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CHAPTER 3 CREATING PANEL APPLICATIONS
The following table describes each property in the General page of the Link Properties dialog box.
Property Description
Link Number The sequence number of the communication link. It is assigned when the link is created and
it will be reassigned when any other link of the same application is removed.
Link Name Specifies the name of the communication link.
Link Type Select one of the following link types for the link:
Link Type Description
Direct Link (COM) The link connects to the specified device directly through the
specified serial (COM) port.
Direct Link
(Ethernet) The link connects to the specified device directly through the
specified Ethernet port.
Communication
Service (COM) The link connects to one or more other PM panels through the
specified serial (COM) port and provides the communication
service specified in the Device/Server field to the connected PM
panels. See the description of the Device/Server field to know the
available communication services.
Communication
Service (Ethernet) The link connects to one or more other PM panels through the
specified Ethernet port and provides the communication service
specified in the Device/Server field to the connected PM panels.
See the description of the Device/Server field to know the
available communication services.
Indirect Link via
2-to-1 Connection
(COM) The link connects to a PM panel that provides the communication
service as a 2-to1 server through the specified serial (COM) port.
The target panel can communicate with the associated device
indirectly through that PM panel.
Indirect Link via
N-to-1 Connection
(COM) The link connects to a PM panel that provides the communication
service as a N-to1 master through the specified serial (COM) port.
The target panel can communicate with the associated device
indirectly through that PM panel.
Indirect Link via
N-to-1 Connection
(Ethernet) The link connects to a PM panel that provides the communication
service as a N-to1 master through the specified Ethernet port. The
target panel can communicate with the associated device
indirectly through that PM panel.
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