In this tutorial I will show you the basic startup-setup with a new EPC PC – for example, IP setting/internet..etc. and explain how to use influxDB/Node-Red/PLCNEXT Runtime in the future.Let’s GO!

Power ON!

Connect 24v to your EPC1522!

The yellow cable is+ and white cable is -.

Check the IP

Connect the LAN Cable with the Ethernet Port and open WireShark to check the IP.

Although default IP is 192.168.1.10 and 192.168.2.10, we can check the LLDP packets in Wireshark.

Web server

Enter 192.168.1.10 in your browser.

Enter the Advanced setting to expand more information.

Access the  Web server.

PLCNEXT login screen is shown.Check the “Do not show this page in the future and go directly to WBM” and press “Easy Configuration” to access the web-server.

The login screen is shown.

The username is admin, and the password is printed on the IPC. 

Login is scussed!

Configuration

Let’s take a look at the DashBoard. Go to the Edge>Dashboard.

The running condition of applications inside ECP1522 edge devices is shown here.

We can see Node-Red and Influx DB are running, and Docker is stopped.

Node Red

Enter https://YourIP:1880  or directly press” Open” button to access the Node-RED Dashboard.

もしくはDashboardからNode-Red>ControlのFieldでOpenボタンをクリックします。

Node-Red ‘s dashboard is shown!

Influx DB

Enter https://YourIP:8086 or directly press” Open” button to access the influxDB dashboard.

InfluxDB dashboard is shown! And do not worry, I will open another topic about InfluxDB! 

Setup wifi

For the internet connection, we may need to set up the wireless connection. Go to Edge>Settings.

We can see the WIFI Network Settings Field.

Enter your wireless AP’s SSID and password and click apply.

Press Restart Button to restart the EPC1522 edge PC.

The WIFI Connection status will be changed to “Connected”. 

Finally we need to set the Default Route interface to WLAN >Press Apply.

Check connection with PLCNEXT Store

Go to Conffiguration>PLCnext Store.

The PLCnext Store status is “Reachable” now.

Go to Configuration>Enable PLCnext Store Service and check the CheckBox>Apply.

Access the EPC1522 with putty and ping 8.8.8.8 to check the internet connection,

Configuration LAN

Go to Configuration>Network to configure the LAN Port setting.

Change the IP/Subnet Mask/Gateway in the Configuration field of LAN1,LAN2.

Press Apply and restart your system.