Horner APG XL4 OCS HE-ETN300 - Manual (Page 35)

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Exchange Number: Enter a number between 1 and 16,383, which will be used to identify the
Exchange to be sent.
IP Address Radio Button: Select this option if the Exchange will be sent to a specific
Consumer. (This will cause the next edit box to be for entering IP Address, instead of Group
ID.)
Group ID Radio Button: Select this option if the Exchange will be sent to a Group of
Consumers. (This will cause the next edit box to be for entering Group ID, instead of IP
Address.)
IP Address Edit Box: If the IP Address radio button was selected, enter the IP Address of
the specific Consumer that will receive the Produced Exchange.
Group ID Edit Box: If the Group ID radio button was selected, enter the Group ID number (1
to 32) of the Group of Consumers that will receive the Produced Exchange.
Production Period: Enter a number (in milliseconds) for how often the Produced Exchange
will be sent to the EGD network.
3. Click OK to accept the new Produced Exchange configuration, which will be now be
displayed in the upper window of the Ethernet Global Data Configuration dialog (Figure 6.1).
4. To add another Produced Exchange to the list, click on the Add Exch button again.
5. To edit or delete a Produced Exchange, highlight it in the upper window of the Ethernet
Global Data Configuration dialog (Figure 6.1), and then click on the Edit Exch button or the
Delete Exch button.
6. To quickly change the IP Address in multiple Produced Exchanges, click on the Replace
Addr button. This will open a dialog to allow the user to search and replace the IP Address
parameter, in all Produced Exchanges simultaneously.
6.4.2 Defining EGD Produced Exchange I/O Blocks
After creating a Produced Exchange (Section 6.4.1), one or more I/O Blocks should be defined
for it. An I/O Block specifies what type and how much information will be associated with the
Produced Exchange.
To define I/O Blocks for a Produced Exchange, perform the following six steps:
1. In the upper window of the Ethernet Global Data Configuration dialog (Figure 6.1), highlight
one of the Produced Exchanges, and then click the Add Range button to open the Add I/O
Range to Exchange dialog (Figure 6.4).