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STB NIP 2212 Web Server
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890USE17700 April 2004
Fields on the
Master
Configurator
Web Page
The fields on the Master Configurator web page are described in the following table:
Configuring a
Master
Configurator for
the Island
Use the following procedure to configure a master configurator for an Advantys STB
island:
Field Legal Values Description
Protocol IP The IP address (See How the STB NIP 2212 Obtains
IP Parameters, p. 60) of the master configurator on the
Ethernet LAN.
serial The master configurator is attached to the CFG port on the
STB NIP 2212.
disabled Disabled is the default setting for this feature.
If selected, the master configurator feature is disabled.
However, devices normally capable of configuring the island
will perform as designed.
reservation
time
0 ... 120000 ms,
with a 1 ms
resolution time
The amount of time in ms allocated to a master for writing
configuration data to the STB NIP 2212. Other masters
attempting to configure the island during this time will receive
an error message.
The default reservation time is 60,000 ms (1 min).
Reservation time is self-renewing.
Step Action
1 Click on the Configuration tab to display the Configuration menu.
2 Select the Master Configurator option.
3 To identify the master configurator, do one of the following:
Click on the radio button next to the IP option and type in the IP address for
the master configurator communicating via the fieldbus (Ethernet) port (See
STB NIP 2212 Network Interface, p. 26), e.g., 139.158.2.38 (See Sample
Master Configurator Web Page, p. 81).
For a master configurator attached to the STB NIP 2212’s CFG port (See
The CFG Interface, p. 33), click on the radio button next to the Serial option.
To disable this feature, click on the radio button next to the Disabled (default)
option.
4 Type a value for the reservation time (0 ... 120000 ms). This is the amount of
time allocated to the master configurator for writing configuration data to the
island. The default setting is 60000 ms (1 min).
5 Click on the Save button to store the information about the master configurator
in the STB NIP 2212’s Flash memory and in RAM.