Create a new device

To create a new device, select ‘Tools’ → ‘I/O Devices’ or click the icon in the toolbar. The following picture shows the first step of creating a new device:

I/O Device Name: Assign a device name. This name will be used in the tag configuration window of the database, accompanied by the ‘Station Name’.

Select a device type

After selecting the ‘OK’ button in the previous step, the ‘Serial Communication Configuration’ dialog box will appear as shown in following picture:

In this window, select ‘CIMON-PLC HMI’ as the device type and configure the remaining serial communication parameters. Ensure that these parameters match with the PLC configuration.

Create a station

Move to the ‘Station’ tab of the ‘Serial Communication Configuration’ dialog box. In this dialog box, all connected PLC stations can be configured and registered to the Xpanel. Each field can be configured with the following rules.

Station Name: Give a name to the PLC. This name will be used to assign device tag names in the database window, accompanied by the ‘Device Name’.

Station Type: Choose the type of the connected PLC. Options include “CP/XP Series”, “BP Series“, “PLCS Series“, and “MP Series“.

Network ID: N/A

Station No: Specify a decimal number between 0 and 31.

16bits Data Swap: N/A

32bits Data Swap: N/A

Using Checksum: N/A

Comm. Error Message Pop Up: If When this item is checked, Xpanel displays a communication error notification message box for every Rx and Tx error. Otherwise (unchecked), Xpanel does not display the a message for communication errors. Only when there is a data transmit error (writing a tag value to the station) will the notification message pop up. The message This message box will close automatically after 5 a few seconds.