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Softing Linking Device –
Manual for Configuration, Installation and Maintenance
FF-CONF Configure your plant
page 52 of 85 V1.3
5.2.2 Objects within the Network Configuration
PC
Here you are working online or offline to build your Network Configuration and commission
your installation.
HSE Subnet
Ethernet component which corresponds with the Linking Device.
HSE Device
HSE Device or Linking Device. Field gateway to the H1 Links and the H1 devices.
H1 Link
The connective link between the HSE Device and the H1 Devices. It includes most of the
integrative functions of the field bus network. So the H1 Link object represents the port of
the linking device with the H1 VFD and the bus parameters common for every device on this
link.
H1 Device
Terminal with type information, network address, PD Tag and user tag. Details are provided
for each device in the properties view.
5.2.3 Tag Names
You find different tag names in FF-CONF. Nothing is prescribed for the User Tag. The string
specified with these tag names is unlimited.
If you see different tag names, please take into consideration that there is a difference
between user tags and FF PD tags. While user tags strings are not restricted in length and
character sets, FF PD tags are subject to the restrictions of the VisibleString data type within
FF-specs (32 ASCII characters).
As this might be inconvenient and if you don’t have any problems with the FF-restrictions,
you can enforce similarity between these tag names by selecting <Settings><Project
settings>and activate <Enforce PD tag same as User Tag>.
5.2.4 Using the buttons of the objects
Most of the objects offer the possibility to capture or to change the important data by clicking
the enclosed buttons. In the List View they allow you to build parts of the Network
Configuration. The current details are provided in the different chapters.
A double-click on the symbol of the objects of the Network Configuration or the Network
Livelist hides the units below or shows hidden units again. So you can select the units to
work with and get a better overview of this part of the installation.