GRYPHON
®
-
S3
MANUAL
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3.
Configuring the Ethernet Connection
For users wanting to access information externally from the hardware, a communication connection
to the Gryphon – S3 must be established via an Ethernet link. This connection will allow you to send
and retrieve data, execute an onboard application, or run DG’s Hercules application, for example.
3.1 Connection to the PC
You must have access to an Ethernet connection. Your office, workshop, or factory floor may already
be equipped with such a link. If it is not, or if you are establishing a point-to-point connection with a
dedicated PC not already equipped with Ethernet, then an appropriate network card must be installed
on your PC.
A null 100-base-T (100
T
) cable is provided with the Gryphon package, for use in a point-to-point
configuration with a PC. This cable connects the Gryphon’s 100
T
Ethernet port (on the back of the
unit) to a host PC’s Ethernet port. (To connect the Gryphon to an Ethernet
hub
, you will need to use a
standard
100
T
cable instead of the supplied null cable.)
Note:
Null Ethernet cables are sometimes referred to as “cross over” cables.
Figure 3: Ethernet Cross Over Cable
3.2 Default IP address
Ethernet communicates by having each individual device on a network using a unique Internet
Protocol (IP) Address. Along with these addresses, there are the Netmask, Broadcast and Default
Route Addresses to configure.
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2 6
3 1
6 2
twisted pair #1
twisted pair #2