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JOE SLATTERY
SR. TECHNICAL SUPPORT ENGINEER
June 2010
Getting Started with E2 I/O Transfers
• Add E2 I/O module to Tool Kit Project, and select product type.
• Setup Ports
• Check Virtual register allocation
• Add IO Transfer configuration option in the E2 Configuration
-Select Add new Transfer
-Select the Remote Station
-Name the Transfer
-Select Transfer Type (Read or Write Modbus I/O)
-Select port (RS-485 or Ethernet)
-Set Scan Options
-Select I/O Options (I/O Type, Register count, Local Reg #,
Remote Reg #)
I/O Transfer complete, OK and Save PROPRIETARY
Add Module to Station
• Configure Menu > Add New Station…..
PROPRIETARY
Setup Ports details
• E2 Modules have jumpers in the base to assign the
Ethernet port mode. Assign the jumpers accordingly.
- Modes are Switch, Dual Network, & Ring. See
manual for more details.
• In the configuration set Dual Ethernet Mode to “Follow
Jumper” (see next slide)
• In switch, and ring modes the module supports only one
IP address
• Setup IP address, and or RS-485 port.
• Use USB port for basic setup and maintenance (loading,
test I/O, verify).
PROPRIETARY
Setup Ports
PROPRIETARY
Check Virtual register allocation
• The E2 module supports the onboard physical IO registers, as well as
the ability assign additional register to store values. Users can read
and map data to these registers, or a master can write/map data to
these registers.
• Increase the number of registers to support the application
accordingly (see next image).
• Analogs support up to 256 IO registers per type
• Discretes support up to 512 registers per type
• Use the I/O Transfers to read in I/O (map) and store the data locally
into these registers.
• Use the IO Transfers to write the physical or any additional registers
to another station.
PROPRIETARY
Check virtual expansion registers
PROPRIETARY
Add I/O Tranfer to Station
• Select I/O Transfers in the Tree view, Then Add New
PROPRIETARY
Select the Remote Station
• For Modbus Station select Specify by Station number.
• Select Internal Block move to copy a block of registers to
a different location.
• Uncheck Specify by station number and select Remote
station name for E2 stations already added to the Tool Kit
project.
-Note: Use this option for the E2 or RTUs and many
of the parameters will be available by default as the
transfer is configured (recommended for easy setup
for SIXNET devices). It is not required. Users can
also poll SIXNET devices via the Specify by Station
Number option above.
PROPRIETARY
Select the Remote Station
• Next to setup Transfer Name….
PROPRIETARY
Name the Transfer
PROPRIETARY
Select Transfer Type
• Read using SIXNET or Read Modbus protocol
• Write using SIXNET or Write Modbus protocol
PROPRIETARY
Select Port
• RS-485 and/or Ethernet
PROPRIETARY
Set Scan Interval
• Transfer scan time is selectable per transfer
PROPRIETARY
Select I/O Options
• Select I/O type, Register Count
• Select the Local (E2) first register for this transfer
• Select the first remote register number
PROPRIETARY
IO Transfer complete
• Once completed the configuration must be loaded to the
E2 module and the transfer will being running.
• Repeat to add the number of transfers to the E2 module
configuration as needed. The limiting factor is the
number of I/O available to hold registers in the E2 module
(256 for Analogs, 512 for Discrete per type)
PROPRIETARY
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