Launching A Project; Connecting To The Sensor With Pc Tool - Omron ZW-C1*T User Manual

3-1 Launching a project

Connecting to the sensor with PC tool

Creating a new project
Create a new project, add a sensor to the project, then start communicating with the sensor.
1
Start up the PC tool.
2
Create a new project.
Click [New Project] and select [Displacement
Sensor] from [Category] under [Select Device],
and [ZW] from [Device].
Then enter [Project name], [Author], and
[Comment].
Click [Create] to create a blank project.
Note
If there are existing projects, click [Open Project].
A list of the projects is displayed. Select the
project you want to open and click [Open].
If an existing project is opened, it starts up in
offline mode. For the details of offline mode, see
below.
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3
Specify the sensor to connect using one of
the methods below.
• Directly specify the IP address of the sensor to
connect.
Check the [Specify a sensor] box. Then, directly
enter the IP address and click [OK].
For the default value of the IP address, refer to
p.170.
• When not connected with the sensor (offline)
When setting a project offline without
connecting to the actual sensor, check [Enter
the type] to select.
Then, select the sensor model and software
version to use and click [OK].
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Launching a project

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