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Connecting Another Company’s Slaves
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3-14 Connecting Another Company’s Slaves
With some Slaves manufactured by other companies, the node address and
communications rate must be set through the network. The CompoBus/D Confi-
gurator can be used to make those settings.
The following functions are provided to ensure that the necessary settings can
be made and the Configurator and Masters can recognize the Slaves.
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Reading/Writing device parameters (Slave parameters)
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Installing EDS files
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Creating EDS files
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Directly setting device parameters (Slave parameters)
Slaves that have EDS files are handled differently from those that don’t.
An EDS file is a device definition file that contains information such as the
Slave’s device identification information used with DeviceNet, device parame-
ters, and operating information. Since a standardized format is used, even
Slaves manufactured by other vendors can be used without problems.
Node Address/Communication Rate Setup
Use the Configurator’s “Node Address/Communication Rate Setup” command
to set a Slave’s node address and communications rate through the network.
This command can be used only on other companies’ Slaves which must have
their node address and communications rate set from the network.
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1. Arrange the CompoBus/D network so that only the Configurator and the
other company’s Slave are operating by either connecting the Master to the
Slave one-to-one or by turning off the power supply to all the other Slaves.
Refer to the Slave’s operation manual to determine its default node address
and communications rate settings. Connect the Configurator to the network
with the same communications rate.
2. Select “Tool” from the menu bar while online.
3. Select “Node Address/Communication Rate Setup” from the Tool menu.
The following window will be displayed.
4. Set the “Setup Target Node Address” to the Slave’s current node address
setting.
5. When changing the node address, set the “Change Node Address” to the
new node address setting and click on “Change.” The Slave’s node address
will be changed and the Slave will be restarted automatically.
6. When the node address has been changed, set the “Setup Target Node
Address” to the Slave’s new node address setting.
7. When changing the baud rate, set the “New Setup” value to the new baud
rate setting and click on “Change.”
The Slave’s baud rate will be changed and the Slave will be restarted auto-
matically. The Slave won’t be able to communicate with the Configurator
since the baud rates are different.
