| The name of created object | Name of the object created in the Pma object tree.
The maximum name length is 30 characters. This is a system name, so it must contain only alphanumeric and must not contain any diacritics (i.e. national dependent characters), empty string, spaces and first character must not be a number. Default: "Comm" |
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| Communication type |
Serial communication |
| Network address | Network address of the remote device (e.g. of the PLC device), to which the communication will be connected.
The address can be entered as: - IPv4 full address (e.g. "192.168.0.15")
- IPv4 address of this computer (i.e. "127.0.0.1")
- IPv4 computer name (e.g. "server11")
- IPv4 name of this computer (i.e. "localhost")
- IPv6 full address (e.g. "2a02:c38:8136:800a:37a:ab66:6fc9:accd")
- IPv6 address of this computer (i.e. "::1")
Macro expression can be used for input (it is evaluated after the application is launched). After the preconfiguration is created, the "PmaComm > Setting the parameters of the Ethernet-client > Network address" configurator will be set to this value. |
| Serial port | Selection of the communication serial port.
The value can be change by the OpenPort method. The value can be detected by method GetProtParam("SerPort"). After the preconfiguration is created, the "PmaComm > Setting the parameters of the serial link > Serial port" configurator will be set to this value. Not set - The object is not connected to any port after the application is launched and the serial port can be selected dynamically by the algorithm (by the PmaComm.OpenPort method).
COM1, COM2,..,COM66 - The specified serial port is opened after the application is launched. This port must be correctly configured and accessible in Windows OS (no one can use it).
For serial link each PmaComm object must have defined another communication port. For example, if one PmaComm object communicates through COM1, then next PmaComm object can communicate for example through COM2 (COM3, …) but it mustn't communicate through COM1. |
| Baud rate | Selection of the baud rate (bps, bit per second).
This configurator sets the initial value of the BaudRate property. After the preconfiguration is created, the "PmaComm > Setting the parameters of the serial link > Baud rate" configurator will be set to this value. 110
300
600
1200
2400
4800
9600
14400
19200
38400
57600
115200
128000
256000 |
| ASDU common address size | The number of bytes (octets) for the ASDU Common address data: 1/2 bytes (PmaComm > Parameters > Protocol parameters)
1
2 (default) |
| ASDU information object address size | The number of bytes (octets) for data object adress: 1/2/3 bytes (PmaComm > Parameters > Protocol parameters)
1
2
3 (default) |
| Size of "cause of transmission" value | The number of bytes (octets) for the "cause of transmission". (PmaComm > Parameters > Protocol parameters)
1
2 (default) |
| Link address of this station | The link address of the computer, running the PROMOTIC application (PmaComm > Parameters > Protocol parameters) |
| Link address of the second station | The link address of the station, the PROMOTIC application communicates with:
For "Balanced mode": Communication only with one station. The LinkAddr variable on the "Data-sent" tab of every Master message is not taken into consideration.
For "Unbalanced mode": This configurator is not shown. The address is entered in the LinkAddr variable on the "Data-sent" tab of every Master message. (PmaComm > Parameters > Protocol parameters) |
