About this task
Metasys® field controllers are master devices on MS/TP (SA or FC) buses. Before operating field controllers on a bus, you must set a valid and unique device address for each controller on the bus. You set a field controller's device address by setting the positions of the switches on the DIP switch block at the top of the controller (Figure 1). Device addresses 4 through 127 are the valid addresses for these controllers.
The DIP switch block has eight switches numbered 128, 64, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2, and 1 (Figure 1). Switches 64 through 1 are device address switches. Switch 128 is a mode switch that enables a controller to operate on a ZFR/ZFR Pro Series Wireless Field Bus. Switch 128 must be set to Off for all hard-wired SA and FC bus applications. Set switch 128 to ON for wireless FC bus applications only.
To set the device addresses on Metasys® field controllers: