HBM MX840B - Connecting One or more Quantumx Modules to the PC

Connecting individual QuantumX modules
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Advantage of this connection structure: The other mod
ules remain active if the Ethernet cable is broken.
7.2.4 Connecting one or more QuantumX modules
to the PC
Modules can be connected to a standard PC via Ethernet
(up to 100 m), via FireWire (electrically, up to 5 m, opti
cally up to 300 m), or via EtherCAT.
The following must be noted for TCP/IP communication
via Ethernet:
S We recommend that you retain the default setting
(DHCP/APIPA), so that the software can find the
modules that are in the network, or directly connec
ted. You can, of course, also parameterize the mod
ules with a fixed, static IP address. This also applies
to the PC or notebook. Advantage: this allows note
books in particular to be quickly and automatically in
tegrated without reconfiguration into the company
network (DHCP). But direct operation between the
notebook and the modules (peer2peer) is also very
quick, using automatic addressing (APIPA).
S The Ethernet network adapter of the PC or modules
can also be manually configured with a specific IP
address and subnet mask, of course.
The following must be noted for direct IPoverFireWire
via FireWire connection:
S FireWire adapter addressing (e.g. expressCard/34 or
PCIexpress) at the PC or data logger end uses a pre
viously installed Windows device driver from HBM,
and cannot be modified. The modules are automatic
ally addressed (plugandplay and USB), and are
available immediately.