Basic operation

Feb 27, 2025 | 2217 words | 11 min reading time

Log in as user

1. Click the button in the navigation bar to open the user management:

  The following dialog appears:

2. Click LOGIN.

  The following dialog appears:

3. Enter your username and password and click LOGIN.

Note

If you have entered the login data incorrectly too many times, you will be blocked for a certain period of time and will not be able to log in again for the duration of this login block. By default, you have 10 possible failed attempts and the duration of the login lock is 30 seconds. The default values can be changed by users with the Admin role. The remaining duration of the lock is displayed.

  You have successfully logged in to BET .

Log out as user

  Open the user menu and click LOG OUT.

  You have successfully logged out from BET .

Make user settings

1. Click the button in the navigation bar to open the user management:

2. Click USER SETTINGS.

   Note

   This menu selection is only accessible to users with an admin role.

  The following dialog appears:

3. If you want to skip the login when starting BET, deactivate the “Enable BET login” option. This option is activated by default. You must confirm the deactivation with the following prompt. Changes to this setting will only take effect after restarting BET.

   

4. Under Static HTTP port setting for BET you can deactivate the default port and then enter your own port. Changes to this setting only take effect after restarting BET.

5. Activate Debug log to gain access to debug logs in the log.

6. Activating Scan by ping searches for devices enumeratively in the entire accessible network. This increases the probability of finding additional devices. However, this type of search takes considerably longer.

7. In the Timeout in minutes field, enter the desired value in the range from 1 - 1440 minutes after you want to be logged out automatically in the event of inactivity.

8. In the Password length field, you have the option of defining a minimum length for BET passwords.

   Note

   A valid password has a maximum of 255 characters and at least 12 characters by default.

9. With Maximum login attempts, you can define how many login attempts a user may make with incorrect access data before they are blocked. You can also define here how long the user will be blocked if they have exceeded the maximum number of login attempts.

10. Click on Save settings to save the changes or Save settings and restart to restart BET after saving the settings.

Show usage information

1. Click the button in the navigation bar to display the usage information:

  The following menu appears:

3. You have the following options:

• Click USER MANUAL to open this user manual.

• Click RELEASE NOTES to open the release notes.

• Click KNOWN ISSUES for information about bugs and issues that have been reported and that the development team is currently working on.

• Click FAQ to view causes to specific problems and their possible solutions.

• Click CONTACT & SUPPORT to open a geosensitive contact page.

• Click ABOUT to get the following information:
  

  • The version of the BET

  • The build number

  • The publication

  • The Balluff site

  • Information about open source licenses

  • The general terms and conditions

   Click on Display all installed plugins to find out which extensions are available for your installation of BET .

   Click on Details and open source licenses to find out more about the respective plugin.

Manage notifications

Certain events or states are displayed to you via notifications. If notifications are present, this is indicated by a red circle. The number in the circle corresponds to the number of notifications:

Show notifications

  In the navigation bar, click the button to display the notifications:

  A menu with all current notifications opens.

Delete single notification

  Click in the upper right area of the notification .

  The notification will be deleted.

Delete all notifications

  Click DISMISS ALL.

  All notifications will be deleted.

Note

The login notification cannot be deleted.

Hide notification menu

  Click Hide.

  The notification menu is closed.

Notification types

There are several types of notifications:

• Login notifications

• Notifications about the connection status of an IO-Link device / IO-Link network module

Notification Login

The Login notification informs you that no login has been made yet.

Note

The “Login” notification is pending until a login is made. The notification cannot be deleted.

Notification of the connection status of IO-Link devices and IO-Link network modules.

The BET monitors the following:

• Status of the IO-Link devices

• Status of the IO-Link network modules

• Events of the IO-Link devices

For scanned topologies Update must be active.

A new notification is added in the following cases:

• An IO-Link device or an IO-Link network module interrupts its connection or reconnects to the network.

• An IO-Link device other than what was originally found in the topology has connected to the port.

• An event occurs at the IO-Link device.

