| The name of created object | Name of the object created in the Pma object tree.
The maximum name length is 30 characters. This is a system name, so it must contain only alphanumeric and must not contain any diacritics (i.e. national dependent characters), empty string, spaces and first character must not be a number. Default: "AllenBradleyDF1" |
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| Communication type |
Serial communication |
| Network address | Network address of the remote device (e.g. of the PLC device), to which the communication will be connected.
The address can be entered as: - IPv4 full address (e.g. "192.168.0.15")
- IPv4 address of this computer (i.e. "127.0.0.1")
- IPv4 computer name (e.g. "server11")
- IPv4 name of this computer (i.e. "localhost")
- IPv6 full address (e.g. "2a02:c38:8136:800a:37a:ab66:6fc9:accd")
- IPv6 address of this computer (i.e. "::1")
Macro expression can be used for input (it is evaluated after the application is launched). After the preconfiguration is created, the "PmaComm > Setting the parameters of the Ethernet-client > Network address" configurator will be set to this value. |
| TCP/UDP remote port number | Ethernet remote port number for communication. |
| Ethernet transfer type | Deatiled Ethernet protocol type specification. |
| Close the connection after each transmission | This option sets the following configurators simultaneously:
Not connect until first transfer. See: PmaComm > Setting the parameters of the Ethernet-client > Not connect until first transfer Close connection after every transfer. See: PmaComm > Setting the parameters of the Ethernet-client > Close connection after every transfer |
| Serial port | Selection of the communication serial port.
The value can be change by the OpenPort method. The value can be detected by method GetProtParam("SerPort"). After the preconfiguration is created, the "PmaComm > Setting the parameters of the serial link > Serial port" configurator will be set to this value. Not set - The object is not connected to any port after the application is launched and the serial port can be selected dynamically by the algorithm (by the PmaComm.OpenPort method).
COM1, COM2,..,COM66 - The specified serial port is opened after the application is launched. This port must be correctly configured and accessible in Windows OS (no one can use it).
For serial link each PmaComm object must have defined another communication port. For example, if one PmaComm object communicates through COM1, then next PmaComm object can communicate for example through COM2 (COM3, …) but it mustn't communicate through COM1. |
| Baud rate | Selection of the baud rate (bps, bit per second).
This configurator sets the initial value of the BaudRate property. After the preconfiguration is created, the "PmaComm > Setting the parameters of the serial link > Baud rate" configurator will be set to this value. 110
300
600
1200
2400
4800
9600
14400
19200
38400
57600
115200
128000
256000 |
| Communication refresh rate [ms] | The period in milliseconds to be used for reading the current data by the PROMOTIC application.
After the preconfiguration is created, the "PmaCommGroup > Parameters > Communication refresh rate [ms]" configurator will be set to this value. |
| Protocol data type | Only for Ethernet. Specifies the protocol data form. It is possible to choose:
The same data as for serial link - This option can be selected, for example, if the device is equipped with the serial link and it is connected to the Ethernet through the RS232/Ethernet converter. If the converter does no modifications to the transmitted data, then it is a very easy way how to communicate via Ethernet with the device not equipped with Ethernet interface.
Encapsulating into EtherNet/IP - this option is suitable for example for PLC devices MicroLogix with Ethernet connection. |
| Port number in the PLC device | Only for "Encapsulating into EtherNet/IP".
The default value is 1. |
| Slot number in the PLC device | Only for "Encapsulating into EtherNet/IP".
The default value is 0. |
| Device address | The device address to communicate with.
The device is often preset to address 0. After the preconfiguration is created, the "PmaCommGroup > Parameters > Special Parameters > Device address" configurator will be set to this value. |
| Master address (SRC) | Number of PROMOTIC station, for example 0.
After the preconfiguration is created, the "PmaComm > Parameters > Protocol parameters" configurator will be set to this value. |
| Check sum type |
After the preconfiguration is created, the "PmaComm > Parameters > Protocol parameters" configurator will be set to this value. BCC
CRC |
| Link Protocol | Link Protocol
After the preconfiguration is created, the "PmaComm > Parameters > Protocol parameters" configurator will be set to this value. Full-duplex
Half-duplex |
| Create examples of testing data | A set of exemplary data is created |
| O-Output | |
| I-Input | |
| B-Binary | |
| N-Integer | |
| F-Float | |
| Create panel for test data | Creates panel that monitors the statistics of communication values |
| Panel title | Displayed in the panel header |