Operating Instructions
Chapter
7
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Configuration
7.4
Connection of the Configuration & Diagnostic Software
You can connect the Configuration & Diagnostic Software (CDS) by various means to the
EFI gateway or to the devices with safe SICK device communication that are connected to
it.
Only ever establish one configuration connection to the EFI gateway!
The EFI gateway can only communicate with one instance of the CDS at a time. If you
connect to the EFI gateway using several instances of the CDS from one or several loca-
tions, there may be communication problems or data display errors in the diagnostics.
This situation applies independent of the interface or the network protocol used (RS-232,
Ethernet or PROFINET IO).
Connection of the CDS
Limitation
Suitable for
Directly to the configuration
connection (RS-232) of the
EFI gateway
Access to the EFI gateway
and to devices at the EFI
connection that have a safe
SICK device communication
Offline commissioning or
when configuration is to be
carried out near the system.
Configuration of the
addressing.
To the configuration
connection of a device with
safe SICK device
communication that is
connected to the EFI
connection
Access to the configuration
of the gateway and to the
EFI connection through
which the CDS is connected
to the EFI gateway as well
as to all the devices
connected to this
connection
1)
If a local start-up on site is
required for the
configuration and the
device cannot be viewed
from the EFI gateway, e.g.
when teaching in the
protective field of a safety
laser scanner.
Via the acyclic channel
of the PROFINET IO as a
master class 2 tool
Access to EFI gateway and
devices with safe SICK
device communication at
the EFI connection. No con-
figuration of the IP settings
Remote configuration and
monitoring of the EFI
gateway.
Configuration of
replacement devices.
Via the Ethernet connection Access to EFI gateway and
devices with safe SICK
device communication at
the EFI connection
Remote configuration and
monitoring of the EFI
gateway.
Configuration of
replacement devices
Take organisational measures to ensure safety during configuration!
Ensure that dangerous states cannot arise during the configuration in the system or in the
part of the system that is monitored by devices connected to the EFI gateway.
During the configuration the EFI gateway only transfers fail-safe values, meaning that it set
all the bits to 0 in the process image.
1)
Access to the EFI gateway via the EFI interface is not possible if the CDS is connected to a C4000 or M4000.
WARNING
Tab. 7: Connection possibili-
ties for the Configuration &
Diagnostic Software (CDS)
WARNING
