Background on Product

This information is for use with the Siemens CP1616 Profinet board.  This is a board with a PCI bus.  Depending on the firmware it can be used in a DX200 or YRC1000.  (Specific firmware versions are required for each controller and especially when Safety is enabled.)

Problem

Some customers report that the IP address is lost at power cycle or some other conditions.  When looking at the card in TIA Portal or other Siemens software the IP address will show as 0.0.0.0.

Resolution

Our suggestion to save the IP Address as follows:

1. Start the YRC1000 or DX200 in “Maintenance Mode”
2. Once fully booted set the IP address again from the Siemens software. 
3. This will put the CP1616 board into a mode which it can save the setting properly.
4.  No settings within the robot controller itself need to be set or changed.
5. Cycle power to the robot controller.

One additional countermeasure - if you have the TIA-project for the CP1616 you can execute the “factory reset” first and load the TIA-project again.