Instructions

Doc: HMSI-27-314, Rev. 3.10Anybus Communicator EtherNet/IP / Modbus-TCP User Manual

Chapter 6

6. Basic Network Configuration

6.1 General Information

The Anybus Communicator offers two modes of operation regarding the network settings:

• Settings specified by Configuration Switches

If the on-board switches are set to a non-zero value, the ABC is locked to the following settings:

IP Address:192.168.0.x(x = switch value)

Gateway:255.255.255.0

Subnet:255.255.255.0

DHCP:OFF

See also...

- “Configuration Switches” on page 14

• Settings specified in Anybus Configuration Manager

When valid settings have been specified in Anybus Configuration Manager

(‘TCP/IP Settings’ = enabled), then these are the settings the gateway will use.

When settings have been specified in Anybus Configuration Manager, the contents of the system

file ‘ethcfg.cfg’ will be ignored completely, causing the following behavior:

- DNS services will not be available

- Domain and Host name cannot be set

- E-mail services will not be available

- Network settings received via HICP or DCP) will be lost in the event of a power loss or a

reset.

• Settings specified in ‘ethcfg.cfg’

If no settings are specified in Anybus Configuration Manager (i.e. ‘TCP/IP Settings’ = disabled),

the gateway will use the settings stored in the system file ‘ethcfg.cfg’.

If this file is missing, the gateway will attempt to retrieve the settings via DHCP or HICP for 30

seconds. If no configuration has been received within this period, the gateway will halt and indi-

cate an error on the on-board LEDs.

EtherNet/IP

The TCP/IP settings can be accessed from EtherNet/IP through the TCP/IP Interface Object.