Configuring Properties

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Configuring Properties

All configuration parameters to perform communication with a device are available on this Driver's Properties Window.

In addition to this Properties Window, these settings can also be defined at run time in Elipse E3, Elipse Power, or Elipse Water applications. To do so, initialize this Driver in Offline mode, that is, execute an application with the Start driver OFFLINE option enabled, which is configured on the Setup tab of the Properties Window. The configuration options of this Driver are described on the next table.

Configuration options for B. Braun BCCProtocol Driver

Tab

Parameter

Offline String

Data Type

Description

Setup

Physical Layer

IO.Type

Text

Use the Serial or Ethernet option

Timeout

IO.TimeoutMs

Number

A time limit, in milliseconds, to receive data from a device's response. For example, the value 1000 defines a 1 (one) second limit

Logging options / Log to File

IO.Log.Enable

Number

Enable log generation and a log file name to generate for debugging purposes on communication. A value of 0 (zero) disables log generation and any value different from 0 (zero) enables it

Serial

IO.Log.Filename

Text

Number

Physical or virtual serial port. Possible values are 1: COM1, 2: COM2, 3: COM3, …, n: COMn

Baud rate

IO.Serial.Baudrate

Number

Use the same value configured on the device. Default value is 9600

Data bits

IO.Serial.DataBits

Number

Use the default value 8 (eight)

Parity

IO.Serial.Parity

Number

Use the default value 0: No parity

Stop bits

IO.Serial.StopBits

Number

Use the default value 0: 1 Stop Bit

Ethernet

Transport

IO.Ethernet.Transport

Text

Use the default value TCP

Main IP

IO.Ethernet.MainIP

Text

Device's IP address, in the format [0-255].[0-255].[0-255].[0-255]

Port

IO.Ethernet.MainPort

Number

Use the same value configured on the device. The default value is 4001

BCCProtocol

Turn on BCC protocol's character Stuffing

BCCProtocol.CharacterStuffing

Number

Enables or disables the protocol's replace table application. The default value is enabled. Use the same device configuration. Valid values are 0: Disabled or 1: Enabled

 

All offline properties must be configured via PLC Tags in String format, by using parameters N1 equal to -1 (minus one), N2 equal to 0 (zero), N3 equal to 0 (zero), and N4 equal to 3 (three). For more details and examples, please check topic Documentation of I/O Interfaces.

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