WHAT’S NEXT?
SNAP PAC Brains User’s Guide
8
Installing the Brain
1.
Remove the brain from its packaging.
2.
Turn off power to the rack assembly.
3.
Align the brain connector with the mating
connector on the mounting rack.
4.
Seat the brain onto the connector and use
the hold-down screw to secure the brain in
position. Do not overtighten.
5.
Using Category 5 or superior solid
unshielded twisted-pair cable, connect the
brain in one of the following ways:
– (Recommended for initial configuration)
Connect to a PC directly, using a
standard Ethernet cable.
– Connect to a standard 10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX Ethernet network that has a PC on the
same subnet as the brain and does NOT have a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
(DHCP) server.
Maximum cable or segment length is 100 meters; minimum cable length is one meter.
6.
Before
turning on power to the rack, follow instructions in Opto 22 form #1704, the
PAC
Manager User’s Guide
, to assign an IP address to the brain.
This guide is in Adobe Acrobat PDF format on the CD that came with the brain and is also
available from our website, www.opto22.com.
What’s Next?
To start configuring I/O points, see instructions the
PAC Control User’s Guide
, form #1700. (If you are
not using PAC Control, follow configuration steps in the
PAC Manager User’s Guide
.)
To learn more about SNAP PAC brain capabilities and network options, see
If you are planning to install multiple brains in a daisy-chain configuration, see
SNAP PAC Brain Network Interfaces” on page 15
To use OLE for process control (OPC) with SNAP PAC brains, purchase the OptoOPCServer and see
Opto 22 form #1439, the
OptoOPCServer User’s Guide
.
To communicate with SNAP PAC brains using Modbus/TCP, see form #1678, the
Modbus/TCP Protocol
Guide
.
To program your own applications to communicate with the SNAP PAC brain, see Opto 22 form
#1465, the
OptoMMP Protocol Guide
.
