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Chapter
5
Operating Instructions
Flexi Soft Gateways
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Ethernet gateways
Gateway writes to Address/Port (Auto update) mode
The gateway can be configured to automatically update the data set information (i.e. the
application does not need to send any request messages as it would do in polling mode)
once the connection to the application has been made.
The configuration settings are available via the Flexi Soft Designer configuration tool or via
the TCP/IP interface itself. Using one interface does not disable the other: The auto update
mode could be enabled via Flexi Soft Designer and disabled via TCP/IP command, for
example.
Configuration via TCP/IP interface
This command message is sent by an application to the gateway to configure the auto up-
date mode. This message can be used to either disable or enable the auto update mode
directly through the TCP/IP interface.
Parameter
Length
Value
Command
WORD
00E1h
= Auto update control
Request
data set 1
WORD
0 = Do not send data set 1
1 = Send data set 1
Request
data set 2
WORD
0 = Do not send data set 2
1 = Send data set 2
Request
data set 3
WORD
0 = Do not send data set 3
1 = Send data set 3
Request
data set 4
WORD
0 = Do not send data set 4
1 = Send data set 4
Heartbeat
mode update
rate
WORD
0 = Disable heartbeat messages
Non-zero = Enable heartbeat message at specified rate in ms.
Minimum = 40 ms
Auto update is disabled if all Request Input Data Set flags are set to zero.
The response message returned to the application by the gateway:
Parameter
Length
Value
Command
WORD
001Eh
= Response to the auto update control message
Tab. 25: Auto update mode
configuration command
Note
Tab. 26: Auto update mode
configuration response