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Setting up for Multiple DA runtime projects using EtherNet/IP

Setting Up Multiple Virtual EtherNet/IP Connections


July 16, 2020
Copyright© 2007-2020 by Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. All rights reserved.

Table of Contents
Overview ....................................................................................................................................................... 1
Minimum requirement: ............................................................................................................................ 1
Procedure...................................................................................................................................................... 1

Overview
When multiple DA project run at the same time on a platform each requires its own communication
instance to the PLC. For EtherNet/IP multiple projects can share the same physical Network Interface/
cable but use individual IP addresses using virtual network adapters in Windows 10.

The following shows how to make two DA projects work on the Matrox 4-Sight EV6 with a single NIC,
but the principles are the same for other PC platforms.

Reference to configure projects for multiple runtimes:


Introduction to Design Assistant X 2006.pdf -- Getting Started with Multiple Runtimes

Reference to add EthernetIP instances in MILConfig:


Upgrading Projects from DA 5 to Design Assistant X.pdf -- Industrial Communication Protocols

Minimum requirement:
-Windows 8 and later
-Hyper-V Management and services installed

Procedure
Instructions to create Virtual NICs to share the same physical NIC.

- Remove all cables on the Physical NIC


- Open Powershell console with Administrative rights. Search for Powershell with the Windows10
search icon, then right click on the Powershell, and run as admin

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- The following creates a virtual Switch on the physical NIC (LAN2), and it creates 2 virtual NICs
attached to the virtual switch.

- In the PowerShell console, copy and paste the following lines one at a time (note: change LAN 2
to POE1, POE2, POE3, POE4, or LAN 1 if desired on an EV6, or the name of the Network
Connection you want to use on your PC).

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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New-VMSwitch "VMSW01" -MinimumBandwidthMode weight -NetAdapterName “LAN 2” –AllowManagementOS 1

Set-VMSwitch "VMSW01" -DefaultFlowMinimumBandwidthWeight 20

Add-VMNetworkAdapter -ManagementOS -Name "VMNIC01" -SwitchName "VMSW01"

Set-VMNetworkAdapter -ManagementOS -Name "VMNIC01" -MinimumBandwidthWeight 20 –MaximumBandwidth


100000000

Add-VMNetworkAdapter -ManagementOS -Name "VMNIC02" -SwitchName "VMSW01"

Set-VMNetworkAdapter -ManagementOS -Name "VMNIC02" -MinimumBandwidthWeight 20 –MaximumBandwidth


100000000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

If everything goes well, you should not see any error messages in red in the Powershell console.
In the Network Connections page, you should see the VMNIC01 and VMNIC02.

- Set the IPV4 of each of the 2 Virtual NICs (as you would on a regular NIC).

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- Go to MILConfig and for each EthernetIP instance, set the Interface field to use a different
Virtual NIC.

In the future, if you want to create more virtual NICs, copy and paste the following lines, changing the X
to subsequent numbers (3, 4, 5, 6, etc…)

Add-VMNetworkAdapter -ManagementOS -Name "VMNIC0X" -SwitchName "VMSW01"

Set-VMNetworkAdapter -ManagementOS -Name "VMNIC0X" -MinimumBandwidthWeight 20 –MaximumBandwidth


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