MTS Series 793 - Manual (Page 54)

About the Station Builder Application
You use the Station Builder application to design station configurations. With the Station Builder application,
you can allocate controller hardware resources, such as valve drivers, conditioners, and digital inputs to
station configuration files.
You define parameters (such as gain settings and polarity) for the resources in station configuration files with
the Station Manager application.
Note:
Access to the Station Builder application requires Configuration access level.
About Hardware Interface Files
The controller hardware resources that appear in the resource lists in the Station Builder application are
determined by the hardware interface file (or .hwi file) installed with your system software. Controller hardware
resources generally refer to the internal components installed in your controller’s chassis, such as the
mezzanine cards installed on the I/O Carrier boards that perform sensor conditioning, valve driving,
analog-to-digital signal conversion, and digital-to-analog signal conversion.
The .hwi file defines various attributes of each component, including the slot in the controller’s chassis in
which it is installed, and the rear-panel connector through which it can be accessed.
Initial .hwi file
The .hwi file associated with a given controller is typically created at MTS according to the hardware resources
included with the controller. It may be necessary to edit this file if hardware resources are added, removed,
or repositioned in the controller chassis.
For detailed information on the .hwi file installed in your Controller, see the Hwi File Editor section of the MTS
Series 793 Utility Software manual (part number 100-147-132).
About Station Configurations
With the Station Builder application, you can allocate all or a portion of your controller’s hardware resources
to create station configuration files.
Initial station configuration
MTS typically installs Series 793 applications for you and supplies your controller with a station configuration
file. You use the Station Builder application to modify your initial station configuration file when replacing or
adding resources, and to create additional station configuration files.
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