Configuration Of Gateways With Msi.designer; The Graphical User Interface; Activating Gateway Functionality; Gateway View - Leuze electronic MSI 400 Series Manual

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Configuration of gateways with MSI.designer

This chapter gives you an overview of how to configure gateways in MSI.designer. It explains
• how the graphical user interface is laid out for the gateway configuration inMSI.designer,
• how you can carry out typical configuration tasks connected to gateways in MSI.designer.
NOTICE
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You will find more detailed information about the graphical user interface of MSI.designer in the
Software manual.
5.1

The graphical user interface

You can edit the configuration for gateways in the graphical user interface of MSI.designer in the following
windows:
Window

Gateway view

Gateway docking window
5.1.1

Activating gateway functionality

The Gateway view is only available in MSI.designer when you actively use the gateway functionality. Ba-
sically you can set up the gateway functionality in two ways:
Scenario 1: You are using a gateway module
You implement the gateway functionality via a supplementary module, as indicated in the following ex-
ample. Here the MSI-FB-CANOPEN module is used:
Fig. 5.1: Module configuration with gateway module
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Configuration of gateways with MSI.designer
Brief explanation
Depending on module configuration, shows two or three tabs
with the routing tables and additional gateway functionalities.
Details: Layout and content of the tabs [chapter 5.1.3]
Show inputs and outputs available for the gateway configura-
tion as a hierarchical tree structure.
Details: "Gateway" and "Properties" docking windows
[chapter 5.1.4]
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