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Create a new device
| To create a new device, select [Tools] → [I/O Devices] or click on the  I/O Device Name: Give 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 on the previous step, the ‘Ethernet Communication Configuration’ dialog box will pop up.  In this window, select ‘SIEMENS S7 Ethernet’ as the ‘Device Type’ and ‘TCP’ as the protocol. This driver only supports the TCP/IP protocol stack. See the Communication Configuration section for more information. |
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 as follows: Station Name: STN_1 Give a name to the PLC. This name will be used in the database window accompanied by the ‘Device Name’. Station Type: S7 (no other type can be selected). Network ID: This network ID is a combination of the CPU’s rack and slot number.  This ID must be given by a decimal number with the following format: 000..714 IP Address: Give the IP address of the PLC with a dotted-decimal format. Socket Port Number: 102 Do not change the default number (102). This number is a TCP/IP port that is opened by the PLC for communication service. 16Bit Data Swap: This option swaps bytes of all word- or double word-sized data. The following diagram shows an example of byte swapping.  Almost all of the data types will be influenced by this option except INT8 / UINT8 / BCD8 / UBCD8. 32Bit Data Swap: This option swaps words of all double word-sized data. The following diagram shows an example of word swapping.  INT32 / UINT32 / BCD32 / UBCD32 / FLOAT data type values will be influenced by this option. Fixed Xpanel Socket Port / Xpanel Socket Port No.: If this option is checked, Xpanel only uses the port defined in the "Xpanel Socket Port No." field for connection with the PLC. Otherwise (unchecked), Xpanel will change the port at every TCP connection or communication error. This option is provided for Xpanel to deal with various TCP port management ways of PLC. Some PLCs have a limit on the number of TCP services. In that case, this option can be useful. The default setting of this option is the unchecked state. Comm. Error Message Pop Up: When this item is checked, Xpanel displays a communication error message box for every Rx and Tx error. Otherwise (unchecked), Xpanel does not display a message for communication errors. This message box will close automatically after a few seconds. See the Communication Configuration section for more information about the remaining parameters. |
icon in the main toolbar. The ‘I/O Device Configuration’ dialog box will pop up. Click the [New Device] button to open the ‘I/O Device Selection’ dialog box....