Danfoss MCXShape User guide

User manual

MCXShape -

The easiest way to get control of your HVAC/R system

One software to configure and optimize any HVAC/R application

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Index

1.0	General overview		4
2.0	Installation		5
3.0	File menu		6
4.0	View menu		10
5.0	Tools menu		11
	5.1	Launch MyK Manager	11
	5.2	Edit languages (advanded)	11
	5.3	Import language file…	12
	5.4	Export language file…	12
	5.5	Export menu structure	13
	5.6	Project Options	13
	5.7	Gateway Configuration	14
	5.8	Edit EDF settings	15
	5.9	Edit measurements units	16
	5.10	Edit VR function (advanced)	16
	5.11	Edit I/O types (advanced)	16
6.0	Application data		17
7.0	Tabs description		18
	7.1	Compile & Upload	18
	7.2	Menu & Parameters	19
		7.2.1 Menu & Parameters – Tree View	19
		7.2.2 Menu & Parameters – Grid View	24
	7.3	Alarms:	27
	7.4	Digital input	29
	7.5	Analog input	30
	7.6	Digital output	31
	7.7	Analogue output	32
	7.8	Application strings	33
	7.9	Functionalities	33
	7.10	Enum	33
8.0	EDF file generation for connection with SC355/SM850		34
	8.1	Tools Menu	34
	8.2	Edit XML Tags	36
	8.3	Edit EDF menu	37
	8.4	Find in the EDF menu	38
	8.5	Edit parameter properties in EDF menu	38
	8.6	Menu & Parameters tab	39
	8.7	EDF generation	39
9.0	CDF file generation		39

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Table of new contents:

Manual	MCXShape	New Contents
Version	Software
	Version

V E2	V2.01

V E3	V3.06	All chapters have been changed for consistency with
		MCXShape v3.0x.

E4 This	V4.01	All chapters have been changed for consistency with
version		MCXShape v4.0x Updated the EDF generation

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1.0General overview

MCXShape is the tool used to configure the software application for downloading in the MCX programmable control.

You can use this configuration tool to define the model of MCX, the structure of the user interface menu, the default values for each parameter, the alarms set and actions, the I/O configuration, the interface languages and much more.

Moreover, by using MCXShape you can compile the software application, execute the Simulator software and download the software application in the MCX controller via serial communication or by copying it to the MyK memory (see MMIMYK Programming module – 080G0073).

Note that when MCXShape is used within the MCXDesign environment, some functionalities may be hidden.

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2.0Installation

The name of the installation file is MCXShapeSetup.exe.

To install the program on your PC, execute the file, follow the installation instruction and select your preferred options.

At the end of the installation you can run the tool using the icon on the desktop or from the program menu.

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3.0File menu

New Project (advanced):

to start a new empty project. Active only in combination with MCXDesign

Open:

the function to load the configuration file

The configuration file is located in the root of the software application. Its extension is MCXS.

NOTE:

If the .MCXS file that you are opening has been created with an older version of MCXShape, the following panel will appear.

You can choose to convert this file to the new version 4.x of MCXShape or continue to work with the previous version

Remember that you cannot use an old version of MCXShape to open a file already imported into the new version.

If you do choose to convert the file to the new version, a backup file will be saved in the MCXShape old version format.

Save:

to save the configuration in the original MCXS file

Save as:

to save the configuration in a new MCXS file

Recent projects:

to easily access recent projects

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Print:

to print all of the project data (Variable List), the parameters with or without the Modbus address, Input/Output configuration, alarms, status variables, enumerations (an enumeration is a string associated with the value of a parameter, e.g. NO=0, YES=1)

Print Enum List:

For an explanation of the Enumeration elements listed in the UNIT column of a Print Report, you can use the report generated by Print Enum List.

See, for example, Enum 11 in the two images below where the first has been generated with the Print Parameter List command.

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Merge:

The merge function is useful for importing a parameter configuration from an old MCXS file into a new one.

The merge function is most commonly used to import a configuration already set for one application into the configuration file of the newest version of the application.

The procedure for using the merge function is as follows:

•Open the new MCXS file.

•Verify the name filed in the application data: it must be the same for both new and old files.

••Select the merge function from the File menu and set the appropriate merge options as necessary. Using the default basic options, the parameter values of the old file will overwrite the parameter values of the new file. Usually this is all that you need to do. However, in the Merge Options you can select other attributes for merging:

Level:

to import the access level for menus and parameters from the old file

Enabled:

to import the “enabled” attribute from the old file

Visibility:

to import the visibility conditions from the old file

RW or Read Only:

to import the R/W attribute from the old file

Modbus Address (in development):

to import the Modbus addresses from the old file and maintain compatibility with other devices which refer to these addresses.

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The descriptions of the parameters remain the same in the new file unless one of the advanced options is selected. These can be used to import the following from the old file: the menu dictionary, the parameters dictionary, the alarms dictionary, the strings dictionary and the I/O dictionary.

NOTE: Select these options only if you want to overwrite the descriptions in the new file with the descriptions from the old file (not recommended).

•Click on the “Load File…” button to select the old file and then click on the Apply button.:

Import external data … (advanced)

Reserved

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4.0View menu

The View menu is useful for customising the way data appears in MCXShape.

Show/Hide column..:

to select a column to display. This is enabled only when the Menu & Parameters tab is selected

Show multilanguage columns:

to enable/disable the visualisation of the multilanguage columns on the right side of the workbench

Show unused params grayed out:

to grey out parameters not used and simplify the visualisation. Parameters are not used when their visibility condition are not true or when the related functionality is not enabled.

Hide unused params:

to hide parameters not used and simplify the visualisation. Parameters are not used when their visibility condition is not true or when the related functionality is not enabled.

Show locked parameters:

to highlight special parameters

Show compile result:

to show the report at the end of the compiling process. In this report you can find the used and available value for each type of memory.

Enable developer mode: to enable the viusalization of advanced menu for developers (hereafter “advanced”).

Close MCXShape to get back to normal mode.

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5.0Tools menu

5.1Launch MyK Manager

Launch MyK Manager to start the MyK Manager tool (see the MyKManager Manual).

5.2Edit languages (advanded)

This is used to manage project languages. Here you can define the font for each language (advanced), change the order of the languages using the Up and Down buttons and add a new language or remove an existing one.

The available font files are in your project’s bin folder; for each font there are a couple of files with BIN and DEF extensions. The structure of the font file name is font_XX, where XX = WE for Western Europe, EE for Eastern Europe, RU for Russia etc.

For each language you must specify the name of the .BIN font file to be used. A .DEF file name can be omitted if equal to .BIN.

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5.3Import language file…

This is used to import the application vocabulary from the special Excel file used for the translation.

The Excel file will have been created previously by the Export language file option.

5.4Export language file…

This is used to export all the application vocabulary of the selected languages in an Excel file. This option is used to facilitate the translation of all the strings present in the user interface of the application.

A pop-up window allows you to select the language you want to export:

Here is an example of the .XLS file that is generated:

To the right of each language you can find a number representing the number of characters still available before reaching the maximum number generally allowed by standard applications. This is only a guide, as the effective number is defined by the application and may change accordingly. The number is typically 21 characters (1 line on the MMIGRS2 user interface) for menus and 42 characters (2 lines) for parameters and alarms.

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