ProSoft Technology MVI46-DFNT User Manual
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Configuring the MVI46-DFNT Module
MVI46-DFNT ♦ SLC Platform
User Manual
EtherNet/IP Client/Server Communication Module
Page 24 of 177
ProSoft Technology, Inc.
October 12, 2010
2.1
Using ProSoft Configuration Builder
ProSoft Configuration Builder (PCB) provides a quick and easy way to manage
module configuration files customized to meet your application needs. PCB is not
only a powerful solution for new configuration files, but also allows you to import
information from previously installed (known working) configurations to new
projects.
2.1.1 Setting Up the Project
To begin, start P
RO
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C
ONFIGURATION
B
UILDER
(PCB).
If you have used other Windows configuration tools before, you will find the
screen layout familiar. PCB’s window consists of a tree view on the left, and an
information pane and a configuration pane on the right side of the window. When
you first start PCB, the tree view consists of folders for D
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P
ROJECT
and
D
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L
OCATION
, with a D
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M
ODULE
in the Default Location folder. The
following illustration shows the PCB window with a new project.