Protocol Manager Configuration

Overview

The controller uses a protocol manager to manage the device network:

Controllers/Protocol Managers	Industrial Ethernet Manager	Ethernet/IP Scanner	Modbus TCP IO Scanner	Sercos Master
M241	✓	–	–	–
M251	✓	–	–	–
M262	–	✓	✓	✓⁽¹⁾
(1) On Ethernet_1 on TM262M•

To configure the protocol manager, proceed as follows:

Step	Action
1	In the Devices tree, double-click Industrial_Ethernet_Manager. NOTE: The Network Settings are automatically generated in accordance with the Industrial Ethernet port network settings.
2	Select the Preferred protocol EtherNet/IP(by default). Your selection becomes the device protocol set by default for each device declaration.
3	In the EtherNet/IP Settings, define the values of the explicit messaging timeout.

Step

Action

1

In the Devices tree, double-click Industrial_Ethernet_Manager.

NOTE: The Network Settings are automatically generated in accordance with the Industrial Ethernet port network settings.

2

Select the Preferred protocol EtherNet/IP(by default).

Your selection becomes the device protocol set by default for each device declaration.

3

In the EtherNet/IP Settings, define the values of the explicit messaging timeout.

To configure the protocol manager, proceed as follows:

Step	Action
1	In the Devices tree, double-click EtherNet_IP_Scanner. NOTE: The settings are automatically generated in accordance with the Industrial Ethernet port network settings.
2	Define the EtherNet/IP Settings.