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22.2.6 Communication Channel Settings
The specific communication channel settings are described in the following subsections.
22.2.6.1 TCP/IP Channel Settings
Connection Type – Choose from Initiating end point, Listening end point, Dual end point or UDP.
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Destination IP – Enter the destination IP address.
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TCP Port – Enter the TCP port number if TCP mode is used.
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Idle Timeout – Time period after which the connection is closed. Applicable only to TCP as UDP is
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connectionless protocol. Setting this to zero disable the idle timeout.
Keep-alive Timeout – Time period after which a keep alive message is sent when no response is
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being received from the remote host. Applicable only to TCP as UDP is connectionless protocol.
Dual end-point port – Enter the dual end point port number when Dual end point type is selected.
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Local UDP Port – Enter the local UDP port number when UDP mode is selected.
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Dest UDP Port – Enter the destination UDP port number when UDP mode is selected.
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UDP Port Mode – Choose from Use configured port, Use source port and None.
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Save the settings. Select the Advanced button to configure advanced parameters.
Example: Modbus over TCP
Comms Channel = TCP/IP 1.
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Slave Address = 1
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Link Type = TCP
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Channel Options
Connection Type: Listening end-point (Default).
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Master I.P. Address: 0.0.0.0. (Default). Communicates to any master.
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Other I.P. Address options:
(a) To communicate to a restricted set of masters, a range of I.P. addresses can be specified.
e.g. If 192.168.3.0 is specified as the master I.P. address then the unit will respond to requests
from masters in the range of 192.168.3.1 to 192.168.3.255
(b) To increase security, the specific I.P. address of the master can be specified.
TCP Port = 502 (Default = 20 000)
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22.2.6.2 Serial / Modem Channel Settings
• Baud Rate – Choose the appropriate baud rate.
Data/Stop Bits/Parity – Select the number of data bits, stop bits and parity.
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First Char Timeout (ms) – Wait period before the message timing out.
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RTS Control – Enable or Disable Request To Send control.
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Radio On Time (ms) – Time period to wait before the Radio is ON, ignored if RTS is disabled.
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Radio Off Time (ms) – Time period to wait after the Radio is OFF, ignored if RTS is disabled.
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Comms Port – The physical port used by this channel. In most cases this need not be changed.
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