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UsingtheCFGRESETSwitchduringOperation

WhiletheserialENETinterfaceisoperational,asindicatedbyasteady

yellowPWR/RDYLED,youcanusetheCFGRESETswitchtoplacethe

boxintonetworkconfigurationmode.

Thisspecialmodeensuresthatnetworkparametersarenotchanged

whileinnormaloperationmode.Becauseyoucannotchangethenetwork

parametersunlessyoudeliberatelyplacetheserialENETinterfaceinto

networkconfigurationmode,theparametersareprotectedwhilein

normaloperation.HostscannotconnecttotheserialENETinterface

whileitisinnetworkconfigurationmode.

NotePressingtheCFGRESETswitchhasnoeffectifhostsare

currentlyconnected.

Closeallconnections,thenpressandholdtheCFGRESETswitchand

waitapproximatelythreesecondsuntilthePWR/RDYLEDbecomessolid

red.Ifyoureleasetheswitchpriortothreeseconds,theserialENET

interfacecontinuestooperatenormally.

ThePWR/RDYLEDgoesthroughthefollowingchangesduringthese

threeseconds:

1. TheLEDbeginsslowlyalternatingbetweenredandyellow.

2. Thealternatingpatternincreasesintempo.

3. Atthreeseconds,thePWR/RDYLEDbecomessteadyred.This

indicatestheserialENETinterfaceisreadytoenternetwork

configurationmode.

4. NowreleasetheCFGRESETswitch.ThePWR/RDYLED

alternatesrapidlybetweenredandyellowtoindicatetheserial

ENETinterfaceisnowinnetworkconfigurationmode.

ThismoderemainsineffectuntilyouswitchofftheserialENETinterface

oryouusetheNIEthernetDeviceConfigurationutilitytochangeits

networkcharacteristics.

National Instruments PCI-8430 User Manual

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