Monitoring/interacting with given component/block – Rockwell Automation PLC-5 Fieldbus Solutions for Integrated Architecture User Manual User Manual

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Publication 1757-UM006A-EN-P - May 2002

5-4 Operating the 1757-FIM

4. With LINK icon selected, click the Toggle State button

in the

toolbar.

The Change State window opens.

5. Click Yes.

This initiates the state change. The icon changes from blue to
green.

Monitoring/Interacting with given component/block

Once you download a FIM and its contents, you can use the
Monitoring tab to interact with the components including the function
blocks in the fieldbus devices.

1. Double-click the desired component/block icon in the

Link/Device tree menus under the FIM icon to call up the
associated Configuration form.

2. Click the given tab to view the current status of the related

fieldbus data.

Both the FIM and LINK function blocks must be active to view
on-line data. The data can be viewed either by name or
parameter reference by not checking or checking the Show
Parameter Names checkbox at the bottom of each tab. See the
On-Line Monitoring Using Control Builder section in Knowledge
Builder.

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