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Create a new device

To create a new device, go to [Tools] → [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 configuration window of the database accompanied by the ‘Station Name’.

Select a device type

I/O Device Type: OMRON PLC(HostLink)

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

In this window, select ‘OMRON PLC (HostLink)’ as the ‘Device Type’ and configure the proper serial communication parameters. Ensure that those parameters are matched with PLC configuration. 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, all the connected PLC stations can be configured and registered to the Xpanel.

Each field can be configured as follows:

Station Name: ST1

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

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

Network ID: This field has no effect.

Station No.: Specify a decimal number between 0 and 31.

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.

Area

Symbol

Analog Tag

Digital Tag

Remark

DM area

D

D0000 – D9999

D0000.00 – D0000.15

D9999.00 – D9999.15

(1)

CIO area

CIO

CIO0000 – CIO6143

CIO0000.00 – CIO0000.15

CIO6143.00 – CIO6143.15

AR area

A

A0000 – A0959

A0000.00 – A0000.15

A0959.00 – A0959.15

(1), (2)

HR area

H

H0000 – H0511

H0000.00 – H0000.15

H0511.00 – H0511.15

T/C status

TC

not supported

TC0000 – TC4095

(3)

T/C p. value

PV

PV0000 – PV4095

not supported

(3)

LR area

L

L0000 – L0199

L0000.00 – L0000.15

L0199.00 – L0199.15

EM area

E

E0_0000 – E0_9999

EC_0000 – EC_9999

E0_0000.00 – E0_0000.15

EC_9999.00 – EC_9999.15

(1), (4)

IR area

IR

IR0000 – IR6143

IR0000.00 – IR0000.15

IR6143.00 – IR6143.15