Bristol Babcock Network 3000 Setup Manual page 161

Local Area Network
(LAN)
Local portion
LocalView
Master
NETDEF
NETTOP
NetView
Network 3000 Communications Configuration Guide
Glossary
a group of computers in a contiguous area which are
connected together for purposes of exchanging data.
the right-most part of an IP address. This part of the IP
address must include some unique part which uniquely
identifies a particular IP node. The local portion of the IP
address is identified by all zeroes in the corresponding
bits of the sub-net mask.
allows local communication (BSAP only) with any
Network 3000 series controller. It is also used to configure
cold download parameters and IP addresses for IP
controllers.
refers to a BSAP node containing a Master or EAMaster
Port. This port is used to request data from slaves (which
have Slave Ports). 2nd Definition: Master also refers to
the Master Module
communication; do NOT confuse the two uses of the term.
Network Definition
defined in NetView is stored in the NETDEF file.
NETDEF files have the extension (NDF).
is one of the DOS-based ACCOL Tools - - also known as
the Network Topology Program - - NETTOP5. It allows
the user to define the structure of the BSAP controller
network including network levels, addresses, etc. The
NETTOP files
NETFILE.DAT, GLADXREF.DAT, and RTUXREF.DAT.
If you have Open BSI 3.0 (or newer) you must use
NetView instead of NETTOP.
is the program in Open BSI 3.0 (or newer) which starts
communications, and allows the user to configure details
about the characteristics of the communication network
and RTUs. It also allows the user to monitor the 'health'
of the communication network. (NOTE: NetView replaces
the Open BSI Setup Tool, Open BSI Monitor, and
NETTOP tools which are used with Open BSI 2.3 or
earlier.)
used in BSAP
File. Configuration
containing this
peer-to-peer
information
information are
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