Red Lion IndustrialPr 6000 Router - Manual (Page 121)

Software User Guide 121
Automation Tab
• Click on the Add button to configure the I/O Transfer for the remote station and the following pop‐up window will
appear:
Station Name: Name of the remote station for this I/O transfer. This option lists the name of all the remote stations
that you have already defined and configured in remote station table entry. Select the remote station name that you
want for this I/O transfer.
Protocol: Modbus is currently the only supported protocol used for I/O transfers.
Send Mode: Mode used to send an I/O transfer.
Wait for Reply: The MODBUS master must wait for an I/O request that it has sent to complete before sending another
request to the remote station.
Rapid Fire: The MODBUS master may send many I/O requests to a remote station before waiting for responses from the
remote station.
Valid Values: Wait for Reply or Rapid Fire
Port: The port that the I/O request is being sent across. The supported ports are TCP/IP, UDP/IP, ttys1 (RS232) and
ttys5 (RS485). If UDP/IP or TCP/IP port are used, the remote station selected for this I/O transfer should have its IP
address defined.
Command Type: The commands used for I/O transfers are: