Starting up the device - Configuration
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BCL 208i
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NOTICE
The device cannot be accessed if the IP address is incorrect!
Make certain that the correct IP address is entered. The device can otherwise no longer be ac-
cessed.
Setting the IP address with Device-Finder
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Download the program
Device-Finder
from the Internet to the PC.
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Call up the Leuze home page:
www.leuze.com
.
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Enter the type designation or part number of the device as the search term.
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The program
Device-Finder
can be found on the product page for the device under the
Downloads
tab.
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Connect the Ethernet interface of the device directly to the LAN port of the PC.
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Start the program
Device-Finder
.
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The program displays all bar code readers of the BCL 200i series that are available in the network.
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Select the BCL 2xxi bar code reader from the list.
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You can now change the IP address of the bar code reader to the desired IP address.
NOTICE
If the setting is performed via the webConfig tool, the BCL 208i must be restarted. The set IP
address is only accepted and active after this restart.
8.2.2
Automatically setting the IP address
Set the IP address automatically if a DHCP server assigns the IP addresses in the system.
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Select the option to obtain the IP address automatically in the webConfig tool:
Configuration > Communication > Ethernet interface
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Activate the
DHCP = ON
setting.
NOTICE
The BCL 208i responds to ping commands. A simple test to determine whether the address as-
signment was successful is to enter the previously configured IP address in a ping command
(e.g. ping 192.168.60.101 in a command line window under Windows).
8.2.3
Ethernet host communication
You can configure the connections to an external host system via the Ethernet host communication.
You can use both the UDP protocol as well as the TCP/IP protocol – in either client or in server mode. Both
protocols can be activated simultaneously and used in parallel
• The connection-free UDP protocol is used primarily to transfer process data to the host (monitor opera-
tion).
• The connection-oriented TCP/IP protocol can also be used to transfer commands from the host to the
device. With this connection, the data is backed up by the TCP/IP protocol itself.
• If you would like to use the TCP/IP protocol, you must also define whether the device is to operate as a
TCP client or as a TCP server.
