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EtherCAT Slave / DMX
Document code: MN67E11_ENG Revision 1.001 Page 17 of 27
SET COMMUNICATION:
This section define the fundamental communication parameters of two buses, EtherCAT and
DMX.
By Pressing the “
Set Communication
” button from the main window for SW67E11 (Fig. 2)
the window “Set Communication” appears (Fig. 3).
The means of the fields for “Ethernet Connection” are:
In the field “
Device Name (Hostname)
” the Hostname to assign to the converter is
defined;
If the field “
Obtain an IP Address Automatically (DHCP for Cable Connection)
”
is checked, DHCP for LAN connection is enabled;
If the field “
Enable DNS
” is checked, DNS protocol is enabled;
In the field “
Primary DNS
” the IP Address of the primary DNS server is defined;
In the field “
Secondary DNS
” the IP Address of the secondary DNS server is
defined.
The means of the fields for “EtherCAT Slave” are:
In the field “
Revision Number
” the revision number of the converter is defined;
In the field “
Slave Name
” the name of the converter is defined;
In the field
“Node Address
” the ID of the converter is defined;
If the field “
Clear Data on EtherCAT fault
” is checked, the data on DMX side are
set to 0 if EtherCAT communication is in fault.
The means of the fields for “DMX” section are:
In the field “
DMX
” it is possible to define if the converter will act as DMX controller
(“OUT”) or as DMX device (“IN”);
In the field “
Channel Number
” the number of channels of the DMX side is defined
(up to 512 channels).
Figure 3: “Set Communication” window
