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Section
Editing MULTIPLE I/O TERMINAL Unit Parameters and Monitoring Status
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Reading from Several Masters at Once
1, 2, 3...
1. Select “Edit” from the menu bar of the online device list window.
2. Select “Select All.” All of the devices will be selected.
Note There is a mouse operation that can be used to select all of the
devices in the device list display area. See page 51 for details.
3. Select “Edit” from the menu bar.
4. Select “Read Device Parameters” from the “Edit” menu.
A confirmation window will be displayed.
5. Click on “Yes” to start reading the Master parameters.
(You can interrupt the read operation by clicking on “Cancel.”)
The device parameters are read from the devices in the order in which the
devices appear in the device list window.
The Windows “Wait” cursor, usually an hourglass, will be displayed while the
Configurator is reading the device parameters, but it is still possible to click on
“Cancel.”
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Editing MULTIPLE I/O TERMINAL Unit Parameters and
Monitoring Status
MULTIPLE I/O TERMINAL is a multi-point building block type of CompoBus/D
Slave in which multiple I/O Units connected to the DRT1-COM Communications
Unit can be collectively treated as a single Slave.
Up to eight I/O Units with a total of 1,024 I/O points can be connected to each
Communications Unit. Refer to the CompoBus/D (DeviceNet) MULTIPLE I/O
TERMINAL Operation Manual (W348) for details on MULTIPLE I/O TERMINAL.
Editing MULTIPLE I/O TERMINAL Unit Parameters
To edit MULTIPLE I/O TERMINAL Unit parameters, use one of the following pro-
cedures in the same way as editing Slave device parameters.
•
Double-click the DRT1-COM Communications Unit to be edited in the Device
List window.
•
Click the DRT1-COM Communications Unit to be edited in the Device List win-
dow and select “Edit Device Parameters” from the “Edit” menu.
•
Click the DRT1-COM Communications Unit to be edited in the Device List win-
dow, click the right mouse button, and select “Edit Device Parameters” from
the pop-up menu.
The current MULTIPLE I/O TERMINAL Unit configuration will be displayed in the
edit window.
Device information
on the DRT1-COM
Communications
Unit
I/O Units
connected to the
DRT1-COM
Communications
Unit (MULTIPLE
I/O TERMINAL
Unit configuration)