GE Industrial Solutions POWER LEADER ModBus Monitor - Manual (Page 23)

POWER LEADER Modbus Monitor
Chapter 3 – Configuration
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We’ll begin by creating a New Monitor Configuration.
Select the Define a New Monitor Configuration radio
button and then click OK. (If you wish to make changes
to an existing monitor configuration, select Modify an
Existing Monitor Configuration.)
The New Configuration dialog box appears:
Figure 16. New Configuration screen.
Enter the name to be assigned to the new monitor. The
name must be between 4 and 20 alphanumeric
characters. Next, from the pull-down list labeled
“Number of Ports”, select the number of Modbus ports
(1 or 2) appropriate for the particular Monitor you’ll be
configuring, then click OK to display the Port
Configuration dialog box (Figure 17).
Figure 17. Port Configuration screen.
Complete the configuration for the RS-485
communications segments, setting the Baud Rate, Parity,
Flow Control and Stop Bits to match the
communications specifications for the rest of each
segment. The default values are pre-selected and are
typically not changed for Modbus RTU systems: Baud
Rate: 19200, Parity: None, Flow Control: None, Stop
Bits: 1. These fields are described in the following table.
Notes on Modbus Monitor Configuration Tool Keyboard Interface
While using a mouse makes navigating the dialog boxes of the Configuration Tool much easier, not all laptop computers are
equipped with a mouse or trackpad. Therefore there are keyboard shortcuts available to complete all dialog boxes of the
Configuration Tool.
To select an option button grouping, press the TAB key until the desired selection is highlighted. Then use the up/down arrow
keys to select the desired option.
To select items from a pull-down list, press the Tab key until the pull-down list box is active, press alt-down arrow to display the
full pull-down list. Use the up/down arrow keys to scroll to your desired selection, then press TAB to move the desired command
button, or press ENTER to accept the default command of that dialog box.
To select items from a standard list box, TAB to the list box, then press the down arrow key to highlight the first item in the list.
Then use the up/down arrow keys to make your selection. Press TAB to move to the desired command button or ENTER to accept
the default command of that dialog box.
Selecting the Default System Menu (the upper left hand corner of the window) is done by pressing the Alt key, then the down
arrow key (NOT as a combination, but as a sequence). Use the up/down arrow keys to select the desired item or press the short-cut
key (example: “m” for Move or “c” for Close).
Short cut keys are available for most command buttons in a window. Use the Tab key to move the desired button, then press
ENTER or the SPACE BAR. Additionally, some command buttons include a short-cut key combination, indicated by the
underlined letter of the button’s caption. Pressing Alt and that letter simultaneously invokes that command. For example, on the
Device Table screen, you can add a new device by pressing ALT+A.