Bradley Smoker PLC-5 user manual Ethernet Channel 2 Configuration Fields

11-4Communicating with Devices on an Ethernet Network

	Ethernet Channel 2 Configuration Fields
This Field	Specifies	Configure by Doing the Following
Diagnostic file	The file containing the channel’s	Enter an integer file number (10-999). The system creates an integer file
	status information.	44 words long.
		ATTENTION: Assign a unique diagnostic file to each channel. Do not
		assign a diagnostic file that is the I/O status file you assigned or any
		other used file. Unpredictable machine action can result.
		Important: You must define a diagnostics file for a channel configured
		for anything but unused (even if you are not using the channel) if you want
		status information for that channel.
Ethernet Address	The controller’s Ethernet	Assigned by Rockwell Automation and cannot be changed. Displayed as
	hardware address.	a set of 6 bytes (in hex), separated by colons.
	Display only
BOOTP Enable	Whether BOOTP is enabled.	Select NO.
		Before you specify No, make sure you have an IP address specified. With
		BOOTP set to No, the controller uses the parameters that you specify
		locally.
		To enable BOOTP, see page 11-5.
IP Address	The controller’s Internet address.	Disable BOOTP first. You cannot manually change the IP address
		with programming software if BOOTP is enabled.
		Enter an address in this form:
		a.b.c.dWhere: a, b, c, d are between 1-254 (decimal)
		You must specify the IP address to have the controller connect to the
		TCP/IP network. Do not use 0 or 255 as a, b, c, or d in the IP address.
Message Connect	The number of milliseconds allowed	Enter a timeout period in milliseconds. (The controller rounds to the
Timeout	for an MSG instruction to establish a	nearest 250 ms.) The valid range for a timeout period is 0-65,535 ms.
	connection with the destination node.	The default is 15,000 ms.

Message Reply	The number of milliseconds the
Timeout	Ethernet interface waits for a reply to
	a command it initiated (through an
	MSG instruction).

Enter a timeout period in milliseconds. (The controller rounds to the nearest 250 ms.) The valid range for a timeout period is 0-65,535 ms.

The default is 3,000 ms.

Inactivity Timeout	The number of minutes of inactivity
	before the connection is closed.

Enter a timeout period in minutes. The valid range for a timeout period is 0-65,535 minutes.

The default is 30 minutes.

Publication 1785-UM012D-EN-P - July 2005