
Parameter settings
5.2 Configuration via STEP 7 (Basic/Professional)
SIMATIC RF170C
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Parameter
Parameter value
Default value
Description
Suppression of
Error LED
None
Channel 1
Channel 2
None
Disabling the Error LED (ERR) of a channel.
The communications module has two channels
to which the readers / optical readers can be
connected. The Error LED of the other channel
flashes permanently when only one of the
channels is being used. With the help of the
suppression, you can disable the Error LED of
the unused channel.
Interface
RS-232
RS-422
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2)
Selection of the interface type that the
connected hardware (reader / optical reader)
uses.
This parameter only needs to be set if the MOBY
mode “Freeport protocol” was selected.
1)
The MOBY mode “RF300 filehandler” is not supported by the RF170C communications module.
2)
The default value depends on the set MOBY mode.
5.2.3
"Frame" parameter group
The "Frame" parameter group is only displayed when you have selected the parameter value
"Freeport protocol" in the "MOBY Mode" parameter of the module parameters. In this
parameter group, you can configure all parameters specific to the "Freeport protocol".
The “Frame“ parameter group contains the following parameters:
Figure 5-3
Parameters in the "Frame" parameter group