General

Start and close

Action when application is closed

Select which of the following actions should be performed when closing the application:

• Ask – A message box prompts the user to choose an action every time the application is closed.
• Hide – Data collection continues in the background.
• Terminate – Data collection continues in the background.

Run software on startup of Windows

Specify whether the software should start automatically when Windows starts. The option is disabled by default.

• Background mode – Start all software services (DriveComm, OpcuaClient, Transmitter, Broker, Database) except the software interface in the background. Not starting the interface requires less processor power than in user mode.
• User mode – Start all software services (DriveComm, OpcuaClient, Transmitter, Broker, Database, UI, software interface).

Language

Language

Select the display language of the user interface. The system language is set by default.

Data collection

Show metadata warnings when metadata is incomplete

Specify whether warnings (small warning triangles) are displayed in the device list for the devices if the "application type" and "functional location" metadata are not filled. The option is disabled by default.

Check Internet connectivity and notify user

Specify whether the connection to the SEW‑EURODRIVE website should be checked periodically (5 min) in the background and a warning should be displayed in the event of an error. The option is disabled by default.

INFORMATION: To check the connection to the endpoints, see Audit.

Check data containers for overlapping parameter configuration

Specify whether a container is to be compared with other containers when creating or saving a container to detect data redundancy. If the same parameters are detected in the data model, a note is displayed. The displayed note can be ignored via a button. The option is enabled by default.

Disable MOVI-B scope data containers if MotionStudio Scope tool is running.

Specify whether a process monitor is executed in the background that monitors whether a MotionStudio scope application is running. If this is the case, a warning is displayed and all MOVI-B scope containers are deactivated temporarily. When the MotionStudio scope application is closed, the MOVI-B scope containers are automatically activated again. The option is enabled by default.

Discard MOVI-B and MOVI-C^® scope container events if sample count is incomplete.

Specify whether data events are discarded if the number of read data points during scope recording is smaller than the number of configured data points.

This case occurs, for example, if the scope memory is too small for a fixed number of data points. Instead of sending the incomplete scope recording as a data event, the data is discarded when this option is activated. An error message is not displayed.

INFORMATION: If this option is activated and a trigger has been configured for which data acquisition is directly active, the data of the 1st trigger event is discarded.

Monitor MOVI-B and MOVI-C^® data containers for external state change

Specify whether state changes due to additional applications that work with the software (e.g. the PreprocessingApp activates or deactivates a container) are displayed in the dashboard.

Allow management of devices in EtherCAT® configuration mode

The internal route of an inverter changes if, in the EtherCAT® control, you switch from configuration mode to operating mode. Therefore, only devices in EtherCAT® operating mode are supplied by the device scan.

Factory settings

[Restore factory settings]
button

Reset the software to the factory settings. All the current settings will be deleted.