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CIP™
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N-Tron
®
Series NT24K
®
Software Manual
2.12
CIP™
EtherNet/IP
TM
, better known as the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP
TM
), was designed for use in process control
and industrial automation applications. CIP was designed to provide consistent device access to eliminate the
need for vendor specific software for configuration and monitoring of their devices.
N-Tron
®
switches with CIP support can be used to communicate with other industrial devices.
Note:
Information about using CIP with the NT24k can be found in the
CIP User Manual & Installation
and the
CIP Installation Kit
for the NT24k switch family. This manual can be found on the
2.12.1
Configuration
The CIP Configuration View dialog window displays the CIP status as well as the Multicast and Unicast RPIs
(Requested Packet Interval).
Click on the
Modify
button to make changes to the CIP Configuration:
CIP Status:
This field determines whether CIP is enabled or disabled on the NT24k switch. The default setting
is Enabled.
Multicast RPI:
The minimum Requested Packet Interval for Class 1 (multicast) connections in milliseconds is
shown in this field. Requests for less than this value will be rejected. The default value for this option is 300 ms.
The available range is 300 - 300,000.
Unicast RPI:
This field shows the minimum Request Packet Interval for Class 3 (unicast) connections in
milliseconds. Requests for less than this value will be rejected. The default value for this field is 300 ms. The
available range is 300 - 300,000.
Click on the
Update
button once the desired information is entered and to return to the
CIP Configuration View
dialog window. To save the changes made, return to the
Configuration
menu and click on the
Save
button.