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Create a new device | For creating a new device, select the menu [Tools] → [I/O Devices] or the   I/O Device Name: Give the device a name. This name will be used in the tag configuration window of the database accompanied by the ‘Station Name’. | |
Select a network type
| I/O Device Name: YOKOGAWA Ethernet After selecting the [Ok] button of the previous step, the ‘Ethernet Communication Configuration’ dialog box will popup as shown in the following picture. 
This option provides a safe solution for communication in troubled situations. If this option was checked and there was a communication error the system would delete the remaining control frames (data transmit frames from Xpanel to PLC) which were not transmitted but queued in the communication buffer of Xpanel. See the Communication Configuration section for more information about the remaining parameters. | |
Create a station | Move to the [Station] tab of the ‘Ethernet Communication Configuration’ dialog box. In this dialog box, all the 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 in the database window accompanied by the ‘Device Name’. | |
Station Type | Choose the ‘Yokogawa FA-M3’(no other type). | |
Network ID | N/A | |
Socket Port No. | Input 12289/12291 depending on the TCP/UDP configuration of the PLC. | |
16Bit Data Swap | 16Bit Data Swap: This option swaps bytes for all word- or double-word-sized data. The following diagram shows an example of byte-swapping:  Almost all data types will be influenced by this option except INT8 / UINT8 / BCD8 / UBCD8. | |
32Bit Data Swap | 32Bit Data Swap: This option swaps words of all double-word-sized data. The following diagram shows an example of word swapping:  Tag values with data types INT32 / UINT32 / BCD32 / UBDC32 / FLOAT will be influenced by this option. | |
String Data Swap | Swaps the upper and lower bytes of string word data. | |
Using Checksum | This field has no effect. This driver always uses a BCC checksum. | |
Comm. Error Message Popup | Use a pop-up message when a communication error occurs. | |
| Communication Configuration | |
icon in the toolbar. The following picture shows the first step in creating a new device.Communication Configuration
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The actual data type should be declared in the ‘Advance’ configuration tab in the TAG database as shown in the following picture.
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Communication Cable Wiring
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