iTools Help Manual - Eurotherm Ltda

iTOOLS VERSION 6.20: HELP MANUAL2.2 Loading Devices into iToolsNote: For certain instruments, a 'Wizard' appears when a 'new' instrument is loaded. Thesewizards allow device configuration from a sequence of set-up pages. See 'Wizards' for moredetails.'Devices can be loaded into iTools in the following ways:By clicking on the Scan icon in the toolbar, or by selecting 'Enable background scan' in the Device menu, orby using the shortcut + +By clicking on the 'Add' icon in the toolbar, or by selecting 'Add...' in the Device Menu, or by using theshortcut + , or by right clicking in the Panel views window at the bottom of the iTools window,then selecting 'Add Devices...' Use of the 'Add' feature displays a dialogue box showing all the devices known tothe Modbus server. See the Options menu description for more details (Options/Advanced/Show server).By opening a view of a real or clone device in the Eurotherm network explorer. The same copy of iTools can beused to open all device views.By dragging a device icon out of the Eurotherm Network explorer and dropping it into the iTools window.2.2.1 Clone devicesClone devices can be used to set up a configuration for a particular device type, and then download thisconfiguration to a real device. It is also possible to read the configuration from a real instrument and transfer itinto a clone device for editing.On the screen, clones for devices which incorporate digital displays, can be distinguished from 'real' instrumentsby the colour of the digital display - yellow for real instruments and white for clone instruments. Clones fordevices without digital displays are 'filled' grey, whereas real devices are 'filled' green.See 'Loading Clone Devices' for more details.2.3 Loading Clone DevicesClone files may be 'opened' in the following ways:For new files, by clicking on the 'New File' icon in the toolbar or, by selecting 'New Clone File...' in theFile menu, or, by right clicking in the Panel views window at the bottom of the iTools window then selecting'New Clone File...'For existing files, by clicking on the 'Open File' icon in the toolbar or, by selecting 'Open Clone File' inthe File menu or, by double clicking on a clone file from Windows explorer or shell or, by dragging a file out ofexplorer and dropping it into the iTools window or, by right clicking in the Panel views window at the bottom ofthe iTools window, then selecting 'Open Clone File...'.HA028838 Page 3Issue 2 Jly 05