Viper User
Manual (001-5008-000 Rev6)
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Local IP Address
The local IP address can be set to one of three values as shown in the table below:
Ethernet IP address, RF IP address, or either (0.0.0.0).
Local IP
Address
Receiving Description
Sending Description
Ethernet IP
Address
Any IP message received over the RF or
Ethernet interface with a destination
address and port equal to the Ethernet
IP address and the local port # will be
received and sent to the serial port. IP
messages matching the RF IP address
will be ignored.
All messages received by the
serial port are sent over the RF
or Ethernet interface with the
Ethernet IP address as the
source address.
RF IP Address Any IP message received over the RF or
Ethernet interface with a destination
address and port equal to the RF IP
address and the local port # will be
received and sent to the serial port.
Messages matching the Ethernet IP
address will be ignored.
All messages received by the
serial port are sent over the RF
or Ethernet interface with the RF
IP address as the source
address.
0.0.0.0
Any IP message received over the RF or
Ethernet interface with a destination
address and port equal to the RF IP
address or the Ethernet IP address and
the local port # will be received and
sent to the serial port.
Messages sent over the Ethernet
interface will have a source
address equal to the Ethernet IP
address. Messages sent over the
RF interface will have a source
address equal to the RF IP
address.
Table 6.1 Local IP Address Description
Local IP Port #
For TCP Client and UDP socket connections, set to any value between 1 and 65535. For TCP
Server socket connections, set to any value between 1 and 65535, but must not be set to
one of the following values or fall within the following ranges of values: 20, 21, 23, 123,
520, 5002, 6254 to 6299, 7000 to 7100. If a reserved port is selected, the parameter
configuration will be accepted, but no socket connection will be established to accept
connections from remote endpoints. Note: Firewalls are set to block certain ports such as
6666. Please check your firewall settings to determine which ports will be blocked.
Remote IP Address
Enter a valid unicast (TCP Client & UDP modes) or multicast/broadcast IP address (UDP
mode only) that the unit can connect to.
Remote IP Port #
For TCP Client and UDP modes, set to any value between 1 and 65536.
TCP Keepalive
The TCP Keepalive feature will transmit a short Keepalive message to test the TCP
connection if there is no data transferred through an open TCP connection after X number of
minutes. If the keepalive message is received successfully by the remote endpoint the TCP