fixed IP address, 169.254.0.63 by default. The computer should detect that its Ethernet port is not connected to a hosted network, and therefore also assign itself a static address. In order for the two devices to communicate, they must be on the same subnet. By default, most computers will give themselves a 169.254.xx.xx address, thereby allowing them to connect with no additional intervention. However, some computers may give themselves a static address that is outside of the subnet, and in this case the user has to force it to be 169.254.xx.xx.

[edit] Windows Configuration

In some cases, you need to manually configure your IP address and mask subnet. To do this, disable the machine’s wireless network connection and any other internet connections that could interfere with the network being created. Select the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) connection within the Local Area Connection Properties and click on Properties. Next, manually configure your IP address as 169.254.0.60 and your subnet mask to 255.255.0.0, as shown below.

To access the controller’s web page, simply type in the address (for example, http://169.254.0.63) into the address bar of your host’s web browser and the main control page will be loaded from the BCS-460.

[edit] OSX Network Configuration

Hook the bcs up directly to your mac and then open "System Preferences", switch the the "Network" control panel, and then select the "Ethernet" option. Then choose Configure: "Manually" and set the ip address to 169.254.0.60 and the subnet mask to 255.255.255.0 and hit apply. After the bcs has had 30 seconds to give itself the self ip this will allow you to access the bcs directly connected. You may need to power cycle the bcs to get it to give itself the self assigned ip address.