With the release of netX Studio CDT V1.0700.1.3056, Hilscher introduced the AIFXv2 mode that enables users to create one hardware configuration (HWC) file for real-time Ethernet and Fieldbus loadable firmware (LFW) versions alike. As illustrated in Figure 1, instead of creating a HWC file with either a real-time Ethernet or Fieldbus network interface, the AIFXv2 mode enables both pinout options selectable by using specific configuration input pins as summarized in Table 1.
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A communication firmware (see section 2.2 netX 90 – use cases) consists of a flash device label (FDL), hardware configuration (HWC), loadable firmware (LFW), and maintenance firmware (MFW). The LFW (see section 5 Firmware overview and resources) by definition is device, hardware, and application independent. |
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XM0_IO1 | COM_IO1 | COM_IO0 | Network Interface |
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| 0 | X | X | PHY0/1 Real-time Ethernet (see section 3.17.1 Twisted pair) |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | XM0 CANopen (see section 3.16.1 CANopen interface) |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | XM0 PROFIBUS (see section 3.16.4 PROFIBUS interface) |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | XM0 DeviceNet (see section 3.16.3 DeviceNet interface) |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | XM0 CC-Link (see section 3.16.2 CC-Link interface) |
Table 1: AIFXv2 mode configuration input pins
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