Appendix B. NL241 settings
All of the NL241 settings available from the Settings Editor in
Device Configuration Utility
are
described below.
B.1 Main tab
B.1.1 Model (read only)
Model name.
B.1.2 Serial Number (read only)
Specifies the NL241 serial number assigned by the factory.
B.1.3 OS Version (read only)
Operating system version currently in the NL241.
B.1.4 Compile Date (read only)
Operating system compile date.
B.1.5 Bridge Mode
This setting is used to configure the device mode of operation.
Bridge Mode Disabled
With Bridge Mode set to disable, the serial server (RS-232 or CS I/O), PakBus, and secure proxy
server functionalities are available. Refer to the respective device settings for the configuration
of these functionalities.
Bridge Mode Enabled
With Bridge Mode set to enable, the device will act as a bridge from Ethernet to CS I/O. All IP
packets that come in to the device via Ethernet will be communicated to a data logger over the
CS I/O port. Some filtering is done in order to minimize the amount of traffic on the CS I/O
port, but every packet that is transmitted to the data logger is sent intact as a complete
Ethernet/TCP packet. This enables the data logger to use its TCP/IP stack to interpret the
packet, and, therefore, all of the data logger TCP services are available. In bridge mode, none
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