Leuze BPS 8 - Brief Manual for the BPS Configuration Tool

Configuration / device parameters
Leuze electronic BPS 8 63
TNT 35/7-24V
 Confirm your entry with Next and follow the installation routine.
For further details please refer to online help of the "BPS Configuration Tool" software.
 Start the BPS Configuration Tool by clicking on the start menu entry or by double-
clicking on the desktop icon.
8.2.2 Brief manual for the BPS Configuration Tool
General information
The BPS Configuration Tool program was developed as a convenient user-friendly tool to
operate Leuze BPS systems.
To install the tool, double click on the Setup.exe file and follow the instructions. After the
program has been successfully installed and started, the left side shows the default project
Leuze electronic. In this project, every possible device has already been created.
This project is read-only but can be edited arbitrarily and saved under a different name using
the Project -> Save as menu.
Creating a new project
 Select Project -> New… or click on the symbol in the top left corner.
 Assign a file name. Up to 256 characters are possible.
The .PCT extension must remain the same.
 Assign a project name (= title) to the project. Up to 256 characters are possible.
 Enter a description if required.
 After confirmation with OK, the new project name is shown in the top left corner.
Create individual devices
 Left click on project name (= title)
 Device -> New -> Individual device or click on the top left icon .
 Assign a device name
 Select device type (only BPS can be selected).
 Select BPS type
 Select BPS version = software version of the device
 After clicking OK, the new device is shown in the project.
Follow this procedure to create all devices required.
When creating an individual device, the Leuze standard parameter set is always created
together with the selected device according to the software version selected. The interface
data from the PC to the device are also created together with the Leuze standard settings.
These are:
• Data format: 9600 / 8 / 1 / None
• Framing protocol: <STX><data><CR><LF>
• Address: none