1 Features and System Configuration
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CJ-series PROFINET IO Controller Unit Operation Manual for NJ-series CPU Unit (W511)
Item
Specification
CX-Configu-
ratorFDT
General Project functions
File handling: CX-ConfiguratorFDT supports overall handling of
project files as well as network data.
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New: Start a new project.
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Open: Open an existing project file.
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Save (As): Save a project file.
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Export: Export project data to HTML.
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Properties: Edit project property information.
User management: Functionality of CX-ConfiguratorFDT can be
limited as defined by several password protected access levels:
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Administrator
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Planning engineer
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Maintenance
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Operator
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Observer
Network setup functions
CX-ConfiguratorFDT provides network tree view, from which hierar-
chy between master and slave devices can clearly be distin-
guished.
The following network functions are available:
Network DTMs (i.e. devices) can be added or deleted, using drag
and drop from the Device Catalogue.
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Network DTMs can be copied and moved from one location to
another in the network view.
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DTM names can be edited by the user.
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Any change to the parameters of a DTM is clearly marked in the
tree view, until the project is downloaded to the Master Unit.
Device Catalogue functions
The Device Catalogue maintains the installed device DTMs. After
installation of a new DTM, the user must refresh the database. The
Device Catalogue provides the following functions:
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Update Device Catalogue.
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Add device DTMs to the network directly.
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Install a GSD file. This function allows copying of GSD files to a
specific directory, after which they are available for the Generic
Slave DTM.
Support functions
CX-ConfiguratorFDT provides the following additional support func-
tions:
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Context sensitive help functions.
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Error logging.
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Monitoring of FDT communication between DTMs.
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Multi-language support.
