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6 CONFIGURING 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 Client 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.
6.1 Server Side Connection Parameters
Section Title
Connections
Column Title Function
Legal Values
Adapter Adapter Name N1, N2 4
Protocol Specify protocol used EtherNet/IP
Example
// Server Side Connections
Adapters
Adapter , Protocol
N1 , EtherNet/IP
6.2 Server Side Node Parameters 3
Section Title
Nodes
Column Title
Function Legal Values
Node_Name Provide name for Node
Up to 32 alphanumeric
characters
Protocol Specify protocol used EtherNet/IP
Server_Hold_Timeout*
Specifies time FieldServer will reserve server side connection
while waiting for the Client side to update data.
>1.0s
4 Not all ports shown are necessarily supported by the hardware. Consult the appropriate Instruction manual for details of the ports available
on specific hardware.