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PC Cards cifX PCI, PCIe, Low Profile PCIe | Installation, Operation and Hardware Description
DOC120204UM46EN | Revision 46 | English | 2015-12 | Relelased | Public
© Hilscher, 2008-2015
3.9 Requirements for Operation of the PC Card cifX
Operating the PC cards cifX properly, the following described requirements
must be fulfilled.
Protocols
EtherCAT Slave,
EtherCAT Master,
EtherNet/IP Adapter (Slave),
EtherNet/IP Scanner (Master),
Open-Modbus/TCP,
POWERLINK-Controlled-Node/Slave,
PROFINET IO Device (Slave),
PROFINET IO Controller (Master),
sercos Slave,
sercos Master,
VARAN Client (Slave),
PROFIBUS DP Slave,
PROFIBUS DP Master,
PROFIBUS MPI Device,
CANopen Slave,
CANopen Master,
DeviceNet Slave,
DeviceNet Master,
AS-Interface Master;
CC-Link Slave
Software
Installation
1. Driver for the Host Interface
Host Interfaces: PCI and PCI Express
• The device driver
cifX Device Driver
must be installed (from V1.0.x.x).
If you install the device into a PC, in general Windows
®
will be available as operating system. In this
case the cifX Device Driver must be installed to communicate to the device and to exchange data via
the dual-port memory,.
Important!
Upgrade older versions of the
cifX Device Driver
necessarily on the current
version indicated in section
OR
• If Windows
®
is not available as operating system, an own driver must be developed using the cifX
Driver Toolkit and this driver must be installed.
• For the operating systems Linux, Windows
®
CE, VxWorks, QNX and IntervalZero RTX ™ you can
buy Device Driver at the company Hilscher Gesellschaft für Systemautomation mbH
2. The configuration software
SYCON.net
or alternatively the simple Slave configuration tool
netX
Configuration Tool
must be installed or another application program by which the PC card cifX
(Slave) can be parameterized.
How to use the
Software
On how to use the software for the configuration, the firmware download and for the diagnosis, note
the following notice:
Important!
The USB interface, the serial interface as well as the cifX Device Driver may
only be used exclusively by
one
software, that is
- the
SYCON.net
configuration software (with integrated ODMV3) or
- the
netX Configuration Tool
or
- the
cifX Test Application
or
- the
cifX Driver Setup Utility
or
- the application program.
Never use the listed software simultaneously, otherwise this will result in communication
problems with the device.
If the SYCON.net configuration software was used on the PC, then stop the ODMV3
service before you use one of the other software listed above. Therefore, select
Service >
Stop
from the context menu of the ODMV3 system tray icon.
Firmware
Download
3. Using the configuration software
SYCON.net
or for the Slave alternatively the Slave configuration
tool
netX Configuration Tool
, the user must select and download the firmware to the PC card cifX.
Parameter
Setting
4. The PC card cifX must be parameterized using one of the following options:
• Configuration Software
SYCON.net
• alternatively Slave configuration tool
netX Configuration Tool
(only Slave)
• Application program (programming required)
Communica-
tion
5. For the communication of a PC card cifX (Slave) a Master device for the respective communication
system is required. For the communication of a PC card cifX (Master) a Slave device for the
respective communication system is required.
PC Settings for
PC Cards cifX
PCI Express
Important!
If you install a PC card cifX PCI Express, you always must disable the Microsoft
Windows "Link State Power Management". Otherwise, it cannot be excluded that your PC
freezes during the PC card cifX PCI Express is in operation.
Environmental
Conditions
Due to a plug element from ERNI the lower limit of the operating temperature for all PC cards cifX
Real-Time Ethernet is 0 °C. This applies to all hardware revisions of the PC card cifX Real-Time
Ethernet.
Table 23: Requirements to operate PC Cards cifX properly
