Using Ethernet

Ethernet is a popular method of communicating with a number of I/O Devices at high speed. It is certainly one of the easiest to configure. You can typically connect to Ethernet capable I/O Devices using a standard Ethernet card, or integrated Ethernet port.

To set up Plant SCADA to use your computer's Ethernet card:

1. Confirm that your Ethernet card is installed correctly and working under Windows.

2. Check that the Boards configuration has TCP/IP as the Type, and the Address set to 0. The I/O Port, Interrupt and Special Opt can be left blank.

3. In the Ports form, use the Special Opt field to enter the destination IP address using the following format:

   -Ia -Pn -T

   Where:

   a = the destination IP address in standard Internet dot format. (For example 192.9.2.60)

   n = the destination Port number. Often one physical port has several virtual ports, used for different purposes. Use this option only if you want to override the default of 2222.

   T = forces the driver to use TCP (the default), rather than UDP (-U).

   (See TCP/IP Driver Special Options Reference for more information)

   Leave other fields blank. You can now define your I/O Device units.

   Note: You only need to define the TCP/IP board once. You can then add several ports that use the same Plant SCADA board.

See Also

Using a Serial Board