Settings During Operation

General Settings

Setting functions that can be used during operation, without restarting the setting wizard, are:

• Modifying the general settings

• Editing devices

• Adding single IP devices manually

During operation, you can access the General settings menu by pressing .

Editing Devices

Limitations

When the following devices are used together, you cannot write or edit the device name:

• MasterPacT NT/NW with BCM module, firmware version lower than 3.2.5.

• ComPacT NS with BCM module, firmware version lower than 3.2.5.

• PowerPacT P- and R-frame with BCM module, firmware version lower than 3.2.5.

An example network architecture is provided in this guide.

Prerequisites

Before editing devices, you must verify that the following prerequisites are met:

• Circuit breaker must be in the remote control mode.

• Device logging in the IFE or EIFE webpage must be disabled.

• Only the following characters are allowed:

  • Upper case letters from A to Z

  • Lower case letters from a to z

  • Digits from 0 to 9

  • Hyphen -

• Before editing the name and label of the circuit breaker:

  • The EIFE intrusive command mode must be unlocked

  • The locking pad of the IFE, or IFM interface must point to the open padlock, as shown in the following graphic

When the communication network is configured, access the Editing devices menu by pressing .

Use the Editing devices menu to:

• Provide a label for each device:

  The label is defined in the ID field and is only displayed in the FDM128 display . The ID field contains up to 4 characters.

• Rename a device:

  The name is defined in Name field and is the actual name of the device. You may need to use the device password to rename the device. The Name field contains up to 12 characters.

Communications Settings

During operation, you can access the Communication settings menu by pressing .

Use this menu to:

• View the present communication settings configuration.

• Restart the setting wizard, beginning at the point following the general settings, where you can modify the FDM128 display settings.

• If the number of devices is less than eight, manually add an IFE interface, an EIFE interface, an Smartlink SI B gateway, or an Smartlink SI D gateway.

Access Code Settings

During operation, you can access the Access Code settings menu by pressing . Use this menu to view and edit user login and access code settings.