Starting up the device – Basic configuration
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8.4.2
Automatically setting the IP address
Set the IP address automatically if a DHCP server assigns the IP addresses in the system.
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Select the option to obtain the IP address automatically in the webConfig tool:
Configuration > Control > Ethernet DCR > DHCP
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8.4.3
Address Link Label
The "Address Link Label" is an additional stick-on label that is affixed to the device.
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Fig. 8.1:
Example of an "Address Link Label"; the device type varies depending on the series
• The "Address Link Label" contains the MAC address (Media Access Control address) of the device and
makes it possible to enter the IP address and the device name manually.
The area of the "Address Link Label" on which the MAC address is printed can be separated from the
remainder of the stick-on label if necessary using the perforation.
• The "Address Link Label" can be removed from the device and affixed in the installation and layout dia-
grams to designate the device.
• Once it is affixed in the documents, the "Address Link Label" establishes a unique reference between
the mounting location, the MAC address or the device, and the associated control program.
There is no need for time-consuming searching, reading, and manually writing down of the MAC ad-
dresses of every device that is installed in the system.
NOTICE
Each device with Ethernet interface is uniquely identified via the MAC address assigned during
production. The MAC address is also listed on the name plate of the device.
If multiple devices are commissioned in a system, the MAC address of each installed device
must be correctly assigned, e.g., during programming of the control.
8.4.4
Ethernet host communication
You can configure the connections to an external host system via the Ethernet host communication.
You can use both the UDP protocol as well as the TCP/IP protocol – in either client or in server mode. Both
protocols can be activated simultaneously and used in parallel.
• The connection-free UDP protocol is used primarily to transfer process data to the host (monitor opera-
tion).
• The connection-oriented TCP/IP protocol can also be used to transfer commands from the host to the
device. With this connection, the data is backed up by the TCP/IP protocol itself.
• If you would like to use the TCP/IP protocol, you must also define whether the device is to operate as a
TCP client or as a TCP server.