3.7.4 Ping Settings
Figure 23. The Ping page of an IP receiver
To resolve network problems, avoiding flooding, were the transmitter or specific network components on the way to the receiver time out on there MAC address lookup. This feature solves this by pushing through a ping message regularly. This feature makes it also possible for the receiver to know if there is an active sender, or if it is down at the moment.
Enable Unicast Peer Ping: Check this box to enable Unicast Peer Ping. This enables regular pinging of the transmitting device.
Interval: Set the interval in seconds between each Ping.
Active: Indicates if the channel is actively sending Ping requests.
OK responses: Indicates how many valid Ping responses have bean received.
Timeouts: Indicates how many of the sent Ping messages timed out, without receiving a valid response.
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