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Operating Instructions
Chapter
5
Flexi Soft Gateways
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Ethernet gateways
Address assignment is performed in two steps.
Assign a unique plant specific name to the gateway by using either the network configu-
ration tool, e.g. SIEMENS SIMATIC Manager or the Flexi Soft Designer tool.
Using the plant specific (unique) name, the I/O controller (i.e. PLC) can now assign the
IP address to the gateway before system boot.
The FX0-GPNT MAC address is printed on the device type label
(example: 00:06:77:02:00:A7).
Device name set via SIEMENS SIMATIC Manager
Refer to section “Step 4: Assign the device name” on page 91.
Device name set via Flexi Soft Designer
Open the Flexi Soft Designer and load the hardware configuration including the
PROFINET IO gateway. Ensure your project is offline.
Click on the
Gateways
button above the main window and select the FX0-GPNT or
double click the FX0-GPNT in the hardware configuration view to open the gateway
configuration dialog.
Click on
Gateway configuration
on the left hand menu. The following dialog appears:
Enter the device name in the
Device name
field (maximum length 255 characters).
The device name format must apply to the PROFINET standard specification.
Ensure that the default gateway address corresponds to the address set by the PLC for
the gateway. If there is no router used, Siemens Step 7 uses as default gateway
address the same address as the IP address for the GPNT.
Note
Fig. 41: PROFINET IO gate-
way configuration dialog
Notes