Configuring Gateway
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SmartWire-DT Gateway | EU5C-SWD-POWERLINK
DOC130802UM02EN | Revision 2 | English | 2013-12 | Released | Public
© Hilscher 2013
7 Configuring
Gateway
For data exchange between the gateway and the POWERLINK Managing
Node, the gateway needs valid target and project configurations of the
SmartWire-DT network. This chapter describes how to create and store
these configurations in the gateway.
7.1
Configuring SmartWire-DT network in Gateway (Creating
Target Configuration)
When you commission the gateway, you have to read-in the actual
configuration of the SmartWire-DT network (i. e. the line-up of the
participants/devices connected to the SWD bus) and store it as target
configuration.
Reading and storing the SmartWire-DT network configuration takes place
by pressing the configuration button on the gateway (for the position of the
configuration button, see figure
Front View EU5C-SWD-POWERLINK
Gateway
on page 27). All SmartWire-DT slaves are re-addressed in
ascending order by this process. As an alternative, you can generate and
store the target configuration by using the SWD-Assist software (the
gateway must be connected to SWD-Assist via USB).
This process should only take place in the case of:
initial
commissioning,
replacement of a defective slave or
deliberate change to the configuration.
Important!
If there is a faulty configuration and the configuration button is pressed,
only the slaves up to the failed device are addressed and stored. Use of
the remaining slaves is not possible until the defective slave has been
replaced and the configuration has been read-in again by pressing the
configuration button.
The remanently stored target configuration is compared with the current
configuration (actual configuration) each time the gateway is restarted and
during bus operation. If the gateway recognizes that a required SmartWire-
DT slave cannot be reached or a wrong slave type is determined, the
gateway will not go into operation or stops operating. This depends in each
case on the setup of the network which has been defined in the
planned/project configuration. In case of error, the SmartWire-DT status
LED (SWD LED) starts to blink in red (for the position of the SWD LED, see
Positions of the LEDs
section on page 28).
If a SmartWire-DT slave has failed, the SmartWire-DT network can still be
operated with the remaining slaves, depending on the settings in the
planned/project configuration (even after a repeated power up of the
gateway). The failure is reported to the application.
