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Configuring Modbus/BSAP

Rev 3.0B Feb.08 72

Addressescanbeenteredindecimalorhex.AceManagerwill

translatehexentriesintodecimal.Thenumberbeforethe“=”is

ID,thenumberafteristheIPaddress.Therecanbeatotalof

100remoteID/Localaddressesenteredintothemodem.

WhenusingATcommandsviatelnetordirectserial

connection,useATMLISTfordecimalIDsandATMLISTXfor

hexidecimal.Forexample,iftheIDis27andtheIPis

123.123.123.124,youwouldenteritas

ATMLIST27=123.123.123.124orATMLISTX1B=123.123.123.124.

4. Optional: Dynamic IP Address

IfyoudonothaveastaticIP,thehostmodemshouldbe

configuredtoreportitscurrentIPtoaDynamicDNS (DDNS)

serverwithIP Manager.

IntheHostmodem’sconfiguration,insteadofIPaddressfor

theAddrList(ATMLISTorATMLISTX),substituteasingle

uniquenameforeachmodem,i.e.remote1,remote2,etc.

WhenyouconfigureIPManagerforthehostmodem,make

noteofyourmodemnameanddomainsettinginAceManager

inthemenuselectionDynamicIPtobeusedwiththeremote

modems.

Figure 8-4: AceManager: Dynamic IP

WithnamesinsteadofIPaddressesfortheAddressList,the 

hostmodemwillquerytheDNSserverforthecurrentIP

addressassignedtothespecificnameofaremotemodemto

sendamessagecorrespondingtotheID.

WhenyouusenamesinsteadofIPaddresses,toensureyour

modemsareupdatedquicklywiththecorrectIPaddressesfor

thenames,youwillwanttosettheDNSsettingsaswell.In 

AceManager,selectDNS.

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