TestEquity F4T Addendum

Chapter 3 – Communications
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Chapter 3 – Communications
Ethernet Parameters
This section describes how to configure the Ethernet Communications settings in the F4T
controller.
Changing Ethernet Parameters
1. Press the Menu, Settings and Network buttons, in that order.
2. Under Communications Channels press Ethernet.
3. Change the desired settings.
4. Recycle the power to put the new settings into effect.
Ethernet Parameters and Settings
The bracketed bold settings below represent the defaults as delivered from the factory:
• IP Address Mode: [DHCP], Fixed
- DHCP, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, allows for dynamic distribution of
network settings by a DHCP server.
- Fixed, also referred to as a static IP address, is configured manually for a specified
network.
• Actual IP Address: [192.168.0.222]
• Actual IP Subnet: [255.255.255.0]
- Subnet, a method used to logically divide and isolate networks.
• Actual IP Gateway: [0.0.0.0]
- Gateway, is a device used on the network to route messages with IP addresses that do
not exist on the local network.
• MAC Address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (Will be different and unique for each controller)
- MAC address, is a manufacturer supplied address for the network interface card.
• Display Units: °F, °C [configured by TestEquity for °C]
• Modbus® TCP Enable: [Yes], No
- Modbus is an industrially hardened field bus protocol used for communications from
the controller to other devices on the network.
• Modbus Word Order: [Low High], High Low
- Modbus allows a user to select the word order of two 16-bit words in floating point
values.
• Data Map: [1], 2, 3
- Data Map, the user can switch Modbus registers from the comprehensive listing of
F4T registers.
- Map 1 = F4T registers (default)
- Map 2 = Not applicable to controllers with Cascade Control (Part Temperature
Control).
- Map 3 = For controllers with Cascade Control (Part Temperature Control). Limited
set of F4 compatible registers (for compatibility with software written for the F4).

TestEquity F4T Specifications

General

Brand	TestEquity
Model	F4T
Category	Controller
Language	English