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The PROFIBUS and PROFINET Company

Quick Start Guide Copyright © 2012 PROCENTEC. All rights reservedThe PROFIBUS and PROFINET Company

Netilities ‐ Quick Start Guide

Introduction

Netilities compact and efficient tool to support the user with his PROFINET engineering and troubleshooting tasks It can generate a livePROFINET engineering and troubleshooting tasks. It can generate a live list of the PROFINET/Ethernet network and spot the devices which are in Data Exchange. Statistics provide an overview of the network

di i I ili h d d E h /WLAN h PCcondition. It utilizes the standard Ethernet/WLAN port on the PC or interfaces with a ProfiTap.

Important: due to switch technology, it is not possible to simply plug a cable into a switch and capture all PROFINET messages. A switch resends messages only to the appropriate port to which the receiver is g y pp p pconnected. This means that you will not see all messages if you connect to an empty port. You need to set up a mirror port, or use a ProfiTAPwhich creates a safe ‘mirror port’.which creates a safe mirror port .

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Getting started

Please make sure that the switch port to which the PROFINET controller is connected, is mirrored to an empty switch port. Connect the mirror portconnected, is mirrored to an empty switch port. Connect the mirror port to your laptop. If you do not have an empty port available for mirroring, or the switch does not support mirroring, you can use a ProfiTap.

Example of mirroring on a Siemens Scalance X208 switch:


Starting Netilities

If you start Netilities for the first time, it checks to see if the required libraries for WinPcap are installed If these libraries are not present thelibraries for WinPcap are installed. If these libraries are not present, the WinPcap installer will be launched. Follow the installation procedure.

Now you are ready to start NetilitiesNow you are ready to start Netilities. The license for Netilities is included on the USB stick, so you do not need to worry about installing a license first. Simply double‐click the Netilities executable on the Appdongle.executable on the Appdongle.

When Netilities is loaded correctly, click on ‘Interfaces’ in the main menu, then choose ‘Enable

interfaces to open a network card.Then tick the appropriate network interface card that

you wish to use.


The Live ListClick the green binoculars to complete the live list information with IP address, device

name, model, role and ID.

The Live List shows all connected devices. Live List color coding:

Green = Device is in Data ExchangeLight blue = Recently sent a telegramYellow = device is inactive


The Live List (2)Use these buttons to:

Flash the ‘Link’ or ‘Ready’ LED on the deviceFlash the ‘Link’ or ‘Ready’ LED on the deviceBrowse to the webserver of the deviceModify IP address or device nameReset factory defaults of the device


StatisticsStatistics provide a valuable resource for troubleshooting.

Choose a statistic here.

You can also view statistics by MAC address instead of IP address.

If you click on a device in the matrix, Netilities will show

additional device information inStatistics color coding:

additional device information in the Info Panel.

Yellow = device is inactiveLight blue = updated statisticNo background color = unchanged

Tip: the time‐outs for the color changes can be set inOptions – Settings – Statistics


Statistics (2)Use this button to freeze the screen. Updates are not shown until you click

on the button again.

Use these buttons to either:Clear statistics for currently selected deviceCl thi t ti ti f ll d iClear this statistic for all devicesClear all statistics for all devices

Tip: this device has a lower max cycle time input than output. Conclusion: it has

been lost.


Bar graphThe bargraph shows device cycle times in a

graph. It makes interpretation of the statistics easier. The bars can be viewed by

The bar graph shows device cycle times in a graph. It makes interpretation of the

statistics easier. The bars can be viewed by IP or MAC address.

Choose the sorting

IP or MAC address.

method here.The red color indicates that the cycle time has

changed. This can also be seen by the increased height of the bar with dotted line.


SNMP Toolbox: Station interface infoMake an SNMP scan of your network using this button. This may take some time.

Extra information from the device becomes available

after the scan.

When the scan is completedWhen the scan is completed, choose a device.

In this case, a switch is selected. It shows interesting

port statistics.

Click this box to auto‐update the information.


the information.

SNMP Toolbox: Topology detection

When a scan is completed, a topology overview is available

on this tab.on this tab.

Netilities shows to which switch port each device is

connected.

The topology is displayed in a tree. It can be collapsed or expanded using these

buttons.


Other featuresNetilities can import a Wireshark log file. Click on ‘Interfaces – Process

PCAP file…’ and select the .pcap file you wish to import.

Then click ‘Start’Then click Start .


Other featuresNetilities has a tool to conveniently

switch between sets of IP configurations. Click on ‘Interfaces –

IP Configuration’.

Add profiles with different IP ranges to easily switch IP address. When added, select one profile and

click ‘Activate profile’. The pre‐defined IP address is now set!defined IP address is now set!


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