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• Control network – Select the control network. If this device is connected to the
corporate LAN, choose that network from the drop-down.
• Starting Address – Select from the list of available addresses on the selected
control network. If adding multiple devices, this is the starting address, with
addresses assigned sequentially to each device added.
NOTE: If this device is connected to the corporate LAN, a starting address
is not needed since the address is provided by DHCP.
3. Click OK to save settings and close.
4. Repeat these steps for each of your devices.
About device and host names
In SiteConfig, a device can have different names, as follows:
• Device name — This is a name for display in SiteConfig only. It is stored in the
SiteConfig system description, but not written to the actual device. It is displayed
in the device tree view and in the device list view. It can be a different name than
the device’s host name.
• Host name — This is the network name of the device. SiteConfig has a default
naming convention for host names which you can use or override with your own
host names.
In most cases it is recommended that the Device name and Host name be the same.
This avoids confusion and aids troubleshooting.
The Device name can serve as a placeholder as a system is planned and implemented.
During the install/commission process, when you reconcile a device's current and
planned network interface settings, the Host name as configured in the system
description can be overwritten by the host name on the actual device. However, the
Device name configured in the system description is not affected. Therefore it is
recommended that in the early planned stages, you configure the Device name to be
the desired name for the device, but do not yet configure the Host name. Then, after
you have applied network interface settings, you can change the Host name to be the
same as the Device name. This changes the host name on the actual device so that
then all names are in sync.
SiteConfig does not allow duplicate device names or host names.
Items in the tree view are automatically sorted alphabetically, so if you change a name
the item might sort to a different position.
Modifying a device name
1. In the Network Configuration | Devices tree view, right-click a device and select
Rename .
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Configuring the network