Rockwell Automation 2711E PanelBuilder 1400e Modbus Communications - Manual (Page 24)

Chapter
4
Publication 2711E-6.12 – November 1997
Defining Communications
To define communications for a Modbus application, use these three
editors:
•
Communication Setup editor — to specify the driver
information for connecting a PanelView terminal to a Modbus
device.
•
Nodes editor — to identify the types and addresses of the
controllers the application will communicate with.
•
Scan Classes editor — to define the speed at which tags used in
an application will be scanned for new values.
The other two editors in the PLC Communications folder, the RIO
Racks and RIO Block Transfer Files editors, are used exclusively for
defining Remote I/O communications.
The Configure Communication Setup dialog box has two tabs:
Terminal Communications and Network File Transfer.
In the Terminal Communications tab, you specify the driver
parameters for communicating with the Modbus network.
You cannot access the Network File Transfer tab from the
Communication Setup dialog box, because Network File Transfers
are not supported on Modbus networks.
To open the Configure Communication Setup dialog box:
" Open the PLC Communications folder and choose
Communication Setup, or choose
from the toolbar.
Configuring
Communications