User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- E-Designer Reference Manual
- 1 Installation
- 2 General
- 3 Configuration with the Configuration Tool
- 3.1 Starting the Configuration Tool
- 3.2 Selecting Menu Language
- 3.3 Creating a Project
- 3.4 Saving a Project
- 3.5 Updating Drivers
- 3.6 Changing Project Properties
- 3.7 The Project Manager
- 3.8 The Block Manager
- 3.9 Showing Operator Panel around the Working Area
- 3.10 Configuration of Blocks
- 3.11 Using Text Blocks
- 3.12 Static Symbols
- 3.13 Changing I/Os
- 3.14 The I/O Browser
- 3.15 Changing BDTP Station
- 3.16 I/O Cross Reference
- 3.17 Other Managers/Editors
- 3.18 The File Menu
- 3.19 The Edit Menu
- 3.20 The View Menu
- 3.21 The Functions Menu
- 3.22 The Setup Menu
- 3.23 The Block Manager menu
- 3.24 The Object menu
- 3.25 The Layout Menu
- 3.26 The Project Menu
- 3.27 The Transfer Menu
- 3.28 The Window Menu
- 3.29 The Help Menu
- 4 Graphic Presentation and Maneuvering
- 5 Text-based Presentation for Printouts and Reports
- 6 Trends
- 7 Message Library
- 8 Alarm Management
- 9 Recipes
- 9.1 Calculation of Recipe Size
- 9.2 Recipe Properties and Recipe Directory
- 9.3 Creating a Recipe with the Operator Panel
- 9.4 Appending Recipes
- 9.5 Transferring Recipes to the Controller
- 9.6 Deleting Recipes
- 9.7 Using Recipes in a PC
- 9.8 Creating and Transferring Recipes with the Controller Program
- 9.9 Saving Individual Recipes on an External Memory Card in Runtime
- 10 Data Logger
- 11 Passwords
- 12 Printouts from the Operator Panel
- 13 Time Channels
- 14 Language Management
- 14.1 Unicode in the Operator Panel
- 14.2 Creating Additional Application Languages
- 14.3 Translating/Editing Texts in the Configuration Tool
- 14.4 Properties for the Application Language
- 14.5 Export
- 14.6 Import
- 14.7 Show Index
- 14.8 Cross Reference
- 14.9 Reuse Index
- 14.10 Font Templates
- 14.11 Unicode in E1012 and E1022
- 15 System Monitor
- 16 Index Addressing
- 17 Communication
- 18 Network Communication
- 19 Network Functions in the Operator Panel
- 20 LEDs
- 21 Function Keys
- 22 Macros
- 23 Project Transfer
- 24 Transfer of Controller Program and Parameters
- 25 Updating the Operator Panel
Network Communication
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Passthrough Mode through Ethernet
With the program HMI Tools Connect (an icon in the program group HMI Tools)
it is possible to activate/deactivate a communication port for communication in
Passthrough mode (Transparent mode if this is supported by the drivers, see the chap-
ter Communication). For the function Passthrough mode (see the chapter
Communication) to function with communication through Ethernet (the TCP/IP
protocol), the following requirements must be fulfilled.
– If the configuration tool for the controller does not support project transfer
through TCP/IP, a PC program to convert the COM port to TCP/IP must be
used in the PC which is to communicate with the controller in Transparent mode
through the TCP/IP network.
For further information, please see the sections Transparent Mode and Passthrough
Mode, the manual for HMI Tools and the manuals for the used drivers.
No Protocol Mode
The function No protocol mode, when one or more operator panels are used as com-
munication interface (see the chapter Communication), is not recommended in a
large operator panel network (BDTP network). A large network refers to a BDTP
network, where a large number of signals are transferred between server and clients.
Control registers and control signals are transferred when the operator panel is used
as a communication interface, and these influence the communication time and ad-
versely affect the performance of the network. See the Efficient Communication.
Packaging of Signals
To make the communication between operator panels and controllers quick and
efficient, e.g. in a network, it is important to optimize the transfer of signals in the
network. Read the chapter Efficient Communication and carefully follow the rules
described there to optimize the network functionality in the operator panels. This ap-
plies to all stations in the operator panel network. If the packing of signals is not used,
this may result in an increase in the updating times.