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The IP address can be changed to adapted to the configuration of a local existing network.
This would allow to connect the TDC to any Ethernet connector of the network. None the
less, it is strongly recommended to connect the TDC directly to the PC anyway, because
otherwise the maximum data transfer (and with this connected any maximum transferred
count rate) is depending on the current load of the network.
Note
The IP address of the TDC is also given in the tdc_gpx3.ini file. Therefore the corresponding entry in the in
file must be adapted for any change of the IP address.
The corresponding entry in the tdc_gpx3.ini file is:
sn = “XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/Y”
XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX is the IP address of the device, while y is a device index in case that more than one TDCs
are connected at a time to the PC.
The default setting is 10.0.0.20/1
To change the IP address one must connect the TDC to a network using the TDC service port (see
). This connects to an internal service module, which handles its own, separate IP address, which can be
received from any local network via DHCP.
Commands to change the IP address must be passed as command lines via this service module. This can
be done by using any SSH and telnet client software. To connect to the TDC via the service port one must
provide the host name of the TDC as well a port number. The corresponding entries are:
host name: scXXXXXXXXXX
port: 2553
XXXXXXXXXX are the last 10 digits of the serial number, which can be found on a sticker on the back side
of the TDC (e.g. 4517719001).
Instead of using the host name, one can also enter the IP address directly. But here it is refereed to the IP
address of the internal service module, which is often unknown, because it is received via DHCP. None the
less, this might be necessary to do, in cases where no DNS service is available in the network. The DNS
service is necessary to link the host name with the IP address of the service module.
fi i XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
fr
w
XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX is the new IP address of the device, while i is the device index.
The default setting for i is 0.
Resets the TDC itself.
Resets the service module.
The following commands for the service module are available:
