
B-63644EN/02 VI. MAINTENANCE 1.Series 16i/18i/21i, Power Mate i MAINTENENCE INFORMATION
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1.4 CHECKING WHETHER COMMUNICATION DESTINATION
DEVICES EXIST
On the Fast Ethernet board and Fast data server, the Ping function is
installed to enable the CNC to check if a communication destination
device exists on the network. Whether a communication destination
device exists on the network can be easily checked. Use the procedure
below to check if a communication destination device exists.
Procedure
1 Press function key
SYSTEM
.
2 Press soft key [CONT] at the bottom right of the soft key menu.
3 Press soft key [ETHMNT] to display the Ethernet maintenance
screen. With the Series 16i/18i/21i-B, press soft key [ETHMNT]
then soft key [BOARD] to display the Ethernet maintenance
screen.
4 Enter the IP address of a communication destination device trough
the MDI keys, then press soft key [PING]. Communication is
performed with the specified communication destination three
times, and the results are displayed.
Contents of a displayed message
Reply from IP-address
A response was received from the specified communication
destination device. The specified communication destination
device exists on the network.