Winco ASCO 300 Accessory Connectivity Module - Manual (Page 29)

A-8 Create Favorites folder, 3 rd Party Modbus Configuration Connectivity Module
How to create a Favorites folder for ASCO
device pages and copy it to another
computer
To create a favorites folder and copy it to another user’s
computer, the administrator should follow these steps:
1. Open the first page and then pull down the Favorites
manual and select Add to Favorites … This window
will appear:
2. Click the New Folder button, type the new folder
name as asco, then click the OK button.
3. Click folder asco and click OK.
4. Open the other pages one by one and click Add to
Favorite, click folder asco, then click OK.
5. Once the administrator is done with saving all the
pages, the following steps describe how to copy the
asco folder from the administrator’s computer to
another user’s computer.
a. For Windows NT/2000, find the asco folder from
directory ‘c:\winnt\profiles\’user name’\favorites’.
b. For Windows XP, find the asco folder from directory
‘c:documentd and settings\’user name’\favorites’.
c. Copy the asco folder into the corresponding path
above.
d. Open browser and select address or name from
favorite asco folder to view the device pages.
Third Party Modbus Device Configuration
The Connectivity Module supports the Modbus devices
with Modbus/TCP portocol. The transmit and receiving
data format are as follows:
Read:
Requests:
Bytes 0, 1 Transaction ID.
Usually zero when making a request, the server
will copy them into the response.
Bytes 2, 3 Protocol number. It must be zero.
Byte 4 length (high byte) its always zero.
Byte 5 length (low byte) of the following total bytes
Byte 6 device address
Byte 7 function code
Bytes 8, 9 Modbus address of the starting transfer.
Bytes 10, 11 number of word to transfer
Response:
Bytes 0, 1 Transaction ID. Its faithfully copied from the
request
Bytes 2, 3 Protocol number. It always is zero.
Byte 4 length (high byte) its always zero
Byte 5 length (low byte) of the following total bytes
Byte 6 device address
Byte 7 function code
Bytes 8 byte count of Modbus data.
Bytes rest data values
Configure the Connectivity Module to properly
communicate with the other devices. The following
items should be ready before you start to configure it:
1. Ethernet crossover cable.
2. Laptop with proper Ethernet connect ability.
3. Start Internet browser and type ‘IP
address\config.htm’ on the browser address field.
4. This page should appear:
From this page,
configure all the
parameters except
reply timeout which
needs to configured
from client device.