Rockwell Automation 9323-PA1E USER MANUAL APS 6.0 - Manual (Page 269)

Configuring Your Processor for Online Communication
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Changing the Communication Mode of Channel 0
You can switch the communication mode of channel 0 as needed from user mode to
system mode and vice versa. For example, if you are using channel 0 in user mode
to control an ASCII device, like a printer or an Allen-Bradley Dataliner

message
display device, and you want to use channel 0 to connect online to the processor, do
the following:
1. Using the Channel Configuration screen, ensure that Mode Changes is enabled.
CHANNEL 0 CONFIGURATION
Current Communication Mode: SYSTEM
System Mode Driver: DF1 FULL-DUPLEX
User Mode Driver: GENERIC ASCII
Write Protect: DISABLED
Mode Changes: ENABLED
Mode Attention Character: /1b
System Mode Character: S
User Mode Character: U
Edit Resource/File Owner Timeout: 60 (seconds)
Passthru Link ID: 1 (decimal)
CHANNEL 1 CONFIGURATION
System Mode Driver: DH-485 MASTER
Write Protect: DISABLED
Edit Resource/File Owner Timeout: 60 (seconds)
Passthru Link ID: 2 (decimal)
F2
UNDO
EDITS
Press a key for desired function
REM PROG no forces EDITS: NONE PROC Addr 1
Channel Configuration
F1
ACCEPT
EDITS
F4
CH0 SYS
CONFIG
F7
CH1 SYS
CONFIG
F10
SELECT
OPTION
F5
CH0 USR
CONFIG
F10
SELECT
OPTION
press
If disabled, press
2. Note the System Mode, User Mode, and Mode Attention characters. You send
these characters to the processor to tell it to switch modes. The defaults are:
Parameter Default value
Mode Attention Character /1b
System Mode Character S
User Mode Character U
3. Accept any edits.