FS-8704-14 EtherNet/IP Manual

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5CONFIGURING THE FIELDSERVER AS AN ETHERNET/IP SERVER

For a detailed discussion on FieldServer configuration, please refer to the FieldServer Configuration Manual. The information that follows describes how to expand upon the factory defaults provided in the configuration files included with the FieldServer.

This section documents and describes the parameters necessary for configuring the FieldServer to communicate with an EtherNet/IP Client.

The configuration file tells the FieldServer about its interfaces, and the routing of data required. In order to enable the FieldServer for EtherNet/IP communications, the driver independent FieldServer buffers need to be declared in the “Data Arrays” section, the FieldServer virtual node(s) needs to be declared in the “Server Side Nodes” section, and the data to be provided to the Clients needs to be mapped in the “Server Side Map Descriptors” section. Details on how to do this can be found below.

Note that in the tables, * indicates an optional parameter, with the bold legal value being the default.

5.1Server Side Connection Descriptors

Section Title

Connections

Column Title

Function

Legal Values

Adapter

Adapter Name

N1, N24

Protocol

Specify protocol used

EtherNet/IP

Example

 

//

Server Side Connections

 

Adapters

 

Adapter

,Protocol

N1

 

,EtherNet/IP

4Not all ports shown are necessarily supported by the hardware. Consult the appropriate Instruction manual for details of the ports available on specific hardware.

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FS-8704-14 specifications

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