new ecomex POM module potential issue with netedit

[brucek]

Doesn't seem to effect anything but i have a new ecomex in a BX-DM1E-36AR3 and noticed Saturday that i see 2 versions of this plc in the netedit list. The builtin ethernet port is configured to 192.168.0.20 and the ecom is 172.26.56.106 (which is behind our network so we can remote in). I was changing out a dmio-m module and giving it the same ip address as the old 1 when i noticed 2 of the PLC's in the list. I took out the ecom wire and re scanned and then there was only 1, put back in and there was 2.

Doesn't seem to matter as far as operation only that you do a double take when you see 2 PLC's in the netedit list.

[BobO]

Doesn't seem to effect anything but i have a new ecomex in a BX-DM1E-36AR3 and noticed Saturday that i see 2 versions of this plc in the netedit list. The builtin ethernet port is configured to 192.168.0.20 and the ecom is 172.26.56.106 (which is behind our network so we can remote in). I was changing out a dmio-m module and giving it the same ip address as the old 1 when i noticed 2 of the PLC's in the list. I took out the ecom wire and re scanned and then there was only 1, put back in and there was 2.

Doesn't seem to matter as far as operation only that you do a double take when you see 2 PLC's in the netedit list.

The discovery query is a broadcast and both ports see and respond. The only way to prevent it would be to add a configuration option to specify what behavior you wanted. Sometimes simple is better.

[brucek]

doesn't seem to be a problem they just both report 192.168.0.20. If they reported the configured ip addresses i wouldn't have noticed. Thanx for the update.

[BobO]

doesn't seem to be a problem they just both report 192.168.0.20. If they reported the configured ip addresses i wouldn't have noticed. Thanx for the update.

Hmmm...didn't think it did that. The issue is that NetEdit's primary function is to configure the IP settings of the built in IP port. The POM isn't configured that way, so it is reporting the contents of the built in port. For the IP column it really should show the IP that responded. That should be easy to change.