Creating project files—modbus master to devices – Siemens DTU3005-B User Manual

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Creating Project Files—Modbus Master to Devices

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5.2

Configuring the Project File

Once you have created or opened the project file,
select Edit from the main menu. When the Device Pro-
tocol for port 2 is set to SEAbus (see Section 5.4), the
following menu items appear:

•

Port 1 (Modbus Master)

—allows you to select the

protocol (RTU or ASCII) and configure the com-
munications settings for the Modbus Master
device connected to port 1.

•

Port 2 (Devices)

—allows you to configure commu-

nications settings for SEAbus devices or Siemens
Protective relays connected to port 2.

•

Port 3 (Modbus/Passthrough)

—allows you to

select whether port 3 is used as a passthrough to
the devices on port 2, or used for connection to a
second Modbus Master device.

•

Diagnostics

—allows you to indicate if you want

the DTU3005 to write communications diagnostic
information to the Modbus Master.

•

Device Command Registers

—allows you to indi-

cate which PLC registers will be used for device
commands.

•

Device Defaults

—allows you to set the default

data registers for more than one device of a cer-
tain type, e.g., set the defaults for all 4720 power
meters or all S7-I/O units. The data registers can
still be customized for each device, as required.
See Section 5.7.2 for more information.

•

Device List

—allows you to indicate which SEAbus

devices or Siemens protective relays are con-
nected to port 2 and which PLC registers they are
communicating with.

Note: If the Device Protocol for port 2 is set to

VDEW (see Section 5.4), then two addi-
tional menu items are available: Global
Command Registers

and Device Text to

Values Table

. See Section 5.8 and Section

for instructions on using these menu items.
In addition, the port 3 menu item is
changed to Port 3 (Modbus Master)
because the passthrough feature is not sup-
ported with VDEW devices. The instructions
in Section 5.3 are applicable to port 1 and to
port 3 for VDEW devices.

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