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Creating project files—modbus master to devices – Siemens DTU3005-B User Manual

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Passthrough to Port 2 (SEAbus)

If you select Passthrough to Port 2 (SEAbus), the
screen appears as shown below.

2-Wire RS422 or RS485 Communications

After you have selected Passthrough to Port 2 (SEA-
bus)

, press Tab or select 2-Wire RS422 or RS485 Com-

munications

. This box will only need to be checked if

the communications with your SEAbus devices use a
2-wire RS485 or RS422 interface. This is the usual
method of connecting SEAbus devices. When 2-wire
communications are being used, RTS must be looped
back to CTS on the DTU side of the cable. This can be
done on the RS232 side by looping pins 4 and 5 or on
the RS422/485 side by looping 16 to 18 and 17 to 19.
See Appendix D for wiring diagrams for your particu-
lar PLC, and whether it uses a 2-wire connection.

To select the checkbox, click on it with the mouse or,
with the 2-Wire RS422 or RS485 Communications
selection highlighted, press the spacebar. An “X” will
appear inside the brackets when it is selected.

Press the Tab or Right Arrow key to move to the next
field without selecting this checkbox.

Intermessage Time-Out

The DTU3005 uses the intermessage time-out to
determine when a complete message has been
received on the passthrough port. Once the first char-
acter of a message has been received, if the amount of
time specified by the intermessage time-out passes
with no additional characters being received, the
DTU3005 will consider the message to be complete
and process it.

To change the intermessage time-out, select Intermes-
sage Time-Out

and enter the value in milliseconds,

then press Enter.

Saving Port 3 Configuration Information

Once you have entered all the configuration informa-
tion, select Save to save the configuration to the
project file. Then select Ok or press the Esc key to
close the configuration screen.

If you have changed the configuration and have not
saved it to the project file, you will be prompted to
either save or discard the changes.

Select Revert to return to the last previously saved
configuration without saving any changes.

Other Configuration Information

The remaining configuration selections are the same
as those for port 1. Refer to Section 5.3 for instructions
on these fields.