Genius General Device Properties

Use the General properties tab in the Device dialog box to enter general information for the port. You can define the following:

Port

Select the port for this device.

Buttons to the right of the Port field can help, as follows.

 

Button

Description

 

Port

Opens the Select a Port browser.

 

Popup menu

Provides tools to create a new port, edit the current port, or open the Select a Port browser.

Description

Enter an optional description to help you identify the device.

Resource

Enter the resource that can be associated with this device for alarm generation.

Buttons to the right of the Resource field can help, as follows.

 

Button

Description

 

Resource

Opens the Select a Resource browser.

 

Popup menu

Provides tools to create a new port, edit the current port, or open the Select a Resource browser.

Model Type

Enter the type of device. Click the drop-down button to the right of the input field to display your choices, then make a selection.

For this protocol the choices are:

BUS INTERFACE UNIT

GE Fanuc Genius Analog Block

GE Fanuc Genius Digital Block

GE Fanuc Series 90-30 or RX3i

GE Fanuc Series 90-70 or RX7i

Generic Global

Analog Blocks are 4 input/2 output Genius Analog Blocks.

Digital Blocks include 8, 16, and 32 channel digital blocks.

More information

Genius device configuration.