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Communication Protocols
When using a communications protocol in conjunction with the EZ-ZONE PML there may be two possible
ports(instances)used.Port1orinstance1isalwaysdedicatedtoStandardBuscommunications.Thissame
instancecanalsobeusedforModbusRTUifordered.Dependingonthecontrollerpartnumberport2(in-
stance 2) can be used with Modbus, CIP and Profibus. For further information read through the remainder of
this section.
Modbus RTU & TCP Protocols
AllModbusregistersare16-bitsandasdisplayedinthismanualarerelativeaddresses(actual).Somelegacy
softwarepackageslimitavailableModbusregistersto40001to49999(5digits).Manyapplicationstodayre-
quireaccesstoallavailableModbusregisterswhichrangefrom400001to465535(6digits).Watlowcontrols
support 6 digit Modbus registers. For parameters listed as float notice that only one (low order) of the two
registers is listed, this is true throughout this document. By default the low order word contains the two low
bytesofthe32-bitparameter.Asanexample,lookintheOperationsPagefortheAnalogInputValue.Find
thecolumnidentifiedintheheaderasModbusRelativeAddressandnoticethatitlistsregister360.Because
thisparameterisafloatitisactuallyrepresentedbyregisters360(loworderbytes)and361(highorder
bytes). Because the Modbus specification does not dictate which register should be high or low order Watlow
provides the user the ability to swap this order (Setup Page, [Com] Menu) from the default low/high [lohi]
to high/low [hilo] .
Note:
With the release of firmware revision 7.00 and above new functions where introduced into the EZ-ZONE
product line. With the introduction of these new functions there was a reorganization of Modbus registers.
NoticeinthecolumnidentifiedasModbusRelativeAddressthereferencetoMap1andMap2registersfor
eachofthevariousparameters.TobebackwardscompatibleinyourprogramminguseMap1registers.To
be able to implement new functions in the Limit when and if they become available use Map 2 registers.
TheDataMap[map] for Modbus registers can be changed in the Setup Page under the [Com] Menu.
This setting will apply across the control.
It should also be noted that some of the cells in the Modbus column contain wording pertaining to an offset.
Several parameters in the control contain more than one instance; such as, profiles (4), alarms (4), etc... The
Modbus register shown always represents instance one. Take for an example the Alarm Silence parameter
foundintheSetupPageundertheAlarmmenu.InstanceoneofMap1isshownasaddress1490and+50is
identifiedastheoffsettothenextinstance.Iftherewasadesiretoreadorwritetoinstance3simplyadd
100to1490tofinditsaddress,inthiscase,theinstance3addressforAlarmSilenceis1590.
To learn more about the Modbus protocol point your browser to http://www.modbus.org.
Common Industrial Protocol (CIP DeviceNet & Ethernet/IP
BothDeviceNetandEtherNet/IPuseopenobjectbasedprogrammingtoolsandusethesameaddressing
scheme. In the following menu pages notice the column header identified as CIP. There you will find the
Class, Instance and Attribute in hexadecimal, (decimal in parenthesis) which makes up the addressing for
both protocols.
Data Types Used with CIP
int =Signed16-bitinteger
uint =Signed16-bitinteger
dint =Signed32-bits,long
real =Float,IEEE75432-bit
string =ASCII,8bitspercharacter
sint =Signed8bits,byte
TolearnmoreabouttheDeviceNetandEtherNet/IPprotocolpointyourbrowsertohttp://www.odva.org.
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