Rockwell Automation 1757-SWKIT4000 ProcessLogix R400.0 Installation and Upgrade Guide - Manual (Page 183)

Publication 1757-IN040B-EN-P - March 2002
Supplementary Procedures 8-9
Usage guidelines
Observe the following usage guidelines to avoid a possible negative
impact on network performance under abnormal network conditions.
•
Do not use Network Tools while connecting nodes to the
network.
•
Do not use Network Tools when monitoring an analog I/O
module through Control Builder.
•
Do not use Network Tools to monitor an analog I/O ControlNet
network while the system is “on-control”.
Online help
You can get online help by clicking Help
⇒
Help Topics and
displaying the desired topic.
Making First Time Network Tools Settings
Use the following procedure to make the initial settings for Network
Tools the first time you launch the utility on your PC.
1. Click Start
⇒
Run.
a. For ControlNet Supervisory Networks, key in this command in
the Open entry field:
>ntools -c -u -pg<
TIP
If RSLinx and the PCIC driver services for system
communications in ControlNet mode are not
running, this command will start the services.