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Communication failure in all Empower 3 instruments after relocation - WKB109545

Article number: 109545

SYMPTOMS

  • When attempting to configure system > node properties > instrument after relocation, all communication fails.
  • All instruments pass initialization.

ENVIRONMENT

  • 2695 Separations Module
  • Empower 3 Personal

CAUSE

Wrong Ethernet interface is connected.

FIX or WORKAROUND

  1. Confirm the IP address from Network and Instrument setting.
  2. Switch instrument Ethernet cable to the correct Ethernet interface with IP address of 192.168.0.1 or 172.16.0.1.
  3. Restart the computer and instruments.  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

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