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Create a new device

For creating a new device go to [Tools] - [I/O Devices] or click icon on the main toolbar.

The following picture demonstrates the first step for creating a new device.

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 [OK] on previous step, the ‘Serial Communication Configuration’ dialog box will be popped up as shown in following picture.

In this window, select the ‘Device Type’ as ‘DANFOSS VLT AutomationDrive FC-300’ and configure the proper serial communication parameters.

FC-300 supports the RS485 only with even parity, 8 data bits and 1 stop bit.

Create a station

Move to the ‘Station’ tab of ‘Serial 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 followed:

Station Name: Give a name to the PLC. This name will be used in the database window accompanied with the ‘Device Name’.

Station Type: Choose the ‘FC-300’ (no other type can be selected).

Network ID: This field has no effect.

Station No.: Specify a number between 0 and 9.

16Bits Data Swap: This field has no effect.

32Bits Data Swap: This field has no effect.

String Data Swap: This field has no effect.

Using Checksum: This field has no effect.

Comm. Error Message Pop Up: If When this item is checked, Xpanel displays a communication error message at box for every Rx and Tx error. Otherwise (unchecked), Xpanel does not display an error message. However, if there is an error when writing a tag value to the station value, the notification message will pop upmessage for communication errors. This message box will close automatically closes after 5 a few seconds.