GE Industrial Solutions POWER LEADER ModBus Monitor - Manual (Page 25)

POWER LEADER Modbus Monitor
Chapter 3 – Configuration
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NOTE: IF YOU ARE USING PMCS AND WISH TO
COPY THE CONFIGURATION INFORMATION
FROM YOUR PMCS SETUP, SKIP AHEAD TO
CREATE FROM PMCS. You do not need to manually
add devices if you copy the configuration from the
PMCS topic file.
Add Device
To add a device to the current configuration, press Add
Device. The Add a Network Device dialog box appears:
Figure 20. Add a Network Device dialog.
The Current Configuration field shows the current
configuration name and segment. Enter the device name
and (optionally) the location. These fields may be from 4
to 20 alpha-numeric characters long. Next select the
appropriate device type, the scan rate for the device, and
the Modbus address of the device from the pull-down
lists. These explanations of the fields are as follows:
Device Name Enter the device name as 4 to 20 alphanumeric
characters.
Device Location Optionally, enter the device location or a note about the
device in this field. 4 to 20 alphanumeric characters.
Device Type Select the correct device type (MUST match the
physical device) from this pulldown list.
Scan Rate Select the rate at which you wish the device to be
polled for display data. Default is 1000 ms; other
options are available, but lowering this value may result
in degraded network performance, while increasing this
value may result in stale data being gathered.
Network Address Select the Modbus address for the device here. This
must match the address that has been set at the
device. Address which have already been assigned are
not available from this list.
When you have completed these fields, press OK to
accept the new device. Cancel returns to the Device
Table dialog without adding a new device.
Modify Device
To modify an existing device, select the device from the
device table list, then press Modify Device. Make any
necessary changes and press OK.
Delete Device
To delete a device, select it from the device table list and
press Delete. You will be prompted for confirmation.
The remaining two options, Create from PMCS and
AutoDetect, allow you to create the entire device list for
a particular segment automatically.
Create from PMCS
This item applies only to systems where the Modbus
Monitor will be a slave on a PMCS network.
The PMCS DDE Server keeps track of all its
configuration data in a .cfg file. This file is created
during the setup process of the PMCS DDE Server; for
its location, refer to the PMCS documentation, especially
the Read-This-Book-First guide. The Modbus Monitor’s
Configuration Tool can reference this file (or a copy of
it) to extract the information relevant to a particular
Modbus segment which a Monitor will be connected to.
Select Create from PMCS from the Device Table dialog
box. The Select PMCS Topic File dialog appears, as