Configuration via Strings

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Configuration via Strings

This Driver allows configuring Tags via Strings, using the same formats used on OPC Drivers. Configuring via Strings is performed using the Device and Item properties of Elipse E3, Elipse Power, or Elipse Water Tags.

 

NOTE

Configuring via Strings was not available for Elipse SCADA by the time this version was released.

 

The Device property can be used to define a PLC address, using the <net>.plc: format, in which net is an optional parameter specifying a network number, and plc specifies a PLC address. If the Device property is left empty, the address must be informed in the Item property using the same format, followed by a colon. If the network address is not present, consider it as 0 (zero). If the address is defined in the Device property, then the final colon can be dismissed. The Item property defines operand's data to access. The next table contains mnemonics that can be used by this Driver.

Supported mnemonics

Mnemonic

Description

Mode

<<net>.plc:>Ax

Auxiliary

Reading and writing

<<net>.plc:>Ax.b

Auxiliary bit

Reading and writing

<<net>.plc:>Dx

Decimal

Reading and writing

<<net>.plc:>Dx.b

Decimal bit

Reading and writing

<<net>.plc:>Ex

Input

Read-only

<<net>.plc:>Ex.b

Input bit

Read-only

<<net>.plc:>Fx

Real (Float)

Reading and writing

<<net>.plc:>Ix

Integer (32-bits)

Reading and writing

<<net>.plc:>Mx

Memory

Reading and writing

<<net>.plc:>Mx.b

Memory bit

Reading and writing

<<net>.plc:>Sx

Output

Write-only

<<net>.plc:>Sx.b

Output bit

Write-only

<<net>.plc:>TDx.y

Decimal table

Reading and writing

<<net>.plc:>TFx.y

Real table (Float)

Reading and writing

<<net>.plc:>TIx.y

Integer table (32-bits)

Reading and writing

<<net>.plc:>TMx.y

Memory table

Reading and writing

<<net>.plc:>BSx

Input and output bus status

Read-only

<<net>.plc:>CSx

Communication status

Read-only

<<net>.plc:>ES

Device status

Read-only

 

In which:

Bold characters represent fixed mnemonics identifying commands, while regular characters represent values that must be replaced

The y character represents the initial position on a table

The b character represents a bit number, ranging from 0 (zero, the least significant bit) to 31 (the most significant bit), but the actual maximum number depends on the number of bits on a data type

 

The next table presents usage examples of mnemonics and their respective conversion into N or B parameters, according to the internal conversion performed by this Driver.

Usage examples of mnemonics with PLC-type Tags

Device

Item

N1 or B1

N2 or B2

N3 or B3

N4 or B4

 

1:D8

1 (one)

3 (three)

8 (eight)

0 (zero)

 

2.5:F50

205

10

50

0 (zero)

8.2:

E7

802

6 (six)

7 (seven)

0 (zero)

 

120:S5

120

6 (six)

5 (five)

0 (zero)

5.4:

A120

504

5 (five)

120

0 (zero)

 

2:M8

2 (two)

0 (zero)

8 (eight)

0 (zero)

 

6.5:TD6.123

605

4 (four)

6 (six)

123

2.3

TF84.5

203

11

84

5 (five)

6

TM5.64

6 (six)

1 (one)

5 (five)

64

7.1:

M125.1

701

0 (zero)

125

2 (two)

 

NOTE

E and S mnemonics are both mapped to PLC Tags with the N2 parameter equal to 6 (six). The difference is only on the operation itself, because only readings in E operands and writings in S operands are allowed.

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