Features, Display of ethernet state – Burkert Type 8620 User Manual

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Features

Feature

Operational Speed

10 / 100 Mbps (auto negotiation)

IP address assignment

Static (recommended) or dynamic (DHCP).
A DHCP server is required for dynamic IP address.

Email notification

For alarm / warning / error and restart information.
Therefore a mail server with SMTP (without authentication) for sending emails to
intranet and internet is required.
(For details refer to “Email notification”)

Device access

With Buerkert PC-Tool via Serial Tunnel and TCP/IP over Port 10001.
(For details refer to “Remote device access via PC-Tool”)

Security

- Code protected device login via PC-Tool : CodeLevel + Code
- Automatic logout after 5 minutes of no action (except if remote control was active)
- Automatic disconnection after 5 minutes without login
- No encryption of data transmitted over TCP/IP
- DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) or VPN (Virtual Private Network) are not supported –
therefore an external gateway with the necessary functionality is required.

Display of Ethernet state

The following list shows the displayed symbols for the current ethernet state.

The symbol for the Ethernet remote state is located
in the upper left corner of the display, right beside
the datalog symbol.

Symbol

Description

Ethernet function disabled / not supported (devices without ethernet option)

Ethernet function enabled, initializing / checking network status

No network detected

Ethernet ready

Incoming connection (e.g. from PC-Tool)

Outgoing connection (to SMTP mail server)

Update mode active (e.g. for firmware update of ethernet component)

Following additional information can be found in the menu “System settings \ Network info”
(CodeLevel Operator or Specialist required):

Device

- Current IP address and subnet mask
- MAC address (*)
- Firmware revision of ethernet module (*)
- Update Mode (*)

Connection

- IP address which the device is currently connected with
(0.0.0.0 if there is no connection or IP of incoming connection could not be detected)
- Current Gateway IP address

Send test email

Initiates transmission of a test email (only visible, if email notification is enabled)

State (*)

of internal ethernet state machine

(*) only visible with CodeLevel Spezialist

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