Specifications

CP143 H1 / TCP/IP manual Software
Rev. 00/07 5-1
5 Software
5.1 General
This chapter consists of two parts. The first part contains a general description of the configuration
software. The second part describes the application of the configuration software to the different
protocols.
Different styles are used for the description to clarify certain aspects of the software elements. Here
follows a listing of these elements:
Style Example Description
< > <ESC> A key on your keyboard that you should press. A + indicates that
more than one key must be pressed simultaneously, e.g.
<Alt>+<F1>.
[] [Help] Button in an interactive window.
bold File An item on the main menu
italics Save Items on sub-menus
This software package contains the NCS configuration program NCS. The letters NCS are used for
Network-Communication-System. The configuration program is an MS-DOS program. Its user
interface is mouse driven and uses drop-down and pop-up windows. The program can also run in
the DOS-shell of the respective operating system, i.e. Windows 3.1x and Windows 95 as well as the
DOS-emulation of Windows NT.
This program can be used to configure H1 or TCP/IP system data, that is transport connections,
datagrams, TCP-, UDP-connections and interfaces to the PLC. The configuration applies to SEND,
RECEIVE, FETCH and WRITE jobs in the active and in the passive state.
You may use the following configuration options:
• Off-line
You configure the connection and transfer the base file into an EPROM. You may use the
VIPA EPROM programmer (Order-No.: VIPA MC5-KS85) or a PG7xx to program the
EPROM.
• On-line
-Serial
-SerialH1
- TCP/IP direct
The connection is identified by the job number. The job number is the link between the PLC and the
H1 or the TCP/IP side. The CP module can handle a maximum of 24 connections (applications).
You determine the type of connection by means of the job.