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Operating Instructions
Chapter
5
Flexi Soft Gateways
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Ethernet gateways
PC is TCP Client
If at least one socket is enabled and if the gateway is configured to
Listen
on this socket,
the PC can connect to the gateway as client.
In a dropdown list in the
PC is TCP Client
area, all available network adapters are
displayed:
Select the network adapter that is connected to the gateway. The MAC address and the
IP address of the selected network adapter are displayed beneath the dropdown list.
Enter the
Flexi Soft IP address
of the gateway and the
Port
number of the enabled
socket.
Click on
Connect
to establish the communication to the gateway.
PC is TCP Server
If at least one socket is enabled and if the gateway is configured to
Connect
on this
socket, the PC can connect to the gateway as server.
In a dropdown list in the
PC is TCP Client
area, all available network adapters are
displayed:
Select the network adapter that is connected to the gateway. The MAC address and the
IP address of the selected network adapter are displayed beneath the dropdown list.
The gateway socket must be configured to connect to the local IP address of the PC.
Enter the
Port
number on which the enabled socket is configured to connect.
Click on
Listen on
to establish the communication to the gateway.
Once the connection to the gateway is established, the further proceedings are alike, no
matter whether the PC is connected as client or as server. It is possible to establish a
client and a server connection at the same time, if the gateway socket configuration allows
this.
Fig. 20: PC is TCP Client area
— Gateway is configured to
listen
Fig. 21: PC is TCP Server area
— Gateway is configured to
connect
Note