Configuring Properties in the Device Editor
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Configuring Properties
The Device Editor can be opened from the DTM Browser.
To open the DTM Browser select Tools → DTM Browser in the Control Expert main menu.
To use the Device Editor:
Step
Description
1
Confirm that the DTM you want to use is not connected to the actual communication module or device. If necessary, disconnect the DTM from the module or device.
2
In the DTM Browser, select the Ethernet network node you want to configure, which can be either:
  • an Ethernet communication module
    — or —
  • a remote device
3
With a node selected in the DTM Browser, do one of the following:
  • In the Control Expert main menu, select Edit → Open.
    — or —
  • In the DTM Browser click the right mouse button and, in the pop-up menu, select Open.
The Device Editor appears. It displays the configurable properties for the selected module or device:
4
Expand the navigation tree and select a node in the left window pane to display its properties in the right pane. The list of configurable properties varies, depending on the node type — communication module or remote device — selected in the DTM Browser.
5
While you edit a parameter, Control Expert displays an icon — next to the field you are editing and in the navigation tree — indicating the parameter value is being edited. Control Expert displays one of the following icons:
This icon...
Indicates the importance of the parameter being edited is...
High: Editing this parameter may limit or deny access to the module or device.
Low: Editing this parameter will not limit or deny access to the module or device.
6
After you finish editing a page, click:
  • Apply to save your edits and keep the page open.
    — or —
  • OK to save your edits and close the page.
NOTE: Your edits will not take effect until they are successfully downloaded from your PC to the CPU and from the CPU to the communication modules and network devices.