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Operation
EATON TFX INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL
6046279-001
September 2019
www.eaton.com
5.0 Operation
This chapter describes how to use the device and the
EATON Configurator software.
5.1 Eaton TFX Configurator
Configure the device with EATON Configurator. See chapter
Customizing the demo configuration file.
To alter the configuration of your device, first connect it to
the PC. See chapter Connecting the device to the PC
INFORMATION
Before you connect the device to a USB port on your PC,
install the USB driver packet from Eaton.com/TFX. See
chapter Installing software.
INFORMATION
You can find helpful information on the individual objects
(device variables) at the Additional Information field for
each object.
Always use the latest version of EATON Configurator with
the updated information texts.
T I P
Download the current software version from our website.
The EATON Configurator software can be found at:
Eaton.com/TFX
5.1.1 Creating object dictionary groups and objects
In the tree structure of EATON Configurator, you can create,
rename, or delete object dictionary groups or objects.
This chapter explains how to create object dictionary groups
and objects.
The following example shows creation of the object
r
eCeive
m
essage
PDO. This object is used to receive and log
CAN messages.
In order to create the object, you need the
C
ustom
C
an
C
ommuniCation
object dictionary group and then the
r
eCeive
C
an
m
essages
(PDO
s
) object dictionary group. If you do not
have these:
1. Start the EATON Configurator software.
2. Choose F
ile
> o
pen
from the menu.
3. Open the configuration file you want.
4. Right-click on the top entry in the tree structure to
open the context menu.
5. In the context menu, click on
n
ew
o
BjeCt
D
iCtionary
g
roup
> C
ustom
C
an
C
ommuniCation
.
3
3
This creates the object dictionary group
C
ustom
CAN
C
ommuniCation
.
6. Right-click on the object dictionary group
C
ustom
CAN
C
ommuniCation
.
7. In the context menu, click on N
ew
o
BjeCt
D
iCtionary
g
roup
> r
eCeive
CAN
m
essages
(PDO
s
).
3
3
This creates the object dictionary group
r
eCeive
CAN
m
essages
(PDO
s
).
8. Right-click on the object dictionary group
r
eCeive
CAN
m
essages
(PDO
s
).
9. In the context menu, click on
n
ew
o
BjeCt
D
iCtionary
e
ntry
> r
eCeive
m
essage
PDO.
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