Flintec MCS-08 - Manual (Page 14)

MCS-08 Technical Manual, Rev. 1.04 December 2012 Page 14 of 52
5. S
ETUP
PRECAUTION: Please read this manual carefully before energizing the system. Perform the commissioning
according the procedure given in chapter 4.3. Only trained person are allowed for commissioning, checking,
cleaning and servicing of the instrument. The interference of untrained person may cause some unwanted
damages or injures.
MCS-08 systems are setup and calibrated by the xFace software supplied with the instrument.
The instruments shall be setup in the sequence described below before you can use the bus interface.
Install the xFace software onto your PC
Connect your PC with the gateway over the serial interface (RS232 respective RS485)
Set up the N-bus addresses and the gateway module
Set up and calibrate the A/D Converters
Check the performance of the A/D Converters
Check the performance of the Digital I/Os
5.1. Installation of the xFace Software
Please follow following steps to install the xFace software:
Close all applications on your PC
Insert the CD that contains the xFace software into the CD-ROM drive
Double click “Setup.exe” to start the installation. The setup Wizard is displayed.
Follow the menus in the setup wizard step by step.
After finishing the installation, the Setup Wizard will inform you about the success of the software
installation. Click the OK button.
After closing the Setup Wizard you can start to use the xFace software.
Typ FAD-30
Typ FAD-40
Typ MCS-08 Select one of the MCS-08
gateways and press OK button.
Figure 5.1 – xFace Type Selector Window
5.2. Connection to the xFace Software
The connection between the MCS-08 gateway module and the xFace software is done via the RS232C service
port for all gateway modules. Alternatively Ethernet (for MCS-08EN only) or RS-485 (for MCS-08MB only) can
be used for this connection. You can purchase a suitable PC connection cable as an accessory from Flintec
(Refer to chapter 3.4.2).
After running the xFace software select the gateway model you use (see figure 5.1.). Select the PC‟s
communication port within the Connection settings menu in the tools tab (see figure 5.2) and click the connect
icon. After the communication between the MCS-08 gateway module and your PC has successfully started the
traffic light of the connect icon turns from red to green.
Protocol: Select the setup port of the instrument. MCS-08MB modules can
be setup over RS485 or RS232C. Other models can be setup over RS232C.
Com Port: Select the communication port of the PC
Address: Select the RS-485 address, if RS-485 is selected
Baud rate: Select the RS-485 baud rate, if RS-485 is selected
Setting: Select the RS-485 communication port setting, if RS-485 is selected
Figure 5.2 – xFace Connection Settings