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The device can not be found in the device assignment / no connection to the device can be established.

Update Software

Please first of all perform an update of Sycon.net.

The latest version of Sycon.net always includes an installation of the Ethernet Device

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Configuration Tool.

This prevents from issues which has already been solved with an update.


The latest Version of Sycon.net is always available on out Knowledge Base:

https://kb.hilscher.com/display/ETHDEVCFGSYCON

Ethernet Device Config Tool

Set an IP-Adress via NetIdent

The NetIdent protocol is only supported by Hilscher devices.

With its help, TCP/IP devices can be identified and an IP addresses address can be set.

Info

The IP address is set temporarily. It will be set back to 0.0.0.0 after a Firmwaredownload.

Depending on the protocol, downloading a configuration can also lead to resetting the IP address.

This happens for example with a Profinet IO device, because the IO controller is responsible for the assignment of the IP address in further process.

Sycon.net

Driver selection

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Fill in the "Select IP Range"

This window is used to set define which IP address or IP addresses range (browse multiple IP rangeaddresses) SYCON.net should use , to connect to a gateway device.

Click on the + button to enter the IP address input.Otherwisecreate an IP range.

With this you can now define in the "IP Configuration" area which IP addresses are to be searched for a device.

If an IP Range is already defined, you can select an already defined address range for the selection either select and edit it or define another address range by clicking the + button.

Under Set under "IP Address, set " the IP start and end address addresses in which the device to be configured , has is to be searched.

If you operate your PC on an Ethernet network, make sure that the device can also be reached in the set address range.

Connection

After a download to the device, the IP must be set again = normal behaviour

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