Crimson User Manual
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LP0577 CRIMSON 2 USER MANUAL Copyright © 2003 Red Lion Controls LP. All Rights Reserved Worldwide. The information contained herein is provided in good faith, but is subject to change without notice. It is supplied with no warranty whatsoever, and does not represent a commitment on the part of Red Lion Controls. Companies, names and data used as examples herein are fictitious unless otherwise stated. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without the express written permission of Red Lion Controls All trademarks are acknowledged as the property of their respective owners. Written by Mike Granby, Jesse Benefiel and John Bonner. TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS GETTING STARTED ..........................................................................................1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.................................................................................... 1 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE ............................................................................... 1 INSTALLING THE USB DRIVERS .......................................................................... 1 CRIMSON BASICS............................................................................................3 MAIN SCREEN ICONS........................................................................................ 3 COMMUNICATIONS............................................................................................................................3 DATA TAGS.....................................................................................................................................3 USER INTERFACE..............................................................................................................................4 PROGRAMMING ................................................................................................................................4 DATA LOGGER .................................................................................................................................4 WEB SERVER...................................................................................................................................4 MISCELLANEOUS ..............................................................................................................................4 USING BALLOON HELP ...................................................................................... 5 WORKING WITH DATABASES............................................................................... 5 DOWNLOADING TO A TERMINAL .......................................................................... 5 CONFIGURING THE LINK.....................................................................................................................6 SENDING THE DATABASE ....................................................................................................................6 EXTRACTING DATABASES....................................................................................................................7 MOUNTING THE COMPACTFLASH ..........................................................................................................7 SENDING THE TIME...........................................................................................................................8 UPDATING VIA COMPACTFLASH ........................................................................... 8 GURU MEDITATION CODES ................................................................................ 9 CONFIGURING COMMUNICATIONS ....................................................................11 SERIAL PORT USAGE .......................................................................................11 SELECTING A PROTOCOL ..................................................................................12 PROTOCOL OPTIONS .......................................................................................12 WORKING WITH DEVICES .................................................................................13 ETHERNET CONFIGURATION ..............................................................................13 IP PARAMETERS.............................................................................................................................14 PHYSICAL LAYER ............................................................................................................................14 PROTOCOL SELECTION.....................................................................................................................14 SLAVE PROTOCOLS .........................................................................................15 SELECTING THE PROTOCOL ...............................................................................................................15 ADDING GATEWAY BLOCKS ...............................................................................................................16 ADDING ITEMS TO A BLOCK ..............................................................................................................16 ACCESSING INDIVIDUAL BITS ............................................................................................................17 PROTOCOL CONVERSION ..................................................................................17 MASTER AND SLAVE ........................................................................................................................17 MASTER AND MASTER......................................................................................................................18 WHICH WAY AROUND?....................................................................................................................18 DATA TRANSFORMATION ..................................................................................18 NOTES FOR EDICT USERS .................................................................................19 REVISION 2 PAGE I TABLE OF CONTENTS CRIMSON USER MANUAL CONFIGURING DATA TAGS..............................................................................21 ALL ABOUT TAGS .......................................................................................... 21 TYPES OF TAGS..............................................................................................................................21 WHY USE TAGS?............................................................................................................................22 CREATING TAGS............................................................................................ 23 EDITING TAGS.............................................................................................. 23 EDITING PROPERTIES ..................................................................................... 24 EXPRESSION PROPERTIES .................................................................................................................24 TRANSLATABLE STRINGS ..................................................................................................................25 EDITING FLAG TAGS....................................................................................... 25 THE DATA TAB (VARIABLES) .............................................................................................................26 THE DATA TAB (FORMULAE) .............................................................................................................27 THE DATA TAB (ARRAYS).................................................................................................................27 THE FORMAT TAB...........................................................................................................................28 THE ALARMS TAB ...........................................................................................................................28 THE TRIGGERS TAB ........................................................................................................................30 EDITING INTEGER TAGS .................................................................................. 30 THE DATA TAB (VARIABLES) .............................................................................................................30 THE DATA TAB (FORMULAE) .............................................................................................................32 THE DATA TAB (ARRAYS).................................................................................................................32 THE FORMAT TAB...........................................................................................................................33 THE ALARM TABS ...........................................................................................................................34 THE TRIGGERS TAB ........................................................................................................................35 EDITING MULTI TAGS..................................................................................... 35 THE DATA TAB (VARIABLES) .............................................................................................................36 THE DATA TAB (FORMULAE) .............................................................................................................36 THE DATA TAB (ARRAYS).................................................................................................................37 THE FORMAT TAB...........................................................................................................................37