4 Creating Project Files—PLC to Devices

4.Enter the value for the Command Block Read Delay. This is the delay between times that the DTU3005 reads the data from the PLC’s command registers. This controls the frequency that the registers are read to allow for critical PLC scan times.

5.Select Save to save the device information to the project file, and then select Ok or press Esc to exit the device command registers screen. If at any time you want to return to the last saved version of the device command registers, select Revert without saving any changes.

4.12Saving the Project File

Now you have completed configuring the DTU3005 for PLC to device communications. Select Save from the Project menu and press Enter, or press F10 to save the project file to disk. The next step is to transfer the project to the DTU3005 unit. This topic is covered in Chapter 7.

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