Installation guide

AMS Suite: Intelligent Device Manager Installation Guide

NOVEMBER 2013

FF HSE

The FF HSE Interface lets you use AMS Device Manager to configure and view alerts

for FOUNDATION fieldbus devices connected to FOUNDATION fieldbus linking devices.

Your AMS Device Manager distributed system can be configured to access FF HSE

linking devices in a dedicated network environment. This configuration is

recommended and requires a dedicated network interface card (NIC) for connecting

to the FF HSE linking devices. This arrangement provides best performance because

the FF HSE linking devices are not required to share the network with other network

traffic. In this case, you manually assign the TCP/IP address of the linking device.

The alternative is to configure your AMS Device Manager distributed system to access

FF HSE linking devices from an Ethernet network that assigns TCP/IP addresses using

DHCP.

Configuring AMS Device Manager for an FF HSE

Interface

To configure AMS Device Manager for an FF HSE Interface:

1. Select Start > All Programs > AMS Device Manager > Network Configuration

from the Windows taskbar.

2. In the Network Configuration dialog, click Add.

3. In the Select Network Component Type dialog, select FF HSE Network and click

Install.

4. Click Next.

5. Follow the HSE Network Wizard instructions. Choose the network interface

card that will be connected to the same network as the HSE linking device.

6. Select the Enable processing and acknowledgement of FF device alerts

checkbox to display device alerts in Alert Monitor and record alerts in Audit

Trail.

7. Click Finish to save the configuration.

8. Click Close.

Note

If you assign a static TCP/IP address to a linking device, a valid gateway address must also

be provided. The gateway address is usually the TCP/IP address of the dedicated NIC. If the

gateway address is invalid, you will see a delay in AMS Device Manager when rebuilding the

hierarchy. In addition, no links or

FOUNDATION fieldbus devices will be displayed after

performing the Rebuild Hierarchy operation.