Working with Master/Slave 8-18
ICE Vulcan Service Manual
3
Select Auto-Changeover mode from the drop down list
(see Figure 8-16).
Figure 8-16: Auto-Changeover Mode
4
Enter the IP address, network subnet mask, and the port number of
LPA 2/3 in the in IP
Address field, Subnet Mask field, and Port field
respectively (see Figure 8-16).
5
Touch OK to configure the LPA 2/3.
Once LPA 2/3 is configured, on LPA 1, the 'JOB' button on the screen of
CLARiTY is disabled
(greyed out) as shown in Figure 8-4 on page 8-7.
After a short period of time LPA 2/3 may raise a Warning or Fault
message (depending on the
setting you chosen in 'Action if connection to
the Master is lost') to indicate that LPA 1 is
absent, as shown in Figure 8-5
on page 8-7 and Figure 8-6 on page 8-8.
Once LPA 1 has been configured and communication established between
LPAs, the warning
message can be cleared from LPA 2/3 screen.
Note: Only one LPA can be set as slave in auto-changeover mode.
Configuring the Master LPA
To configure the master LPA proceed as follows:
1
Establish communications between CLARiTY Configuration Manager
and the master LPA
(“How to Connect the CLARiTY Configuration
Manager to the LPA using an RS232 connection”
on page 5-8).