snordvikqplas
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Hello All
I am looking for a little advise/guidance, working on developing plant wide network data collection and remote control at my facility, starting from the ground up
I have the following setup for experimenting at my desk to get my feet wet.
Desktop
Windows 8.1 Pro
VMWare Player 6.0.1 build - 1379776
This is the free version offered, testing and then purchasing workstation
VMWare player is running Windows 7 64 bit Pro
RSLogix 5000 Full V20.02.00
RSLinx 2.59.02 CPR 9 SR5
Compact Logix L30ER
So with 8.1 being the Host and 7 being the guest I was able to modify the compact logix with USB drive in Linx. However, I started running into issues with Ethernet. I have solved the issue and have a separate question but thought i would outline in case someone would need this. Of course let me know if this is redundant and delete.
I had set the "Guest" OS network connection to static 192.168.0.85
subnet 255.255.255.0
Compact Logix was 192.168.0.10 subnet 255.255.255.0
This was a no go, linx saw nothing and in fact the USB drive got dropped on a couple of occasions. In the end I set the network connection in windows 8.1 (host OS) to the static and left the windows 7 (guest OS) to obtain automatically. This works fine and Linx sees the compact logix device. no drop issues at all.
Of course I am now just on a "physical" network and cannot quote go online. Talking with Rockwell and reading I now believe that I need to run a bridge. Basically the Host computer will obtain automatically from our network while the guest OS and VMWare player addresses are static sharing the same subnet mask allowing me to communicate with the compact logix.
What I am asking for is a bit of help or pointed to in the direction for researching how to do this. I am not a network guy, at the same time I do not mind doing the legwork. I know there are a few tech notes from RA but does anybody have a link to some useful info or can outline what I need to do for setting up a bridge.
Thanks in advance for any Help
Stuart
I am looking for a little advise/guidance, working on developing plant wide network data collection and remote control at my facility, starting from the ground up
I have the following setup for experimenting at my desk to get my feet wet.
Desktop
Windows 8.1 Pro
VMWare Player 6.0.1 build - 1379776
This is the free version offered, testing and then purchasing workstation
VMWare player is running Windows 7 64 bit Pro
RSLogix 5000 Full V20.02.00
RSLinx 2.59.02 CPR 9 SR5
Compact Logix L30ER
So with 8.1 being the Host and 7 being the guest I was able to modify the compact logix with USB drive in Linx. However, I started running into issues with Ethernet. I have solved the issue and have a separate question but thought i would outline in case someone would need this. Of course let me know if this is redundant and delete.
I had set the "Guest" OS network connection to static 192.168.0.85
subnet 255.255.255.0
Compact Logix was 192.168.0.10 subnet 255.255.255.0
This was a no go, linx saw nothing and in fact the USB drive got dropped on a couple of occasions. In the end I set the network connection in windows 8.1 (host OS) to the static and left the windows 7 (guest OS) to obtain automatically. This works fine and Linx sees the compact logix device. no drop issues at all.
Of course I am now just on a "physical" network and cannot quote go online. Talking with Rockwell and reading I now believe that I need to run a bridge. Basically the Host computer will obtain automatically from our network while the guest OS and VMWare player addresses are static sharing the same subnet mask allowing me to communicate with the compact logix.
What I am asking for is a bit of help or pointed to in the direction for researching how to do this. I am not a network guy, at the same time I do not mind doing the legwork. I know there are a few tech notes from RA but does anybody have a link to some useful info or can outline what I need to do for setting up a bridge.
Thanks in advance for any Help
Stuart