Rev 1.5
SignalFire Telemetry
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Modes of Operation
The Wireless I/O Module Mini can be run in two software settable “system modes”:
Node
,
and
Point-to-Point
. The ToolKit has a Radio Mode dropdown that can be set to either
Node or Gateway. For the WIOM Minis to operate in Node mode, all WIOM Minis on the
network must be set to Node and they will communicate with a SignalFire Gateway. For Point-to-
Point, set one WIOM Mini to Gateway and one WIOM Mini to Node, on a network that has no other
devices.
Node Mode
In Node mode, the WIOM Mini will send its analog and digital inputs/outputs to the Gateway. All IO
and then be read/set from a PLC via Modbus.
Node Mode. The Gateway reads all inputs from all nodes, and can control any output of any node as commanded by a PLC