Hey @realliveanimals, welcome to the forum!
Changing your IPv4 address doesn’t make it impossible, it’s just a matter of getting your phone onto the same network range as your computer.
One thing to clear up: the “Connect to Custom IPs” field is an AbleNet setting — it’s only used to connect one AbleSet instance to another computer running AbleSet in a redundant setup. It has no effect on connecting a phone or tablet, and it shouldn’t contain your own computer’s IP address, so that’s not the field you want here.
AbleSet runs a web server on your computer, and any device can reach it as long as it’s on the same network. Art-Net gear typically uses the 2.x.x.x range with a subnet mask of 255.0.0.0. Once you set your computer to 2.0.0.2, it moved into that range — while your phone is most likely still on something like 192.168.x.x. Different networks, so they can’t see each other.
Option 1 — keep the two networks separate
Your computer can be on both networks at the same time using two interfaces:
- Ethernet →
2.0.0.2, connected to the Chauvet node
- Wi-Fi (or a second Ethernet adapter) → your rig’s router, where your phone is
AbleSet’s server listens on all interfaces, so your phone can reach it over the second one. Open AbleSet’s menu bar window and use the Remote address shown there — that’s the IP your phone should go to. It’s also worth opening the gear icon → Preferred Network and selecting the interface your devices connect through.
This keeps the lighting network completely isolated from the rest of your rig, which is generally the safest setup on stage.
Option 2 — put everything in one range
If your computer, the node, and your phone all share one switch, you can give your phone a manual IP in the same range instead:
- IP:
2.0.0.10 (any free address in that range)
- Subnet mask:
255.0.0.0
Then open http://2.0.0.2 in your phone’s browser. Use the raw IP rather than the .local hostname here, as that’s more reliable in manually configured networks.
Alternatively, many Art-Net nodes let you assign a custom IP outside the 2.x.x.x range, which would let you put everything on your normal 192.168.x.x network. I can’t confirm whether the DMX-AN 2 supports that on my end, so it’s worth checking its manual.
Also, how is your phone connected at the moment. Is it through a Wi-Fi router in the rig, to the same switch as the lighting node, or directly to your computer? And is the Chauvet node plugged into the same switch as your computer?
You can also see some of this in action in the official tutorial.
Let me know if this helps clear things up, I’m looking forward to your reply!