Users Manual

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TCP Server specific configuration options include:
- Multihost Enabled – Multihost is a legacy feature that has been superseded by the Packet
w/MAC feature. It should only be used in legacy systems or in special use cases. Enables
or disables multihost. Default = FALSE
- Multihost Timeout – This is the time, in milliseconds, that a multihost server waits for a
response from a poll before moving on to the next queued polling message. Range: 0 –
512 ms, Default = 500 ms
- Multihost Unexpected Data Behavior – Specifies what the server should do when
unexpected data is received from a remote device. Options: Drop, send all, send 1, send 2,
send 3. Default = Drop
- Transparent Rx Timeout – The time, in milliseconds, to wait after last received
transparent data byte before an ethernet packet is created and sent upstream. Range: 0-512,
Default = 10 ms
- Local IP Port – The TCP port number that the server will listen for connections on.
- IPv4 Bind IP – If the Master Station is configured with multiple IP interfaces; you can
specify that the IP Payload service only will listen for connections on one of the IP
addresses of the system. This is useful in VLAN configurations where you wish to only
make the IP Payload server available on a specific VLAN in the system.