Ethernet MAC Address

Every Ethernet device manufactured is required to have a unique MAC address. This address is given in the form of twelve hexadecimal digits (e.g. 0050A0984001) and is often displayed with each digit pair separated by spaces, hyphens or colons (e.g. 00-50-A0-98-40-01). However, all formats are equivalent. Network administrators may require this value when tracking network problems or configuring BOOTP or DHCP protocols. All Ethernet devices manufactured by Delta Motion begin with "00 50 A0".

The RMC75, RMC150, and RMC200 Ethernet controllers all use more than one MAC address. The first MAC address is called the device MAC address and is the primary MAC address used for almost all Ethernet communication. In addition to the device MAC address, each physical Ethernet port will also have its own port MAC address. The port MAC address is only used in Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) packets as required by the PROFINET specification.

Use either of these methods to find the device and port MAC addresses for a controller using RMCTools:

Open the CPU Properties and select the General page. See General Module Properties for details.
Open Communication Statistics, and select the Ethernet Summary page.

Use the appropriate method below to find the device MAC address on the RMC controller itself:

RMC75E
The device MAC address is printed on the label on the side of the RMC75E CPU module.
RMC150E
The device MAC address is printed on the label on the front of the CPU module.
RMC200
The device MAC address is listed in the Display Screen by browsing to Ethernet > View IP Address and scrolling to show the MAC address.