ALP48 Programming Manual
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Network settings
This menu allows the user to enter details of the network. The network can
contain up to 20 DCA4s and 6 ALP48s. Each unit on the network MUST have a
UNIQUE address.
On entering this menu, there is a submenu, with options for configuring the
network details for this ALP48, as well as informing the ALP48 which other DCA4s
and ALP48s are on the network. It is important to set all the network details,
including which other units are present, as there is no automatic network
configuration, thus the ALP48 does not know what is on the network, or what
settings to set.
Network settings
Back
>Network config
DCA4 addresses
Other addresses
Back
This menu takes you back to the Engineering level menu.
Network config
This menu configures the network settings for the ALP48. There are network
options for determining how the ALP48 connects to the network, its network
address, and if it should generate a network fault if a fault is detected.
Present
This option determines how the ALP48 connects to the network. The possible
configurations are:
No: The ALP48 is not connected to the network. It will ignore all network traffic,
and it will not report its status to the network.
Net in & out: The ALP48 is connected by both the network in and the network out
ports.
Net in only: The ALP48 is connected by the network in port only.
Net out only: The ALP48 is connected by the network out port only.
Ring: The ALP48 is connect by both the network in and network out ports.
Additionally, the whole network is in a ring configuration.
Net address
This option sets the network address for this ALP48. This address MUST be
unique. No other ALP48 can have this address. If there are multiple ALP48s with
the same address, the network will be highly unstable, and will usually crash.
Network config
Present>Net out only
Net address:1
Faults:Yes
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