User Manual For - CONTROLLER/DATA RECORDER MultiCon CMC-99/141
Register blocks
group has the following fields:
–
Blocks config. mode
•
automatic
- the device automatically creates a block of registers to be read
using the list defined in the
Device channels
sub-menu. Then the
Block list
is
informal only and cannot be edited.
•
manual
– the user must create a list of registers blocks using the
Block list
parameter
–
Maximum block size
- occurs only for the
Blocks config.mode
=
automatic.
This
parameter allows the user to limit the number of data registers to be read at once. It
can be very useful when SLAVE devices have a limitation of max. number of
registers read in a single frame.
–
Block list
– occurs only for the
manual
mode, parameter description below in this
chapter,
–
Avail. Input blocks
– read only submenu, allows to preview the created input blocks
automatically or manually,
–
Avail. Output blocks
– read only submenu, allows to preview the created input
blocks automatically or manually,
Block list submenu
This button appears only for the manual configuration mode and
allows
the user to add a new block of registers to the list of register blocks.
This button appears only for the manual configuration mode and allows
the user to remove a block of registers from the list of register blocks.
The arrows placed in the upper right corner of the screen allow
switching between register blocks. The middle button allows a direct
selection of a specific register block.
The
Block list
parameters are:
–
Block type:
•
read Holding reg.
- HOLDING register group for reading purpose,
•
read INPUT reg.
- INPUT register group for reading purpose,
•
write HOLDING reg.
- HOLDING register group for writing purpose,
–
Register size
- defines data size, can be set to:
•
16-bit registers
- data is read/preset as 16 bit registers; this value can also be
used for 32-bit registers reading/preseting. In such a case data is composed as
two 16-bit registers and params:
First register
&
Last register
must select a
minimum of 2 registers (e. g.
First register: 3h
,
Last register: 4h)
. The
important parameter is then also
Ordering
- see
Chapter 7.15.3.3. Modbus
•
32-bit registers
- for 32-bit registers reading/preseting only, data is read as one
32-bit register.
–
First register
- value indicating the number of the first register of the block,
–
Last register
- value indicating the number of the last register of the block, for
a single block with one 16-bit register the parameter
First register
and
Last register
must be the same number register,
The manual mode configuration of registers blocks introduces a freedom when
setting
Block list
parameters. Take care to set
Block list
parameters according to
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