About the Control Expert DTM Browser

Introduction to FDT/DTM

Control Expert incorporates the Field Device Tool (FDT) / Device Type Manager (DTM) approach to integrate distributed devices with your process control application. Control Expert includes an FDT container that interfaces with the s of and devices and the BMENOR2200H module.

An EtherNet/IP device or Modbus TCP device is defined by a collection of properties in its DTM. For each device in your configuration, add the corresponding DTM to the Control Expert DTM Browser. From the DTM Browser you can open the device’s properties and configure the parameters presented by the DTM.

Device manufacturers may provide a DTM for each of its EtherNet/IP devices, Modbus TCP devices, or the BMENOR2200H module. However, if you use a device that has no DTM, configure the device with one of these methods:

Configure a generic DTM that is provided in Control Expert.
Import the EDS file for the device. Control Expert populates the DTM parameters based on the content of the imported EDS file.

NOTE: The DTM for a BMENOR2200H module is automatically added to the DTM Browser when the module is added to the PLC bus.

Automatic DTM Creation

In a Control Expert application, DTMs for some Ethernet communication modules and other pre-configured devices (see the following list) are created automatically when added to an Ethernet rack on the main local or main remote drops. A default DTM name is assigned in the DTM topology, but you may modify the name:

Right-click the desired DTM name in the DTM Browser and select Properties.
select the General tab, and edit the DTM name in the Alias name field.
Select Apply to save the changes.

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Select OK to save the changes and close the dialog box.

NOTE: The OK button is valid to press only when Control Expert has confirmed that the DTM is unique.

Windows Compatibility

This table describes the minimum and recommended PC configuration to run M580 DTMs inside Control Expert:

Operating System	Requirements
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit	system: Pentium Processor 2.4 GHz or higher, recommended 3.0 GHz
	RAM: 4GB minimum; 8GB recommended
	hard disk: 8GB minimum free space; 20GB recommended
	Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher
	Windows Service Pack 1 (SP1) is required to use Control Expert V14.1 EcoStruxure™ Control Expert 15.0.
	NOTE: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 32-bit is not supported.
Microsoft Windows 10 32(*)/64-bit	system: Pentium Processor 2.4 GHz or higher, recommended 3.0 GHz
	RAM: 4GB minimum; 8GB recommended
	hard disk: 8GB minimum free space; 20GB recommended
	The 64-bit OS is required to manage projects that implement a Modicon M580 controller or that install DTMs.
Microsoft Windows Server 2016	recommended version: standard
	recommended processor: 3.20 GHz
	recommended RAM: 16GB
Microsoft Windows XP	Control Expert does not support this OS.

DTM Types

The DTM Browser displays a hierarchical list of DTM nodes on a connectivity tree. The DTM nodes that appear in the list have been added to your Control Expert project. Each node represents an actual module or device in your Ethernet network.

There are two kinds of DTMs:

master (communication) DTMs: This DTM is both a device DTM and a communication DTM. The master DTM is a pre-installed component of Control Expert.
generic DTMs: The Control Expert FDT container is the integration interface for any device’s communication DTM.

This list contains these node types:

DTM Type	Description
communication (master)	Communication DTMs appear under the root node (host PC). A communication DTM can support gateway DTMs or device DTMs as children if their protocols are compatible.
gateway	A gateway DTM supports other gateway DTMs or device DTMs as children if their protocols are compatible.
device	A device DTM does not support any child DTMs.

Node Names

Each DTM node has a default name when it is inserted into the browser. The default name for gateway and device DTMs for the BMENOR2200H module are in this format:

<EtherNet IP address>PLC0_d0_rX_sY_ENOR2200

X is the rack number (usually 0).
Y is the slot number based on the module's location in the rack.

Therefore, a real-world example of a default name looks like this:

<10.10.1.72>PLC0_d0_r0_s2_ENOR2200

This table describes the components of the default node name:

Element	Description
address	This is the bus address of the device that defines the connection point on its parent gateway network (for example, the device IP address).
device name	The default name is determined by the vendor in the device DTM, but the user can edit the name.