ICU

The ICU "Ingenious Control Unit" is a device that acts as a communication bridge between the hardware nodes on the CAN-network and the local ethernet network where the API resides.

Before any other hardware can be set up, the ICU must be created.

Id

The ICU Id. This will affect all node ids connected to this ICU, as they will be identified by 10000 * IcuId + local node id. Changing the id is not possible a a later stage.

Name

The ICU name.

URL

The URL (Uniform Resource Locator) or IP address of the ICU. Used during setup.

Version

The ICU version.

SerialNumber

The ICU serial number. This is the MAC address that the ICU uses on the network.

Static IP

Use to assign a static IP address to the ICU in cases where DHCP is not available or not feasible. This should be used in combination with the DNS and Router IP configuration.

Router IP

IP address of the gateway/router on the network. Used when configuring a static IP.

DNS IP

IP of the name server on the network. Used when assigning a static IP to an ICU.

Description

A custom description of the ICU, for instance if you need to specify where in the factory it is located.