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5.5.3.5 SELECTING NETWORK READ
From the Main window, select the Network Read Icon. This will open a sub-window asking you which
communication path(s) to read from, as shown in Figure 5-13. This window has a default for
communication path 1, which is correct for this example. Click on Auto-configuration. This will bring
you to the Auto-Configure Options window as shown in Figure 5-14. The Auto-Config Option,
Method 3 will allow the user to “build” a new network. It will automatically read the current network
setup which consists of the nodes, the cards and modules at each node, and either the factory default or
user assigned configuration settings of each card and module. Click on Method 3. Then click on OK to
read the network.
NOTE
Method 1 only works when there is a configuration already installed. Since this is a new
network, a configuration is not yet installed. Therefore if you select Method 1 there is
nothing to be read.
Selecting Method 2 will delete information about the cards in each node, and then it will read
all the information of the network.
Selecting Method 3 will delete information about the cards in each node, and the nodes , and
then it will read all the information of the network.
At 57.6K baud it takes about seven and one-half minutes to read each node in the network. In this
example, if we were actually reading the network, it would take about thirty eight minutes to read the
network. While the network is being read, two pop-up windows will get superimposed over the
window shown in Figure 5-13. One of these will be a Communications window and the other will be
an Auto Cfg/Nodes window.
The network is read into a temporary file which contains the following information:
1. The shelf address of each node in the network (1-500 for CM4s excluding 078 which is
reserved for system use)
2. The cards that are in each node
3. The card configuration settings (either default settings, or user assigned settings at the
time of hardware installation)
Before the user leaves the Network Management Software, the network configuration information
must be saved in a network file with a .NET extension in the form of netname.NET, where netname is
selected by the user. If this is not done, the network configuration information will be lost. A
description of how to do this will be described later in this Section.
After the network read is complete you will be returned to the main window.
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