DTM User Interface
Original instructions
General Layout
You can configure some optional parameters for the BMECXM module through the DTM user interface in Control Expert.
This figure shows the DTM user interface:
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Identification area
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Navigation area
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Application area
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Action area
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Status bar
Description
This table describes the different areas that make up the DTM user interface:
Element
Function
Identification area
Shows the device type name and product name.
Navigation area
The device tree contains:
  • General Settings node
  • CANopen Devices node with a device list that includes a subnode for each device
Contains parameters, most of them being editable.
Action area
Contains these buttons:
  • OK: Save your changes and close the page.
  • Cancel: Cancel changes.
  • Apply: Save your changes and keep the page open.
  • : Open an online help page.
NOTE: Your changes take effect only when they are successfully downloaded from your PC to the CPU and from the CPU to the BMECXM modules and network devices.
Shows status information with:
  • Connection state icons
  • Additional icons
Navigation Area: General Settings Node
The General Settings node contains 5 tabs:
Tab
Function
IP/DHCP
These read-only parameters are displayed:
NOTE: These parameters can be changed in Control Expert.
These parameters are displayed:
  • EIP Connection Parameters:
    • Task: MAST (by default), FAST, or AUX.
    • RPI T->O: requested packet interval of the consumption connection(1).
    • RPI O->T: requested packet interval of the production connection(1).
  • Hold Up Time: hold-up time and fallback
  • Starting Mode: automatic (by default) or manual
These parameters are displayed:
  • Global Policy: to enforce or unlock security.
  • Services: FTP, HTTP, SNMP and EIP to be enabled/disabled.
  • Access Control: to enable/disable Ethernet access to the EtherNet/IP server.
These parameters are displayed:
  • IP Address Managers: IP addresses.
  • Agent: location and contact, and SNMP manager to be enabled/disabled.
  • Community Names: set, get, and trap.
  • Security: authentication failure trap to be enabled/disabled.
The NTP Client Configuration parameter is displayed: NTP, IP addresses, and polling period.
(1) The refresh period for this connection is in ms (2...2550).
Navigation Area: CANopen Devices Node
When clicking the CANopen Devices node, a Device List tab shows all slave devices with read-only parameters: Address, Device Name, Vendor, Type, and Version.
When expanding (+) the CANopen Devices node and clicking a slave device, the I/O tab is displayed with 2 fields:
Field
Function
IO Structure Name
These parameters are displayed:
  • Structure Name (read-only): name assigned to the device input structure from the imported CANopen configuration
  • Variable Name (editable)
NOTE: The variable name is reinitialized when clicking the Default Name button or if the structure name has been changed.
Variables Management
The Import Mode (read-only): displays the automatic option only.
Each slave device contains a Variables subnode.
When expanding (+) a slave device and clicking the Variables subnode, these tabs are displayed, when relevant, with read-only parameters:
Tab
Function
Input
Displays Type, Offset, Name, and Comment columns.
Input(bit)
Displays Offset, Position, Name, and Comment columns.
Output
Displays Type, Offset, Name, and Comment columns.
Output(bit)
Displays Offset, Position, Name, and Comment columns.
NOTE: You cannot add, delete, or edit variables.
In these tabs, all the bits or bytes from the I/O modules of the CANopen device are displayed.
At the beginning of each row, the data type is visually indicated:
Data types
BOOL
BYTE
INT, UINT, WORD
DINT, UDINT, DWORD
REAL
Visual representation
NOTE: Icons are left blank if bits and bytes are unused.
Application Area
When you edit a parameter, Control Expert displays an icon next to the field you are editing and in the navigation tree.
These icons refer to the value of the parameter that is being edited:
Icon
Description
The entered value is not known. The Apply button does not work until a correct value is entered.
The entered value is not valid. The Apply button does not work until a valid value is entered.
This parameter has changed. The Apply button does not work until the value is corrected.
NOTE: You can move the mouse over the icons to display tooltips.
Status Bar
This table shows the connection state icons of the status bar and their functions:
Icon
Element
Function
Disconnected
The DTM is offline.
Connected
The DTM is online.
Connecting
The DTM is connecting.
Disconnecting
The DTM is disconnecting.
Communication problem
There are communication errors detected, for example wrong IP address.
This table shows the additional icons of the status bar and their functions:
Icon
Element
Function
Communication in progress
The DTM communicates with the device.
Data set
Displays the offline data stored in the DTM.
Device
Displays the offline data stored in the device itself.
Summary
Displays the summary state of the data when at least one parameter value has been modified (none by default).