Overview

The KS2000 software tool serves the purpose of configuring, parameterizing and commissioning bus couplers and bus terminals

Configuring

Offline configuring is under construction

P arameterising

KS2000 offers simple access to the parameters of the terminal station: for all bus couplers and all intelligent bus terminals, specific high-level dialogs are available with which the settings can be modified easily.
Alternatively, you have full access to all internal registers of the bus couplers and intelligent terminals. Refer to the technical documentation of the terminals for the meanings of the registers. You will find the technical documentation on the KS200 CD.

Commissioning

The KS2000 software tool makes it easy to commission machine parts or their terminal stations:

• Configured coupler and terminal settings can be downloaded to the terminal stations.
• After logging in to the terminal station, it is possible to define settings in couplers and terminals directly 'online'. The same high level dialogs and register access as in the configuration phase are available for this purpose.
• Changes in the coupler settings do not take effect until after a restart. Such coupler rebooting can be triggered from the KS2000.
• When 'manufacturer settings’ is selected in the KS2000, after rebooting, the bus coupler again operates with the settings defined in the manufacturer settings.
• The KS2000 offers access to the process images of the bus couplers. Thus, the coupler's input and output images can be observed by monitoring.
• For commissioning of the output terminals, process values can be specified in the output image.
• All possibilities in the 'online mode' can be used in parallel with actual field bus operation of the terminal station. At the same time, it goes without saying that the field bus protocol always has the higher priority.
• The user interface of the KS2000 software tool is multilingual. The program automatically starts in the respective national language that is set in WindowsNT (if the language is available). The language can also be changed during the run time by selecting the 'Options/Language' menu item. English and German are currently supported.