Modbus - using programmable memory blocks, Cip - communications capabilities, Modbus – Watlow EZ-ZONE ST User Manual

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Chapter 7 Features

b. If Rolling Password [roll] is On, Password

[pass] equals:
([pas;u] x code) Mod 929 + 70
8. Administrator
a. If Rolling Password [roll] is Off, Password

[pass] equals User Password [pas;a].

b. If Rolling Password [roll] is On, Password

[pass] equals:
([pas;a] x code) Mod 997 + 1000

Differences Between a User Without Password,
User With Password and Administrator
- User without a password is restricted by the

Locked Access Level [loC;l].
- A User with a password is restricted by the

Read Lockout Security [rloC] never having ac-

cess to the Lock Menu [`loC].
- An Administrator is restricted according to the

Read Lockout Security [rloC] however, the Ad-

ministrator has access to the Lock Menu where

the Read Lockout can be changed.

Modbus - Using Programmable Memory
Blocks

When using the Modbus protocol, the ST control fea-

tures a block of addresses that can be configured by

the user to provide direct access to a list of 40 user

configured parameters. This allows the user easy ac-

cess to this customized list by reading from or writing

to a contiguous block of registers.
Note:

To use the User Programmable Memory Blocks fea-

ture, Map 2 must be selected. Change the mapping
[map]

via the Setup Page under the [Com] Menu.

To acquire a better understanding of the tables found

in the back of this manual (

See Appendix:

Modbus

Programmable Memory Blocks

) please read through

the text below which defines the column headers used.
Assembly Definition Addresses
- Fixed addresses used to define the parameter

that will be stored in the "Working Addresses",

which may also be referred to as a pointer. The

value stored in these addresses will reflect (point

to) the Modbus address of a parameter within the

ST control.
Assembly Working Addresses
- Fixed addresses directly related to their associ-

ated "Assembly Definition Addresses" (i.e., As-

sembly Working Addresses 200 & 201 will assume

the parameter pointed to by Assembly Definition

Addresses 40 & 41).
When the Modbus address of a target parameter is

stored in an "Assembly Definition Address" its cor-

responding working address will return that param-

eter’s actual value. If it’s a writable parameter, writing

to its working register will change the parameter’s

actual value.

As an example, Modbus register 360 contains the

Analog Input 1 Process Value (See Operations Page,

Analog Input Menu). If the value 360 is loaded into

Assembly Definition Address 91, the process value

sensed by analog input 1 will also be stored in Mod-

bus registers 250 and 251. Note that by default this

parameter is also stored in working registers 240 and

241 as well.

The table (See Appendix: Modbus Programmable

Memory Blocks) identified as "Assembly Definition

Addresses and Assembly Working Addresses" reflects

the assemblies and their associated addresses.

CIP - Communications Capabilities

CIP Communications Methodology
To communicate with the ST using CIP an RUI/GTW

must be used. Reading or writing when using CIP can

be accomplished via explicit and or implicit communi-

cations. Explicit communications usually requires the

use of a message instruction but there are other ways

to do this as well. Implicit communications is also

commonly referred to as polled communications. When

using implicit communications there is an I/O assem-

bly that would be read or written to; the assemblies

are embedded into the ST firmware. Watlow refers

to these assemblies as the T to O (Target to Origina-

tor) and the O to T (Originator to Target) assemblies

where the Target is always the ST and the Origina-

tor is the PLC or master on the network. The O to T

assembly is made up of 20 (32 bit) members that are

user configurable where the T to O assembly consists

of 21 (32 bit) members. The first member of the T to

O assembly is called the Device Status and cannot be

changed. However, the 20 members that follow it are

user configurable (

See

Appendix:

CIP Implicit O to T

(Originator to Target) Assembly Structure

and

CIP

Implicit T to O

(Target to Originator) Assembly Struc-

ture).

To change any given member of either assembly

simply write the new class, instance and attribute to

the member location of choice. As an example, if it

were desired to change the 14

th

member of the O to T

assembly from the default parameter (Heat Propor-

tional Band) to Limit Clear Request (see Operations

Page, Limit Menu) write the value of 0x70, 0x01 and

0x01 (Class, Instance and Attribute respectively

)

to

0x77, 0x01 and 0x0E. Once executed, writing a value

of zero to this member will reset a limit assuming the

condition that caused it is no longer present.

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