I want to change the IP address of PLC in regular Ethernet driver, but I can't see the configure window when rslinx running as a service.
Firstly, I have to ask the question why the "office network update" has made it necessary to change the address of the PLC. Was it planned to do so? Or has the change come about because the PLC is using dynamic addressing?
In my opinion, a PLC
should have a fixed IP address, which makes it straightforward when attempting to get online to it.
In my opinion, a PLC
must have a fixed IP address, if it is involved in any communications to other IP devices, including other PLCs HMIs etc.
OK, so lets assume that the PLC address does need changing in the EtherNet driver, for whatever reason.
A standard install of RSLinx places a launch icon in the SysTray AND a desktop launch icon. A single click of the systray icon, or a double-click of the desktop icon opens the user interface to RSLinx. If this does not happen, then I would suggest you have a corrupted RSLinx installation, and you could try uninstalling/re-installing it.
Once you have the GUI open, click on "Configure Drivers" button, select your Ethernet Device driver you want to modify, change any addresses you need to change, and click on "Apply".
If you cannot do this, then again I suggest your RSLinx installation is bad.
Lastly, in all the years I have worked with RSLinx, I have
never seen the need for RSLinx to be shutdown as a service, and used as an application. When not used, (i.e. no applications calling for it's services, it consumes very little PC resources.