Function Blocks 
TCPS Function Block 
390    HC900 Hybrid Control Designer Function Block Reference Guide  Revision 11 
  2/07 
GENERAL tab 
It looks like this graphically. HTable 111 describes the parameters and the value or selection. 
 
 
 
Table 111  TCPS Block General tab configuration parameters 
 
Properties Function   Parameter  Index #  Parameter Description  Value or Selection 
Configure Modbus 
Slave 
Slave Tag 
Name 
1 
Description of Slave 
Device 
16-character tag name 
Slave address and Tag Name 
must be unique within a control 
file. 
 
Modbus 
Address 
0  Unit address of slave 
Leave at 0 unless manufacturer 
of the slave device states 
otherwise. 
 
Modbus/TCP 
Address 
2 
IP Address of Slave 
device on the link 
Enter unique address (Cannot 
be all 0.0.0.0 or 
255.255.255.255) 
Default IP address = 0.0.0.0 
which means slave will 
NOT be 
in scan 
Modbus Double 
Register Format 
Each IEEE 32-bit floating point number requires two consecutive registers (four bytes) 
starting with the register defined as the starting register for the information. The stuffing 
order of the bytes into the two registers differs among Modbus hosts. The selections are: 
Selection
 Description Byte order 
FP B  Floating Point Big Endian Format  4, 3, 2, 1 
FP BB  Floating Point Big Endian with byte-swapped  3, 4, 1, 2 
FP L  Floating Point Little Endian Format  1, 2, 3, 4 
FP LB  Floating Point Little Endian with byte-swapped  2, 1, 4, 3