ProSoft Technology inRax MVI69-101M User Manual page 30

MVI69-101M ♦ CompactLogix or MicroLogix Platform
IEC 60870-5-101 Master Communication Module
after the ':' character. For numeric parameter values any text located after the
value will not be used. There must be at least one space character between the
end of the parameter value and the following text. An example of a parameter
entry is given below:
Baud Rate: 38400 #Baud rate for master port
The parameter label is "Baud Rate" and the parameter value is 38400. The
characters after the parameter value are ignored and are used for internal
documentation of the configuration file.
Any record that begins with the '#' character is considered to be a comment
record. These records can be placed anywhere in the file as long as the '#'
character is found in the first column of the line. These lines are ignored in the file
and can be used to provide documentation within the configuration file. Liberal
use of comments within the file can ease the use and interpretation of the data in
the file.
Use any text editor to alter the supplied IEC101M.CFG file for the specific
application. You must enter each parameter correctly for successful application
of the module. The Reference chapter contains a complete listing of all
parameters utilized by the module with a definition of each parameter.
The session sections of the configuration file are determined by the number of
sessions set in the configuration file. The sessions are referenced by a zero
based index value. For example, if the module is configured for four sessions, the
configuration file should contain sections for sessions 0 to 3 (that is, [IEC-101
Master Session 0] to [IEC-101 Master Session 3]. Each of these sections will
define the characteristics of the specific controlled device to be interfaced. Within
each session definition, is a parameter that specifies the number of sectors for
the session. For each sector defined for a session, there must exist a [IEC-101
Master Session x Sector y] section. Where the x value represents the session
index and the y value represents sector index. For example if session 0 contains
1 sector, there must be a section with the following name in the configuration file:
[IEC-101 Master Session 0 Sector 0]. The specific sector parameter set and
database is defined in this section.
The last section of the configuration file is the command list definition ([IEC-101
Master Commands]). This section can contain up to 1000 user defined
commands to be executed by the module and sent to the controlled devices.
There is no need to place Class 1 or Class 2 polls in the this list for the controlled
devices as the master driver for each port will execute these automatically when
the port is idle. In order for the port to be idle, make sure that there is idle time
available and that the commands do not constantly utilize the ports. The
command list section starts with a reserved label START and ends with the label
END. Each row in the file corresponds to an individual command with the first
character position in each row left blank (white space).
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