B&B Electronics I3A12X_20B05-SOHF - Manual - Manual (Page 21)

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Once you have created the Ladder logic and user screens the program can be verified
by clicking the icon . This will check the program for any errors. If there no errors
are detected in the program or configuration of the i
3
the download can proceed.
Connecting to your i3
It is important to understand a little of how the
i 3
Configurator software has been
designed in order to do this correctly. The Configurator is also a complete Project
Management System capable of connecting to multiple
i 3
Controllers simultaneously
to debug an entire iCAN network. This means that you may have as many as 252 i 3
Controllers linked together via the CAN port. Then by linking your PC via an
Ethernet, Serial, or Modem link to just one of them; you can debug and monitor them
all. So therefore, each project has the Network ID for that device stored as one of the
settings.
An
i 3
that does not have a CAN port, such as the basic 10A01 model, has a default
network ID of 253 (above the usable range of 1 – 252) as it will never be part of a
network. When creating a new project for a device without CAN the
i 3
Configurator
defaults the network ID to 253. When creating a new project for a device with CAN
the software defaults the network ID to 1 – as is the default setting of a CAN enabled
i 3
. Problems can occur if a project is started with the device configured for one option,
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