AMETEK ReFlex Quick Reference guide User Manual
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Login
Click the LOGIN button to log in; clicking the IP CONFIGURATION tab also
brings up the LOGIN page, but with an error message prompting you to log in
(Figure 5). Default parameters are: User ID = admin; Password = password.
Figure 5. Login Page
(with warning)
Click the IP Configuration tab to customize the Host Name and Description,
and/or to change the configuration (Figure 6). If you change the IP Address,
select Use a Static IP Address radio button and deselect Auto IP Enabled.
Please ask your IT Administrator for support.
Note: The TCP/IP Static IP Address must be: 169.254.[1 thru 254].[0 thru 255].
Figure 6. IP Configuration Page, Default
The Security page (not shown; see programming manual for details) is provided to
view, add, remove and edit users and their permissions. The Modules page (also
not shown here) displays the address (see “Module Location Identification
(Address)” in this guide), and other identification of each module.
Next is to start control communications
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Once the Ethernet interface is up and running, start the communication program
as follows:
Copy the EnetTest.exe file supplied on the ReFlex Power™ CD-ROM into any
convenient directory on the control computer.
In its new location double-click the EnetTest.exe file.
This brings up the Elgar Net Test window (Figure 7) where the Host IP and
Port addresses must be set before control communication can begin.
Figure 7. Net Test Window
In the Host and Port fields of the Net Test window:
Enter the Host IP address acquired by the LXI™ Discovery Browser (Section
2.4.3), or the static IP address that you entered in the Ethernet Configuration
page (in the range of 169.254.[1 thru 254].[0 thru 255].
Set the Port address to: 2340 (required)
Click the Connect button.
The field to the left of the Clear button, now appears white (not grayed out,
Figure 8), to allow SCPI command input.
Figure 8. Query IP Address Example
Figure 8 displays an example of querying and changing the IP address to static.
Note that the response to the IP address query after the address is changed,
includes the current IP address followed by the new IP address. The following
are commands associated with setting and querying the IP address:
SYSTem:NETwork:IP?
Query to get the IP address from the
Reflex Power System.
SYSTem:NETwork:IP
following the format:
NNN.NNN.NNN.NNN
The new ReFlex Power™ System IP address is now static or fixed.
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