Programming via Rockwell controller
9.5 Programming add-on instructions
SIMATIC RF650R/RF680R/RF685R
166 Configuration Manual, 03/2018, C79000-G8976-C386-06
Using the "Config_Upload" and "Config_Download" blocks, you can read out
("Config_Upload") or write ("Config_Download") the configuration of the RF680R/RF685R
readers via the control program.
The configuration data is not interpretable data. Save the data on the controller so that it can
be written to the reader again if a device is replaced. Bytes 6-9 (see table below) contain a
configuration ID with a unique version identifier. With the configuration ID, when performing a
"Config Upload", you can check whether the configuration data read matches the
configuration data stored on the controller. The configuration data has the following
structure:
Table 9- 7 Structure of the configuration data
Structure identifier (2 bytes)
2 Length information (4 bytes)
Length of the version identifier and parameter block
6 Version identifier (4 bytes)
Based on the identifier, you can uniquely identify the configuration.
This is a time stamp in Linux format.
The time stamp indicates how many seconds have passed since Jan-
uary 1, 1979, 00:00 (midnight). The identifier is assigned when a con-
"Config_Upload/Config_Download" can be executed on every channel of the
RF680R/RF685R. It is always the same configuration data that is transferred.
Figure 9-7 "Config_Upload" block