| 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: "eWonModbus" |
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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. |
| 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 |
| Parity | Parity selection. Appropriate value for the device, which it is communicated with, must be selected.
This configurator sets the initial value of the Parity property. After the preconfiguration is created, the "PmaComm > Setting the parameters of the serial link > Parity" configurator will be set to this value. |
| 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. |
| Default device address | The device address in the Modbus network.
After the preconfiguration is created, the "PmaCommGroup > Parameters > Special Parameters > Default device address" configurator will be set to this value. |
| Area base addresses | The addresses of the beginnings of the data areas are entered here (Bo, Bi, Ro, Ri).
The addresses for these areas are preset to 0. (if the preconfiguration for a specific device is not used - see Preconfigurations / Communication / Protocols and other communications / Modbus). For another PLC types the addresses can be different (e.g. the addresses do not begin with 0, but with 1 or 40001, etc.). While communicating, the "Data item address" is modified as a sum of the relative item address (defined in the ItemId identificator) and the area base address. |
| Maximum number of variables received in one message | For each area (Bo,Bi,Ro,Ri) the maximum number of variables to be transmitted in one message is defined here. These values depend on the device type to communicate with (some PLC devices support transmission of low register numbers in one message, other support higher numbers) - this specification either can be found in the device documentation or must be tried/tested.
The preset values are 64 for Bo and Bi, 32 for Ro and Ri (if the preconfiguration for a specific device is not used - see Preconfigurations / Communication / Protocols and other communications / Modbus). The preset values are very low. Increasing these values (if the device allows it) may cause higher communication speeds because the transmitted data can be sent in a lower number of communication messages. |
| Examples of testing data | |
| Number of digital outputs (Bo) | Allows to enter the number according to the device type |
| Number of digital inputs (Bi) | Allows to enter the number according to the device type |
| Number of analog outputs (Ro) | Allows to enter the number according to the device type |
| Number of analog inputs (Ri) | Allows to enter the number according to the device type |
| Create panel for test data | Creates panel that monitors the statistics of communication values |
| Panel title | Displayed in the panel header |