IDEC High Performance Series - Manual (Page 39)

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4 Settings for PLC Link Communication
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External Device Setup Manual
Configuration Procedure Setting Description
On the Configuration tab,
in the System Setup
group, click Project, and
then click the Host I/F
Driver or the Communica-
tion Driver tab. Transmission Wait
(x 10 msec.)
The settings depend on the PLC that you will use. Refer to the
Environment Settings for your PLC. If there is no setting given
for Transmission Wait, set it to 0.
Retry Cycles If communication errors occur despite trying the number set here,
an error is displayed on the screen and the error information is set
in the system area.
The default setting is 5.
Time Out
(x 100 msec.)
This is the time that the MICRO/I or Touch will wait for a reply
from the PLC after it sends a communication command. When
this time elapses, the MICRO/I or Touch will send the command
again. The default setting is 20.
Give careful consideration to the value that you will use before
changing this setting.
Other setting The settings depend on the PLC that you will use. Refer to the
Environment Settings for your PLC.
On the Configuration tab,
in the System Setup
group, click Project, and
then click the Host I/F Net-
work tab Station No This number is used to distinguish a PLC when set to a device
address.
IP Address IP address of each PLCs
Port No Port Number of each PLCs
Other setting items These items depend on the Host I/F driver or the Communication
driver. You can see some items if the selected Host I/F driver has
any setting items. Refer to each manual.
On the Configuration tab,
in the System Setup
group, click Project, and
then click the System tab Start Time (sec.) This is the time delay until the MICRO/I or Touch sends a com-
munication command after the power is switched on. Set this
when there may be occasions when the PLC is switched on after
the MICRO/I or Touch, or when some time is required until the
PLC communication port can be used.
Use System Area When Use System Area is selected, set Device Address for Sys-
tem Area so that the PLC device range is not exceeded.
Use System Areas 3, 4
Watch Dog When Watch Dog is selected, set the write device and the time for
the write interval.
Device
Time (sec.)