Chapter
4
Operating Instructions
Flexi Soft Gateways
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Mounting and basic
configuration of the gateways
4.3.3
Transfer of a configuration
Once you have finished the configuration, you have to transfer the configuration to your
Flexi Soft system. In order to transfer a configuration, perform the following steps:
Click
Connect
to go online. The Flexi Soft Designer connects to the Flexi Soft system.
Click
Transfer
to transfer the configuration to the Flexi Soft system.
Depending on your current user level, you will be prompted to log on as authorized
client to be able to transfer a configuration. For details please see the Flexi Soft
Designer operating instructions (SICK part no. 8012998).
Once the transfer has been completed, you will be asked whether you want to run the
CPU module. Depending on your choice, click
Yes
or
No
to leave the dialog.
You can also start and stop the application in the
Hardware configuration
view using
the
Run application
or
Stop application
buttons while the project is online.
More information can be found in the Flexi Soft Designer operating instructions
(SICK part no. 8012998).
4.3.4
Verification of a configuration
After the configuration has been transferred successfully, the Flexi Soft system can be veri-
fied. To this purpose, the downloaded configuration data are read back out from the Flexi
Soft system and compared with the project data. If they match, the data are displayed in a
report. If the user confirms that they are correct, the system is considered to be verified.
In the
Hardware configuration
view, click on the
Upload and verify configuration
button. A report of the current configuration will be generated.
Click Yes below at the question
Mark device as verified?
if the displayed configuration
is the expected configuration. The system is then considered to be verified.
You have to be logged in as authorized user in order to mark the configuration as
“verified”.
If the verification is completed successfully, a “Read in and compare” report that pro-
vides the most important project information is created subsequently. You can print out
or store this report.
The status verified/not verified is indicated in the lower right-hand corner of the Flexi
Soft Designer and by the CV LED at the Flexi Soft main module lighting up.
Only if the device and the corresponding configuration have been marked as verified,
the “Auto Start mode” is active in the configuration of the main module. If the configu-
ration is not set to verified, the system stays in Idle mode (CV LED on the FX3-CPUx
module flashing) after power-up and needs to be set to Run state using the Flexi Soft
Designer.
If differences between the project data and the read-back configuration data are detec-
ted, a corresponding message including information about possible actions is displayed.
Verification of the configuration is not possible then. Observe the information in the
error message for the further procedure. Terminate the dialog box by clicking
Close
.
If you change a verified configuration, the status is reset to “not verified”.
Exception:
If you make only non safety-related changes such as modifying the gateway
name, the gateway’s IP address or the port number for a TCP/IP socket connection, the
configuration status remains “verified”.
More information can be found in the Flexi Soft Designer operating instructions
(SICK part no. 8012998).
Note
Note
Notes