Rockwell Automation 1788-FFCT NI-FBUS Configurator User Manual - Manual (Page 59)

Publication 1788-UM052B-EN-P - April 2002
Using the NI-FBUS Configurator 4-31
Downloading a
Configuration When you download a configuration, the NI-FBUS Configurator
configures the following items:
• Function block linkages between devices
• Function block schedule
• Alarms configuration
• Trends configuration
• Static parameters
• Communication schedule for the LAS
To download your configuration, complete the following steps:
1. Click the Download button in the Project window toolbar or
select Configure ⇒ Download Configuration.
The Download Configuration window opens.
2. Select the configuration object to download.
3. Click Link Masters... to set link masters to receive the LAS, the
primary LAS, and the primary time master of the link.
The Network Parameters window opens.
4. (Optional) To write all of the contained parameters of function
blocks in the project, select the Write Contained Block
Parameters checkbox.
5. (Optional) If you want to make sure that the device does not
have any communication configuration information that
connects to devices outside the configuration you are
downloading, you can reset or clear all of the communication
connections from the devices on the bus. To do so, select the
Clear Devices checkbox.