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IntroductioniTools1. CHAPTER 1 Introduction1.1. WELCOMEToolbar showing icons for:New Clone, Open Clone, Save, Add Device, RemoveDevice, Scan, Open Parameter List, User WiringSelected device ishighlighted.Yellow display forreal instrument.White display forclone files.Clone file namePort: Com1Address: 1Controller:2408S/W V1.02‘Explorer’ style folders depict each page ofinstrument parametersParameter list showing the parameterdescription, the parameter address and thecurrent value.Figure 1-1: General View Of The iTools WindowWelcome to Eurotherm iTools, the Windows® based software package designed to configurecommunicating 2000 series instruments.1.2. WHAT IS ITOOLSiTools is a Windows® based software package designed to configure communicating 2200,2400 panel controllers and the 2500 DIN rail controllers. It will operate on personalcomputers running Windows® 95 or NT (NT versions 4 or later). It uses Modbus RTUcommunications via a serial port.iTools will scan the network on request, and identify any 2000 series instrument that isconnected to the network and has a valid Modbus address. Using Eurotherm’s unique‘Remote Interface Protocol’, iTools provides a replica of the front panel of the attachedinstrument. This replica can then be used by the operator, using mouse clicks to simulatepressing the buttons - hidden or promoted parameters will remain exactly as they are in theactual instrument. (If the instrument is a 2500 DIN Rail Controller, which does not have afront panel, a simulation of the instrument plug in modules is displayed). The faceplate is an1-2 User Handbook. Part No HA026179 Issue 2.0 Oct-99