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Create a new Device

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

I/O Device Name: Give a device name. This name will be used in the tag 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 the following picture:

In this window, set the 'Device Type' to ‘SAIA S-BUS’ and configure the remaining serial communication parameters. Ensure that these parameters are matched with the device's configuration. 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, 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 tag database, accompanied by the ‘Device Name’.

Station Type: Choose the type of connected device (‘PCD Family’ is the only type supported).

Network ID: N/A

Station No: Specify a decimal number between 0 and 254. This number must match the station number chosen within the device configuration.

16-Bit 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.

32-Bit 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 / UBCD32 / FLOAT will be influenced by this option.

String Data Swap: N/ASwaps the upper and lower bytes of string word data.

Using Checksum: N/AUse a CheckSum in the communication protocol.

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.

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