Getting Started

Software Installation

Software Installation - PC-Cards (cifX)

cifX Device Driver & Device Driver Toolkit

Install the cifX device driver on your host system to gain access to the cifX card.

→ ...\Driver_&_Toolkit\Device Driver (NXDRV-WIN)\Installation\cifX Device Driver Setup.exe

Or develop your own device driver to gain access to the cifX, comX or netJACK

→ ...\Driver_&_Toolkit\ Driver Toolkit (NXDRV-TKIT)

Configuration Tool SYCON.net

Install SYCON.net to load a communication firmware into cifX, comX or netJACK and to set up a network configuration

→ …\Software_&_Tools\Configuration_Software\SYCON.net…

Optional: Auxiliary Tool netHOST

Install netHOST to easily load a communication firmware into cifX, comX or netJACK and to test your configured network communication.

→ …\Software_&_Tools\Tools\netHost…

Software Installation - Embedded Module (comX, netJACK)

cifX Device Driver & Device Driver Toolkit

Install the cifX device driver on your host system to gain access to the cifX card.

→ ...\Driver_&_Toolkit\Device Driver (NXDRV-WIN)\Installation\cifX Device Driver Setup.exe

Or develop your own device driver to gain access to the cifX, comX or netJACK

→ ...\Driver_&_Toolkit\ Driver Toolkit (NXDRV-TKIT)

USB diagnostic driver

Install the USB diagnostic drivers to gain access to comX or netJACK via USB

→ ...\ Driver_&_Toolkit\netX Diagnostics and Remote Access (NXDIAG)\netX10 USB Driver for Windows\V6.0.9.0\setup.exe

→ ...\ Driver_&_Toolkit\netX Diagnostics and Remote Access (NXDIAG)\netX USB CDC Drivers for Windows\netX50_51_52_100_4x000\setup.exe

→ ...\ Driver_&_Toolkit\netX Diagnostics and Remote Access (NXDIAG)\netX USB CDC Drivers for Windows\netX51_52_4000_4100_Dummy\setup.exe

Configuration Tool SYCON.net

Install SYCON.net to load a communication firmware into cifX, comX or netJACK and to set up a network configuration

→ …\Software_&_Tools\Configuration_Software\SYCON.net…

Optional: netPROXY Engineering Tool netXStudio

Install netXStudio to create own OPC UA / MQTT objects for comX 51-IOT firmware

→ …\Software_&_Tools\Configuration_Software\netXStudio…

Optional: Auxiliary Tool netHOST

Install netHOST to easily load a communication firmware into cifX, comX or netJACK and to test your configured network communication.

→ …\Software_&_Tools\Tools\netHost…

First Steps

Install the above mentioned software components.
Mount the Hilscher product into the system, e.g. PC or evaluation board.
Please ensure power supply, host interface access and optional USB diagnostic access
Download a firmware from the Product DVD into the Hilscher product using SYCON.net or the auxiliary tool netHOST. comX and netJACK products always come preloaded and a firmware download is only necessary for an update of the firmware.
Set up a network configuration via SYCON.net
Download the configuration into the product and start the communication.
Optional: Check data exchange with “cifXTest” utility, which is installed in the Windows Control Panel and …\Program Files\cifX Device Driver with the cifX Device Driver (NXDRV-WIN). Alternatively you can use the auxiliary tool netHOST.
Connect the application.

All steps are visualized in the below mentioned Application Notes as step-by-step videos.

Firmware

For full support with the Hilscher tool chain, the minimum firmware listed on this Product DVD has to be used. For the latest version, please visit the Hilscher Knowledge Base regularly.

Documentation

Documentation for all hard- and software components included in this Product DVD is available on the path: …\Documentation\...

The Documentation Library on the Hilscher Knowledgebase includes further documents: https://hilscher.atlassian.net/wiki/display/DL/Documentation+Library+Home

Application Notes

Application Notes are available in the Global Support Space: https://hilscher.atlassian.net/wiki/x/gcNRBw

A step-by-step instruction for the configuration of a PROFINET-IO network with cifX is published on:

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