Access the Service Port Tab

Double-click these modules in the Control Expert rack view to access the Control Expert Service Port tab:

  • head module on the local rack (140CRP31200)

  • adapter module on the remote drop (140CRA31200 or BMXCRA31210)

The Service Port tab appears:

Service Port Parameters

These parameters are on the Control Expert Service Port tab:

Field

Parameter

Value

Comment

Service Port

Enabled

Enable port and edit port parameters.

Disabled

Disable port parameters.

Service Port Mode

Access (default)

This mode supports Ethernet communications.

Mirroring

In port mirroring mode, data traffic from one or more of the other ports is copied to this port. A connected tool can monitor and analyze port traffic.

NOTE: In this mode, the SERVICE port acts like a read-only port. That is, you cannot access devices (ping, connection to Control Expert, etc.) through the SERVICE port.

Access Port Configuration

Service Port Number

ETH1

You cannot edit the value in the Service Port Number field.

Port Mirroring Configuration

Source Port(s)

Internal Port

all Ethernet traffic for the module

ETH2

140CRP31200: all INTERLINK port traffic

adapter modules: Ethernet traffic through the first remote I/O port

ETH3

140CRP31200: Ethernet traffic through the first remote I/O port

adapter modules: Ethernet traffic through the second remote I/O port

ETH4

adapter modules: Ethernet traffic through the second remote I/O port (140CRP31200 only)

On Line Behavior

The Service Port parameters are stored in the application, but you can reconfigure (change) the parameters in connected mode. Values that you reconfigure in connected mode are sent to the remote drop’s adapter module or 140CRP31200 head module in explicit messages. (The changed values are not stored, so a mismatch can exist between the parameters that are being used and those that are in the stored application.) If the module does not respond to the explicit messages, a message appears.

Limitations

The SERVICE port on the 140CRP31200 head module and the adapter modules have the same limitations as the cloud port of the dual-ring switch (DRS). Therefore, the module's cloud port and the DRS's cloud port can be connected to the same equipment.

The maximum load the module can process from distributed I/O devices:

  • 5 Mbps: per SERVICE port

  • 20 Mbps: total distributed I/O traffic on the main ring

For more information about considerations that apply to the use of the distributed I/O cloud port and the service port on the DRS, refer to the Predefined Configuration Files topic in the Quantum Ethernet I/O System Planning Guide.