Appendix A
Menu Commands
96
Item
Page
Function
Usage
Edit
Edit Device
Parameters
Both
Edits device parameters of devices displayed in the device list. Use
this command to edit the device parameters of OMRON Master
Units or other companies’ Slaves that have device parameters.
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91
Read Device
Parameters
Online
Reads device parameters from devices in the network. The
parameters read from the network will overwrite to the device
parameters of the corresponding device displayed in the device list.
Use this command when changing the current settings or backing
up the settings in a file.
p. 75,
76
Write Device
Parameters
Online
Writes the device parameters of a device displayed in the device
list to the actual device in the network. Use this command when
writing edited device parameters or rewriting device parameters
that were backed up in a file.
p. 75
Select All
Both
Selects all of the devices displayed in the device list. Use this
command when executing a command for all of the devices, such
as transferring device parameters to or from all of the devices at
once.
p. 75,
76
View
Device List
Online
Reads the network configuration from the actual network and
simultaneously reads and displays each device’s status. Once the
actual network configuration has been read and saved in a file, the
device parameters can be edited later offline.
p. 54
Stop Display
Online
Stops the Configurator from reading the network configuration and
updating the device list’s display. Use this command when reading
the network configuration is taking too much time. When this
command is used to stop reading the network configuration, the
device list display will also be stopped midway and the remaining
devices will be displayed as non-existent or not displayed at all.
p. 54
Set Display Range
Online
Sets the range of node addresses to be accessed when reading
the device list or monitoring operation. Setting an upper limit on the
node addresses can reduce the amount of time wasted by
unnecessarily reading higher addresses. If there are devices with
node addresses higher than the upper limit set with this command,
these devices won’t be recognized by the Configurator even if they
are properly connected in the network.
p. 54
In Order of Node
Address
Both
Lists devices in node-address order in the device list.
p. 51
Remote I/O
Communication
Both
Lists each Master along with the Slaves with which it performs
remote I/O communications. This tree-format makes it easy to see
the configuration of remote I/O communications in the network.
p. 51
Message
Communication
Configuration
Both
Lists each Master along with the Slaves with which it performs
message communications. This tree-format makes it easy to see
the configuration of message communications in the network.
A Master can perform message communications with up to 8 other
devices.
p. 51
Tool Bar
Both
Sets the size of the Configurator’s tool bar (large or small).
p. 52