
7.3 Setting the rotary encoding
switches
7 Starting operation
7.3 Setting the rotary encoding switches
Attention:
Only applicable for LioN-X multiprotocol variants; not
applicable for LioN-Xlight variants.
The LioN-X multiprotocol variants allow you to select different protocols for
communication within an industrial Ethernet system. In this way the IO-Link
Masters with multiprotocol function can be integrated into different networks
without it being necessary to purchase products specific for each protocol.
This technology also gives you the option to use the same IOL-Master in
different environments.
Using rotary encoding switches at the lower front of the devices, you can
easily and conveniently set both the protocol and the address of the device,
if the protocol to be used supports this. Once you have made a protocol
selection and started the cyclical communication, the device stores this
setting permanently and uses the selected protocol from this point on. To use
another supported protocol with this device, perform a factory reset.
The following LioN-X IO-Link Master variants support multiprotocol
application for the protocols EtherNet/IP (E/IP), PROFINET (P), EtherCAT
®
(EC) and Modbus TCP (MB):
D
0980 XSL 3912-121-007D-00F
The multiprotocol devices have a total of three rotary encoding switches.
With the first rotary encoding switch (x100) you set the protocol by using the
corresponding switch position. Additionally, x100 is used to set the third last
digit of the IP address for EIP.
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