Yokogawa PR300 Power and Energy Meter - Manual (Page 108)

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‘Create sending data
strSendData = " 123400000006010300000002 " ‘ Sending command character string
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Number of D registers (0002:2)
D register start number (0000:D0001)
Function code (03:Reads data from multiple D registers)
Station number of PR300 (01:Station 01)
Number of sending data bytes after station number (0006:6 bytes)
Protocol ID (0000:Fixed)
Transaction ID (1234:Arbitrary 2-byte value)
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Binary change
For iCount = 1 To 12
strCher = “&H” + Mid(strSendData, 2 * iCount - 1, 2)
‘Fetch 2 characters and change them into
hexadecimal notation.
binChrs(iCount - 1) = CByte(Val(strCher))
‘Change them into numerical values.
Next iCount
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‘Send sending data
Winsock1.SendData binChrs ‘Send command
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End Sub
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Private Sub cmdSend2()
‘Procedure to send command to PR300 connected to RS-485 line with PR300 as gateway.
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‘Variable declaration
Dim iCount As Integer
Dim strCher As String
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‘Set properties of Winsock control
Winsock1.Protocol = sckTCPProtocol ‘TCP protocol
Winsock1.RemoteHost = “192.168.1.1” ‘IP address of PR300 as gateway
Winsock1.RemotePort = 502 ‘Port of Modbus/TCP to be used
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‘Request TCP connection of PR300
Winsock1.Connect ‘Request TCP connection
Do Until Winsock1.State = sckConnected ‘ Wait for the completion of connection
iFlag = DoEvents()
Loop
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