Software settings, Devicemaster, Edit software settings – Comtrol PortVision DX User Manual
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Software Settings
The
, DeviceMaster UP, and IO-Link Master provide the Software Settings tab.
The Software Settings tab on the Properties screen contains the configuration parameters for
the DeviceMaster, DeviceMaster UP, or IO-Link Master web interface configuration. You can do
the following using the Software Settings tab:
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device configuration files on similar DeviceMasters, DeviceMaster UPs, or IO-Link
Masters
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Review or edit software settings
Note: You must use the embedded web page to edit software settings for the IO-Link
Master family or the DeviceMaster UP, this operation is not supported in the
Software Settings tab for these products.
If you are not familiar with the software parameters for your DeviceMaster, you may want to
to access the DeviceMaster configuration pages. You must know valid
values for software settings parameters to use the Software Settings tab. Although the
parameters on the Software Settings tab reflect the contents of the device's configuration, the
order of the parameters on this tab are not be in the same order as the settings in the web
interface.
You can access the Software Settings tab on the Properties screen by using one of these
methods:
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Double-click the device in the Device Tree or Device List.
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Right-click the device in the Device Tree or Device List and click Properties.
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Highlight the device in the Device Tree or Device List, click the Properties button.
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Highlight the device in the Device Tree or Device List, click the Manage menu, and then
Properties.
DeviceMaster
The Software Settings tab on the Properties screen contains configuration parameters for
SocketServer and does not contain NS-Link device driver configuration parameters.
SocketServer is used to configure sockets and set up serial tunneling.
You can refer to the
or use the Web Interface tab to open the help
system for information about the parameters.
If your site is running different versions of SocketServer, you may notice that the parameter
categories may not be in the same order or contain the same parameters.
If you are using the Software Settings tab to edit parameters and you want to clone port
characteristics, you can use the SocketServer web page to clone port parameters.
Note: If the Software Settings tab does not appear, that means that the DeviceMaster is
not available for IP connection. Which could mean that an incorrect user name or
password was entered or that you are operating in MAC mode.
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