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Note the following about the OT Interface
The cifx0/Real Time Ethernet interface physically provides two separate
Ethernet interfaces, which also have two different MAC addresses at
network level. Both interfaces are controlled by a common driver, which
cannot be used by more than one application at the same time.
Either the netFIELD OS uses the driver and provides the LAN interface
cifx0
, or a Docker Container uses the driver, for example to manage the
RTE interface. Parallel access to the driver by the netFIELD OS and
simultaneously by a Docker Container is not possible.
Therefore, you have to make sure that the
RTE Port TCP/IP Channel
option on this page is
disabled
if you want to use a Real-Time Ethernet
Docker Container, like e.g. the
netFIELD App PROFINET Device
offered
by Hilscher.
The netFIELD App PROFINET Device initializes the driver for the operation
of both interfaces, i.e. as cifx0 (LAN)
and
as a Real-Time Ethernet device
(in this case PROFINET Device).
Note that the
cifx0
and the RTE interface must receive their own individual
IP configuration. While the
cifx0
interface is configured in the Local Device
Manager (on the
Networking
page), the RTE interface is usually
configured by the PLC e.g. via PROFINET DCP.
netFIELD OnPremise | User manual
DOC200901UM02EN | Revision 2 | English | 2021-06 | Released | Public
© Hilscher 2021
