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100/180MM DISTRIBUTED GRAPHIC RECORDER: USER GUIDE
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Issue 11 Oct 14
4.3.16 MASTER COMMS (Cont.)
AUTO DETECT PAGE
The ‘Autodetect’ page displays the progress of the search. Once the search is complete, the results are
displayed as shown in fi gure 4.3.16c, below. For example, the top two lines show that devices with Mod-
bus addresses 1 and 2 were detected at IP address 149.121.130.211.
For instrument types similar to those described in this manual, the Instrument Descriptor is displayed in
the list. For other instruments, if the type is recognised, then the instrument type ID (e.g. model number)
appears. As can be seen from the fi gure, the instrument descriptors for the fi rst two detected instru-
ments have been edited (
section 4.3.1 ); the second two have the default descriptor (Instrument), and the
fi nal one is a model 2747.
Note: The model number ‘2747’ is used for illustrative purposes only. If such an instrument type ex-
ists, it should not be assumed from the above that it will be recognised by the auto detect system.
Auto Detect
Please select required slave devices
Furnace temps 1 at 149.121.130.211/1
Furnace Temps 2 at 149.121.130.211/2
Instrument at 149.121.130.232/1
Instrument at 149.121.130.236/1
2747 at 149.121.130.237/1
Abort Start Discard Apply Re-Scan
If 'Overwrite existing slaves' is not enabled, AND the
number of detected slaves is greater than the number
of free slots, then this text reads 'Please select a
maximum of N slave devices', where N is the differ-
ence between the number of slaves detected and the
number of free slots.
If the user selects more than N devices, only the first
N selected devices are used.
Figure 4.3.16c Auto detect results page
As can be seen from the fi gure above, each instrument has a tick box associated with it. The user enables
those instruments which are to be included in the Slave List, by touching the relevant boxes. Operation
of ‘Apply’ then causes the selected instruments to be incorporated into the Slave list in the Modbus Mas-
ter confi guration page.
If ‘Overwrite existing slaves’ is enabled, existing slaves are overwritten starting with slave 1 in the list.
If ‘Overwrite existing slaves’ is not enabled, then new slaves selected from the Auto detect page will be
inserted into the free slots in the slave list.
Note: A ‘free slot’ is either an empty slot, or a slot containing a slave which has not yet been enabled.