8400 BaseLine D | Software Manual
Product description
Communicating with the controller
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Firmware 03.00 - DMS EN 5.0 - 07/2009
4. Click
Find device access path
to find the controller in the selected bus system.
• The
Address assignment
dialog box appears:
5. Select the corresponding controller from the
Field devices located
list field.
6. Click
OK
.
• The
Address assignment
dialog box is closed and the selected
Device access path
(e.g. "DDCMP:/") is indicated in the
Device assignment offline devices
dialog box.
7. Click
Connect
.
• The dialog box is closed and the online connection with the controller is built up.
• When an online connection with the controller exists, this is indicated in the
Project view
- by a yellow icon and
- by the word "ONLINE" in the status bar:
Now you can use the icons and to easily build up and end a connection with the
controller. The communication settings are only required when communication with a
controller is built up for the first time.
If you want to change the existing configuration, select the command
Online
Go
online
to open the
Device assignment offline devices
dialog box and change the settings.
With an online connection, the »Engineer« displays the current parameter settings of
the controller with a yellow background colour.