This article describes how to setup a display page with some basic tag mapping for our Crimson based products.
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Describes how to setup a basic display page and tag mapping in Crimson.
Step 1
Launch Crimson software and configure for the Red Lion device you have.
Under the File> New> configure.
Select your device model. Click okay
Below example has a DA50 selected.
Next setup your communications protocol for the device you are connecting to.
Select communications> Network protocol 1
In the below example MODBUS TCP/IP master is selected. Click Ok
Next select the Ethernet port you will be using and configure based on your application.
Select device configuration> Ethernet port 1
The below example has Ethernet port 1 configured.
Next select display pages and on the right select system> system primitives > indicators and then buttons.
The below example has a simple display page with a push button and an indicator light dragged from the primitives list over onto the display page. A text label was also dragged over from under legacy primitives.
Next you will have to create a tag and map it to the light and button in this example to assign their functions.
Select data tags, new tag, and create a tag for each item. In this example two flag tags are created looking at register 40001 and 40005.
Once your tags are created to map them to the display page objects. Select display pages, click on the object, select properties, and then drag the tag from the right-side panel over to the data box.
Once you have your display page setup, tags mapped, select File> save as to save your database in a location of your choice.
Downloading to the device is under Link> options to set your IP address, then Link> send to download to the device.
ADDITIONAL INFO
Download link for Crimson products.
Crimson Configuration Software
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