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Create a new device

To create a new device, select [Tools] → [I/O Devices] or click the icon in the main 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 configuration window of the database, accompanied by the ‘Station Name’.

Select a network 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 ‘KEYENCE PLC (KV mode)’ and configure the remaining serial communication parameters. The parity is fixed as 'Even' forthe KV-10, KV-16, and KV-40 PLC modules. 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.

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 station type based on the model of PLC and the desired connection method. Options include “KV-300 Multi-Drop (1:n)“, “KV-300 P2P (1:1)“, “KV-5/3000 Multi-Drop (1:n)“, and “KV-5/3000 Peer to Peer (1:n)“. See the Keyence PLC documentation for more information.

Station No: Specify a decimal number between 0 and 9. This number must match the device configuration.

See the Communication Configuration section for more information about the remaining parameters.