VersaGateway User’s Manual
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Device Features
Serial Print Option (COM Port)
Figure 2-21 - Add UART Interface - Slave
Figure 2-22 - Add UART Interface - Master
The Serial Ports (COM Port / UART) may be utilized to send ASCII data serially to an external device. To use the serial ports for
this type of communications, the Serial Printing option must be installed in ladder diagram project before it may be used.
Serial Port(s) (COM port / UART must be installed prior to installing or configuring the Serial Print option. Refer to the
Serial Ports (COM2 / COM3) Section of this manual for details on installing the Serial Ports.
T
o use the
VersaGateway
Serial Ports
for Serial Printing, in EZ LADDER Toolkit, from the File Menu at the top, click
PROJECT
then
SETTINGS
. This will open the Project Settings Window. The VCG-X-X-X was previously selected
Click the
PROPERTIES
button. The
VersaGateway’s Properties
Window will open. Under the Devices,
Internal
section, if Serial Print
is installed, it will be listed under Device. Click the
ADD DEVICE
button. This will open the
PLCHIP-PXX Devices
window. See Figure
2-23. Select
Serial Print
from the choices. Click
OK.
The
Serial Print Properties
window will open. See Figure 2-24. Click the
ADD
button to open the
Add Uart
window. Select the
UART#
from the drop-down menu. Set the buffer size in bytes for what would be
required for your application and serial printing needs.
Figure 2-23 - Select Serial Print
Figure 2-24 - Add Uart Dialog