KS2000: Configuration  and diagnostics software

Control and configuration menu

This is how the control and configuration menu can look like, when you are online. The menu is designed to control and configure a connected terminal station easily. In the following we will introduce the menu and its general features to you.

 

If you have a look at the examples you will finde out, that the general look of the menu stays the same. Only specific features change when you connect different kind of Beckhoff components (Bus Terminals or Fieldbus Boxes).

Bus Terminal

Control and configuration menu 1:

1. Save station-settings in file... / Restore station-settings from file...:
 With these two functions you can save and restore the station your are connected to.

2. Reports:
 This function provides you general information about a terminal station.

  • click mapping and you get the information about the I/O address and bit size of the connected terminals
  • click pice list and you get the information about the position and number of the connected parts
  • click Terminal: Register Documentation to save the register of a terminal into a script file

3. Settings:
 This function provides you general information about the settings of a terminal station.

  • click Common: Settings to do the settings for the K-bus, SPS Interface and the Process Data 1 - 4
  • click Common: Local user-mapping to define the specific sequence of your connected terminals
  • click Fieldbus: Settings to do the specific fieldbus configuration
  • click Controller: Settings to do the specific controller configuration (only available when a controller is connected)
  • click Process Data to do a direct configuration of your K-bus I/O process image

4. Tables:
 If you want to configure a terminal station directly and without menues, then click tables and a list of different tables will appear. Select the table you want to change and type in the information.
This function should be used only from advanced users!

5. digital Terminals:
 From here all digital terminals are listed.

  • click Channel and you will get detailed information about the process

6. analog Terminals:
 From here all analog terminals are listed.

  • click Register to do a direct configuration in the register of the terminal
  • click Settings to do a general configuration of the terminal
  • click Process Data and you will get detailed information about the process

7. End terminal

 

Fieldbus Box

Control and configuration menu 2:

1. Save station-settings in file... / Restore station-settings from file...:
 With these two functions you can save and restore the station your are connected to.

2. Reports:
 This function provides you general information about the fieldbus box.

  • click mapping and you get the information about the I/O address and bit size of the connected terminals
  • click pice list and you get the information about the position and number of the connected parts
  • click Terminal: Register Documentation to save the register of a terminal into a script file

3. Settings:
 This function provides you general information about the settings of the fieldbus box.

  • click Common: Settings to do the settings for the K-bus, SPS Interface and the Process Data 1 - 4
  • click Common: Local user-mapping to define the specific sequence of your connected extension boxes
  • click Fieldbus: Settings to do the specific fieldbus configuration
  • click Process Data to do a direct configuration of your K-bus I/O process image

4. Tables:
 If you want to configure a Fieldbus Box directly and without menues, then click tables and a list of different tables will appear. Select the table you want to change and type in the information.
This function should be used only from advanced users!

5. Signal-Channels: I/Os of the (compact, coupler, plc) box

6. digital extension boxes:
 From here all digital extension boxes are listed.

  • click Channel and you will get detailed information about the process

7. analog extension boxes:
 From here all analog terminals are listed.

  • click Register to do a direct configuration in the register of the extension boxes
  • click Settings to do a general configuration of the extension boxes
  • click ProcData and you will get detailed information about the process