B&B Electronics I3A12X_20B05-SOHF - Manual User Manual

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Basic Operation

then switched to the other at a later time. The result will be a mismatch in the network
ID settings between the Configurator project and the

(it is trying to communicate

with ID 253 when the device is set at 1, or communicate with ID 1 when the device is
set to 253).

Also, the comms engine of the

Configurator constantly runs in the background as

soon as the software is started. The first indicator that Comms are established is that

the ‘Traffic Lights’

will show the status of the connected

, as one of the

buttons will appear depressed.

If this does not occur then the comms settings can be verified as shown below. This
shows an Ethernet connection. Care must be taken if using a USB to Serial Adapter
that the Com port assigned to the adapters matches the one selected through these
options.

At the bottom of the Configurator screen we can see the status bar. This is showing
that we are Locally connected to the

of Network ID 11. This is the device that we

are physically connected to. But, it is showing the Target ID of 1. So, despite being
connected to ID 11; we are actually configuring/debugging/monitoring the

with an

ID of 1. It is showing us that this is an i3B model with CAN Net, but no I/O
configuration as yet (/xxxxx).