Use commands to add, update, or delete drivers

Used commands to add, update, or delete drivers. The commands for drivers are only supported with
FactoryTalk Linx
 Instance01 Server
. The final operation results can be checked in the
Log
 file stored in the Windows Temp folder.
Command
Description
/AddDriver
Required for adding drivers.
/UpdateDriver
Required for updating drivers.
/DeleteDriver
Required for deleting drivers.
/Scope
Optional for adding, updating, deleting the driver
The format should be like
/Scope Global
 or
/Scope Local
. The default scope is Global if the scope is not specified.
/driverName
Required for adding, updating, or deleting drivers.
It specifies the name of the drivers that you want to add, update, or delete.
/driverType
Required for adding or updating drivers.
It specifies the type of drivers, including:
  • LocalBroadcast
  • RemoteBroadcast
  • PointToPoint
/browseInterval
Optional for adding or updating drivers.
It refers to the
Poll interval between browse cycle (msec)
 option. The number of milliseconds that occur between each time the FactoryTalk Linx Network Browser queries the network.
Its default value (msec) is 1000, the minimum value is 1, and the maximum value is 10000.
/pollRate
Optional for adding or updating drivers.
It refers to the
Device discovery poll rate (msec)
 option. It defines how often (in milliseconds) the
FactoryTalk Linx
 Network Browser
 requests data from a device. For example, a poll rate of 1000 ms results in data being requested every second.
Its default value (msec) is 10, the minimum value is 1, and the maximum value is 10000.
/pollTimeout
Optional for adding or updating drivers.
It refers to the
Poll Timeout (msec)
 option. It specifies the amount of time (in milliseconds) to wait for a device to respond to a request.
Its default value (msec) is 3000, the minimum value is 1, and the maximum value is 10000.
/maxPackets
Optional for adding or updating drivers.
It refers to the
Maximum concurrent packets to this network
 option. It configures the maximum number of requests that wait for a response on this network at any given time as part of the browsing process.
Its default value is 32, the minimum value is 1, and the maximum value is 128.
/offlineInterval
Optional for adding or updating drivers.
It refers to the
Offline device discovery poll rate (msec)
 option. It defines how often (in milliseconds) the
FactoryTalk Linx
 Network Browser
 requests data from a device. For example, a poll rate of 1000 ms results in data being requested every second. It is inactive when the Ethernet driver uses the broadcast discovery.
Its default value (msec) is 1000, the minimum value is 1, and the maximum value is 10000.
/proxyEnabled
Optional for adding or updating drivers.
/proxyAddress
Optional for adding or updating drivers.
/proxyPort
Optional for adding or updating drivers.
/paramPort
Optional for adding or updating drivers.
It refers to the
Listen on EtherNet/IP encapsulated ports
 option. Enable this option if the network includes devices that transmit data using unsolicited messages. When this setting is enabled, the UDP port (44818) will not be available for use by other applications.
/paramPort 1
 means to enable the setting,
/paramPort 0
 means to disable the setting.
/paramAddress
Optional for adding or updating drivers.
It specifies the IP address of the Ethernet driver that will listen to data.
/paramAdapter
Optional for adding or updating drivers.
It specifies the MAC address of the Ethernet driver that will listen to data.
/remoteAddress
Required for adding or updating Remote Broadcast drivers.
It refers to the IP address of the Remote Broadcast driver.
/remoteSubnetMask
Required for adding or updating Remote Broadcast drivers.
It refers to the Subnet Mask address of the Remote Broadcast driver.
/deviceAddresses
Required for adding or updating Ethernet drivers with a device list.
The formats should be like:
  • Single IP address:
    /DEVICEADDRESSES “192.168.1.10”
  • Single IP address and description:
    /DEVICEADDRESSES “192.168.1.10 \“LineController\””
  • Range of IP addresses:
    1. /DEVICEADDRESSES “192.168.1.10||192.168.1.11||192.168.1.12||192.168.1.13”
    2. /DEVICEADDRESSES “192.168.1.10-13”
  • DNS host name:
    /DEVICEADDRESSES “\“PackLine1PLC\””
/Silent
Optional
To close the Command Prompt window automatically after the commands are run.
The following are the examples of different operations:
To add a driver
“C:\Program Files (x86)\Rockwell Software\RSLinx Enterprise\FTLinxCfgIETool.exe” /adddriver /Scope Global /driverName AB_ETH-13 /driverType PointToPoint /browseInterval /DEVICEADDRESSES "192.168.1.10||192.168.1.11||192.168.1.12||192.168.1.13" /Silent
“C:\Program Files (x86)\Rockwell Software\RSLinx Enterprise\FTLinxCfgIETool.exe” /adddriver /driverName AB_ETH-79 /driverType LocalBroadcast /pollRate 11 /browseInterval 1230 /pollTimeoout 236 /maxPackets 31 /offlineInterval 999 /paramPort 1 /Silent
“C:\Program Files (x86)\Rockwell Software\RSLinx Enterprise\FTLinxCfgIETool.exe” /adddriver /Scope Global /driverName AB_ETH-78 /driverType LocalBroadcast /Silent
TIP:
Follow such commands to update drivers.
To delete a driver
“C:\Program Files (x86)\Rockwell Software\RSLinx Enterprise\FTLinxCfgIETool.exe” /deletedriver /Scope Global /driverName AB_ETH-13 /Silent
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