CNT-3204IN-ETH

Device Name Setting/Network Setting

1. After LAN connecting your PC and this device, start the CONTEC Device Utility.

2. When this device is newly detected, "(New) CNT-3204IN-ETH" will be displayed in the "NET" tree, and the temporary device name is displayed in the light yellow "Device Name".

Please refer "The connected Ethernet device does not appear in the utility" topic if this device is not detected.

3. Set the following "Setting item" and click the "Save" button.
The target device will automatically reboot and the settings will be applied.
The setting itself has been completed so far.

4. The configured device is indicated as "[device name] CNT-3204IN-ETH", and the device name is displayed in the white "Device Name".

5. If you select this configured device, the "Diagnosis" button will be enabled.
Clicking this button will start Diagnostic program and check the operation.
Please refer "Home > Counter Input Driver > Utility > Diagnosis Program" to know more details.

6. If you want to change the setting contents, please click "Save" again after changing.

[Device information area] Display information of the selected device

Device Type	Display device type
Device	Display product model
MAC Address	Display MAC address
Group ID	Display group ID setting value

[Setting item] You can set the selected device

Device Name	Set the device name. It cannot have the same name as any other device. When specifying a device from an application, specify this device name.
Unit ID	Set unit ID.*1 When using this product multiple units, it is necessary to set the unit ID uniquely. Settable range: 0 to 127 (Rotary switch settable range is 0 to 7)
IP Address	Set IP address.*2
Subnetmask	Set the subnet mask.*2
Default Gateway	Set the default gateway.*2 When setting is unnecessary, set 0.0.0.0.
Port Open	Specifies to use event notification or sampling function notification. If unchecked, the event notification or sampling function of the ETH device will not be available. When checked, the port on the PC side will be released and connections from the ETH device UDP 0X501F will be allowed. Also, an inbound rule is added in the firewall settings. CONTEC [CNTxxx(Device Name) CNT-XXX-ETH(Device)] After confirming that the device's event notifications are working properly, please change the Windows OS firewall settings as necessary to adjust the security level to meet the system requirements.

*1 When the Group ID is 8, the unit ID depends on the setting of the unit rotary switch and cannot be changed by the utility.
If Group ID is A, set the unit ID here.

*2 Please make appropriate settings for these settings according to your network environment.

Firmware Update

Please obtain the latest firmware.
The latest firmware is stored in the \Firmware folder in the latest Windows driver package.

1. Turn off the power of this device and set the Group ID to "E".

2. After LAN connecting your PC and this device, start the CONTEC Device Utility.

3. When this device is detected with Group ID "E", "CNT-ETH-TYPE1" is displayed in the "Setting mode" tree.

4. When selecting a device, "Current version" shows the current firmware version.

5. When clicking "Write new firmware", a file selection dialog is displayed.
Please select the firmware file to be written.

After writing, the target device automatically restarts and the new firmware will be applied.
Firmware update itself has been completed so far.

6. Re-launching the utility will redetect the device.
Please confirm that the version of "Current version" has been updated.

* For CNT-3204IN-ETH, when setting Group ID to "E", the IP address of this device will be fixed at "192.168.0.1", so consider this when using it through a router.
* When updating more than one device, please operate one by one.