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24V 0V
Figure 12.3 - Pin layout of MX08 EC 24 VDC connector
13.3. N-Bus Addressing
MX08 instruments communicate each other over internal data bus which is called N-Bus.
MX08 gateway instrument is master of N-Bus. All other instruments are slave and shall be
addressed to gateway.
N-Bus addressing can be done by using xFace PC software (Refer to Section 3.3) or via
programming switch (Section 3.9).
13.4. MX08 EC Setup
MX08 gateway set up is done by xFace software as described in this section. Connect
MX08 EC instrument to your PC via RS-232C service port on the instrument as indicated
in Figure 12.2.
Select Gateway tab after connecting xFace to MX08 EC. Gateway tab is seen in figure
below. You will see the gateway information in this tab.
Figure 12.4 - EtherCAT setup
13.4.1. EtherCAT Information
xFace Gateway information block in Gateway tab allows the user to know much
information about gateway instrument as in the following;