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Communications Forms

To establish communication with a device, boards, ports and I/O Devices need to be correctly configured in the Topology activity using the I/O Devices | New Device.

If you use the Device Communications Wizard to connect to a device, these forms will be automatically configured for you. However, if you need to manually configure these forms, use the settings outlined below.

ClosedBoards Form

The Boards dialog box lists boards used in the Citect SCADA project. Each board record defines a separate board within the project.

Field

Value

Board Name

This field is user defined (e.g. 'Board1').

Board Type

Enter TCP/IP

Address

Enter Zero (0)

I/O Port

Leave this field blank.

Interrupt

Leave this field blank.

Special Options

Leave this field blank.

Comment

Any useful comment. This field is user defined and not required by the driver.

ClosedPorts Form

The Ports dialog box lists ports used in the Citect SCADA project. Each port record defines a separate port within the project.

Field

Value

Port Number

This field is user defined.

Board Name

Refers to the board previously defined in Board form (e.g. 'Board1').

Baud Rate

Leave this field blank.

Data Bits

Leave this field blank.

Stop Bits

Leave this field blank.

Parity

Leave this field blank.

Special Options

Leave this field blank.

Comment

Any useful comment. This field is user defined and not required by the driver.

ClosedI/O Devices Form

The I/O Devices dialog box lists I/O Devices used in the Citect SCADA project. Each device record defines a device within the project.

Field

Value

Name

This field is user defined.

Number

I/O device number which needs to be unique for each logical device, but identical for redundant devices.

Address

A valid EWS Server URL address such as (Vijeo EWS) https://myserver.com:2086/DataExchange or (SBO) http://192.168.0.20/EcoStruxure/DataExchange

Protocol

Enter EWSCLIENT

Port Name

Refers to the port previously defined in the Ports form.

Comment

Any useful comment. This field is user defined and not required by the driver.

Published June 2018