Environmental Monitoring System (EMS-5X, 10X and OS) Instruction Manual
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A.
Ethernet / TCP Configuration
Do not
enable both Ethernet/TCP and Serial/RTU Modbus connections at the same time.
The
TCPModbusSettings
attribute folder contains element settings for Modbus
Ethernet
connections to
Modbus master devices:
Figure 21:
Expanded TCPModbusSettings Folder
TCP Modbus Settings Description
EnableModbus
Set to
1
to
enable M
odbus
connection via
Ethernet
.
Set to
0
to
disable.
PortNumber
Port Number. The standard number for Modbus TCP is
502
.
ConnectionTimeout
Connection Timeout in
seconds
. This should be set to a value
just longer
than the
polling interval of the BMS/SCADA system. Default is
5
.
Table 8:
Modbus Ethernet/TCP Settings
Configure the Modbus TCP settings as follows:
1.
Click the icon next to the
TCPModbusSettings
attribute folder to
expand it. All configurable elements will
appear below, along with
element
text to
change
in the right column (
2.
Click the
element
text to change
to
highlight
and edit as required (
3.
Do not enable the Serial Modbus in the
SerialModbusSettings
attribute folder.
4.
Once editing of the file is complete, update
the
configuration version
,
date
, and
author
. Use the XML or text editor
‘Save
As’ option to re
-name the file to the
updated version number.
Attribute
Folder
Element text to change