Workflow - Delta Electronics AH500 Operation Manual

(4) Select a driver in the Driver Name drop-down list box. If the users want to download parameters to a
single device, upload parameters from a single device, or monitor a single device, they have to select a
driver which can connect to the device specified. If the users want to download parameters to multiple
devices, upload parameters from multiple devices, or monitor multiple devices, the connection type that
the driver selected uses must be Ethernet. The users have to make sure that the driver selected is not
in the ERROR state.
(5) The users have to make sure that the routing tables produced are downloaded to nodes in the networks
before they use routing. If the users want to use routing, they have to select the Routing Mode checkbox,
and select a device in the First Station drop-down list box. Generally speaking, the device which actually
connects to the computer is the first station. If the computer connects to several devices, or connect to
devices through Ethernet, the users have to designate a device as the first station according to the network
framework created in NWCONFIG. Besides, if the Routing Mode checkbox is selected, the driver selected
in the Driver Name drop-down list box must be a driver which can connect to the first station.

9.1.4 Workflow

The creation of networks involves the operation of a system, and therefore the workflow needed must consist of
a sequence of connected steps. The workflow needed to create networks is introduced briefly in this section,
and will be described in length in the following sections. The workflow introduced in this section is a method
which can be used to efficiently complete work in a general condition. It is not necessarily applicable to all
conditions. Users can adjust the workflow according to the actual situations or their habits.
(1) Before users create a system by means of ISPSoft, they have to design networks. The users have to
decide what PLCs or devices are used in the networks, whether a PLC needs to be connected to a
network module, how the nodes in the networks are connected, what IP address or RS-485 station
address are assigned to the ports connected, and what the values of RS-485 communication parameters
are. Besides, the users have to decide what devices perform data exchange. The data exchange is related
to the programs in the PLCs used in the networks. After the users design networks, they can create the
networks in ISPSoft.
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