Rockwell Automation 2708-NNM Network Manager Software - Manual (Page 16)

Chapter 3
The Menus
3–4
F4 – Program Download
The workstations do not have a program loaded when shipped from the factory.
Without a program loaded, the workstations will not be very useful.
The Program Download command will prompt the user for the name of the
program to download. If no path is given, NM will expect to find the
program in the ‘Program File Directory’ which is specified in the
Supervisor
Menu / Change Configuration / File/Data Capture / Directory/File Names menu.
Next the user will be prompted to enter the number of the workstation to
download. If no workstation number is specified, the program will be
downloaded to all of the workstations on the network.
When a new program is being downloaded, the workstation immediately
stops running the current program. Even downloading the same program that
is currently running will stop the current program. So, downloading a
program to all of the workstations on the network may not be desirable if
there is a possibility that one or more of the workstations may be in the
middle of some sort of application data collection.
F5 – Reset The Network
This command is used to bring workstations online that have gone offline or
never come online. Consult with the Status Menu to find out the
online/offline status of the workstations in the network. The Reset Network
command also causes the Master workstation to adjust its upper and lower
polling addresses to include only those workstations which it finds present at
that time.
F6 – Command To Be Sent
This is a useful utility for sending commands to specific workstations. It was
designed as a tool for simple queries during the installation of a network.
Consult the Attended Workstation User Manual (Catalog No. 2708–ND001)
for the format of the
‘Network Directives’.
The Main Menus (cont’d)