Navigating the Modicon M580 FactoryCast Web Pages

Introduction

The Modicon M580 FactoryCast web pages contain horizontal and vertical menus to help you navigate among the pages.

Use the horizontal menus across the top of the web pages and the vertical menus on the left of all web pages to navigate among the pages.

Use FactoryCast web pages to perform these tasks:

Read values from and write values to Control Expert application variables.
Manage and control access to the embedded web pages by assigning separate passwords to perform these tasks:
- View the diagnostic web pages.
- Use the Data Editor to write values to Control Expert application variables.

NOTE:

To help ensure cyber security, confirm that you change the password with modules that have firmware V1.05 or later.
You cannot reset the module to factory settings if you lose the password.

Open the Web Page

Access the FactoryCast web pages:

Step	Action
1	Open an Internet browser.
2	In the address bar, enter the IP address of the Modicon M580 communications module.
3	On the Login page, enter the User Name and Password. These are the default values: User Name: admin Password: factorycast
4	Click the Login button.
5	To access the FactoryCast configuration, select the Monitoring tab or the Setup tab. NOTE: Users with administrative privileges can access the Setup tab.

Navigation Tabs

This table describes the tabs on the FactoryCast web pages. Select any tab to see the available configuration options:

Tab	Menu Items	Description
Home	Add Widget	Add widgets to create web page functionality.
Monitoring	Data Tables	Organize variables into collections to simplify the viewing and editing.
	Graphic Viewer	Add a graphical object that represents a variable and its current value.
	Chart Viewer	Monitor the change in variables over time.
	Program Viewer	Review the structure of the program.
	Custom Pages	Access pages created in the Web Designer program.
Setup	Administration	Configure the appearance of web pages. Configure and monitor user access to web pages.