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C H A P T E R 3
C o m m u n i c a t i o n s a n d
C o n f i g u r a t i o n s
Generally, the particle counter will be set up as one of many sensors in a
network. In this case the operation of the network is controlled through
Facility Monitoring System Software (TSI
®
FMS Software) running on a
computer. FMS Software can be configured to communicate with the
particle counter through Modbus TCP over Ethernet or via TSI wireless
communication. Consult the FMS Software manual for more information.
N O T E
Technical documentation for integrating the TSI Particle Counter into
custom applications, including details of the Modbus
®
implementation,
is available upon request. Contact TSI Customer Service (see
“
Contacting Customer Service
”).
Sett ing t he IP Addr ess of t he Part icle C ounte r
By default, each Particle Counter is shipped with a static Ethernet
address of 192.168.200.90. Since the IP address is fixed, before the
remote Particle Counter can communicate with your computer system,
you must assign an IP address to it that is compatible with your network.
An example is shown below using the configuration utility.
N O T E
In a typical application, Particle Counters are configured using static IP
addresses so that remote hosts and software can be configured to
query each specific counter at known addresses. It is also possible to
configure the Particle Counter using DHCP (Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol), but this should be done with care to ensure
that the IP address of each device is known and always the same for
each device. Further details of TCP/IP networking are beyond the
scope of this document.