Controller properties
The PLC has properties divided into groups:
Controller properties
Name
Free definable controller name for easy user identification
Id
Identification string
Device identifier
MAC address of the device or other identifier
Assigned device type
Platform type on which the runtime is operating - see attach PLC
History runtime identification
String for unique identification of PLC as a data source for Mervis DB
Application version
Application version eg 1.2
Stop on Excetion
Exception of prohibited program run - see exceptions from running the program
Ignore Points
Ignoring HW points see hw points
Note
User comment
• PLC connection parameters
User name, Password
Credentials for SSCP connection
SSCP address
Controller address on protocol SSCP, user for both TCP and serial communication
Note
User comment
Connection type
Select here how the PLC is connected to the IDE
• • Connection parameters
Depend on Connection type; see data for TCP connection below
Server (TCP)
PLC IP address to connect to
TCP port (TCP)
Target TCP port number, default is 12346
SSL Enabled (TCP)
SSL protocol configuration
Note
User comment
URL (Proxy)
address of proxy server
Proxy ID (Proxy)
ID for identification on the proxy server
Serial Port (Serial)
port number
Baud rate (Serial)
Baud rate
Parity (Serial)
Parity
Data bits (Serial)
Data bits
Stop bits (Serial)
Stop bits
Note
User comment
• Variable backup
Enabled
Backup of variables to EEPROM enabled
Periodic save enabled
Periodic saving according to Period enabled
Period
How often are the variables saved periodically
Trigger variable
Save variables on raising edge of this variable
Note
User comment
• Configuration parameters
Note
User comment
• • Date/Time settings
Daylight offsets
Dates and times of daylight saving time transitions
UTC offset [h]
time difference of the current time zone against UTC
NTP server URL
server for time synchronisation
Note
User comment
• • Advanced Network Configuration
Note
User comment
• • • Network Card
Name
ethX2
Enabled
Enable network card
IP Configuration
None - no configuration, Static - static IP address, DHCP - automatic IP address assignment
IP Address
IP address of the controller
Network mask
Submet mask of the PLC's network
• • Network settings
Use DHCP
Use automatic IP address assignment
IP address
IP address of the controller
Network mask
Submet mask of the PLC's network
Gateway
Default gateway
DNS
DNS server address
Enable UDP configuration
Enable configuration service over UDP
Enable Web Server
Web server in the PLC is active
Web Server Port
TCP port where the web server is listening, default 80
Note
User comment
• • • Mervis DB Parameters
Enabled
History data will be stored to a Mervis database
URL
Database address / URL
Communication period [min]
How often the DB will be internal buffer sent to database
User Name, Password
Credentials to access the database
Note
User comment
• • • Proxy parameters
Enabled
Communication to a Proxy server enabled
Proxy ID
ID to connect to Proxy
URL
Address of the proxy server
Keep-alive period
Interval of periodic life-check datagrams (reccommended 10s)
Note
User comment
• • • SSCP Parameters
SSCP address
controller address on protocol SSCP, user for both TCP and serial communication
Number of registrable groups
Number of groups of variables in the SSCP communication
Number of variables in group
Maximum number of registrable variables in a group
Enable TCP
Enable TCP communication for SSCP
TCP Server Port
TCP port number, default 12346
Enable Serial
Enable serial communication for SSCP
Serial Server Port
Number of COM port for SSCP communication
Serial Port Baudrate
Serial communication baudrate for SSCP
Enable SSL Server
Enable SSL
SSL Server Port
Port number for secured communication, default 12347
Note
User comment
• • • • User definition
Username (Engineering)
User with full control over the PLC
Password (Engineering)
Password
Username (Full control)
User with variable read/write access
Password (Full control)
Password
Username (Read only)
User with variable read access
Password (Read only)
Password
• • Storage
Note
User comment
• • • SD Card
Note
User comment
• • Common
Note
User comment
• LCD Parameters - integrated HMI editor
Backlight Off Time
LCD backlight off time delay
Definition path
Path to the LCD menu definition in the engineer's PC
Device template
LCD menu template
Scrolling speed [1-30]
How fast will the menu items scroll if buttons pressed permanently
Note
User comment
• OPC parameters
Refresh timeout [ms]
update rate
Max data flow [kb/s]
max data flow from PLC to OPC
• Web Parameters
Definition Directory
site directory path
Device Template
web site template
Every property in the property grid has, apart from its value, also a symbol indicating if the property is bound to the configuration or not. If the symbol is missing, the property is not depending on the configuration in any respect.
A mark indicates that a property depends on the configuration directly, and
- has a default value (red mark with white square inside), or
- its value is defined in the parent configuration (pink mark), or
- its value is redefined in the current configuration (red mark).
A green mark indicates indirect dependency on a configuration - this means that the property does not influence any other settings or behaviour of the system, such as a Note (which is just a plain text).
