Engineering via SICAM TOOLBOX II
SICAM A8000 / CP-8000 • CP-8021 • CP-8022 Manual Unrestricted 291
DC8-037-2.02, Edition 10.2017
8.1.5.2 System-Technical Settings
The system-technical configuration of a target device resides in the window “System tech-
nique”. This can be opened via the menu Tools | System technique .
The parameter setting is carried out in the directory tree, respectively below the selected Mas-
ter Module:
• Common settings
• Time management
• Communication protocols
• Network settings
• Topology
• Dataflow filter
• Periphery
• Decentralized archiving
8.1.5.2.1 Communication
The protocol is determined by configuring a protocol element suitable for the existing applica-
tion and its parameterization.
For security relevant informationen refer to the SICAM RTUs / SICAM TOOLBOX II – Admin-
istrator Security Manual.
8.1.5.2.2 Periphery
The peripheral functions are defined by means of configuring the I/O Master Module, the
I/O Modules suitable for the present application, as well as their parameters.
Below the level of the Ax peripheral bus the configured I/O Master Module with the configurable
signals is displayed:
• Hardware pins
• Software data points
By means of the context menu of a hardware pin or software data point, selection Edit
image , you get directly to the process-technical settings of the respective signal.