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REFERENCE GUIDE
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Table of contents
Table of contents ..................................................................................................................................... 2
Document information ............................................................................................................................. 4
Clarification of notation ........................................................................................................................ 4
General guidelines ................................................................................................................................... 5
What is GenConfig? ............................................................................................................................. 5
Installation ............................................................................................................................................ 5
GenConfig directories....................................................................................................................... 6
PC Hardware requirements .............................................................................................................. 6
Basic and advanced modes ................................................................................................................. 7
Archive versus Configuration ............................................................................................................... 7
How to check GenConfig version? ...................................................................................................... 8
Working with GenConfig .......................................................................................................................... 9
Typical workflow ................................................................................................................................. 10
Open archive from disk ...................................................................................................................... 11
Read archive from controller .............................................................................................................. 11
Write configuration to the controller ................................................................................................... 11
Save archive to disk ........................................................................................................................... 12
Configuration import ........................................................................................................................... 12
Archive compatibility overview ....................................................................................................... 12
Controller firmware upgrade .............................................................................................................. 13
Importing new firmware .................................................................................................................. 13
Firmware upgrade (default configuration) ...................................................................................... 14
Firmware upgrade (existing configuration) ..................................................................................... 14
Cloning ........................................................................................................................................... 16
Programming firmware into a non-responding controller ............................................................... 17
Controller configuration ......................................................................................................................... 18
Essential configuration steps ............................................................................................................. 18
Optional configuration steps .............................................................................................................. 19
Configuration locking ......................................................................................................................... 19
Modules.............................................................................................................................................. 20
Controller ........................................................................................................................................ 22
ECU ................................................................................................................................................ 23
Extension modules ......................................................................................................................... 25
Shared virtual extension modules .................................................................................................. 26
Inputs and Outputs ............................................................................................................................. 29
Binary inputs ................................................................................................................................... 29
Binary outputs ................................................................................................................................ 31
Analog inputs .................................................................................................................................. 33
Analog outputs ............................................................................................................................... 37
Setpoints ............................................................................................................................................ 42
Adjusting setpoints ......................................................................................................................... 42
Access groups and rights ............................................................................................................... 43
Setpoint value forcing ..................................................................................................................... 44
Timer settings ................................................................................................................................. 45
Commands ......................................................................................................................................... 47
Universal analog protections ............................................................................................................. 48
History ................................................................................................................................................ 53
User sensors ...................................................................................................................................... 54
Languages and Translator ................................................................................................................. 56
Create language ............................................................................................................................. 56
Translating the texts ....................................................................................................................... 57
PLC Editor .......................................................................................................................................... 60
Working with the editor ................................................................................................................... 60
PLC Editor toolbar .......................................................................................................................... 69
PLC blocks ..................................................................................................................................... 70