Chapter 5 Configuration of Communication parameters
(2) Input items
Input items that can be configured in ASR Connection Setting window are shown in Table 5.15.
Table 5.15
The list of items of ASR connection configuration
No.
Name
Description
Range for setting
Own Station
1)
Usage
To specify the usage of connection. It is possible to set Send(for sending) or
Receive(for receiving). It is possible to specify both. If the Send is not specified,
(8) to (10) are not valid.
Send, Receive
2)
Protocol
To specify the protocol of self station.
TCP/IP, UDP/IP
3)
Open Type
To specify the open type of self station. When Active is specified, open request is
sent activity. When Passive is specified, open request from the target station is
waited. If the Passive is specified, 11) to 13) are not valid.
Active, Passive
4)
Port No.
To specify the logical port number of self station.
1 to 65535
Other Station
5)
Other Station IP
address
To set the decision of specifying the target IP address or not. When Specified is
specified, the communication is done only with specified target. When Optional
is specified, the target station is not specified. If the Optional is specified, (6) and
(7) are not valid.
Optional, Specified
6)
IP Address
To set IP address of target station.
Except 0.0.0.0 and
255.255.255.255
7)
Port No.
To set logical port number of target station.
1 to 65535
Send Informaion
8)
Type
To specify the sending type of connection. When Event Send is specified, (9) and
(10) are not valid.
Event Send,
Cyclic Send
9)
Cyclic Time
To specify the time interval of Cyclic Send.
0 to 1073741 (sec)
0 to 17895 (min)
0 to 298 (hour)
0 to 12 (day)
10) Unit
This is the unit for Cyclic Time.
sec, min, hour, day
Active Open Information
11) Power On Open To select if the module send open request by itself ater power activation. When
AUTO is specified, the module does. Otherwise, the module doesn’t send one
until “Request bit to open connection” in CNCR is ON.
(*1)
AUTO, MANUAL
12) Open
Retry
Times
To set the number of times of open retry.
(*2)
0 to 65535
13) Open
Retry
Interval
To set the interval of open retry.
(*2)
0 to 65535
*1 : Refer to the section 8.2 Control Registers for details.
*2 : Refer to next page [ The relation between the setting of ASR Connection Timeout and Open Retry Times / Interval ].
There are some limitations in the combination between parameter 1) 2) 3) 5) in Table 5.15. These are described
in Table 5.16.
Table 5.16
The possible combination to set
Own Station
Other Station
2) Protocol
1) Usage
3) Open Type
5) Other Station
IP address
6) IP address
7) Port No.
1 Active
Specified
Need
2 Specified
Need
3
TCP/IP
Send,
Receive,
Send/Receive
Passive
Optional No
need
4 Send
-
Specified
Need
5 Specified
Need
6
UDP/IP
Receive -
Optional No
need
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