Serial communication – Rockwell Automation 2706-M1 MESSAGEVIEW 421 HARDWARE MANUAL User Manual

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This menu item allows the terminal operator to view and if necessary
to modify the communication parameters used by the terminal’s
ports.

To select the type of communication:

Select Serial Communication from the FPE menu and press the

Enter

key. Depending on the type of MessageView terminal,

one of these two menus will appear:

•

Remote I/O terminals:

Remote I/O
Communication
Auxiliary Device
Communication

•

ASCII Triggering or Slave Device terminals:

Terminal Function

Data Bits
Parity
Stop Bits
Hardware Handshake

Node Address
Baud

Remote I/O communication

The RIO port on the DaughterBoard is connected to a PLC or other
logic controller. Its parameters are set via the application, and are
view-only in the MessageView terminal FPE.

To view Remote I/O parameters:

1. Select Remote I/O Communication and press the Enter

key

to display the Remote I/O submenu.

Rack Number
Rack Size
Starting Group
Last Chassis

Block Transfer
Baud

Note: You can display the Remote I/O parameters in order to make
sure the logic controller has the same settings.

Serial Communication