Outline of the Configurator

Section 1-5

1-5 Outline of the Configurator

Allocations for remote I/O communications can be set in any order of node addresses from the Configurator. Users can also set remote I/O communica- tions connections.

Device (master/slave) registration, I/O allocations, and other operations are especially easy to perform because of graphic operations, including dragging and dropping icons.

Any of the following methods can be used to connect the Configurator to DeviceNet. All the connection methods support the same online connection functions.

Connection from Dedicated Board/

Serial Connection from COM

Card Installed in Computer

port of Computer

WS02-CFDC1-E

Configurator

ISA Board or PCMCIA Card

DeviceNet Network

CS/CJ-series DeviceNet Unit

WS02-CFDC1-E

Configurator

COM port

Peripheral bus or Host Link

Peripheral or RS-232C port of

CPU Unit or RS-232C port of

Communications Board/Unit

DeviceNet network

The Configurator is treated as a single DeviceNet node.

The Configurator is not treated as a single DeviceNet Node.

1-5-1

Models

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Product

 

Model

 

Contents

 

Method of connecting

 

 

Personal

OS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

personal computer to

 

 

computer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

network

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Configurator

 

WS02-CFDC1-E

 

Installation disk

Either one of the following

 

IBM PC/AT or

Windows 95,

(Ver. 2.

)

 

 

 

(CD-ROM)

methods

 

 

compatible

98, Me, NT4.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serial connection

 

 

 

or 2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dedicated PCMCIA Card

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dedicated ISA Board

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(see table below)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note Use the following dedicated Boards and Card.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Model

 

 

 

Contents

 

 

 

Personal

 

 

OS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

computer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3G8F5-DRM21

 

Dedicated ISA Board and Configurator (Ver.2)

 

IBM PC/AT or

 

Windows 95, 98 or NT4.0

 

 

 

installation disk

 

 

 

 

 

compatible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3G8E2-DRM21

 

Dedicated PCMCIA Card and Configurator (Ver.2)

 

 

 

 

Windows 95 or 98

 

 

 

installation disk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

@

 

 

 

The main functions of the Configurator are illustrated below. For further

 

 

 

details, refer to the DeviceNet Configurator Operation Manual (W382).

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