Communications Installation - RS-485 Link to Operator Interface

C. Direct Ethernet Connection to one HC900 controller

 

 

 

 

Defaults:

 

 

Ethernet 10 Base-T

 

IP Address: 192.168.1.254

 

 

 

Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crossover cable

 

Default Gateway: 0.0.0.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Host 10Base-T Ethernet port, RJ-45 connector

 

 

 

 

Step

 

 

Procedure

 

 

1

Make sure the PC has an Ethernet NIC (Network Interface Card) installed and enabled.

 

 

2

Connect an Ethernet 10Base-T crossover cable to the HC900 controller’s Open Ethernet RJ-45 port

 

(top RJ-45 port).

 

 

 

 

3

Connect the other end of the Ethernet 10Base-T crossover cable to the PC’s network port.

 

 

4

On the PC, use the Utilities Worksheet in the HC Designer software to connect to the controller over

 

Ethernet. Every HC900 controller is shipped with the default IP address of 192.168.1.254 and Subnet

 

Mask of 255.255.255.0. You can use these network parameters initially for testing or configuration

 

use. In the Current PC to Controller Connection Settings area of the dialog box, click on the Network

 

button to bring up the Network Port Properties dialog box and Add the default IP address. Be sure the

 

Ethernet Network Interface Card in the PC has a fixed IP address on the same subnet as the

 

controller (192.168.1.x, where x= 2 to 253).

 

 

 

 

5

In the Current PC to Controller Connection Settings area of the dialog box, select Network for the

 

Port to be used and the default IP address for the Address. Click on Loopback to assure

 

communications between the PC and the controller. You may now use the Ethernet port for

 

configuration interface.

 

 

 

 

6

Consult your IT systems administrator for allocating IP addresses if this controller will require a

 

unique IP address within a plant network. Be also sure that the PC Network Interface Card has an IP

 

address that allows access to the controller on the subnet after changing the controller’s network

 

parameters.

 

 

 

 

7

You may change the controller’s IP address and related network parameters from its default using

 

the Utilities Worksheet in the HC Designer software. This may be done using either the RS-232 serial

 

port (typically used) via a null modem cable connection or the Ethernet connection from the PC to the

 

controller. If the RS-232 connection is desired, make sure the proper PC serial Com port to be used

 

has been set up (See Direct Serial RS-232 Connection above).

 

 

 

 

 

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