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FC-10ETH

Controlling Machines via the Ethernet using the FC-10ETH

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5.1.2

Setting an Ethernet Connection

If the control application can directly connect to the Ethernet driver, select the host

IP and port number according to your FC-10ETH configuration, as illustrated in

Figure 10

.

Figure 10: The Port Window

– Selecting a Remote Connection

5.2

Controlling a Kramer Machine via a Serial Controller

To control a Kramer machine via serial controllers (in the Active routing mode), as

illustrated in the example in

Figure 11

, do the following:

For passive and active routing modes, see

Section

4.4

.

1. Connect the FC-10ETH (A) 12V DC power adapter to the power socket and

connect the adapter to the mains electricity.

2. Configure the FC-10ETH (A) to the Passive routing mode (see

Section

4.4.1

).

3. Disconnect unit (A).

Unit (A) is configured to the Passive mode.

4. Connect the FC-10ETH (B) 12V DC power adapter to the power socket and

connect the adapter to the mains electricity.

5. Configure the FC-10ETH (B) to the Active routing mode (see

Section

4.4.2

)

and then Disconnect unit (B). Make sure that the:

Destin. IP set in unit (B) is identical to the IP address on unit (A)

Destination Settings Area for CHANNEL 1 and CHANNEL 2 of unit (B)

are set to be identical to the Port numbers in the Local Ports on

CHANNEL 1 and CHANNEL 2 or according to the connections we

want to establish with unit (A)

i