Communicating with Devices on a Serial Link

10-15

 

 

This Field

Specifies

Configure by Doing the Following

Master message

The current value of channel 0 master

If you want the master station to:

transmit

message transmit

send all of the master station-initiated MSG instructions to the remote

 

 

 

 

stations before polling the next remote station in the poll list, choose

 

 

Between Station Polls

 

 

This method makes certain that master station-initiated messages are

 

 

sent in a timely and regular manner (after every remote station poll).

 

 

only send master station-initiated MSG instructions when the master’s

 

 

station number appears in the polling sequence, choose In Poll Sequence

 

 

With this method, sending master station-initiated messages are

 

 

dependent upon where and how often the master station appears in the

 

 

poll list. To achieve the same goal as the Between Station Polls method,

 

 

the master-station’s address would have to appear after every

 

 

remote-station’s address.

 

 

The controller sets a minor fault if you are using IN POLL SEQUENCE and

 

 

the master’s station is not in either the normal poll list or the priority

 

 

poll list.

 

 

 

Normal poll node file

The integer file that contains the

Enter an integer file number 0-255

 

addresses of the remote stations you

 

 

want in the normal poll list

 

 

 

 

Normal poll group size

The quantity of active stations located

Enter a valid value 10-999.

 

in the normal poll list that you want

 

 

polled during a scan through the

 

 

normal poll list before returning to the

 

 

priority poll list

 

 

 

 

Priority poll node file

The integer file that contains the

Enter an integer file number 10-999.

 

addresses of the remote stations you

 

 

want in the priority poll list

 

 

 

 

Active station file

The binary file that stores the station

Enter a binary file number 10-999.

 

addresses of all active stations on

 

 

the link.

 

 

 

 

Publication 1785-UM012D-EN-P - July 2005

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Bradley Smoker PLC-5 Master message, If you want the master station to, Transmit Message transmit, Between Station Polls