Adding a DTM to the Control Expert Hardware Catalog

A Manufacturer Defined Process

Before a can be used by the Control Expert Hardware Catalog, install the DTM on the host PC, the same PC that is running Control Expert, by means of an installation process defined by the device manufacturer.

Consult your device documentation, provided by the device manufacturer, for information describing how to install a device DTM on your PC.

NOTE: After a device DTM is successfully installed on your PC, update the Control Expert Hardware Catalog so the new DTM is visible in the catalog and available to be added to a Control Expert project.

DTM

(device type manager) A device driver running on the host PC. It provides a unified structure for accessing device parameters, configuring and operating the devices, and troubleshooting the network. DTMs can range from a simple graphical user interface (GUI) for setting device parameters to a highly sophisticated application capable of performing complex real-time calculations for diagnosis and maintenance purposes. In the context of a DTM, a device can be a communications module or a remote device on the network.

See FDT.