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• Separator
• Separator Process
• Separator Time Out
Example: Connect to Modbus sensor via TCP server mode
ICS-2400T
1. Set Port Configuration as shown below.
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the network. This parameter is 0 to indicate that the data will not be packed until the
buffer is full. The range of value is from 0 to 1024. The default is 0.
If the Separator is enabled, the serial receive character port will be discarded until the
start separator is detected on the serial port. When the end separator is received, the
buffered characters, including the start and end separators, are sent to the network.
The range of value is from 0 to FF. The default is disable.
Separators are ASCII characters specified by the user when configuring the serial serve.
This parameter describes how to control characters received on a serial port are sent
across the network. The default is Do nothing.
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Do nothing: it will pack the accumulated data including Separators.
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Strip Separator: it controls striping of Separator from the received characters
before the received characters are sent to the network.
Separator timeout controls the maximum amount of time that can be used to buffer
characters before the characters are sent to the network. A smaller values will increase
the number of network packets, but reduce the amount of time to receive characters, on
the contrary, Larger values reduce the number of network packets, but increase the
amount of time to receive characters. The range of value is from 0 to 65535. The default
is 0 ms.
Figure 4-5-17: TCP Server Mode Application
Figure 4-5-18: Port Configuration
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