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EK-5209-5 Evaluation Kit User’s Guide 3-7
Configuring a Node’s Operation
Configuring a Node’s Operation
From iB-5209 Network Monitor’s menu bar, selecting Edit>Devices displays the Edit Device
window used to configure the operation of an i-Bean Endpoint or i-Bean Router. Figure
3-2 shows a sample of the Edit Device window.
Figure 3-2. iB-5209 Network Monitor’s Edit Device window
Table 3-1 describes the functions of the various sections of the window as shown in Figure 3-2.
Table 3-1. Edit Device window functions
Item Description Function
A Current ID This is the Device ID of the node currently selected for configuring.
B Select Device Use this panel to select another node to configure by entering the device
ID of the desired node, then selecting Set.
C Watch This option opens a new widow that displays information relating to the
the node’s various interfaces, including analog and digital I/O
configuration states and packets received/sent.
For details, see ’Using Watch function to display current I/O information’
on page 3-9.
D Sampling Interval This functions configures how often the node transmits a ‘heart beat’
data packet.
For details, see ’Configuring Sample Interval of Single Node’ on page
3-11.
E Digital I/O This panel is used to control the states of the I/O pins associated with
digital I/O channels D0–D3.
For details, see ’Configuring Digital I/O Operation’ on page 3-12