Installation

 

 

 

 

Description

This table describes the different areas which make up the configuration screen:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 for the different fields with default values.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hide

button

Allows configuration parameters to be acknowledged, and

 

 

 

 

represents the window by an icon.

 

Modbus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once installed, configure the Modbus driver and reboot the computer. All Modbus

Instances

instances are initialized.

For each Modbus instance configured a corresponding icon appears in the task bar.

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Communication Drivers specifications

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