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Training Manual PROFINET IO Controller CIFX, COMX and netJACK - Configuration and Testing - Step by Step Hilscher Gesellschaft für Systemautomation mbH www.hilscher.com DOC121001TM02EN | Revision 2 | English | 2012-12 | Released | Public...
Required Hardware and Software ................3 List of Revisions......................3 GENERAL PROCEDURE ...................4 NETWORK SETUPS....................5 Setup 1: CIFX 50-RE with NXIO 50-RE..............5 Setup 2: CIFX 50-RE Added as Second Slave............5 STEP-BY-STEP CONFIGURATION ................6 Setup 1: CIFX 50-RE with NXIO 50-RE..............6 4.1.1 Set Up Network ....................6 4.1.2...
Hardware • 1 x PC with standard equipment: monitor, keyboard, mouse, DVD drive, PCI slot • 1 x CIFX 50-RE acting as Real-Time Ethernet master (requires master license) • 1 x NXIO 50-RE Real-Time Ethernet slave with power supply unit •...
Network has not been Add slave to network (e. g. NXIO 50-RE). configured yet. If a full-scale Hilscher slave device is used (e. g. CIFX 50-RE), add also a Stand-Alone Slave. Open Configuration window for master device. Note: Hardware has been Select driver for accessing the master device.
(flexible Real-Time Ethernet PCI card) Slave 1: NXIO 50-RE by Hilscher (simple Real-Time Ethernet test slave) Setup 2: CIFX 50-RE Added as Second Slave Setup 2 is a network consisting of a PROFINET IO Controller (master) and two IO Devices (slaves). Master:...
1. Create a new project in SYCON.net. In SYCON.net, choose File > New. 2. Insert Hilscher PROFINET IO Controller device in network. Select a CIFX RE/PNM from the Device Catalog (Master) and drag and drop it onto the upper line.
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Note: Skip the following step, because it does not need to be performed for Setup 1. 4. If a full-scale Hilscher PROFINET IO device is used, place also the corresponding Stand-Alone Slave in the network. Select a CIFX RE/PNS from the Device Catalog (Gateway/Stand- Alone Slave) and drag and drop it onto the PROFINET network line.
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Diagnosis and testing with cifX Test 4. Start cifX Test auxiliary tool. In Windows, choose Start > Control Panel > cifX Test. 5. Establish connection to Hilscher device. In the menu, choose Device > Open. Select cifX > Channel0. Note: If you open the cifX level, you can see and use all functions concerning the PC card, e.
29/59 Setup 2: Add CIFX 50-RE as Second Slave The following steps describe – on the basis of Setup 1 – how to integrate a CIFX 50-RE as second IO Device (slave) into the setup. 4.2.1 Set Up Network 1. Add PROFINET IO Device to network.
4.2.5 Configure Master Note: The basic configuration of the CIFX RE/PNM and the NXIO 50-RE has already been carried out during configuration of Setup 1: CIFX 50-RE with NXIO 50-RE. 1. Open Configuration window for CIFX RE/PNM master. Right-click on the master device to open the context menu, then choose Configuration…...
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4. Start cifX Test auxiliary tool. In Windows, choose Start > Control Panel > cifX Test. 5. Open the Hilscher device to which you want to establish a connection. In the menu, choose Device > Open. Select cifX > Channel0.
Disconnect. Note: Licenses can easily be reordered by simply exporting the filled-in form and handing it over to Hilscher, as if in an ordinary ordering process. Use the Export License Request… button for this. A license is delivered as a license file with the ending .nxl. It can be transferred to the device from the same dialog sheet by clicking the Download License button.
Hilscher master and the download of the corresponding firmware. Furthermore, the Hilscher master must contain a basic configuration. Note: If a non-Hilscher slave device is used, first import in SYCON.net all necessary device description files. Note: After having automatically created a configuration, the configuration still has to be downloaded to the Hilscher master.
Tips and Tricks 56/59 Setting Station Name and IP Address of PROFINET Devices By using Hilscher PROFINET Controller in SYCON.net 1. Open Configuration window for CIFX RE/PNM master. Right-click on the master device to open the context menu, then choose Configuration…...
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