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PS 9000 2U Series
3.4.3.7 Menu “Communication”
Here settings for the Ethernet port (on rear side of device) are made. The USB port there doesn’t require any settings.
When delivered or after a complete reset, the Ethernet port has following default settings assigned:
• DHCP: off
• IP: 192.168.0.2
• Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
• Gateway: 192.168.0.1
• Port: 5025
• DNS: 0.0.0.0
• Host name: Client
• Domain: Workgroup
Those settings can be changed anytime at will, in the setup menu or via the device website, which you can open
from the current IP or host name (also see 2.3.12).
Submenu “IP Settings 1”
Element Description
Get IP address Manual (default): uses the default (after delivery or reset) or the last set network parameters.
Those parameters are not overwritten by selection “DHCP” and remain when switching back
from “DHCP” to “Manual”
DHCP: after switching to DHCP and submitting the change with button , the device will
instantly try to get network parameters (IP, subnet mask, gateway, DNS) assigned from a DHCP
server. If the attempt fails, the device will use the settings from “Manual” again. In this case, the
overview in screen “View settings” will indicate the DCHP status as “DHCP (failed)”, otherwise
as “DHCP(active)”
IP address Only available with setting “Get IP address = Manual”. Default value: 192.168.0.2
Permanent manual setting of the device’s IP address in standard IP format
Subnet mask Only available with setting “Get IP address = Manual”. Default value: 255.255.255.0
Permanent manual setting of the subnet mask in standard IP format
Gateway Only available with setting “Get IP address = Manual”. Default value: 192.168.0.1
Permanent manual setting of the gateway address in standard IP format
Submenu “IP Settings 2”
Element Description
Port Default value: 5025
Adjust the socket port here, which belongs to the IP adress and serves for TCP/P access when
controlling the device remotely via Ethernet
DNS address Default value: 0.0.0.0
Permanent manual setting of the network address of a domain name server (short: DNS) which
has to be present in order to translate the host name to the device’s IP, so the device could
alternatively access by the host name
Submenu “Communication Protocols”
Element Description
Enabled Enables or disables SCPI or ModBus communication protocols for the device. The change is
immediately effective after submitting it with ENTER button. Only one of both can be disabled.
Submenu “Communication Timeout”
Element Description
Timeout (ms) Communication timeout in milliseconds
Default value: 5
Denes the max. time between two subsequent bytes or blocks of a transferred message. For
more information about the timeout refer to the external programming documentation “Program-
ming ModBus & SCPI”.
Screen “View settings”
This screen lists an overview of all active network and Ethernet port related settings and parameters, the status of
DHCP, the MAC address and also the domain and host name, which can not be set in the device’s setup menu.