L-INX User Manual 245 LOYTEC
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3. Click on the Create with DP button. This opens the Import Modbus Device
Template dialog shown in Figure 191.
4. Press the button and select a template file from the Open dialog.
5. After selecting the file, the device information is displayed.
6. Press Import for importing the template or Cancel for closing the dialog without any
changes.
7. When a template is imported, a folder with the name of the device is created. Under
this folder a Datapoints folder containing the data points from the template file is
created.
8. The created device is shown in the list together with the number of data points.
To Remove a Modbus Device
1. Select the device which has to be removed, also multi-select is possible.
2. Press the Remove Device button. If the device already has data points, these data
points have to be deleted before the remove can be performed.
To Change the Properties of a Modbus Device
1. Select the device. This shows the device properties.
2. Update the properties which have to be changed.
3. Press the button Update Device.
4. When the device type is changed, it is verified that no device with the address exists on
the appropriate port – on RS485 the device address has to be unique, on TCP the
device IP address has to be unique.
11.5.2 Manual Configuration of Data Points
It is possible to manually configure Modbus data points. Manual configuration is done by
specifying all information, the Modbus device manufacturer provides.
To Manually Create an Modbus Data Point
1. Click on the Modbus port Datapoints folder.
2. Right-click in the data point list view and select New Datapoint… in the context menu.
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