
Chapter
5
Operating Instructions
Flexi Soft Gateways
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Ethernet gateways
5.2.2
Basic configuration — Assigning a device name and IP address
Configuration of the FX0-GENT is performed via the Flexi Soft Designer tool.
Open the Flexi Soft Designer and load the hardware configuration including the
EtherNet/IP gateway.
Click on the
Gateways
button above the main window and select the FX0-GENT or
double click the FX0-GENT in the hardware configuration to open the gateway configu-
ration dialog.
Click on
Gateway configuration
on the left hand menu. The following dialog appears:
If desired, change the
Device name
for the Flexi Soft gateway.
Enter a valid
IP address
for the Flexi Soft gateway, and if required a valid
Subnet mask
and a valid IP address for a
Default gateway
.
Click
Connect
to go online and download the configuration to the Flexi Soft system.
Fig. 27: EtherNet/IP gateway
configuration dialog