Lenze Engineer v2.21 - Manual (Page 75)

Lenze · Engineer · 2.13 EN - 10/2014
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Establishing an online connection
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6 Establishing an online connection
In this chapter you will learn about how you can establish an online connection with the »Engineer«
and how you can close this online connection again.
An online connection is required to e.g. make parameter settings in the device or for diagnosing the
device. The »Engineer« can have online connections to multiple devices at the same time.
To establish an online connection, the desired device / devices must
• ... be inserted into the Project tree and
• ... be connected to the Engineering PC via suitable communication accessories (e.g. diagnostic
adapters, system bus adapters or Ethernet).
• The functions for establishing/closing an online connection can be executed via the Toolbar or
the Online menu:
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Stop!
If you change parameters in the »Engineer« while the controller is connected online, the
changes will be directly accepted by the controller!
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Detailed information about the respective bus system can be found in the corresponding
communication manual
Icon Menu command Shortcut
Going online ( 77) <F4>
 Setting the communication path ( 79)
Bus connection
• Diagnostic adapter ( 80)
• CAN ( 81)
• Ethernet / Ethernet IPC ( 83)
• PROFIBUS ( 84)
• PROFINET ( 85)
• Gateway controller -> CAN ( 85)
• Gateway controller -> EtherCAT ( 86)
• Gateway Controller -> EtherCAT ADS (Beckhoff) ( 87)
• Gateway Siemens - STEP 7 Communication Server (available by call in STEP 7)
( 89)
Going offline ( 96) <Shift>+<F4>