Specifications

Communication

4.3.2 PC with Ethernet Card

The IP address and IP mask settings of PC and E-517 must be compatible

with each other in the following cases, because otherwise no connection

can be established:

■ The E-517 is directly connected to an Ethernet connection of the PC.

■ E-517 and host PC both are connected to the same network where

no DHCP server is available (in this case, the settings must also be

compatible with those of any other devices in the network).

You can configure either the PC or the E-517 settings to be compatible. If

you have a network with multiple E-517s, the settings of the individual

devices must be changed to have unique IP addresses for all devices in the

network. See below for how to proceed.

NOTES

For successful connection, the E-517 startup behaviour for IP address

configuration must be set to "Use IP address defined with IPADR"

(IPSTART=0).

You can check the IPSTART settings with the IFS? command

(power-on default setting) and the IFC? command (current setting).

If the IPSTART setting is "Use DHCP to obtain IP address"

(IPSTART=1; default), send

IFS 100 IPSTART 0

The change becomes active with the next power-on or reboot.

After power-on / reboot of the E-517 you have to wait for a period of

about 30 seconds before communication is possible.

If you want to change the IP address and IP mask settings of

the PC:

Configure the connection on the PC according to the IP address and IP

mask settings of the E-517 (see

"Default and Current Settings" (p. 46) for

the default E-517 settings). Note that the following steps may vary in some

details depending on the version of your Windows operating system:

1 Follow the menu sequence Start ⇒ Settings ⇒ Control Panel ⇒

Network and Dial-up Connections ⇒ Local Area Connection.

2 In the Local Area Network (LAN) status window, click Properties.