Firmware Download

• Open the Device Explorer

• All available Devices will be shown in the "Devices" Area.
  Please select the CIFX M2 device from the list.
• If no Firmware is shown in the "Firmware" Area, the Firmware first needs to be added to the Device Explorer.
  Therefore, please open "File → Add Firmware..."

• fitting firmware can be found eather on the Communication Solutions DVD or on our Knowledge Base: 
  https://kb.hilscher.com/display/HILKB/Technologies
• After adding the Firmware, it can now be selected in the "Firmware" Area.
  Please select the device and the firmware you want to download. In this example, please choose Profinet Firmware:

Configuration

• Open Communication Studio

• click New Solution

• create a new Project (Network), in a specific directory:

• Solution will now be shown in the Solution Explorer

• mark the current Network and click Add", or right-click to the network and select "Add Device..." to create a new device.

• select the PNS device from the list of Stand-Alone-Slaves. Make sure the selected version does fit to the currently installed Firmwareversion.
  When Configuring a CIFX M2 Device, please select "NETX 90 RE/PNS

• the device will now be added to the network in the Solution Explorer. Several configuration options are now available:

• start with the Device Assignment, which is used to Assign the Device to be configured
• select the CIFX Device Driver on top of the upcoming window
• Scan for devices
• select the Device to be configured

• open the PROFINET Settings → Network, to define the NameOfStation, which is needed for the IO Controller to establish a communication. The NameOfStation has to be equal to the one defined in the IO Controller Configuration

• Open the Module configuration and add the amount of Modules by clicking "add Module"
• The size of each module can be changed by selecting the Module description

• Apply the module configuration. It will now be shown in the Module Area in the Solution Explorer

• additional Configurations can be done in the in "Settings → Device". If the communication needs to be started by the application, this can be defined as follows:

• After the configuration is finished, Download the configuration by selecting the Device in the Solution Explorer and clicking "Download" or right-click to the device and select "Download"

• After the Download is finished, the Device will now automatically "Connect", which is indicated by a green background. This means, the Diagnosis is now available.

Diagnosis

• Mark the current Device and click "Diagnostic", or right-click to the device and select "Diagnostic" to open the diagnosis.