Industrial Interface

Serial


Serial->Status


Filed

Description
  • Enable
Displays status of current serial function.
  • Serial Type
Displays the serial type of COM port.
  • Baud Rate
Displays the serial port baud rate.
  • Parity
Displays the serial port parity.
  • Transmission Method
Displays the transmission method of this serial port.
  • Protocol
Displays the protocol used by this serial port.
  • TX bytes
Displays the amount of transmitted data of this serial port.
  • RX bytes
Displays the amount of received data of this serial port.
  • Status
Displays the connection status of this serial port.
  • Remote IP address
Displays the Remote IP address of the current COM1/2 connection.
Remote port Displays the Remote port number of the current COM1/2 connection.
Connection status Dispalys the status of current COM1/2 connection.

 

Serial->Connection


Field

Description
  • Enable
Displays status of current serial function.
  • Port
Displays the serial type of COM port.
  • Baud Rate
Displays the serial port baud rate.
  • Data Bits
Displays the serial port Data Bits.
  • Stop Bits
Displays the serial port Stop Bits.
  • Parity
Displays the serial port parity.

 

 

Connection Settings


Field

Description
  • Baud Rate
Select the serial port baud rate. Supported values are 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600,115200, 230400, 460800 or 921600.
  • Data Bits
Select the values from 8.
  • Stop Bits
Select the values from 1 or 2.
  • Parity
Select values from none, even, odd.
  • Transmission Method
Select the transmission method for serial port. Optional for “Transparent”, “Modbus RTU Gateway” and “Modbus ASCII Gateway”.
MTU Maximum Transmission Unit, maximum packet size allowed to be transmitted. Should be left as default value of 1024 in most cases.
Protocol Select the mode for Serial IP communication. Supported modes are UDP, TCP Server, or TCP Client. Above window displays these settings when you select TCP Client on Protocol.
Remote Address Enter the IP address of the remote server.
Remote Port Enter the port number of the remote server.

 

When you select TCP Server on Protocol, the window displays the settings as below.

TCP Settings


Field

Description
  • Local IP Address
Enter the IP Address of the local endpoint.
  • Local Port
The port number assigned to the serial IP port on which communications will take place.
  • Server Accept Mode
Select the Server accept mode. Selections are “Close Existing” and “Close New”.

 

When you select UDP on Protocol, the window displays the settings as below.

UDP Settings


Field

Description
  • Local IP Address
Enter the IP Address of the local endpoint.
  • Local Port
The port number assigned to the serial IP port on which communications will take place.
  • Remote Address
Enter the IP address of the remote server.
  • Remote Port
Enter the port number of the remote server.

Digital IO


Digital IO->Status


Field

Description
  • Enable
Displays status of current digital IO function.
  • Logic Level
Displays the electrical level of digital IO port.
  • Status
Displays the alarm status of digital IO port.
  • Counter
Display the number of digital input port counters.

 

 

Digital IO->Digital Input


Field

Description
  • Enable
Check this box to enable digital Input function.
  • Alarm ON Mode
Select the electrical level to trigger alarm. Option are “Low” and “High”.
  • Alarm ON Content
Specify the alarm on content to be sent out via SMS message.
  • Alarm OFF Content
Specify the alarm off content to be sent out via SMS message.

 

Digital IO->Digital Output


Field

Description
  • Enable
Check this box to enable digital output function.
  • Alarm Source
Select from “DI1”, “DI2” or “SMS”, Digital output triggers the related action when there is alarm comes from Digital Input or SMS.
  • Alarm ON Action
Select from “High”, “Low” or “Pulse”. High means high electrical level output. Low means low electrical level output. Pulse will generate a square wave as specified in the pulse mode parameters when triggered.
  • Alarm OFF Action
Initiates when alarm disappeared. Select from “High”, “Low” or “Pulse”. High means high electrical level output. Low means low electrical level output. Pulse will generate a square wave as specified in the pulse mode parameters when triggered.
  • Pulse Width
This parameter is available when select “Pulse” as “Alarm ON Action/Alarm OFF Action”. The selected digital output channel will generate a square wave as specified in the pulse mode parameters.

 

Counter Ctrl


Counter Ctrl


Field

Description
  • ID
Select serial connection Index, 1 or 2.
  • Count
Set the number of digital input port counters by manually.

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