Modify soft switch settings – GE GEFanuc Automation Programmable Control Products TCP/IP Ethernet Communications for the Series 90t-70 PLC GFK-1004B User Manual

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TCP/IP Ethernet Communications User’s Manual – January 1996

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Modify Soft Switch Settings

Refer to the table below for the default Soft Switch settings and Soft Switch modification
information.

Table C-1. Soft Switch Settings

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Description

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Station Address

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The station address parameter is the Medium Access Control (MAC) address of the
station being configured. The MAC address is a 12-digit hexadecimal number
which is organized as 6 bytes, each represented by a pair of hexadecimal digits.

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Default Setting

- The default value is <<000000000000>> . This value instructs the

Ethernet Interface to use the factory-set, globally-unique MAC address in its EEPROM.

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Modification from Default Setting

- If changed, the Ethernet Interface will store the

new Station Address in the EEPROM and use it instead of the factory default.

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Load Source

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The load source field defines the load source for the GEnet LAN software.

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Default Setting

- The default setting for this field is “ALT”. This means that the

Ethernet Interface module will try to obtain a load from the serial port and the
network (in that order). The software will alternate between the two load sources
until one is found.

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Modification from Default Setting

- You may wish to specify the load source. The load

source may be changed to:

“LOC” (serial port) - only
“NET” (network) - only

If the load source specified is not available for the module, it will wait indefinitely for
that load source to be made available.

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LAN Online

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This parameter tells the GEnet LAN Interface module whether to connect to the LAN
after initialization.

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Default Setting

- The default setting is YES. This means that the module will

connect to the LAN.

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Modification from Default Setting

- The default may be changed to NO. This

means that the module will not connect to the LAN.

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Backplane On-
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This parameter tells the GEnet LAN Interface module whether or not to allow back-
plane communications.

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Default Setting

- The default setting is YES. This means that the module will allow

all forms of backplane communications.

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Modification from Default Setting

- The default may be changed to NO. This

means that the module will only allow diagnostics mail traffic. This setting will not
permit application data transfer with the Series 90-70 CPU.

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Network Load
Address

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The multicast address to be used by the LAN Interface to load across the LAN. It is in
the same format as the Station Address.

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Default Setting

- The default value is <<000000000000>> . This value instructs the

LAN Interface to use the default network load address, <<090060000000>> , as its
load address.

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Modification from Default Setting

- If changed the Ethernet Interface will look for a

network load from the specified multicast address. This MUST be a multicast address.