8
Basic Operating Procedure
Section 1-5
Install CX-Position.
Install FinsGateway.
Refer to
2-1 Installation
.
Connect to the CPU Unit’s
built-in RS-232C port.
Refer to
2-1 Installation
.
Start CX-Position.
Refer to
2-2 Connecting to a PC
.
Create a new project.
Add PCs to the project
Refer to
2-3 Basic Operations
.
Refer to
3-1 Creating New Projects
.
Add NC Units to the PCs in the project.
Create/edit NC Unit data.
Refer to
3-2
Adding and
Deleting PCs
.
Refer to
3-3
Adding and
Deleting NC Units
.
Refer to
SECTION 4
Editing Settings
.
Refer to
SECTION 5
Saving and
Reading Projects
.
Refer to
6-1
Default
Configurations for
Connecting Online
.
Refer to
6-2
FinsGateway
Configuration
and Startup
.
Refer to
7-1 Downloading Data
.
Refer to
SECTION 8 Monitoring NCs
.
Refer to
7-4 Writing Data to Flash Memory
.
Save the project.
Initialize the NC Units and CPU Unit.
Make communications settings for
FinsGateway and start up communications.
Download data to the NC Units.
Write data to the flash memory in NC Units.
Perform positioning with the NC Units.
Monitor the NC Units.
Refer to the
Operation Manual
for the NC Unit.
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The
Network Address
and
Node
Address
in
Network Type
must be
set to the settings used in
FinsGateway.
Network Address:
Set the same setting as in
Network
Number
under
Network
in
FinsGateway. (Default setting for
Host Link connection: 0.)
Node Address:
Set the same setting as in
Node
under
Nodes
in FinsGateway.
(Default setting for Host Link
connection: 240.)
Refer to
3-2
Adding and
Deleting PCs
.
