Network Parameter Setting; Station Address; Overview Of Multicast Address - Toshiba nv Series Instruction Manual

Chapter 3 Setting
3.2

Network Parameter Setting

The network parameters can be set with the operation mode setting switches
and station address setting switches.
For methods to set these switches, refer to "Table 3-1 Station address setting"
and "Table 3-2 Operation mode setting table."
For the FN812 module, the following network parameters must be set.

• Station address

3.2.1 Station address

Use the station address setting switches to set the station address.
Any station address can be set; however, it must be unique within the system.
The available setting range for station addresses is from 01(h) to 7E(h) (1 to
126).

3.2.2 Overview of multicast address

The FN812 module supports 15 multicast addresses.
Among all multicast addresses (224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255), any 15
addresses can be selected and registered.
• 224.0.0.0 to 224.0.0.255 are restricted to use in the local network, so multicast packets whose
Registration to the FN812 module is performed with the engineering tool.
For the registration method, refer to "3.3 Setting with the engineering tool."
Group A
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destination is one of the multicast addresses in this rage cannot be transferred by the router.
In addition, some of the multicast addresses are reserved. Check the address before use.
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Controller 2
Controller 4
Figure 3-1 An example of multicast group configuration
Controller 3
Controller 6
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Group B
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