Assigning Io-Device Names - GE PACSystems RXi User Manual

4.2.8

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 Proficy 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 RXi Controller system and the LAN and its
devices must be installed.
To open the DCP tool, right-click the hardware configuration containing the PROFINET
IO-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 RXi 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 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:
configured Device of the same Name residing on the selected LAN.
gateway doesn't match the configured Device of the same Name residing on the selected
LAN.
residing on the selected LAN. Either there is no device name configured in the system, or that
name is on a different LAN.
GFK-2816F
indicates that the actual Device's Name, IP address, subnet, gateway matches the
indicates that the actual Device's Name matches, but the IP address, subnet, or
indicates that the actual Device's Name does not match any configured Device
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