This preconfiguration can be created in the object: PmaFolder or PmaRoot.
The name of created object | Name of the object created in the tree of Pma objects. The maximum name length is 30 characters. This is a system name, so it must contain only alphanumeric and must not contain any diacritics, empty string, spaces and the first character must not be a number. Default: "AllenBradleyCIP" |
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Network address | Network address to which the communication will be connected. The address can be entered by both IP address (e.g. 192.168.0.15) or by name (e.g. server11). Macro expression can be used for input (it is evaluated after starting the application). After the preconfiguration is created, the "PmaComm > Setting the parameters of the Ethernet-client > Network address" configurator will be set to this value. |
Create examples of testing data | A set of exemplary data is created |
Communication refresh rate [ms] | The period in milliseconds to be used for reading the current data by the PROMOTIC application. After the preconfiguration is created, the "PmaCommGroup > Parameters > Communication refresh rate [ms]" configurator will be set to this value. |
Create panel "Received data" | Creates a panel that monitors the statistics of communication values |
Panel title | Displayed in the panel header |
Create PmaCommMsg for reading the variables from the PLC device | Creates the PmaCommMsg object that allows to read the names of all variables from the PLC device and saves this list into "ABradleyVarCfg.txt" file. |
Create the panel that is used for reading the variable names from the PLC device. | The panel is used for running the Run method and also for displaying the variable names list after the communication is completed successfully. |