Panasonic LP-400 Series, External Control Manual

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⿎ Connecting to external control devices
• To connect an external device and the laser marker directly one to one:
Use a Category 5e or higher cross cable for connection.
Reference
• If the external control device has the AutoMDI/MDI-X function, either a straight cable or a crossed cable can be
connected to the laser marker.
External control device
(PC, etc.)
Cross cable
Laser marker controller
• To connect an external device and the laser marker one to many through a HUB or a router:
Use a HUB (or a router) that supports 1000BASE-T/100BASE-TX/10BASE-T and Category 5e or higher straight cables
for connection.
HUB (or router)
Straight cable
External control device
(PC, etc.)
Laser marker controllers
(connected more than one unit)
Example of communication environment setting:
Make sure that the IP address for the laser marker on the network is not overlapping the IP address for the PC.
PC Laser marker A Laser marker B Laser marker C Laser marker D
IP address
192.168.1.10 192.168.1.5 192.168.1.6 192.168.1.7 192.168.1.8
Subnet mask
255.255.255.0
Default gateway
None
Port
- 9094 9094 9094 9094
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