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Description This table describes the different areas which make up the configuration screen:
Modbus Instances Once installed, configure the Modbus driver and reboot the computer. All Modbus instances are initialized.For each Modbus instance configured a corresponding icon appears in the task bar.
Area Element
Serial Port COM Port : provides a choice for the communication port to be used,
by default COM1.
Baud rate: provides a choice for transmission speed between 300
and 19200 bits/second, by default 9600b/s.
Stop bits Allows entry of the number of stop bits used for communication, by
default 1 stop bit.
Parity Is used to set whether a parity bit is added or not, as well as its type,
such as:
Even , for even parity (default selection),
Odd , for odd parity,
None , for no parity bit
Global TimeOut Allows Reception Time-Out to be defined (in milliseconds) while the
driver is waiting for the response from the polled Modbus slave.
Inter-Char TimeOut Allows quiet time to be defined (in milliseconds), permitting detection
of a Modbus end delimiter.
If the Automatic box is checked, the value is automatically
calculated according to speed (Baud Rate).
Mode (Data Bits) RTU : the characters are coded on 8 bits in binary.
This mode is the default mode.
ASCII: the characters are coded on 7 bits in ASCII.
Apply button Allows the configuration to be saved; the file ModbusConf.ini is
created.
Undo button Allows the latest modifications not to be acknowledged.
Default button Allows parameters to be set f or the different fields with default values.
Hide button Allows configuration parameters to be acknowledged, and
represents the window by an icon.