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Configuring Properties |
Configuration parameters to communicate with devices 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 CPI CIF Driver
Tab |
Parameter |
Offline String |
Data Type |
Description |
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CIF |
Header/Ending Option |
CIF.Header/Ending |
Number |
Defines a format for bytes of message headers and endings. Valid values for this option are 0: STX/ETX - STX/ACK/NAK on header and ETX on ending or 1: ASCII - '{' on header and '}' on ending |
Check Option |
CIF.Check |
Number |
Defines a method to calculate a byte check. Valid values for this option are 0: Parity or 1: Checksum. The Checksum option can only be used if the Header/Ending option is configured as 1 (one, ASCII) |
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Append Options |
CIF.Append.CR CIF.Append.LF |
Number |
Enables or disables appending Carriage Return (CR) or Line Feed (LF) bytes at the end of each message sent. Valid values for this option are 0: Disabled or 1: Enabled |
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Setup |
Physical Layer |
IO.Type |
Text |
Physical layer. By default, use the 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 limit of 1 (one) second |
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Ethernet |
Transport |
IO.Ethernet.Transport |
Text |
Transport layer. By default, use the TCP option |
Main IP |
IO.Ethernet.MainIP |
Text |
IP address of a device, in the format [0-255].[0-255].[0-255].[0-255] |
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Port |
IO.Ethernet.MainPort |
Number |
TCP/IP addressing port |
All properties can be configured via Tags in String format, by using the syntactic parameter Item with "IO.SetConfigurationParameters" or the N1 parameter 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.