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Testing the server connection
Make sure that the Master Data Analyzer is addressed correctly via the data interface in
the target network.
You can test the connection between the controller and the customer server in SOPAS.
1. Close the configuration interface in SOPAS. The software takes you back to the project
window.
Following the change to the IP address for the data interface, the device tile has the
status
Offline
.
2. Connect the SOPAS project by double-clicking the device tile with the MDA’s controller
again.
3. In the configuration interface’s tree structure, select the function
Parameter
Network/Interfaces/IOs
Ethernet
.
4. To the right of the
Ping Target
button, enter the customer server’s IP address.
5. Now click the
Ping Target
button.
6. If the connection between the controller and the customer server can be successfully
established, this is visualized by a green circle symbol for the indicator
Target
reachable
indicator underneath the button.
