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EtherCAT Slave / NMEA0183
Document code: MN67E18_ENG Revision 1.000 Page 19 of 30
SET COMMUNICATION:
This section define the fundamental communication parameters of two buses, EtherCAT and
Modbus.
By Pressing the “
Set Communication
” button from the main window for SW67E18 (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.
The means of the fields for “Ethernet” are:
In the fields “
IP Address
” the IP address for Ethernet side of the converter is
defined;
In the fields “
SubNet
Mask
” the SubNet Mask for Ethernet side of the converter is
defined;
In the fields “
Gateway
” the default gateway of the net is defined. This feature can be
enabled or disabled pressing the Check Box field. This feature is used for going out of
the net;
Figure 3: “Set Communication” window
