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A GEFANUC.ID file can be used to maintain compatibility with older applications or as an alternative for applications that do not support the Device and Item parameters of Elipse E3, Elipse Power, or Elipse Water Tags.

This external configuration file contains a list with all types of CPUs and their respective identifier addresses that are part of a communication network. Each item on this list is linked to the Tags of an application using their N1 or B1 parameter.

This GEFANUC.ID file must be saved in Text format and copied to one of the following directories:

•For Elipse SCADA applications: It must be installed on the same application (.app) folder to be correctly recognized

•For Elipse E3, Elipse Power, or Elipse Water applications: It must be installed on the same folder of this Driver to be correctly recognized

 

 

Creating a GEFANUC.ID File

The list of PLCs must be created with one device per line, according to the following configuration syntax:

  n = CpuType#CpuNumberID

 

In which:

•n: Any number linked to the N1 or B1 parameters of Tags of an application

•CpuType: Identifies the type of CPU of devices. Valid values are 90-30 or 90-70. The '#' character is only used as a separator of parameters

•CpuNumberID: Identifies the identifier address of devices. Valid values are:

•For 90-30 Series: Maximum of 6 (six) characters in ASCII format (between '0' and '9' and between 'A' and 'F' uppercase), such as 3 = 90-30#DEBA01

•For 90-70 Series: Maximum of 7 (seven) characters in ASCII format (any characters), such as 4 = 90-70#Plc_001

 

There are also fixed instructions for the CpuNumberID value that can perform the following operations:

•AnySingleDevice: Used only for local 1:1 communication, with a generic addressing to retrieve a response from any Slave identifier, such as 1 = 90-30#AnySingleDevice

•Broadcast: Used only to perform a general writing to all existing Slaves on a network. This broadcast addressing cannot be used to perform a reading from PLCs, such as 1 = 90-30#Broadcast

 

Comments in a GEFANUC.ID File

To add any type of comment to a GEFANUC.ID file, start a line with the asterisk (*) character, according to the next example.

  * This line starting with an asterisk is handled as a comment
  1 = 90-30#013A12