Assigning Io-Device Names - GE IC695PNC001 User Manual

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Assigning IO-Device Names

After the PNS and third-party IO-Devices on the LAN have been entered into the configuration, the
Discovery and Configuration Protocol (DCP) tool in Machine Edition must be used to assign a name
to each IO-Device. This step is required before downloading the configuration from the PNC, or the
PNC will be unable to connect to the devices and deliver their configuration.
The programmer must be connected to the RX3i controller system and the LAN and its devices must
be installed.
To open the DCP tool, right-click the hardware configuration slot containing the IC695PNC001
PROFINET Controller and choose Launch Discovery Tool from the menu.
Use the Connection dropdown list to select the computer port being used by the programmer to
communicate with the RX3i system:
The choices should match the windows network setting in the computer's network control panel.
In the DCP tool, use the LAN list to select the configured LAN to validate the results against.
Once a LAN is selected, click on Refresh Device List to display a list of actual devices on the LAN.
Each device can be in one of three states as indicated by the symbol in the Status column:
indicates that the actual Device's Name, IP address, subnet, gateway matches the
configured Device of the same Name residing on the selected LAN.
indicates that the actual Device's Name matches, but the IP address, subnet, or gateway
doesn't match the configured Device of the same Name residing on the selected LAN.
PACSystems* RX3i PROFINET Controller Manual – December 2011
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