SimradEK15
6Input(s)
Thiscolumnisusedtoidentifytheexternalsensor(measuringdevice)currently
connectedtotheport.
Tochoosewhattypeofexternalsensortoimportdatafrom,clicktheInputbutton.
7Outputs(s)
Thiscolumnisusedtoidentifythedatathatareexportedontheport.
Tochoosewhichdatatoexport,clicktheOutputbutton.
8Add
ClickthisbuttontoaddanewLAN(Ethernet)port.
Thisisrequiredifyouhaveaddednewhardwaretothecomputer,forexample
byinstallinganextraEthernetinterfaceboard.Ifyouhavepreviouslyreleased
anunusedLANport,butwishtobringitbacktoEK15use,youmustalsoclick
thisbutton.
9Remove
OncetheEK15hasidentiedandlistedalltheavailableLANportsonthecomputer,
thesecannotbeusedbyanyothersoftwareapplicationsonthesamecomputer.
IftheEK15doesnotneedaspecicLANport,itcanbereleasedforotheruse.Click
ontheapplicableporttoselectit,thenclicktheRemovebuttontodeletetheportfrom
thelist.Notethatnoacknowledgementisrequired,theportisremovedinstantly.
10Setup
InordertouseaLAN(Ethernet)porttoreceiveortransmitinformation,its
communicationparametersmustbesetuptomatchtheperipheraldevice.
Clickoneofthelistedportstoselectit,thenclicktheSetupbuttontosetuptheport
parameters.Adedicateddialogboxisprovided.
11Monitor
Ifyoususpectthatthecommunicationontheportisineffective,faultyormissing,
youcanmonitortheowoftelegrams.
Clickoneofthelistedportstoselectit,thenclicktheMonitorbuttontoobservethe
datacommunicationontheselectedport.Adedicateddialogboxisprovided.
12Input
Whenyouaddanewport,youmustdenethesourceoftheinputdata.
Clicktheporttoselectit,thenclicktheInputbuttontodenewhichexternal
sensor(measuringdevice)youwishtoimportdatafrom.Adedicateddialogboxis
provided.
13Output
Whenyousetupaporttoexportdata,youmustdenethetypeofdatatobesentout.
Clicktheporttoselectit,thenclicktheOutputbuttontodenewhatkindofdata
youwishtoexport.Adedicateddialogboxisprovided.
Topics
•I/OSetupdialogbox;Serialportsonpage195
•I/OSetupdialogbox;LAN(Ethernet)portsonpage197
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