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Serial Port Configuration Submenu
•
Serial Port
—This setting enables or disables the onboard serial port. The default value is
Enabled
.
•
Device Settings
—This item displays the current base address and interrupt request level
(IRQ) information for the onboard serial port.
•
Change Settings
—This setting changes the base address and interrupt request level (IRQ)
information for the onboard serial port. The default value is
Auto
.
Parallel Port Configuration Submenu
•
Parallel Port
—This setting enables or disables the onboard parallel port. The default value
is
Enabled
.
•
Device Settings
—This item displays the current base address and interrupt request level
(IRQ) information for the onboard parallel port.
•
Device Mode
—This setting enables alternate modes of operation for the parallel port.
Usually the default setting works for all applications. The default is
STD Printer Mode
.
•
Change Settings
—This setting changes the base address and interrupt request level (IRQ)
information for the onboard parallel port. The default value is
Auto
. Note that the options
available vary based upon the
Device Mode
selected for the parallel port.
LabVIEW RT Setup Menu
Use this menu to configure boot options for LabVIEW RT if it is installed on the controller. If
you are not using LabVIEW RT, you should leave these settings at default.
Note
The settings below override the behavior of the switches shown in Figure 2-4.
Refer to the
LabVIEW RT Configuration Switches
section for more information. To
use the settings from the switches, select
Use Switch Setting
for each option.
•
Boot Configuration
—This setting selects whether the controller should boot LabVIEW
RT, LabVIEW RT Safe Mode, or an installed OS such as Windows 7. The default is
Use
Switch Setting
.
•
Reset IP Address
—If the controller is deployed to a different subnet from which it was
originally configured, or if the current IP address is invalid, use this switch to reset the IP
address and other TCP/IP settings to their factory defaults during LabVIEW RT startup.
The default is
Use Switch Setting
.
Note
By default, the target will automatically attempt to connect to the network
using DHCP. If the target is unable to initiate a DHCP connection, the target connects
to the network with a link-local IP address of
169.254.x.x
.
