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Create a new device

To configure a communication device, select [Tools] → [I/O Devices] in the menu or click the icon in the toolbar. Then, the ‘I/O Device Configuration’ dialog box will appear. Click the [New Device] button. In the ‘I/O device selection’ dialog box, select a device name and a device type as shown in the following figure:

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 device type

After selecting the [Ok] button in the previous step, the ‘Ethernet Communication Configuration’ dialog box will appear as shown in the following picture. In this window, set the ‘Device Type’ to ‘LSIS GLOFA PLC' and configure the remaining Ethernet communication parameters.

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, each connected PLC can be configured and registered to the Xpanel.

Each field can be configured with the following rules:

Station Name: Set a name for the station. This name will be used in the database window, accompanied by the ‘Device Name’.

Station Type: Choose ‘GLOFA’ (this is the only option available).

IP Address: Give the IP address of the connected PLC using the dotted-decimal format (e.g. 1.2.3.4).

Socket Port No: Enter the port number of the connected PLC. For UDP, select 2005. For TCP, select 2004. These ports are reserved exclusively for this communication method.

See the Communication Configuration section for more information about the remaining parameters.

Cable

No.

Color

Color

No.

Cable

1

Orange/W

Green/W

1

2

Orange

Green

2

3

Green/W

Orange/W

3

4

Blue

Blue

4

5

Blue/W

Blue/W

5

6

Green

Orange

6

7

Brown/W

Brown/W

7

8

Brown

Brown

8