The FloPro/FloNet Communications option provides the following features:
Configuration functions for
defining the devices accessed via the communication port and the
data to be exchanged.
Synchronous exchange of data
between CIMPLICITY software and a variety of devices.
A utility program, flopro_diag, which is used for
validating the operation and communication ability of a FloNet
device residing at one particular IP address.
Since the FloPro/FloNet system
accepts commands from any IP address and replies on a
message-by-message basis, a CIMPLICITY computer may converse with
many FloPro devices over one FloPro dedicated network.
You need to be aware of the following restrictions:
Because FloNet cards occupy and
converse only with sockets bound to privileged IP port number 165,
only one FloPro/FloNet Communications process can run on a
CIMPLICITY computer.
Because FloNet cards cannot
initiate communications with a remote host, the FloPro/FloNet
device communications does not support unsolicited messages.
Because FloPro/FloNet
communications supports a subset of UDP, the FloPro card does
not
support the ping
command.
A dedicated network is required
for communication between FloNet devices and their remote
hosts.
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