CIRCUTOR PowerStudio Series - Manual (Page 97)

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1.28.- CVM-B/BD
1.28.1 Modbus TCP connection
The CVM-B/BD devices can connect with MODBUSTCP connections with some limitations.
PowerStudio can read the values measured by the device but cannot read the configuration. Although
it is not possible to read the configuration, for the correct value display, PowerStudio needs to know
certain information about the device. This information should be entered by the user, and it will be the
responsibility of the user to ensure that the data corresponds to the device connected. If this data
introduced by the user were incorrect it could give communication errors making it impossible for
PowerStudio to show the values measured by the device.
When adding a device on a MODBUSTCP connection, see ‘Editor Manual’. PowerStudio
displays the following warning:
Then a dialogue box will appear with the information PowerStudio needs to communicate with
the device.
The user must select the correct information corresponding to the device connected.
Device model. Using the model, PowerStudio can ascertain which variables are measured by
the device thus avoiding variables not possessed by the device being asked for.