# Hardware configuration

In this page you are allowed to install and remove devices installed on FACS.

Fields:

- Neuron Id: <Unique identified of the board>

- Type Id: Sequence number (pumps 1 to 255, stations 1 to 255 etc)

- Name: Editable name field

- Component type: Software type installed on the board

- Hardware type: Board type

- Generation:

o 1 = FACS and newer compatible

o 2 = FACS4.0 and newer compatible

- Software: Version of the software installed on the board

- Software configuration: internal configuration

- Blink command: if uninstalled command a led on the board

- Component installed : is installation done?

- Comms checks: Enable the offline check

- Device configuration: Allow to map the virtual devices on this board

- Restore defaults: Restore the default data on the board

- Network diagnostics: Open the popup that shows the communication errors

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- Reinstall controller: Restore the board defaults and reinstall the controller

- Delete controller: Remove the board from the configuration

## Install a new controller

When a new controller is recognized a new row will be shown (uninstalled controllers has and empty square in the last column of the table)

To install the new controller you need to click on it

Change the name

Install the controller (by pressing the “Install controller” button)

When the controller is installed these will be shown

## Virtual device configuration

In this tab you can create all the virtual devices that will be hosted on one of the boards.

You can see the id of the device, the assigned name, the type boards where this device is assigned and then 2 buttons for renaming and deleting the device.

By clicking the “New” button a popup will be shown.

Here you can choose the right virtual device type and assign a name.

## Modbus configuration

Fields:

- Address: COM port or IP address of the device

- Id: Modbus id

- Name: Editable device name

- Type: Device type

- Scan: command a scan of the configured addresses

- Install: add the device in the configuration

- Remove: remove the device from the configuration

- Configuration: Allow to configure the scannable ip addresses

To add a new Modbus device in the configuration first you need to connect the device on the server computer through RS485 or through Ethernet.

By clicking SCAN a RS485 scan starts on all the available com port of the computer and an Ethernet scan run on the configured address range.

During the scan procedure an icon will be show on the bottom bar of the software.