Fieldbus Diagnostics

Activate/Deactivate Diagnostics mode

  1. To activate the diagnostics mode simply press the Diagnostic mode enabled button in the top right corner.

    Diagnostic mode has two sub-modes:

    • Forced - used to manipulate and send a specific value to the PLC.

    • Monitor - is displaying live what the parameter contains.

  2. To deactivate diagnostics mode press the button again (now called Diagnostic mode disabled).

In the List table each parameter will gain a new tab called Diagnostics. This column will display the value of the parameter. Parameters can be displayed as text or as a signal. Signals are displayed as radio buttons. If the radio button is marked that means that the signal is high, if not then the signal is low.

In forced mode the signals will have two radio buttons. On and Off, On means that the signal is high and Off means that the signal is low.

Monitoring mode

  1. Select the Monitor radio button.

  2. View all parameters in the Diagnostic column.

  3. Press the black triangle in the Diagnostics column to expand combined parameters and display the signal of each bit.

Forced mode

  1. Select the Force radio button (Only available when sending data from Controller).

  2. Enter the value of the parameters that should be forced to a different value and press Send frame.

    You must press send frame in order to sent the manipulated value to the PLC. The values will not automatically be sent to the PLC just because a parameter value is entered.