Chapter 2. Modbus Over Ethernet Communications 1
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Communications Options User’s Guide
2.2 Setup
The default IP address in setting up the Ethernet option card is Dynamic (DHCP). If it has to be changed to a static IP
address, the instrument must first be connected to the DHCP network.
Note:
The following are setup procedure examples.
2.2.1
Finding the Assigned IP Address
Example:
Find the IP address of a module with Media Access Control (MAC) address 00409d25da0b.
1.
Open a DOS command prompt. Go to the directory containing the executable
ruiping.exe.
2.
Type r
uiping -e a
nd hit
Enter
.
Note:
Once the module containing the MAC address has been found, it will be displayed along with the assigned IP
address (see Figure 10). In this example the assigned address is 3.112.161.79.
3.
Stop the process by hitting the
Esc
key.
Figure 10: Finding the Assigned IP Address