Product manual

NL200 Network Link Interface

2. Check all your cables.

• Verify that your Ethernet cable is securely plugged in between your

NL200 and your hub, router, or PC. The yellow Link/Act light on the

NL200 should start blinking when it is connected to the Ethernet.

• If an Ethernet cable is connected but the Link/Act light is not

blinking, try a new Ethernet cable. You can also try moving the

existing Ethernet cable to a functioning system to determine if the

cable is good.

3. Power cycle the NL200 and your hub/router/PC.

• Turn off or unplug your hub/router/PC and NL200. Wait 10 seconds

and then plug them back in or turn them on. A full restart may take

30 to 60 seconds.

4. Check the settings of the NL200.

• Make sure the assigned NL200 IP address (DHCP or static) and the IP

address of the PC you are trying to connect from are able to

communicate each other. (Your network administrator can help you

with this.)

For example, the following addresses are able to communicate:

NL200: IP address: 192.168.0.2, Network Mask: 255.255.255.0

PC: IP address: 192.168.0.3, Network Mask: 255.255.255.0

• If you are using DHCP to assign an IP address to the NL200, use

DevConfig to read the IP address assigned to your NL200. This is

done through a USB connection to the NL200 while the NL200 is

connected to your network.

• The IP address assigned to the NL200 must be unique on your

network.

• When Bridge Mode is enabled, the datalogger controls how the IP

address is assigned. Make sure your datalogger is connected correctly

to the NL200.

• Try to ping the NL200 from your PC. (From the Windows Start

Menu, choose Accessories | Command Prompt. Then type ping

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of your

NL200.) If no packets are returned, this indicates that there is no

network connection to that IP address.

5. Make sure the IP address and port number entered in

LoggerNet/PC400/RTDAQ match the settings in the NL200.

• Note that PakBus and serial server communications use different port

numbers. The default port number for PakBus communications is

6785. The default port number for CS I/O serial server

communications is 6783. The default port number for RS-232 Serial