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DL8 USERS
MANUAL EM-7691-B Rev.24
6.3 COMMUNICATION SETTING
Configure communication setting for the slave devices to be connected to the DL8.
(1) Click [I/O slave setting] button in “Input/Output” menu to open “I/O slave setting” window.
(2) Click [Communication] button to open the Communication setting dialog.
1.Click
2.Double click
Slave setting
Input/Output
3.Enter
Communication setting
dialog
4.Click
(3) Set the following parameters.
PARAMETER
DESCRIPTION
RUN contact OFF at comm.
error
Enable to turn OFF RUN contact output when communication with slave device has
failed. RUN contact turns ON again when communication has been established.
Pause period
Set time interval between transmissions via Modbus/TCP. (100 to 10000 msec.)
(Fixed at 100 msec. for Ver. 1.4 or earlier)
Slave communication
Pause Period
Slave communication
Modbus/TCP timeout
Set Modbus/TCP timeout. (1 to 10 sec.)
Modbus/TCP Transaction ID
management
Modbus messages are managed by IDs so as to skip unexpected messages.
Normally set it to ‘Enable’.
SLMP Timeout
Set SLMP timeout. (1 to 60 sec.)
(4) Click [OK] to save setting.
NOTE
• When the unit is connected to a Modbus gateway such as GR8-EM or WL40EW2 , set ‘Timeout’ so as to be longer
than the timeout of the Modbus gateway.
