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Chapter
5
Operating Instructions
Flexi Soft Gateways
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Ethernet gateways
Read automatic data from device — Monitoring the gateway’s messages
The
Read automatic data from device
area shows the messages sent by the gateway.
The last
Command
and the
Data sets
that have been sent by the gateway are displayed
in the grey part of the area. The data are displayed in blocks of four bytes. Data blocks
that have changed value since the last message has been received are highlighted
blue.
The log window shows the complete command string the gateway has sent.
The communication indicator in the upper left corner of the log window title bar lights up
green if currently data are received from the gateway.
The time stamp in the log window title bar indicates when the last command string has
been received.
The
Clear log
button erases the log.
You can choose from the dropdown list whether the next received command string shall
override the last one or if it shall be appended at the top of the log.
5.2
EtherNet/IP gateway
The following Flexi Soft gateway can be used for EtherNet/IP: FX0-GENT.
You will find the EDS files and the device icon for PLC interfacing …
in the Internet on the FX0-GENT product page on www.sick.com.
in the Flexi Soft Designer program folder on your hard disk (default installation folder is
“C:\programs\SICK\FlexiSoft\DeviceDescriptions\...”).
Flexi Soft EtherNet/IP gateways with firmware V1.xx.x support only EtherNet/IP explicit
messaging (Class 3). Implicit messaging (Class 1) is not supported. Please use the EDS file
SICK_FX0_GENT_1.00.eds
for these gateways.
Flexi Soft EtherNet/IP gateways with firmware
O
V2.00.0 support EtherNet/IP implicit
messaging and explicit messaging (Class 1 and Class 3). Please use the EDS file
SICK_FX0_GENT_2.02.eds
for these gateways.
Fig. 25: Read automatic data
from device