Items in the Configure Driver dialog, Advanced

Used to access settings to configure how the driver is exposed on the network.

Enables

Listen on Ethernet/IP encapsulation ports

if the network includes devices that transmit data using unsolicited messages. When this setting is enabled, the UDP port will not be available for use by other applications.

Tip:

This command is utilized by

FactoryTalk Linx

when operating as a data server and is not utilized by the

FactoryTalk Linx

Network Browser

or any of the design software.

Enables

FactoryTalk Linx

to automatically select an alternative network interface card (NIC) if the current one becomes unavailable.

Tip:

If the driver switches to a different NIC, the intended devices may not be reachable.

FactoryTalk Linx

could improperly communicate to the wrong device if a device on the alternate network that uses the same address as a device on the initial network. When you make a VPN connection through FactoryTalk Remote Access, disable this option to avoid sending data to unintended network segments.

Used to access settings to configure the advanced network speed of browsing settings or view the default settings.

Defines how often (in milliseconds) the

FactoryTalk Linx

Network Browser

requests data from a device. For example, a poll rate of 1000 ms results in data being requested every second.

Tip:

When a driver makes a discovery request to a device, it waits for the amount of time specified by the

Device Discovery Poll Rate

before making a request to a new device. Setting this rate to a higher value slows down the rate that devices appear in the browser tree and reduces the number of messages sent on the network.

Tip:

This command is inactive when the Ethernet driver utilizes broadcast discovery.

Defines how often (in milliseconds) the

FactoryTalk Linx

Network Browser

waits to communicate to a device that was not detected in a previous poll. For example, a poll rate of 10,000 results in a 10-second delay before additional requests are sent to a device that was offline.

Tip:

Setting this rate to a higher value slows down the rate that a newly attached device appears in the browser tree and reduces the number of messages sent on the network.

Tip:

This command is inactive when the Ethernet driver utilizes broadcast discovery.

The number of milliseconds that occur between each time the

FactoryTalk Linx

Network Browser

queries the network.

Tip:

After a driver polls the network branch, it waits for the amount of time specified by the Poll Interval between discovery cycles before starting another discovery cycle. Setting the Poll interval between discovery cycles to a higher value reduces the number of network messages sent.

Specifies the amount of time (in milliseconds) to wait for a device to respond to a request.

Used to configure the maximum number of requests that can be waiting for a response on this network at any given time as part of the browsing process.

Enables this setting to automatically remove the offline devices after browsing devices.