American Dynamics ADMPCPU manual Retrieving Configuration Data, Configuration Data File Only in PC

Retrieving Configuration Data

Do one of the following:

•For a new installation where no configuration data file has been previously created, you should initialize your system by retrieving (reading) into EASY CPU the factory-default configuration data residing in the CPU firmware. To do this, go to the section, Factory-Default or Existing Configuration Data in CPU, below.

•If you want to use an existing configuration file that already has been written to the CPU, go to the section, Factory-Default or Existing Configuration Data in CPU, below.

•If you want to use an existing configuration file that has not yet been written to the CPU, go to the section, Configuration Data File Only in PC.

•If you want to create a new configuration file and then write it to the CPU, go to the section, New Configuration File, on page 20.

Factory-Default or Existing Configuration Data in CPU

Retrieve the factory-default or existing configuration data from the CPU into EASY CPU by doing the following:

1.Click File on the main screen.

2.Click Read in the dropdown menu bar. The Read from MPCPU dialog box appears.

Figure 41. Read from MPCPU dialog

3.In the Select MPCPU IP to Read From section of the dialog box, select one of the following radio buttons:

Note: Only one MPCPU radio button at a time can be selected for reading.

•MPCPU A: Read from the MPCPU A IP address as defined in the System – Options dialog box. This IP address is read-only in Figure 41. The default for this field is defined in the Edit => Preferences menu option.

•MPCPU B: Read from the MPCPU B IP address as defined in the System – Options dialog box. This IP address is read-only in Figure 41.

•User-specified IP: Enter an appropriate IP address of your choosing. The default for this field is defined in the Edit => Preferences menu option.

4.In the MPCPU A, B, and Site No./Name as specified in Sys => Options section, the Site No. and Site Name fields only appear when either the MPCPU A or MPCPU B radio buttons are selected. They are for reference only and cannot be changed in this dialog box. They are defined in the System – Options dialog box.

5.Click the Read From Selected MPCPU button to read the configuration from the selected MPCPU IP address, or click Cancel to close the dialog box without reading the configuration data.

6.Choose one of the following:

•If you want to enable user logins, go to the section, Adding a User Login, on page 21.

•If you do not want to enable user logins, your system is ready to use.

Configuration Data File Only in PC

After creating and saving a configuration data file in EASY CPU, you must write (or transfer) the new configuration settings to the CPU.

To write an existing configuration data file located in your PC to the CPU, do the following:

1.Click File on the main screen.

2.Click Open… in the dropdown menu bar.

3.Locate and highlight the desired file in the Open dialog box.

4.Click Open. The file is loaded into EASY CPU.

5.Click File on the main screen.

6.Click Write in the dropdown menu bar. The Write to MPCPU and/or Save Configuration To File dialog box appears (Figure 42).

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