Watlow F4T System • 26 • Chapter 3 Connecting to a PC
Default 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 Conguration Protocol, allows for dynamic distribution of network
settings by a DHCP server.
- Fixed, also referred to as a static IP address, is congured manually for a specied net-
work.
• 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] (Fahrenheit), °C (Celsius)
• Modbus
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TCP Enable: [Yes], No
- Modbus is an industrially hardened eld bus protocol used for communications from the
controller to other devices on the network.
• Modbus Word Order: [High], Low
- Modbus allows a user to select the word order of two 16-bit words in oating point val-
ues.
• Data Map: [1], 2
- Data Map, the user can switch Modbus registers from the comprehensive listing of F4T
registers to a limited set of the legacy F4 controller registers (1 = F4T, 2 = F4 compatibil-
ity).
To change Ethernet parameters:
1. Push the Menu, Settings and Network buttons, in that order.
2. Under "Communications Channels" push Ethernet.
3. Change desired settings.
4. Cycle power to the F4T (changes to IP address will take effect until this step is performed)
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