Rockwell Automation 1747-L55x,D174710.4 SLC 500 Ethernet User Manual

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Configuring the Ethernet Channel for Local Communication

Publication 1747-10.4

Install the DOS/Windows BOOTP server

To install the DOS BOOTP server:

1. Change the directory to the drive containing the BOOTP utility.

2. Type

install

, and press

[Enter]

.

3. The software is installed in

C:\ABIC\BIN

. Put this directory in

the path statement of your

AUTOEXEC.BAT

file.

Edit the DOS/Windows BOOTP Configuration File

The boot-server configuration file,

BOOTPTAB

, is located in the

C:\ABIC\BIN directory. This file contains the information needed to
boot SLC 5/05 processors.

You must edit the

BOOTPTAB

file, which is an ASCII text file, to

include the name, IP address, and hardware address for each
SLC 5/05 processor you want the server to boot. To edit this file:

1. Open the

BOOTPTAB

file using a text editor.

The file contains lines that look like this:

#Default string for each type of Ethernet client

defaults5E: ht=1:vm=rfc1048

These are the default parameters for SLC 5/05 processors and
must always precede the client lines in the

BOOTPTAB

file.

The file also contains a line that looks like this:

plc5name: tc=defaults5E:ip=aa.bb.cc.dd:ha=0000BC1Cxxyy

Important: Use this line as the configuration template for

SLC 5/05 processors.

2. Make one copy of the SLC 5/05 processor template for every

SLC 5/05 processor in your system.

3. Edit each copy of the template as follows:

A. Replace

plc5name

with the name of the SLC 5/05 processor.

Use only letters and numbers; do not use underscores.

B. Replace

aa.bb.cc.dd

with the IP address to be assigned to

the processor.

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