
B-62924EN/04 SUPPLEMENT A.SETTING WHEN EDITION 07 OR EARLIER OF SERIES 6557 IS USED
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A.1.2 Slave Parameter Setting
Pressing soft key [SLAVE] on Screen A-2 displays Screen A-5 to
enable slave parameter setting.
By pressing soft keys [PRV.NO] and [NXT.NO], the station number
of a DP-Slave to be set can be changed. To move to the screen of a
desired station number directly, enter the station number, then press
soft key [PRV.NO] or [NXT.NO].
CAUTION
When setting slave parameter data, pay careful
attention to the following points:
1 The slave parameters are available for 125 stations.
However, set the slave parameters for no more than
32 DP-Slaves for actual communication.
2 When using DP-Slaves provided by other
manufacturers, set the slave parameters according
to the GSD file attached to each DP-Slave.
3 When setting the slave parameters, carefully check
the slave number of each DP-Slave to be set.
Screen A-5
Soft key [INIT] on Screen A-5 initializes the slave parameters of a
specified station number to the standard values used for connecting a
DP-Slave using a FANUC CNC. For details of the settings required to
connect a DP-Slave manufactured by FANUC, see Section A.3,
"Setting the Slave Parameters for Using a Slave Station Manufactured
by FANUC." Soft key [DETAIL] shown at the bottom of Screen A-5
is displayed when the cursor is moved to an item from 14 USER PRM
DATA to 16 SLAVE USER DATA. Pressing this soft key displays a
screen such as Screen A-6. (Screen A-6 shows the screen displayed by