ASCII Generic ASCII Slave Protocol CSV

This document has only the specific information about the device connection settings and its address syntax.

Refer to the User Guide for more information on the  Device Module.

Summary

ASCII driver implements communication with any device using ASCII protocol on TCP/IP following the CSV format

Channels Configuration

Settings

AcceptUnsolicited = must be set to enabled.

Nodes Configuration

Station Configuration 

• Station syntax: <IP address> ; <Port number>

Where :

<IP address> = IP address of the slave device in the ASCII network

<Port number> = TCP port where the slave device is listening (default is 10001)

E.g.:  192.168.1.101 ; 10001

Points Configuration

The syntax for the communication points is: <Position> or DATE or TIME

Where:

<Position> indicates CSV position data in the row.

Example: 

5

To read the Date or the Time from TimeStamp message, configure the Point Address with:

DATE  or TIME

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