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Chapter
5
Operating Instructions
Flexi Soft Gateways
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Ethernet gateways
5.1.4
TCP/IP socket monitor
The TCP/IP socket monitor allows you to view the input data sets that a gateway transfers
into the network via TCP/IP, issue commands to the gateway and to write data to the gate-
way’s output data sets.
The TCP/IP socket monitor is a separate program that is installed with the Flexi Soft
Designer. You will find the TCP/IP socket monitor in the Windows Start menu under
“Programs/SICK/Flexi Soft Designer/Tools/TCPIP socket monitor”.
In order to connect to the gateway via the socket monitor, at least one TCP/IP socket must
be enabled on the gateway (see section 5.1.2 “Ethernet TCP/IP socket interface” on
page 37).
How to use the socket monitor:
Power up the Flexi Soft system.
Connect one of the two Ethernet ports of the gateway with your Ethernet network using
a shielded Ethernet cable.
Connect a PC (or notebook) to the same Ethernet network. Ensure the IP address
settings of the gateway and the PC match the network setup.
You can also connect your PC directly to one of the two Ethernet ports of the gateway. In
this case, you can either adapt the IP address settings of your PC or the IP address set-
tings of the gateway to match the other device’s IP setup.
Open the TCP/IP socket monitor. The following window opens:
The TCP/IP socket monitor can connect to the gateway either as TCP client or as TCP
server, depending on the socket configuration of the gateway.
Note
Fig. 19: Socket monitor
window