SICK Flexi Soft User Manual

6 Configuration
6.1 Configuration
Configuration of the safety controller
NOTE
T
he Flexi Soft Designer configuration software or Safety Designer configuration soft‐
ware as well as a FX3-MPL0 or FX3-MPL1 system plug is required for configuration.
•
T
he system configuration for the entire Flexi Soft system (with exception of the
configuration of any connected EFI-capable devices) is stored in the system plug.
This has the advantage that it is not necessary to reconfigure the system if
expansion modules or gateways are replaced.
•
The Automatic Configuration Recovery (ACR) function can be used to detect
and automatically reconfigure EFI-enabled devices of the same type following a
replacement; see "Automatic configuration recovery (ACR)", page 47.
•
The data saved in the system plug is retained even in the event of a power supply
failure.
•
Configuration information can be transmitted via the EFI interface.
NOTE
If t
wo computers establish TCP/IP connections to the same FlexiSoft main module of a
FlexiSoft Ethernet gateway in parallel (e.g., via port9000), the FlexiSoft main module
will only communicate via the most recently established connection. As a result, the
second computer will establish a further connection without closing the ones already
established. There comes a point when too many connections to the computers are
open via the gateway and the only messages being exchanged on those computers
are messages for maintaining these connections (known as keep-alive messages). This
causes the FlexiSoft system to switch to the “Serious error” state.
Configuring connected devices
T
he configuration and verification of devices connected to the safety controller is gener‐
ally not done via the configuration software of the safety controller. These devices have
their own configuration and verification mechanisms.
For more information, see the operating instructions for the corresponding device.
Configuration of EFI-enabled devices
NOTE
T
he connection of EFI-capable devices is only possible if the Flexi Soft Designer configu‐
ration software is used. The Safety Designer configuration software does not support
the EFI function.
Devices connected to the Flexi Soft main module via EFI can be configured both locally
on t
he corresponding device and via the Flexi Soft system.
The following options are available:
•
Via the RS-232 interface of the Flexi Soft main module
•
Via the USB interface of the Flexi Soft main module (FX3-CPU3 and higher)
•
Via Ethernet (Flexi-Soft-EtherNet/IP™-Gateway required, e.g. FX0-GENT)
The SICK CDS configuration and diagnostic software is required for the configuration
and verification of the EFI-capable devices.
CONFIGURATION 6
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SICK Flexi Soft Specifications

General

Brand	SICK
Model	Flexi Soft
Category	Controller
Language	English