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Introduction
This Getting Started guide, is based on the Communication Solutions 90/4x00 DVD, which is available in this area: https://www.hilscher.com/de/support/downloads/.
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It describes how to Install all needed Software and gives a short overview about the configuration steps for Communication Solution Devices (e.g. CIFX Cards).
Software Installation
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Please note, that Communication Studio is currently not compatible with Sycon.net. To prevent issues caused by previous installations, please do a clean deinstallation first. A complete description of how to do a clean installation, can be found in the following Application Note: https://kbhilscher.hilscheratlassian.comnet/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=108958525122803191 |
cifX Device Driver
Install the CIFX device driver for Windows on your host system.
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The latest version of the CIFX Device Driver, is also available on our Knowledge Base:
https://kbhilscher.hilscheratlassian.comnet/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=2280809680905587
Device Explorer
Install the Device Explorer, which is used to download a communication firmware to the CIFX card.
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The latest version of the Device Explorer, is also available on our Knowledge Base:
https://kbhilscher.hilscheratlassian.comnet/wiki/display/HWMAN/Device+Explorer
Device Library
Install the Device Library.
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The latest version of the Device Library, is also available on our Knowledge Base:
https://kbhilscher.hilscheratlassian.comnet/wiki/display/DEVLIB/Device+Library
Communication Studio
Install Communication Studio, which is used to set up a network configuration.
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The latest version of Communication Studio, is also available on our Knowledge Base:
https://kbhilscher.hilscheratlassian.comnet/wiki/display/COMSTUDIO/Communication+Studio
Commissioning Steps
Mount the Hilscher product into the host system.
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Please find full commissioning examples, in these Application Notes: PROFINET IO Device: https://kbhilscher.hilscheratlassian.comnet/wiki/display/GLOBALSUP/Commissioning+CIFX+M2+as+Profinet+IO+Device PROFIBUS Slave: https://kbhilscher.hilscheratlassian.comnet/wiki/display/GLOBALSUP/Commissioning+CIFX+M223090AE+as+PROFIBUS+Slave |
Firmware
For full support with the Hilscher tool chain, the latest firmware listed on the Product DVD or the latest Firmware available on the Hilscher Knowledge Base (https://kbhilscher.hilscheratlassian.comnet/wiki/display/HILKB/Technologies) has to be used.
If a later version of a firmware is used from Hilscher Knowledge Base, the firmware type "Use Case C" has to be chosen in the download folder.
Documentation
Documentations for all hard- and software components included in the ComSol_90_4x00 DVD are available on the DVDin path:: …\Documentation\...
All these documents as well as further ones, can be found on our Knowledge Base:
https://kbhilscher.hilscheratlassian.comnet/wiki/display/DL/Documentation+Library+Home
Please find documentations to the software mentioned above, here:
cifX Device Driver: https://kbhilscher.hilscheratlassian.comnet/wiki/display/DL/cifX+Device+Driver+-+Windows
FAQ: https://kbhilscher.hilscheratlassian.comnet/wiki/display/CIFXDRV/FAQ+-+NXDRV-WIN
Device Explorer: https://kbhilscher.hilscheratlassian.comnet/wiki/display/DL/Device+Explorer
FAQ: https://kbhilscher.hilscheratlassian.comnet/wiki/display/HWMAN/FAQ
Device Library: https://kbhilscher.hilscheratlassian.comnet/wiki/display/DL/Device+Library
FAQ: https://kbhilscher.hilscheratlassian.comnet/wiki/display/DEVLIB/FAQ
Communication Studio: https://kbhilscher.hilscheratlassian.comnet/wiki/display/DL/Communication+Studio
FAQ: https://kbhilscher.hilscheratlassian.comnet/wiki/display/COMSTUDIO/FAQ