Section 4
Starting up
IED
IEC09000096 V2 EN-US
Figure 2:
The following description is an example valid for standard PCs using Microsoft Windows operating
system. The example is taken from a Laptop with one Ethernet interface.
When a PC is connected to the IED and the setting
path Main menu/Configuration/Communication/TCP-IP configuration/ETHFRNT:1/DHCPServer,
the IEDs DHCP server for the front port assigns an IP address for the PC. The PC must be
configured to obtain its IP address automatically as described in the following procedure.
1.
Select Search programs and files in the Start menu in Windows.
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Tx
Rx
Point-to-point link between IED and PCM600 using a null-modem cable
Administrator rights are required to change the PC communication setup. Some
PCs have the feature to automatically detect that Tx signals from the IED are
received on the Tx pin on the PC. Thus, a straight (standard) Ethernet cable can be
used.
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PCM600
Tx
Rx
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DHCPServer is set to Enabled via the local HMI
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