tcp/ip port setting

Go to Control Panel
Network Connections
LAN
Properties
Then…
Highlight TCP/IP
Then…
Properties
Choose radio button tha says “use following IP ADDRESS”
Type in at IP… 80.128.0.1
Type in at subnet…255.255.0.0
Under LAN…
Properties
General Tab
Configure
Advanced Tab
Speed & duplex = 10mb FULL


Within PC-DMIS…

Machine Interface Setup
Use TCp/IP link to drive Machine
TCP/IP Address= 80.128.0.2
TCP/IP Port Number= 2001


Jim is right on the ball, and I especially like his pitcures and aspriations. Let me add a little more to this for background information.

The same thing happens to me on occasion. The Leitz system can work with either serial (RS-232) or ethernet (TCP/IP) communications. Both will work for most measureing, but when it comes to scanning and passing large amounts of data, you'll see that TCP/IP is much faster. If you're not scanning, then it probably won't make much difference, unless you are running short of serial ports and would just rather use TCP/IP.

The controller has a fixed IP address, typically something like 80.128.0.1 and the computer might be 80.128.0.2 (or vice versa). They are typically 1 unit apart. To find out what the PC is, you can go to a DOS prompt and enter the command

IPCONFIG /ALL

which will display a fair amount of information, but it will include the ethernet adress of the PC. From the same DOS prompt, enter the command to try to test the connection to the controller, such as

PING 80.128.0.1

or

PING 80.128.0.2

It should return a list of about 5 quick test calls, and you'll know immediately by looking at them if they worked or not. If PING works, then it is not a cable issue. If PING fails, then PC-DMIS will not work.

To find out what PC-DMIS thinks the controller is set to, start it up and to the Edit / Preferences / Machine Interface and look in the tab where you would enable TCP/IP communciations, and you'll see the address it wants to find the controller at.

Go to Control Panel
Network Connections
LAN
Properties
Then…
Highlight TCP/IP
Then…
Properties
Choose radio button tha says “use following IP ADDRESS”
Type in at IP… 80.128.0.1
Type in at subnet…255.255.0.0
Under LAN…
Properties
General Tab
Configure
Advanced Tab
Speed & duplex = 10mb FULL


Within PC-DMIS…

Machine Interface Setup
Use TCp/IP link to drive Machine
TCP/IP Address= 80.128.0.2
TCP/IP Port Number= 2001


Jim is right on the ball, and I especially like his pitcures and aspriations. Let me add a little more to this for background information.

The same thing happens to me on occasion. The Leitz system can work with either serial (RS-232) or ethernet (TCP/IP) communications. Both will work for most measureing, but when it comes to scanning and passing large amounts of data, you'll see that TCP/IP is much faster. If you're not scanning, then it probably won't make much difference, unless you are running short of serial ports and would just rather use TCP/IP.

The controller has a fixed IP address, typically something like 80.128.0.1 and the computer might be 80.128.0.2 (or vice versa). They are typically 1 unit apart. To find out what the PC is, you can go to a DOS prompt and enter the command

IPCONFIG /ALL

which will display a fair amount of information, but it will include the ethernet adress of the PC. From the same DOS prompt, enter the command to try to test the connection to the controller, such as

PING 80.128.0.1

or

PING 80.128.0.2

It should return a list of about 5 quick test calls, and you'll know immediately by looking at them if they worked or not. If PING works, then it is not a cable issue. If PING fails, then PC-DMIS will not work.

To find out what PC-DMIS thinks the controller is set to, start it up and to the Edit / Preferences / Machine Interface and look in the tab where you would enable TCP/IP communciations, and you'll see the address it wants to find the controller at.