Communicating through the internet – SATEC BFM136 User Manual

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‎Chapter 4 PAS Application Software

Setting up Communications

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BFM136 Branch Feeder Monitor

2. In the Protocol box, select the same communications protocol as you

have in your BFM136 . The default protocol setting in the BFM136 for
all ports is Modbus RTU.

For more information on configuring the protocol parameters, refer to the
PAS Getting Started guide.

Communicating through the Internet

If you are communicating via the Ethernet, define the IP address of your
BFM136 on the network.

1. On the Instrument Setup tab, select Internet Site.
2. Click on the Connection tab.


3. Click IP address and type in the IP address of your BFM136 . The

factory-set IP address is 192.168.0.203.

4. In the Protocol box, select Modbus RTU. The default host port 502 is set

automatically as you select the protocol.

5. In the Wait for answer box, adjust the time that PAS will wait for a

connection before announcing an error and the number of retries PAS
will use to receive a response from the device if communications fail.

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