How to set-up automatic topology scanning in the PROFINET- INspektor®

A common practice with the PROFINET-INspektor® is to configure a scan of the topology every so often; to do this, you must do the following steps:

(Note: You need to connect the active port of the INspektor® to the system, and then scan the topology.)

1. Click on “Configuration” > “Monitoring” and then in the “Network Scan and Topology Determination” section, you must click on the “+” symbol:

2. A configuration window will open. Select “PROFINET Scan” in the “Scan Type” section. In the “Repeat” section, it is recommended that you define “12 hours". After that, you must click on the “+” symbol inside the “Scan Ranges”.

3. You must define the IP range in which the devices are located.

(For example, if the devices are located at:
• 192.168.1.1
• 192.168.1.2
• 192.168.1.3
• 192.168.1.X
You must include 192.168.1.0 through 192.168.1.254.):

4. Click on "OK".

5. Thanks to this, the topology will be scanned every 12 hours, allowing constant monitoring of the topology. In case you want to perform a scan just after this, click on the "play" symbol.

6. Right after starting the topology scanning process, the following symbol will appear, which will be there until the scanning is finished.

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