Bradley Smoker PLC-5 user manual Configure Channel 0 as a Master Station

10-12Communicating with Devices on a Serial Link

Configure Channel 0 as a Master Station

To configure channel 0 for DF1 master communication, use the system mode configuration screen in your programming software.

configure the serial communications as system master

specify the details

This field	Specifies	Configure by Doing the Following
Diagnostic file	The file containing the channel’s	Enter an integer file number (10-999).
	status information	ATTENTION: Assign a unique diagnostic file to each channel. Do not
		assign a diagnostic file that is the I/O status file you assigned or any
		other used integer file. Unpredictable machine action can result.
		Important: You must define a diagnostics file for a channel configured
		for anything but unused (even if you are not using the channel) if you want
		to get status information for that channel.
Enable	Whether the remote mode change	Select ENABLED or DISABLED.
	option is enabled

Mode attention char. The attention character for the system mode or the user mode character for a remote mode change

Enter a valid attention character. If the attention character you want to use is a control character, specify the ASCII equivalent.

System mode char.	The character for the mode attention
	character (above)

Enter a valid attention character. If the attention character you want to use is a control character, specify the ASCII equivalent.

When the controller encounters the attention character and the system mode character, the controller sets channel 0 communication to system mode. Note that the remote mode change option must be ENABLED.

Publication 1785-UM012D-EN-P - July 2005