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3)
The
Enable
check box should be selected for the device.
4)
Enter a
Device Label
to identify the device within the gateway.
5)
Enter the
IP Address
of the PLC, the
Controller Slot
(Integrated Ethernet, use Slot 0), and select
the
PLC Type
. The Controller Slot is the slot where the Controller is located, not the Ethernet
Card being used. These three parameters must match the PLC you are communicating to.
6)
Select the
Comms Mode
. Unconnected (UCMM) messaging relies on shared resources to
transfer data to/from the PLC. This could result in message timeouts if there are a lot of devices
fighting for these shared buffers. Connected (Class 3 Explicit) messaging relies on reserved
resources to transfer data to/from the PLC. Connected (Class 3 Explicit) messaging is
recommended.
8)
Enter an
Optimized Trigger Tag/File Name
to enable the triggering optimization that is
available. By enabling this feature, the gateway will read this tag/file for a change of value and
when the change has occurred, it will read all of the tag/files specified in the read scan lines.
7)
Enter the
“#
of Read Scan Lines
”
and
“# of
Write Scan Lines
”
.
8)
Click
Generate Scan Lines
to have the read and write scan lines auto-generated for you. If you
need to manually configure the read and write scan lines you can do so after they have been
generated.
