Specifications

Application Example
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Add a Master
The following directions are the same for all master devices. In this case, the
Hilscher CIF30 PCMCIA card is used. Use the steps in the following table to add an
INTERBUS master to your configuration:
The NIM’s EDS
If you created a configuration-specific EDS with the Advantys configuration
software, it must be copied into SyCon’s Available devices list using the Copy EDS
command in SyCon’s File menu before you can add the NIM to the configuration.
You can also copy the corresponding bitmap files (Advantys_r.bmp,
Advantys_s.bmp, and Advantys_d.bmp) with the Advantys configuration software.
They are at the location from which you exported your Advantys EDS file.
Add the NIM
The head of the island node is the STB NIB 2212 INTERBUS NIM. You must import
the NIM’s EDS before you configure the island as a network device. To add the NIM
to the network configuration:
Step Action Comment
1 From SyCon’s Insert menu, select Master. A list of INTERBUS masters appears in the Insert
Master dialogue box.
2 Select CIF30-IBM from the Available devices list
and click Add.
The CIF30-IBM appears in the Selected devices list.
3 Press OK. The CIF30-IBM appears in the SyCon workspace.
Step Action Comment
1 From SyCon’s Insert menu, select Remote Bus
Device or the insert remote device icon.
The Advantys STB island can only be used as a
remote node on INTERBUS.
2 Decide where you want to insert the NIM device. Blue circles in the workspace indicate possible
insertion points.
3 Click in the appropriate blue circle. The Insert Remote Bus Device dialogue box appears.
4 Select the NIM’s EDS from the Available devices list
and click Add.
The EDS appears in the Selected devices list. If not,
follow the directions at Create an EDS.
5 Press OK. The island appears in the SyCon workspace.