Some computers have built-in cardreaders attached to the USB bus, which can confuse the process.įor ease of use finding you VendorID and ProductID numbers in Windows, you can download USBDeview at and check the corresponding columns at the programs listing. If there is more than one "USB Mass Storage Device" listed, unplug any USB device plugged into the system, or failing that, try a different computer. In this case, the Vendor ID is 05E3 and the Product ID is 0715. In the big box beneath that there will be one or more lines starting with something like this:
Open Device Manager, open the "Universal Serial Bus Controllers" group, right click on "USB Mass Storage Device", select the "Details" tab, then select "Hardware Ids" from the Property drop-down box. Wait for Windows to initialize the device, if necessary. If you have a device's Vendor ID and Product ID you can say with confidence whether any two given USB devices are the same model or not. Similarly, if using an enclosure that wasn't sold at retail with your hard drive already in it, list the ENCLOSURE, NOT the drive itself.Įvery USB device ever made has its own unique Vendor ID and Product ID, two four-digit hexadecimal numbers that together identify a particular model made by a particular company.
A wide range of user parameters are supported for the Profibus/DP-Slaves configuration is handled transparently with the GSD files.Anyone is free to edit this list.
Then you enter the device station numbers and specify which PLC addresses you want to allocate to the remote Profibus/DP slaves.
To configure your network with this software system you just drag ready-to-use graphical images of your devices onto the Profibus/DP network representation on the screen. GX Configurator DP makes Profibus/DP very easy to handle. Integrating slave modules from third-party manufacturers is as easy as importing the GSD data.
In addition to MELSEC PLCs it also supports connection of Mitsubishi frequency inverters, the E series of graphical control units and remote I/O modules. GX Configurator DP can be used to configure all Profibus/DP modules of Mitsubishi's modular PLCs. GX Configurator Powerful integrated programming tools These cookies are not used to track your browsing on other sites. We make use of cookies to provide you with certain functionality. The Website currently uses the analytic cookies from Google Analytics: Cookies Details The information collected by these cookies is not associated with your personal information by us or by our contractors. We might also use these cookies to highlight articles or site services that we think will be of interest to you based on your usage of the website. For example, we might use performance cookies to keep track of which pages are most popular, which method of linking between pages is most effective, and to determine why some pages are receiving error messages. This allows us to provide a high quality experience by customising our offering and quickly identifying and fixing any issues that arise. We make use of analytic cookies to analyse how our visitors use our Website and to monitor Website performance. Without these cookies, services you have asked for (such as navigating between pages) cannot be provided. These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features.