Ransburg DynaFlow Programmers Manual - Manual (Page 10)

INTRODUCTION
DESCRIPTION
The DynaFlow TM System is capable of com-
municating with remote host computers or Allen
Bradley PLC's via the Interface Module. The
Interface Module supports three (3) serial ports.
Two of these ports can be used to communicate
with remote hosts.
The first port is reserved for debugging purposes
and is not used for communicating with remote
hosts.
The second port is called the Serial I/O, or SIO,
port. It may be used to communicate with a remote
host computer using either RS-232C or RS-422.
This port may also be connected to an Ethernet
terminal server to allow communications over
10/100 Base-T connections using either TCP/IP
sockets or as a COM port on a Windows-based
PC using a special device driver.
The third port is called the Remote I/O, or RIO,
port. It may be used to communicate with any
PLC that supports Allen-Bradley's Remote I/O
(RIO) protocol.
All three of the communication channels may be
in use at the same time. However, data written
to the Interface Module from one channel is not
passed to the other channels. Any host computer
connected to a channel is responsible for reading
data from the Interface Module in order to stay
current with the data within the Interface Module.
The Interface Module is the master source of all
DynaFlow data. Host computers must read-mod-
ify-write data stored in the Interface Module.
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The flow control parameters and job
specific parameters required for each
fluid is referred to by differenct names
depending on operator preferences and
installation requirements. Color Table,
Job, P-Set, and Recipe all mean the same
thing. The term Job will be used in this
manual. The term Gun in this manual
refers to any applicator such as a bell,
gun, or disk. A Gun can be single-com-
ponent or dual-component.
NOTE
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