Note

If an IO-Link network module loses the connection status to an IO-Link device, the IO-Link network module does not send a connection interruption notification.

Change the language of the user interface

1. Click the button to change the user interface language in the navigation bar:
   .

  The language selection menu opens:

2. Click the desired language.

  The user interface will be changed according to your selection.

Manage users

User management overview

In the user administration you add BET users and edit or delete them.

Dialog User management

Pos.	Description
1	Filter users, see Filter users.
2	Add/export users, see Add user, Export user.
3	Export/delete/synchronize users, see Export user, Delete user, Synchronize device logins on devices
4	Edit/export/delete users, see Edit user, Export user, Delete user.
5	User information, see Open user management.

You assign user roles to created users, through which you grant permissions to use certain functionalities:

Functionality	Authorized user role
User Management	Administrator
Import topology	Administrator, Expert
Export topology	Administrator, Expert
Save project	Administrator, Expert
Activity log	Administrator (all entries), Expert and User (limited visibility).
Set devices	Administrator, Expert
Import devices to catalog	Administrator, Expert
Bypass SPS lock	All (activation by administrator in the user administration necessary)

Note

You can only access the user administration with the “Administrator” (admin) user role.

Open user management

1. Click the button in the navigation bar to open the user management:

  The User management dialog appears.

2. You have the following options to set the number of lines and navigate between pages:

• In the Lines per page list, select whether you want to be shown 5, 10 or 15 lines (users) per page.

• Click > to scroll to the next page.

• Click < to scroll to the previous page.

Add user

1. Open the user administration.

2. Click .

  The following dialog appears:

3. Create the new user. The user name and password are mandatory fields. The name and e-mail address are optional.

Note

You can use any characters from the ASCII character set and graphic characters from the Unicode character set for the password. A valid password has a maximum of 255 characters and at least 12 characters by default. You can change the minimum password length, but it must not be less than the minimum password length of 8 characters and must not exceed the maximum password length of 255 characters.

4. If necessary, change the default values for the number of failed login attempts and the duration of the login lock.

5. Assign the user his role (ADMIN, EXPERT, USER).

6. Click Use BET login to give the new user this authorization.

7. Click Use device logins to give the new user this authorization.

8. Only for user role Admin or Expert: If the user is to be authorized to change parameter values of IO-Link devices even though a PLC is present, activate Ignore PLC lock.

  The following dialog appears:

9. Click Activate to grant this authorization or Cancel to cancel the granting of this right of use.

10. Click Create user to save the new user. Click Discard to cancel the process.

Edit user

1. Open the user administration.

2. Select the user you want to edit.

3. Click .

  The edit mode is active.

4. Edit the user.

5. Click Save user settings to save the changes. Click Discard to cancel the process.

Delete user

1. Open the user administration.

2. Select the user you want to delete.

3. Click .

  The following dialog appears:

4. Click DELETE to delete the user. Click CANCEL to cancel the operation.

Filter users

1. Open the user administration.

2. Enter a character string in the search field to filter the list of users.

  The list of users is filtered at the same time as they are entered.

Export user

You can export all created users from an existing topology in order to attach them to the machine documentation as a ZIP file. The export is also useful if you import generic logins within a company into all devices that require authentication in order to save commissioning time.

1. Select the user you want to export.

2. Click .

  The following dialog appears:

3. Assign a password to protect the exported user data.

4. Click Export user data to save the user data. Click CANCEL to cancel the process.

Import user

You can import the exported users as follows:

1. Open the user administration.

2. Click .

  The following dialog appears:

3. Hold down the left mouse button and drag the desired user data file within the dotted frame and release the mouse button to upload it. Alternatively, you can also click within the frame area to select the file in the file system.

  The following dialog appears:

4. Enter a password and click Next.

  The following dialog appears:

5. Click Done.

Synchronize device logins on devices

You can synchronize created user accounts with devices in the field.

