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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