Delta AH500 series, Hardware Operation Manual

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Chapter 9
N e t w o r k C o n f i g u r a t i o n
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Method 2
Select a PLC or a device on the device list, and then drag it to a position in the working area.
The users can add a user
-
defined Modbus device to the working area.
Afte
r the users select
MODBUS
Device
on the device list, and add it to the working area in one of the two ways described above, the
Custom
Device
window will appear. The users have to type a name in the
Name
box, select a number in the
The
number of ports
drop
-
down list box, and click
OK . (A user-
defined Modbus device can have three ports at
most.)
T
he users can add network modules to the working area. However, if the devices deployed in the working area
include AH500 series CPU modules for which projects are created, the users can not connect network
modules to the CPU modules. If the users want to connect network modules to the CPU modules, they have
to close the NWCONFIG window, configure the network modules in HWCONFIG, and save
the setting in
HWCONFIG.
A
fter the users open the NWCONFIG window again, the system will update the network