Summary of Contents for Johnson Controls EasyIO FW Series
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EasyIO FW Series Modbus Subordinate User Guide LIT-12013785...
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While every effort has been made to assure the accuracy of this document, Johnson Controls (S) Pte Ltd is not responsible for damages of any kind, including without limitation consequential damages, arising from the application of the information contained herein.
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United States Compliance Statement (Part 15.19) This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: This device may not cause harmful interference, and This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Introduction The EasyIO® FW series supports use of a Modbus subordinate through the Modbus subordinate driver. The series facilitates the following Modbus subordinate protocols: • Modbus RTU subordinate • Modbus TCP Subordinate The minimum firmware requirement for best performance of the BACnet protocol is v1.0b17a or later for the V1 series and v2.0b17a or later for the V2 series.
Device software configuration limitations There are the following limitations for the Modbus RTU subordinate/Modbus TCP subordinate: Max network allowed 1 (of both drivers) Max discrete points allowed 200 register addresses (total) Max coil output allowed 200 register addresses (total) Max input register allowed 200 register addresses, depending on data type.
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3. Select easyioFWMbSlave from the Sedona palette and drag ModbusSlaveSerialNetwork to your app. You can drag the object to the EasyIO folder or create a new folder for the serial network object. In the following example, the object is in a new folder with a Modbus label. 4.
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Input/ Precision Remarks Holding Registers Data Type Word 16 bit 16 bit Signed Integer Standard Long 32 bit 32 Bit Signed Integer Standard Float 32 bit 32 Bit Float Standard There are a maximum of 200 input registers and holding registers. The FW series Modbus serial subordinate network supports three data types including the Integer, Float, and Long data types.
Name Register Type -------------------- -------------- Set Point (Float type) floating point (2 registers) Duration (Long type) 32-bit data (2 registers) Count (Integer) 16-bit data (1 register) Delay (Signed Integer) 16-bit data (1 register) The Modbus register does not export any value. You must manually link a valid value to the Modbus register. For example, in the following figure, you can export a temp value as a Modbus register.
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4. Double-click the object to view the property sheet and enable the network. 5. Drag the Modbus register type object to the Network object. The register object must be a child of the Network object. Modbus registers support register addresses in a decimal format. By default, all registers are set to the disabled mode.
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Input/ Precision Remarks Holding Registers Data Type Word 16 bit 16 bit Signed Integer Standard Long 32 bit 32 Bit Signed Integer Standard Float 32 bit 32 Bit Float Standard...
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