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

Summary Information

Communication Driver Name: ASCII

Implementation DLL: T.ProtocolDriver.ASCIISlaveCSV.dll

Protocol: Generic ASCII

Interface: TCP/IP

PLC types supported: Any PLC compatible with the ASCII protocol

Channel Configuration

Settings

AcceptUnsolicited: must be set as enabled

Node Configuration

Station Configuration

Station syntax: <IP address>;<Port Number>

Where:

• <IP address>  = The IP address of the slave device in the ASCII network
• <Port number> = The TCP port where the slave device is listening (default is 10001)

Ex: 192.168.1.101 ; 10001

Point Configuration

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

Where:

• <Position> indicates the position of the CSV data in a row

Example: 5

• To read the date or time from the TimeStamp message, configure the point address with: DATE or TIME

Troubleshoot

The status of the driver's execution can be observed through the diagnostic tools, which are:

• Trace window
• Property Watch
• Module Information

The above tools indicate if the operations have succeeded or have failed. A status of 0 (zero) means communication is successful. Negative values indicate internal driver errors, and positive values indicate protocol error codes.