Overview

You can open the Fieldbus Editor either way:

  • By clicking Edit Fieldbus in the context menu of a device that manages a fieldbus (for example, a PROFIBUS remote master (PRM) gateway or a HART module).

  • By clicking Fieldbus Editor in the Open With submenu of a field device.

The Fieldbus Editor shows the field devices that are slaves of the gateway from which the editor was opened. It lets you view and edit the fieldbus by adding field devices and network coupling devices from the TOOLBOX and configure them.

You can edit several fieldbusses at the same time by opening a Fieldbus Editor for the gateway of each fieldbus.

Description

The following figure shows an example of the Fieldbus Editor showing a PROFIBUS gateway and three slave devices.

Item Description
1

Toolbar.
2

PRM gateway.

3

PROFIBUS slave devices. The software positions them automatically on the fieldbus as you create them.
4

PROFIBUS-to-INTERBUS gateway (coupling module) device.
5

INTERBUS slave devices.

Context Menu Commands

The table describes the context menu commands that are specific to the Fieldbus Editor. For a description of the other commands, refer to the topic describing device context menu commands.

Command

Description

Cut /Copy

Lets you copy or cut a field device and its DTM.

NOTE: When you copy a PROFIBUS-to-INTERBUS gateway, its slave devices are also copied.

Paste

Lets paste copied or cut field devices within the same fieldbus or another one of the same type that is open in another Fieldbus Editor .

Multiselection of Devices

When you select multiple devices in the Fieldbus Editor, the PROPERTIES pane shows the tabs and attributes that the devices have in common.