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new 24f7137b92 fix(plc4j/profinet): Updated documentation around the ip
address usage
24f7137b92 is described below
commit 24f7137b92fdbed5ae5c6993f1da7df4b0ca5d6d
Author: Ben Hutcheson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Thu Mar 9 07:51:32 2023 +0100
fix(plc4j/profinet): Updated documentation around the ip address usage
---
src/site/asciidoc/users/protocols/profinet.adoc | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/site/asciidoc/users/protocols/profinet.adoc
b/src/site/asciidoc/users/protocols/profinet.adoc
index b341d9e59b..244917f76d 100644
--- a/src/site/asciidoc/users/protocols/profinet.adoc
+++ b/src/site/asciidoc/users/protocols/profinet.adoc
@@ -103,7 +103,10 @@ profinet:raw://{ip-address}:{port}?{options}
----
-An example of this connection string would be:-
+Where the {ip-address}, unlike other PLC4X driver, uses the local IP address
of the network interface you would like to bind to.
+This allows us to connect to multiple devices at once via the devices
parameter.
+
+An example of this connection string which has two devices test-device-1 and
test-device-2, connected on the localhost interface would be:-
----
@@ -158,7 +161,8 @@ The following data types are supported
=== Some useful tips
-The GSD file contains all the information of what the addresses will end up
being. The easiest approach is to use the browsing
-function of the Profinet driver to return a list of all available tags. Then
only the address of interest can be selected.
+Although the GSD file contains all the information needed to configure which
data will be available from a device.
+The easiest approach is to use the browsing function of the Profinet driver to
return a list of all available tags.
+Then only the addresses of interest can be selected.
|===
