Create a new device

To create a new device, select ‘Tools’ → ‘I/O Devices’ or click the icon in the toolbar. The following picture shows the first step of creating a new device:

I/O Device Name: Assign 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 ‘Serial Communication Configuration’ dialog box will appear as shown in following picture:

In this window, set the device type to ‘CIMON-PLC Loader’ and configure the remaining serial communication parameters. Ensure that these parameters are matched with the PLC configuration.

  Note: For this protocol, the PLC communication parameters should be fixed as follows:

• Baud Rate: 38,400

• Parity: None

• Data Bits: 8 bits

Create a station

Move to the ‘Station’ tab of the ‘Serial Communication Configuration’ dialog box. In this dialog box, all connected PLC stations can be configured and registered to the Xpanel. Press 'Add Station' to add a new station for each PLC. 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 type of connected PLC.

• CP Series

• BP Series

• CM1-XPnA

• PLCS Series

• CM1-XPnB/XPnE

• CM1-CP3E

• CM1-CP4E

• CM1-XPnU/UPnF

• CM3-SPPRO

Network ID: N/A

Station No: Specify a decimal number between 0 and 31. This number is only used by the CPU’s optional port or the SCnnA/B module. The station number is ignored by the standard loader port.

16bits Data Swap: N/A

32bits Data Swap: N/A

Using Checksum: N/A

Comm. Error Message Pop Up: If 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 the a message for communication errors. Only when there is a data transmit error (writing a tag value to the station) will the notification message pop up. The This message box will close automatically after 5 a few seconds.

All CPU models

CM1-SC01A,SC02A

CM2-BPnnMxx-T