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Protocol Button
Click the Protocol button to display the dialog box associated with the selected PLC.
The drawing shows the setup dialog box for Modicon Modbus Plus. The default route is A. Enter the
route and the route string. See Route Strings for a description of how to assign routes. The default
setting for Timeout is correct for most applications.
The user can now select the storage format (word order) for float and dword data types.
When tags are created automatically, the address field will be padded with zeros if you entered the
original tag with preceding zeros. A four digit field will be used if you entered a 4 digit number, else a
five digit field will be used by default. Note that you must type the original tag in correctly.
Modbus Plus Tag Variables
The latest version Modicon Modbus and Modbus Plus drivers support the new variable types DR
(double), LU(long), LS(long signed) and FR(float). A copy of the Modicon tag variable table is shown
below.
Node ID Delimiter: _
Node ID Max: 1-64
Node ID Format: D
Address Format: D
Bit Delimiter for IR and OR: .
Bit Range for IR and OR: 1 to 16
Bit Format for IR and OR: D
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