This driver provides a network solution between Xpanel devices. The Xpanel in which this driver is loaded serves as a master station, and other Xpanels are slave stations. All slave Xpanels should be configures using the “Data Server“ feature (see the Data Server section for more information). Also, note that each slave Xpanel should have a separate station within the I/O device settings.
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Communication Setup: Slave Xpanel
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The above pictures shows how to configure a slave Xpanel as a data server. Each slave Xpanel can have up to 5000 data buffers (0000-4999) and 5000 string buffers (0000-4999). All of these buffers should be assigned to tags as shown in the picture above. For more information, please refer to the Data Server section of the manual.
Communication Setup: Master Xpanel
Create a new device
| To create a new device, select ‘Tools’->’I/O Devices’ or click the  I/O Device Name: Select a device name. This name will be used in the tag configuration window of the database, accompanied by the ‘Station Name’. |
Select a network type | After selecting the ‘OK’ button in the previous step, the ‘Ethernet Communication Configuration’ dialog box will be appear as shown in the following picture. In this window, set the ‘Device Type’ to ‘CIMON Xpanel’ and configure the remaining Ethernet communication parameters. 
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Create a station | Move to the ‘Station’ tab of the ‘Ethernet Communication Configuration’ dialog box. In this dialog box, each connected HMI 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 in the database window, accompanied by the ‘Device Name’. Station Type: Choose ‘ATVXEL’ (No other type can be selected). Network ID: N/A IP Address: Give the IP address of the server (slave) Xpanel with dotted decimal format. Socket Port Number: Give the port number of the data server used by the slave Xpanel. This value must be 10262. 16Bit Data Swap: N/A 32Bit Data Swap: N/A Comm. Error Message Pop Up: When this item is checked, Xpanel displays a communication error notification message for every Rx and Tx error. Otherwise (unchecked), Xpanel does not display a message for data receive errors. Only when there is a data transmit (writing a TAG value to the station) error will the notification message pop up. This message box will be closed automatically after 5 seconds. Fixed ATVXEL Socket Port / ATVXEL Socket Port No: Do not use this option (leave as unchecked). The server (slave) XPanel can service multiple masters and dynamic socket port. |
