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Section
Outline of Configurator
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Outline of Configurator
The Configurator is required to use any of the following functions.
•
User-set remote I/O allocations
•
More than one Master Unit per PC (i.e., per CPU Unit)
•
More than one Master Unit per network
•
Setting communications parameters
The Configurator is run on an IBM PC/AT or compatible computer connected to
the network as a DeviceNet node. Connection is made either through an ISA
Board or PCMCIA Card, as shown in the following diagrams. (The Configurator
can be removed from the network after settings have been completed.)
ISA Board in IBM PC/AT or Compatible
Configurator software
ISA Board
3G8F5-DRM21
PCMCIA Card in IBM PC/AT or Compatible
Configurator software
PCMCIA Card
3G8E2-DRM21
Network Interface Unit
Configurators
Model number
Components
Connector to network
Applicable computer
OS
3G8F5-DRM21
Dedicated ISA Board
and Configurator
Installation Disk
Dedicated ISA Board
IBM PC/AT or
compatible
Windows 95 or
Windows NT 3.51/4.0
3G8E2-DRM21
Dedicated PCMCIA
Card and Configurator
Installation Disk
Dedicated PCMCIA
Card
(See “Minimum System
Requirements” below.)
Windows 95
Minimum System Requirements
The minimum system requirements for an IBM PC/AT or compatible computer
are as follows:
CPU:
i486/DX2 66 MHz min. (for Windows 95)
Pentium 90 MHz min. (for Windows NT)
Memory:
12 MB min., 16 MB recommended (for Windows 95)
16 MB min., 24 MB recommended (for Windows NT)
Hard disk:
5 MB of free space min.