Overview

The Topology Manager is the user interface that opens when you start Control Expert with the appropriate license. It lets you engineer control systems that contain several PACs and provides additional functionality.

Control Expert Editor is the name given to Control Expert Classic that opens inside the Topology Manager when you edit the control project of a Modicon PAC controller. Certain configuration parameters and commands are now unavailable in the editor. You need to configure the corresponding attributes and use the corresponding commands in the Topology Manager instead.

General Actions

The table indicates in which tool you need to perform a given action.

Action

Topology Manager

Control Expert Editor

Configuration - Offline

Creating PACs and controllers with their associated control project - all platforms

Yes

Configuring M580 CPU modules (replace, configuration other than communication, such as I/O objects).

Yes

All actions on modules (add, move, replace, delete, and configuration other than communication).

  

Yes

All actions on a rack (add, move, replace, delete)

  

Yes

Configuration - Online

All actions

  

Yes

Programs

All actions

  

Yes

Animation Tables

All actions

  

Yes

Operator Screens

All actions

  

Yes

Documentation

All actions

  

Yes

Data

Derived data types

  

Yes

Derived FB types

  

Yes

Variables and FB instances

  

Yes

Ethernet Networks (M580 platform)

Creating and managing networks, assigning IP addresses

Yes

  

Communication Networks (platforms other than M580)

Creation, assigning IP addresses

  

Yes

I/O Devices and Master Modules

The table indicates in which tool you need to create and configure I/O devices and configure master modules of Modicon M580 PACs.

Action

Topology Manager

Control Expert Editor

EtherNet/IP/Modbus TCP I/O Devices

Creating devices

Yes

  

Network configuration of devices

Yes

  

Configuring parameters of DTMs

Yes

(inside the DTM)

  

Creating DTMs from EDS and GSD files

Yes

  

Updating the local DTM catalog

Yes

  

Master Module Network Configuration

M580 CPU

Yes

  

Communication modules

(Other than those listed below)

Yes

  

BMECRA31310

Yes

Yes

(some I/O scanning parameters, time stamping buffer)

BMECXM0100

Yes

(IP and DHCP configuration)

Yes

(security, services, Ethernet I/O, CANopen configuration)

BMENOP0300

Yes

Yes

(by using the IEC 61850 configuration Tool)

BMENOR0200

Yes

(I/O objects)

BMENOR2200

Yes

Yes

(communication channels and services)

BMENOS0300

Yes

BMENUA0100

Yes

Yes

(time stamping for version .2)

BMXNGD0100

BMXNOC0402

BMXNOM0200

BMXEIA0100

  

Yes

HART analog input/output modules

Yes

(network and fieldbus)

Yes

(analog module)

PROFIBUS remote master (PRM)

Yes

  

BMXPRA0100

(Additional actions to be performed in Control Expert Classic)

Yes

  

PMEPXM0100

Yes

(IP configuration, services, I/O profile, and DTM)

Yes

(by using the ProSoft Configurator for Modicon Tool)

Implicit Messaging (I/O scanning)

Communication and I/O mapping

Yes

  

Local slaves

Yes

  

The table indicates in which tool you need to configure communication parameters of Modicon M340 and MC80 PACs, and Quantum, Premium, and Momentum controllers.

Action

Topology Manager

Control Expert Editor

Ethernet Devices Network Configuration

Communication module network configuration

  

Yes

I/O scanning

  

Yes

Downloads to Controllers or Devices and Uploads From Controllers

The table indicates in which tool you need to perform a given action.

Action

Topology Manager

Control Expert Editor

Download to Controllers or Devices

Transferring the full project to controllers

Yes

(to one or more M580 PACs)

Yes

(to single controller only(1))

Transferring project changes to controllers

  

Yes

(to single controller only(1))

Downloading the configuration to one or more I/O devices

Yes

  

Upload From Controllers

Uploading application from M580 PACs.

No

(only supported in Control Expert Classic)

Uploading application from controllers other than M580 platform

Yes

No

(1) All supported Modicon controllers and PACs.