Devices

 

In the Modbus Configurator, a device represents a hardware device that communicates with the OPC server over TCP/IP or serial port (RS-232). A device is directly communicating with its socket, so it is logically under the first level in the Address Space tree. Again, the device is represented by its symbolic name. Also, its IP address in combination with the unit identifier value uniquely identifies the device. It is impossible to have two devices with the same IP address. Setting up a device requires configuring its IP address, unit identifier, TCP port, type, timeouts and optimization parameters.

 

Setting up a device requires configuration of its unique address, type, timeouts and optimization parameters, as shown in the figure below.

 

To Add a New Device:

  1. From the Project Explorer, click on Address Space, then Add Device, as shown below.

New Device from the Project Explorer

 

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Select the Address Space node in the Project Explorer, then click on the Add Device button (shown below) in the Edit section of the Home ribbon in the Workbench.

 

Add Device Button

  1. This opens the New Device properties in the right side of the configurator, as shown below. In the Device Name field, specify a name for the new device.

Configuring a New Device

Device Properties

Other Settings

Template

Suspended Mode Settings (Channel-level override)

  1. Once you have completed making your settings, click on the Apply (or Apply & Close) button to save your changes and return to the Workbench.

See Also:

Address Space

Device Types

Templates

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