GPI-8941 Series User Guide (v9.0)
Basic Configuration • 37
Basic Configuration
This chapter provides instructions for configuring the GPI-8941 using the options available in DashBoard.
This chapter assumes that DashBoard is launched on your computer and the GPI-8941 interface displays in the
right-side of the DashBoard window.
Before You Begin
Verify or note the following before configuring your GPI-8941 card:
• The GPI-8941 card uses electro-mechanical relays. From the time the command to close is give until the contacts
physically close can take tens of milliseconds. Also, changing a mechanical relays state may result in contact
bounce.
• The GPI-8941 card updates Dashboard status of inputs and outputs approximately once per second.
• Your computer is running DashBoard version 8.0 or higher.
• The openGear frame that houses the GPI-8941 card is installed on the same network as your DashBoard client
computer or to a network that has a route to the network your DashBoard client computer is on.
• The GPI-8941 card must be installed in an openGear frame with an MFC-OG3-N or MFC-OGX-N.
• The MFC-OG3-N or MFC-OGX-N in your openGear frame is running software version 2.92 or higher. This
information is displayed in the
Product
tab.
• The
Default Port Speed
for the GPI-8941 card is set to
100Mb/s
. This setting is located in the
Network
tab for
the Network Controller Card.
For More Information on...
• the MFC-OG3-N or MFC-OGX-N, refer to its user guide.
• connecting your openGear frame to a network, refer to the user guide for your frame.
Assigning an IP Address to the Card
The GPI-8941 card takes advantage of the internal Ethernet interface connected to the switch on the MFC-OG3-N
or MFC-OGX-N in the openGear frame. This enables the GPI-8941 card to use RossTalk and GPInet commands to
trigger GPI Outputs and report GPI Input events.
Use this procedure only if you need to assign the GPI-8941 series card a specific IP Address. This IP Address
must be unique in your facility. Contact your IT Department for details.
To assign a specific IP address to the GPI-8941 card
1. From the
Tree View
, select the node for the GPI-8941 you want to configure.
2. Select the
Network Setup
tab.
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