Perle Systems 5500161-40 manual Simultaneously

Channels

Adding/Editing Additional Hosts

You can define a list of hosts that the I/O channel will communicate to or a primary/backup host. Configure the following parameters:

Define additional	When this option is enabled, you can define up to 49 hosts/IOLANs that the
hosts to connect to	I/O channel or serial signal pin will attempt communicate to. With this mode of
	operation, the I/O channel will connect to multiple hosts/IOLANs
	simultaneously.
	Default: Enabled
Add Button	Click the Add button to add a host to the list of hosts that will be receiving
	communication from the I/O channel or serial signal pin.
Edit Button	Highlight an existing host and click the Edit button to edit a host in the list of
	hosts that will be receiving communication from the I/O channel.
Delete Button	Click the Delete button to delete a host to the list of hosts that will be receiving
	communication from the I/O channel or serial signal pin.
Define a primary	When this option is enabled, you need to define a primary host that the I/O
host and backup...	channel will communicate to and a backup host, in the event that the I/O
	channel loses communication to the primary host. The I/O channel will first
	establish a connection to the primary host. Should the connection to the
	primary host be lost (or never established), the I/O channel will establish a
	connection the backup host. Once connected to the backup, the I/O channel will
	attempt to re-establish a connection to the Primary host, once this is
	successfully done, it gracefully shuts down the backup connection.
	Default: Disabled
Primary Host	Specify a preconfigured host that the I/O channel or serial signal pin will
	communicate to.
	Default: None
TCP Port	Specify the TCP port that the I/O channel or serial signal pin will use to
	communicate to the Primary Host.
	Default: 2000 for channel 1, then increments by one for each channel
Backup Host	Specify a preconfigured host that the I/O channel or serial signal pin will
	communicate to if the I/O channel cannot communicate with the Primary Host.
	Default: None
TCP Port	Specify the TCP port that the channel or serial signal pin will use to
	communicate to the Backup Host.
	Default: 0

Adding/Editing a Multihost Entry

When you click the Add or Edit button, the Host Entry window appears. The hosts in the multihost list must already be defined (see Host Table on page 98 to learn how to create a host). If you add a host that was defined with its fully qualified domain name (FQDN), it must be resolvable by your configured DNS server.

Configure the following parameters:

Host Name	Specify the preconfigured host that will be in the multihost list.
	Default: None

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