Login page

Language switch

Switch the display language of the software through the first drop-down list. Currently, there are two languages: Simplified Chinese, English.

Server selection

Users can switch servers connected to on the software through the second drop-down list.

User login

• Enter the correct account password to log in successfully
• If the same account is in differentPCLogin on the different device at the same time, the account logged on the first device will be forced to log off
• The view account does not have permission to use the device pass-through function on the home page

Remember password

• If check this option, after entering the correct password and log in successfully, V-NET Client software would remember the password
• Users can select remembered account and password to log in directly through the inputbox drop-down list without repeatedly entering the password

Offline mode

Users can jump directly to the homepage without entering the account password by clicking Offline-mode. Only some functions are worked in offline mode. Please refer to the corresponding function modules in the following specific contents.

Offline mode

In offline mode, only some functions are available without login, like the above screenshot shows: The Display and Device Pass-through are disabled. To use the non-offline mode function, please close the V-NET Client, and restart to login account.

Display

After logging into the software, jump to the V-NET homepage by default.

The Pass-through tab is no longer displayed in the main interface. But integrated into the software "Device Pass-through" function. To use the corresponding function, please refer to following chapter Device Pass-through.

Device Configuration

Connect method

• USB direct connection
• Ethernet cable in LAN

• When the inputbox is not entered and directly click the magnifer icon, the current segment is scanned accroding to the PC IP's segment.
• When the inputbox is entered and click magnifer icon, the current segment is scanned according to the input IP.

Configure network

• After V-Box is selected, configure the network for the current device
• Upload is for uploads the network configuration of the current devic

• After downloaded, the current device will connect to the corresponding server according to downloaded configuration

Test network

Get the network status of the current device, see whether V-Box can ping server successfully.

Flash light

Let the lights of the V-Box start flashing quickly for several seconds, which is convenient for positioning where is the V-Box.

Get machine code

Get the machine code of the current connected device and copy it to the clipboard.

Update time

According to the current PC UTC time, to calibrate time of V-Box, but this would not change the time zone of V-Box.

Clear

Clear the operation log in the Operation reminder

Device Pass-through

PLC Pass-through

Functional overview

Search

Enter a device name/Machine code/Product code, device list only display the devices that meet the search criteria, and support real-time filteringDevice list

• Display all groupings and device names and device status under current account.
• When the mouse is in the device list, right-click the menu to refresh the device list and copy the machine code/Product code.
• Refresh list: Reacquire all groupings and devices under the current account number from the server.

• Copy machine code: Copy the current device's machine code/Product code to the clipboard.

Configuration template&Refresh status

• Refresh: Refresh the current device status(offline/online/being pass-through, etc.)
• New: Create a new configuration template according to current device and account
  • Name(required): Length limitation 1~50, cannot duplicate
  • Port: Select which communication port of the device to pass-through
  • When the Ethernet is selected as pass-through communication port, the information user need to enter is IP address, need to conform IP address format, and port scopes from 1 to 65535
  • When the device type is HMI, the template need to set a waiting timeout(ranges 0~500)
• Edit: Modify the selected configuration template
• Delete: Delete the selected configuration template

Device information&Configuration information

• Device information: Status (consistent with the status in the device list), machine code

• Configuration information: The configuration template list according to the selected device and current account. The specific information is displayed when different configurations are selected in the drop-down list

Start pass-through/End pass-through

• Click Start pass-through to proceed PLC pass-through according to the current configuration template
• Click End pass-through to end PLC pass-through connection
• When the device is offline, the Start pass-through button cannot be clicked
• When the firmware version of device is too low, the Start pass-through button cannot be clicked
• The current account does not have the permission of pass-through to this device or the device is shared by others, the Start pass-through button cannot be clicked
• When the current account has a device being pass-through, the Start pass-through button cannot be clicked
• After clicking the Start pass-through button, if the pass-through is successful, the button changes to End pass-through, and the device status color on the left side list changes to blue

VPN Pass-through

HMI Pass-through

Functional overview

Device list

• Display all support HMI devices under current account
• Right-click menu, search box is consistent with PLC pass-through

HMI Download tool configuration

The folder where the selected download tool is located and the corresponding PIStudio version information

Browse

Click Browse to find out if the selected folder containsPIStudioand download tools(Need to ensure existence)

ReOpen

When click start pass-through, and the download tool is closed due to some situation after opened it, click ReOpen to open the download tool again

HMI Download tool list

• Automatically search and detect the installed PIStudio on this PC, and display all installed download tools and their versions when enter the HMI pass-through page
• Select any option in the table, download tool configuration area display the corresponding selected option's information, and saves the selected HMIdownload tool configuration at the same time

Device information

Display device status and machine code

Start pass-through/End pass-through

• Click Start pass-through, proceed pass-through according to the specified download tool and the selected device
• Click End pass-through to end HMI pass-through
• When the device is offline, the Start pass-through button cannot be clicked
• When the firmware version of the device is too low, the Start pass-through button cannot be clicked
• The current account does not have the permission of pass-through to this device or the device is shared by others, the Start pass-through button cannot be clicked
• When the current account has a device being pass-through, the Start pass-through button cannot be clicked
• After clicking the Start pass-through button, the pass-through is successful, the button changes to End pass-through, and the device status color on the left side changes to orange, and the selected download tool is opened at the same time

• The download tool is opened correctly: Machine code can be obtained and detected HMI firmware version

Tools

ARP Scan

• Scan selectable network adapters
• Click the Scan button to scan all devices' IP address and the corresponding MAC address in the same network segment within the setting timeout

• The scanned device will be displayed on the list, which can help to judge whether the current device exists IP conflict problem or not

OPC Tool

• The software is built-inOPCtool, no need to download additionally, about the specific operation of OPC tool, please refer to the OPC tool
• OPC tools can be found in the home menu bar->Tools->OPC tool

Configuration

Server Select

Select the specified server, switch servers, and return to the login page

Virtual Serial Port

• Enable When using the PLC pass-through, need to use the virtual serial port function
• Select serial port: Choose the current idle serial port as the virtual serial port independently, so as to avoid access another new USB device conflict

Firmware Update

Cache Clear

Click this button to restart the software and clear cef folder cache

Help

• Display software-related information
• Display APP and WeChat applet QR code
• Display company information