How to check ethernet device status on the network in vijeo citect runtime ?

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In citect there is CTICMP driver through which we can identify whether device is available on the network or not.
Same status may be displayed on the graphics to display status like link up or link down.
To establish communication with a device, the Boards Form, Ports Form and I/O Devices form need to be correctly configured in Project Editor as shown below

or
If you use the Express Communications Wizard to connect to a device, these forms will be automatically configured for you.

Driver returns various status by means of Data Types as shown below.

For example by configuring variable as shown and using them on graphics page will return device link status on ethernet network.
Various status is available and these tags may be configured to show statistics in citect runtime.