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Create a new Devicedevice

To create a new device, go to [Tools] - → [I/O Devices] or click on the 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.

I/O Device Name: Give a device name. This name will be used in the Tag tag configuration window of the database accompanied by the station name‘Station Name’.

Select a device type

After selecting the [Ok] button on the previous step, the ‘Serial Communication Configuration’ dialog box will pop up as shown in the following picture.

Select the ‘NAIS FPO MEWTOCOL-COM’ in the ‘Device Type’ dropdown menu, and configure the communication parameters appropriately. Ensure that parameters are matched with those of the PLC side. See the Communication Configuration section for more information.

Create a station

Move to the [Station] tab of the ‘Serial Communication Configuration’ dialog box. In this dialog box, connected PLC stations can be configured and registered to the Xpanel.

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Each field can be configured with the following guidelines:

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Station Name: FP

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

Station Type: NAIS FPO (no other type can be selected).

Network ID: This field has no effect.

Station No: Specify a decimal number between 1 and 32. This number must be matched with the PLC configuration.

16Bit Data Swap: This field has no effect.

32Bit Data Swap: This field has no effect.

Using Checksum: This field has no effect.

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.