User Manual For - CONTROLLER/DATA RECORDER MultiCon CMC-99/141
MultiCon allows to address as many as 255 slave devices on the addresses from 1 to
255. To define an external data source, first an address must be chosen, next further
parameters of the SLAVE device (having this address) set.
The arrows placed in the upper right corner of the screen allow
switching between addresses of SLAVE devices. The middle button
allows a direct selection of a specific address from the list.
If the particular address is not used, then a
short menu
is displayed:
–
Device type –
turns on and off a selected address,
•
not present
- means that this address is not used (in other words - there is no
SLAVE device connected with this address),
•
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 a 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 the
File Management
menu and also created by the user using
the
Save device template
button after a full configuration of a slave device.
If the
Device type
is set to
defined
or a Template has been loaded, then the
extended
SLAVE device menu
is shown. This menu has the 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 a 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 a 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 the
File Management
menu and also created by the user using
the
Save device template
button after a full configuration of a slave device
–
Save device template
- allows the user to save a configured SLAVE device as a
template for further usage. A saved template can be used for:
•
fast copying/moving of the SLAVE device to another address (use
the
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
the
File Management
menu).
An example of the Modbus template selection window is shown in
. Below
additional icons are described below this figure.
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