Chapter 6   
  MSC800 
 
74 Operating instructions | SICK  8011540/14B8/2019-06-06 
    Subject to change without notice 
Commissioning and configuration 
6.2.3  Installing the SOPAS-ET configuration software 
1. Start the PC and put the DVD into the DVD drive. 
2. When the autorun function of the DVD drive is active, the HTML start page of the DVD 
appears in the available browser. 
3. Select the “Software” folder in the list in the top left. 
4. In the list, select the entry “SOPAS-ET configuration software”. A table with information 
on SOPAS-ET will be displayed. 
5. Under 
SOFTWARE FILE, select the “Download” entry. 
6. In the 
FILE DOWNLOAD dialog window, either select installation direct from the DVD 
(“Run the program from here”) and confirm with OK. The installation is carried out 
automatically on hard disk C in the directory “Programs/SOPAS-ET”. 
– or – 
  In the dialog window, select local saving (“Save the program”) and confirm with OK. 
  Specify the desired saving location in the 
SAVE AS dialog window. The “Setup.exe” file 
is saved locally. 
  After saving, start the file using 
OPEN in the dialog window. 
7. The installation program starts and runs through the installation with on-screen 
messages in the dialog box. An entry is made in the Windows start menu under 
“Programs/SOPAS-ET”. 
8. Confirm the final installation message with “
OK”. 
 
 
6.2.4  Default for SOPAS-ET configuration software 
User interface language  English 
1)
 
Units of length  Metric 
User group (operating level) 
Download parameters when a change is made  Immediately, temporarily (RAM of the MSC800) 
Upload parameters after online switching  Automatically 
Window arrangement  3 (project tree, help, working area) 
Serial communication  COM 1: 9.600 Bd / 19.200 Bd, 8 data bits, 
1)
 The software will need to be restarted after a change is made. 
Tab. 50   SOPAS-ET configuration software default (excerpt)