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Section
Operations Flowchart
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3-1
Operations Flowchart
The following flowchart shows the structure of the Configurator’s operations.
Create new
Master parameters.
Edit existing
Master parameters.
Input and register
all Slaves.
Read Slave information
from the actual network.
Read network
configuration file.
Read Slave information
from the actual network.
→
Online-or-offline operations
→
Online-only operations
Start the CompoBus/D
Configurator.
Read the device list
from the actual network.
Read network configuration
file with “File” + “Open.”
Read the device list
from the actual network.
Create Master parameters
or use the Master param-
eter wizard.
Set the models of the
Master Unit and PC.
↓
Register/delete Slaves
as necessary.
↓
I/O Allocation
(Automatically allocated
by the wizard.)
↓
Write the data to the
Master parameter file.
Create Master parameters
or use the Master param-
eter wizard.
Set the models of the
Master Unit and PC.
↓
Register Slaves one-by-
one.
↓
I/O Allocation
(Automatically allocated
by the wizard.)
↓
Write the data to the
Master parameter file.
Edit the Master parame-
ters.
Register or delete
Slaves as required.
Change the I/O alloca-
tions.
Read the device list
from the actual network.
Specify a Master.
Read file with Create
Master parameters.
Save as a network
configuration file.
Read the actual net-
work device list.
Write to device.
The following cases are also explained in this section:
•
Mounting two or more Masters in one PC
•
Connecting two or more Masters in one network for separate remote I/O com-
munications
•
Connecting Slaves made by other companies