User Manual For - CONTROLLER/DATA RECORDER MultiCon CMC-99/141
SLAVE device
menu
MultiCon allows to address as many as 255 slave devices on the addresses from 1 to 255. To
define external data source, first an address must be chosen, next further parameters of the
SLAVE device (having this address) set.
Arrows placed in the upper right corner of the screen allow switching
between addresses of SLAVE devices. The middle button allows direct
selection of specific address from the list.
If the particular address is not used, then a
short menu
is displayed:
–
Device type –
turns on and off selected address,
•
not present
- means that this address is not used (in other words - there is no
SLAVE device with this address connected),
•
defined
- after selecting this option an extended list of SLAVE device
parameters will appear, see below in this
Chapter
for details
–
Load device template
– this button allows to load a template with predefined blocks
of input and / or output registers. Pressing this button invokes a file selection
window. After successful loading of the template an extended list of SLAVE device
parameters will appear, see below for details. Templates can be imported into the
MultiCon using a
File Management
menu and also created by the user using
Save device template
button after fully configuration of a slave device.
If the
Device type
is set to
defined
or a Template has been loaded, then
extended SLAVE
device menu
is shown. This menu as following fields:
–
Device type
=
defined
,
–
Device name
- to create or change the name of a SLAVE device, press the button
next to the
Device name
label and enter the name using displayed editor,
–
Device templates
parameter block – see
Chapter 7.15.3.1
for extended description,
–
Device channels
parameter block - see
Chapter 7.15.3.2
for extended description,
–
Register blocks
parameter block - see
Chapter 7.15.3.4
for extended description,
7.15.3.1.
Modbus MASTER - Device templates
parameter block
This block is composed of 2 buttons:
–
Load device template
– this button allows to load a template with predefined blocks
of input and / or output registers. Pressing this button invokes a file selection
window. After successful loading of the template an extended list of SLAVE device
parameters will appear, see below for details. Templates can be imported into the
MultiCon using a
File Management
menu and also created by the user using
Save device template
button after fully configuration of a slave device
–
Save device template
- allows the user to save a configured SLAVE device as a
template for further usage. Saved template can be used for:
•
fast copying/moving of the SLAVE device to another address (use
Load device template
)
•
easy creation of similar SLAVE devices by loading the template in another
address and modification of parameters.
•
easy moving exchange of templates between different MultiCon devices (using
File Management
menu).
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