User guide

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
GETTING STARTED ..........................................................................................1
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................... 1
INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE ............................................................................... 1
CHECKING FOR UPDATES ................................................................................... 1
INSTALLING THE USB DRIVERS ........................................................................... 2
FIELDBUS GATEWAY MANAGER BASICS ...............................................................3
MAIN SCREEN ICONS ........................................................................................ 3
COMMUNICATIONS ............................................................................................................................ 3
DATA TAGS ..................................................................................................................................... 3
USER INTERFACE .............................................................................................................................. 4
PROGRAMMING ................................................................................................................................ 4
DATA LOGGER ................................................................................................................................. 4
WEB SERVER ................................................................................................................................... 4
SECURITY MANAGER ......................................................................................................................... 5
SELECTING A MODEL ........................................................................................ 5
USING BALLOON HELP ...................................................................................... 5
WORKING WITH DATABASES............................................................................... 6
DOWNLOADING TO A VLINX FIELDBUS GATEWAY ...................................................... 6
CONFIGURING THE LINK ..................................................................................................................... 6
VERIFYING THE USB LINK .................................................................................................................. 7
SETTING THE IP ADDRESS .................................................................................................................. 7
SENDING THE DATABASE .................................................................................................................... 7
EXTRACTING DATABASES .................................................................................................................... 8
MOUNTING THE COMPACTFLASH .......................................................................................................... 8
FORMATTING THE COMPACTFLASH ........................................................................................................ 9
SENDING THE TIME AND DATE ............................................................................................................. 9
UPDATING VIA COMPACTFLASH ..........................................................................10
GURU MEDITATION CODES ...............................................................................10
CONFIGURING COMMUNICATIONS .................................................................... 13
SERIAL PORT USAGE .......................................................................................13
SELECTING A PROTOCOL ..................................................................................13
PROTOCOL OPTIONS .......................................................................................14
WORKING WITH DEVICES .................................................................................14
ETHERNET CONFIGURATION ..............................................................................15
IP PARAMETERS ............................................................................................................................. 15
IP ROUTING .................................................................................................................................. 15
PHYSICAL LAYER ............................................................................................................................ 16
REMOTE UPDATE ............................................................................................................................ 16
PROTOCOL SELECTION ..................................................................................................................... 16
SLAVE PROTOCOLS .........................................................................................17
SELECTING THE PROTOCOL ............................................................................................................... 17
ADDING GATEWAY BLOCKS ............................................................................................................... 18
ADDING ITEMS TO A BLOCK .............................................................................................................. 19
ACCESSING INDIVIDUAL BITS ............................................................................................................ 19