Communication

Access the communication configuration through CONFIGURATION and Communication.

From here, you can change the configuration settings of the communication interfaces, namely Fieldbus (in case there is one plugged in), TCP/IP Communication and External. Make sure that your configuration settings are compatible with the configuration of the devices connected to EYE+ XTD. They must be on the same network.

Note

The Ethernet Connections shown on this page will change depending on your EYE+ XTD Controller cover revision.

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Fig. 133 COMMUNICATION main page

Fieldbus Module Section

The Fieldbus Module section shows information related to the optional Fieldbus Module. This section only appears when a Fieldbus module is plugged in.

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Fig. 134 COMMUNICATION Fieldbus Module section

  • Module type, type of the module (i.e. the Fieldbus technology supported)

  • Ethernet port 1, Information related to the Ethernet port 1 (next to LEDs).

  • Ethernet port 2, Information related to the Ethernet port 2.

  • Other(s), various other information related to the specific Fieldbus Module installed (see the specific documentation in Fieldbus Integration).

TCP/IP communication

In the TCP/IP communication section, you can change the IP settings of the Ethernet connection used for TCP/IP communication (Communication or Robot depending on your EYE+ XTD Controller cover revision) as well as the TCP/IP configuration.

The available ports for the TCP/IP communication are 7171, 171 and 17171.

Note

EYE+ XTD Controller listens to the three ports simultaneously, we recommend to choose 7171, however depending on your requirements you might choose another one from the list.

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Fig. 135 TCP/IP communication

Communication

The Communication port can be used for two different actions:

  • Communicate with robot or PLC through TCP/IP Communication.

  • Access EYE+ XTD Studio to configure devices (camera, robot), create recipes or to visualize the dashboard.

The default settings of the Communication port are presented in General Ethernet Settings.

If the default IP address range is not compatible with your robot/PLC configuration, you can change the IP address and subnet mask of the Communication port of the EYE+ XTD Controller to be on the same network as your robot/PLC.

Important

EYE+ XTD will reject any network overlap while setting the new configuration. This means that it is impossible for example to keep the default IP address and set the mask at 255.255.0.0 as this would overlap with the Camera.

If you want to connect EYE+ XTD to your company network via indirect connection, you need to change the IP address, subnet mask and default gateway of the Communication port of EYE+ XTD to match your company network configuration.

It is also possible to use the DHCP configuration mode. The DHCP server will automatically give an IP address, subnet mask and gateway to the EYE+ XTD Configuration port.

Note

To find out the settings applied by the DHCP server, you must ask your company’s IT department which IP address has been linked.

TCP/IP Configuration

This section allows you to select a different end of line delimiter. This might be required depending on your robot and/or PLC.

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Three different options are available:

  • LF, end of line delimiter is the special character LF (i.e \n, ASCII code 0x0A)

  • CR + LF end of line delimiter is the special character CR + LF (i.e \r\n, ASCII codes 0x0D 0x0A)

  • CR end of line delimiter is the special character CR (i.e \r, ASCII code 0x0D)

The default end of line delimiter used by EYE+ XTD Controller is LF.

Note

When changing this setting, any open connection will be forcefully terminated.

External

The Network section allows you to modify the External 1 and External 2 ports. The default settings of the External 1 and External 2 ports are presented in General Ethernet Settings.

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Fig. 136 COMMUNICATION External section

This default configuration means that your computer can only connect via direct connection and the IP address of your computer’s port must be between 192.168.10.1 and 192.168.10.254 or 192.168.20.1 and 192.168.20.254 respectively, depending on what port you are using.

Note

Configuring a gateway for External 1 or External 2 is not supported, use the Communication port instead.

Important

EYE+ XTD will reject any network overlap while setting the new configuration. This means that it is impossible for example to keep the default IP address and set the mask at 255.255.0.0 as this would overlap with the Camera.