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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 Set a name to for the PLCstation. 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 box 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 upcommunication errors. This message box will be closed close automatically after 5 a few 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 portports. |
icon in the toolbar. The following picture shows the first step of creating a new device....