1. Open the user administration.

2. Click .

  The following dialog appears:

3. Select the device logins that you want to synchronize to field devices and click Next.

  The following dialog appears:

4. Select the devices in the topology for which you want to synchronize the users and click Next.

  The following dialog appears:

5. Authenticate and click Next.

  The following dialog appears:

6. Overview of current device registrations and click Next.

  The following dialog appears:

7. Write device registrations and click Next.

  The following dialog appears:

8. Write results and click Done.

Show grid lines in main view

You can display a grid for better orientation on the work surface and for aligning the devices.

  Click GRID in the toolbar.

  A grid is displayed in the background of the workspace. Click Grid again to hide the grid again.

Show function bar reduced

1. Click PIN in the toolbar.

  The function bar is displayed reduced and folds out only if the mouse pointer remains on the function bar for a certain time:

2. Click .

  The function bar is displayed completely and permanently again.

Hide and show navigation bar

1. Click in the navigation bar .

  The navigation bar is hidden.

2. Click in the toolbar to show the navigation bar again.

Customize table view

Some information is displayed in a table view. You can customize the table view for better clarity.

Filter with search term

  Enter a search term in the search field.

Search term “BNI”

  The table view is filtered accordingly.

Navigate to table view

1. To set the number of entries per page, select the desired value from the list below the table.

Number of entries per page: 10

  A maximum of the specified number of entries is displayed per page. The numbers of the currently displayed entries and the number of total entries are also displayed.

Entries 1-2 of a total of 2 entries are shown on the current page

2. To navigate to another page, select the desired page number from the list.

Navigate to page 1

3. To scroll between pages, use the arrow keys. To move forward one page, click >. To turn back one page, click <.

  The desired page is displayed.

Customize columns

You can customize the columns displayed, for example, hiding categories that are not relevant to you from the table view.

1. In the table view, click Customize and uncheck the categories you want to hide.

Customized view. The categories Hardware Revision and IO-Link Revision are hidden

2. Click Confirm.

  All deselected categories will not be displayed in the table view after the transfer.

Sort columns

You can sort the entries in the columns in ascending or descending order.

1. Click .

  The table entries are sorted in ascending order:

Entries sorted in ascending order

2. Click .

  The table entries are sorted in descending order:

Entries sorted in descending order

Activity log (LOG)

The log is a tool that can also be used for troubleshooting, among other things. The entries can be filtered and sorted as required. Further information can be found in the chapter Perform troubleshooting with activity log (LOG) .

Filter columns

You can filter the displayed columns and thus, for example, hide entries that are not relevant for you from the column. Filter criteria are interpreted as an “AND operation”.

1. Click , activate the entries to be filtered by and click OK.

Example: Only the severity levels Error and Critical are displayed.

  The column is filtered accordingly. The filter icon changes () to indicate that a filter is set. The set filters are displayed as tags in the upper right corner:

2. To delete a filter criterion, click in the tag . To delete all filters, click or in the filter selection RESET.

  The filter(s) will be reset.

Topology Overview

The topology overview provides a quick overview of the existing IO-Link network modules in the currently loaded topology. The connected devices and their connection and device status are also displayed.

You have the option of changing various settings directly within the topology overview. Further information can be found in the chapter Show topology overview .

Activate lines for action

1. Select the check box for the line for which you want to perform the action, for example, write changed values to the device.

Single line selected

2. To enable all lines, click the checkbox in the top line.

All lines marked

  The selected lines are highlighted and the action can be performed.

BET-Perform self-update

The BET is able to update itself if a newer version should be available online. You will be notified of a new BET version when you start the BET .

Start screen with indication of new BET version

1. Click Update now.

  A sidebar opens with information about the currently installed version and the BET version available in the cloud.

Self-Update - Available Versions

2. To get more information about the available version, click Details.

Self-Update - Details

3. To upgrade to the available version in the cloud, click Download From The Cloud.

  After downloading, the following dialog appears:

Self-Update - Start Installation

4. Click Install new software version to install the downloaded version of the BET . If you do not want to install the downloaded version of the BET , click Delete Software Version.

   If you have selected Install new software version, the following dialog appears:

Self-Update - Confirmation

5. Click Yes, Update Now.

The BET is closed and the new version is installed.