| 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: "Comm" |
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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 |
| Protocol data type | See: Protocol data type
After the preconfiguration is created, the "PmaComm > Parameters > Protocol parameters" configurator will be set to this value. The same data as for serial link
SAIA S-BUS in UDP-frame
DIGIControl S-BUS TBETH protocol |
| TCP/UDP remote port number | Ethernet remote port number for communication.
5050 - SBUS in UDP-frame for PLC devices PLC SAIA
5556 - for PLC devices DIGIControl
5558 - for PLC devices DIGIControl After the preconfiguration is created, the "PmaComm > Setting the parameters of the Ethernet-client > TCP/UDP remote port number" configurator will be set to this value. |
| Transfer mode | See: Transfer mode
After the preconfiguration is created, the "PmaComm > Parameters > Protocol parameters" configurator will be set to this value. 1: Parity
2: Data |
| SBUS address of this application | For "DIGIControl S-BUS TBETH protocol" data type. |
| 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 address defined here can be used for definitions in the "ItemId" configurator in variables in this object (i.e. in variables on the "Data" tab or in data extension ExtComm). The address can be entered in ItemId:
- either for example dev1... - then the value of the variable will be read from the PLC device with address 1.
- or devD... - the "D" character means default (it means that the address is taken from this configurator).
This parameter can be changed in runtime and read in the script by methods: SetSpecParam("SlaveAddr") and GetSpecParam("SlaveAddr"). After the preconfiguration is created, the "PmaCommGroup > Parameters > Special Parameters > Default device address" configurator will be set to this value. |