
Operating Instructions
Chapter
6
Flexi Soft Gateways
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Fieldbus gateways
How to set the CANopen address via hardware address switches:
Set the CANopen address using the hardware address switches on the device front.
Then switch the Flexi Soft system off and back on again.
Switch
Function
× 10
Address switch 1
10 position rotary switch for setting the module address (tens)
× 1
Address switch 2
10 position rotary switch for setting the module address (ones)
How to set the baud rate via hardware DIP switches:
Set the baud rate using the DIP switches on the device. Then switch the Flexi Soft
system off and back on again.
Baud rate [kbit/s]
DIP 1
DIP 2
DIP 3
DIP 4
125
On On On Off
250
Off On On Off
500
On Off On Off
800
Off Off On Off
1000
On On Off Off
All other DIP switch settings will set the baud rate to 125 kbit/s.
If the
address switches
on the device are set to “00”, the DIP switch settings are
ignored and the baud rate setting in the Flexi Soft Designer is used.
How to set the CANopen address and baud rate via software using the Flexi Soft
Designer:
Set the two hardware address switches on the device front to “00”.
Open the Flexi Soft Designer and load the hardware configuration including the
CANopen gateway. Ensure that your project is offline.
Click on the
Gateways
button above the main window and select the FX0-GCAN or
double click the FX0-GCAN in the hardware configuration view to open the gateway
configuration dialog.
Click on
Gateway configuration
on the left hand menu. The following dialog appears:
Tab. 95: Address switch
FX0
>
GCAN
Fig. 65: DIP switch settings
on the FX0-GCAN
Tab. 96: DIP switch settings
on the FX0-GCAN
Notes
1000
Baud rate kbit/s
800
500
250
125