5 Commissioning
50 Festo – P.BE-CPX-CMAX-SYS-EN – en 2017-09b – English
The CMAX plug-in supports performance of all the steps necessary for commissioning a CMAX. All ne
cessary configuration and parameterisation data are stored in a project for this purpose. With the plug-
in, most of these data can be generated offline, i.e. without the CMAX being connected to the PC, such
as for preparation of the actual commissioning during design of a system.
The Help function for the FCT includes all information for the operation of the Festo Con
figuration Tool. The device-specific plug-ins each have their own Help files.
Installing the FCT
The FCT runs on the Windows operating system. The FCT, together with the CMAX plug-in, is installed on
your PC with an installation program.
Administrator rights are required for installing the FCT. Current installation files for the
FCT with plug-in for the CMAX è www.festo.com/sp – search term CMAX.
1. Load installation program from the Internet page.
2. Close all programs.
3. Start installation program.
4. Follow instructions on the screen.
Starting the FCT
1. Start FCT as follows:
Double-click on the FCT icon on the desktop.
Or in the start menu, select the entry [Festo Software] [Festo Configuration Tool].
Information on connection of the CPX terminal to the CMAX and a PC è Section 5.3.3.
FCT Help
Call up with the [Help] [Contents FCT general] menu command. Help contains the following information,
for example:
– working with projects
– selection of components (e.g. for adding a component (device) to a project)
Plug-in Help
Call up with the menu command [Help] [Contents of installed plug-ins] [Festo (manufacturer name)]
[CMAX]. Help contains the following information, for example:
– Dialogues of the component CMAX
– Work steps for commissioning
– basic functions (e.g. linkage of equipment, device names, device control)
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