
7 Tria-Link Observer
This section describes how the
Tria-Link
can be accessed with the
TAM System Explorer
while other ap-
plications use the
Tria-Link
adapter.
There are three options to access the
Tria-Link
:
use an
USB Observer
by connecting via USB to the
TL
adapter card.
access a
Tria-Link
device with Ethernet and use the device as a bridge between
Ethernet
and
Tria-
Link
(see [4]).
7.1 USB Observer
The USB observer consists of a
TL
adapter card connected with an USB cable to a second PC or to the
master PC. The USB cable can be attached to the adapter card without interrupting the system.
With the
TAM System Explorer
running on the PC connected with the USB cable, the user can perform
all setup and analysis operations described in the former chapters in the same way as they can do with
the Master communication board. They can also observe any drive signals online, even while the Mas-
ter Application is running.
If the USB cable is connected to a second PC no extra configuration is needed when operating
TAM Sys-
tem Explorer
with an
USB Observer
. If the USB cable is connected to the master PC,
File > Prefereces >
Startup > Acquired adapters
should be set to
Triamec Devices over USB
. This prevents the TAM System
Explorer from accessing the PCI board that is already occupied by the control system.
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Figure 67: System with Observer