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AS-Interface Analyser
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Quick Start
4.1
Installation and First Steps
The analyser is a "listener" in the AS-Interface network. It controls the message
traffic and evaluates it, without intervening. So he can "hear" more than any supe-
rior control.
The results are stored in the analyser, then transmitted to a PC or notebook where
it can be analysed and displayed.
Installation instructions:
• If the analyser is used for the first time: Please install the analyser software
(setup_en.exe) on your PC or notebook which will be connected with the anal-
yser. The analyser itself is ready for operation without any special preparation.
• Connect the analyser over the characterized inputs like a slave at any place in
the AS-Interface net.
• Contrary to a normal slave the analyser does not have an own address. The
AS-Interface does not have to be disconnected.
• Connect the analyser over the provided cable to the computer which contains
the analyser software; you can connect to the computer's RS232-socket or –
over a suitable adapter – to a USB port.
• The analyser does not need an additional power supply. The PC and the
AS-Interface net remain galvanically separated.
• Start the analyser software on your PC.
4.2
Index Card: Overview
With the start you receive immediately a current function overview of the network
in a typical "traffic lights" representation (Fig. 3). It shows for the actual configura-
tion, which slaves
• are without any problem (green),
• are noticeable because of Telegram repetitions ("warning", yellow),
• exhibit too many repetitions or (possibly temporary) completely fail ("error", red).
If the master of the net is in the "protected mode" the representation shows in ad-
dition which slave addresses are
• occupied, but not or wrongly configured (grey).
In this overview the critical messages "yellow", "red" and "grey" remain displayed
as long as either the net gets a restart or the Analyser is put back by pushing the
"Clear all" button.
Subject to reasonable modifications due to technical advances.
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Quick Start
If you use a USB adapter avoid to change the analyser or the USB
adapter during the system is running. This can partly lead to crashes
of the system.
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