Setting up a Write_Var command to have a M340 PLC write data directly to a supported TCP/IP device.
Follow the below procedure :
- Create an Ethernet I/O network — In your Unity Pro project, add a new Ethernet network, configure it for your application, and validate the changes.
- Link the network to the CPU's Ethernet port — In the hardware configuration, assign the network you just created to the CPU's built-in Ethernet port.
- Enable array entry in project settings — Go to Tools > Project Settings and check the data-type options that allow arrays to be entered directly, instead of having to declare them as variables first.
- Add an ADDM block — Set its IN parameter to the target device's IP address as a quoted string, in the form
'TCP_IP{x.x.x.x}'— quotation marks required on both sides since it's a character string. - Add and wire a WRITE_VAR block — Connect the ADDM block's output to a WRITE_VAR (or READ_VAR) block to complete the data exchange with the target device.
Below an example with the NetLink id "Ethernet_1" and IP address of the device 192.168.40.11.
Next configure the remaining parameters of the Write_Var block where:
OBJ = String declaring the type of object to Write (%MW or %M)
NUM = The starting register address in the Slave device to were the data will be sent
NB = The # of registers to write
GEST = Array of length 4 where the Management Exchange table for the Write_Var is located
EMIS = Array of length NB where the Write data is stored in the M340.
Note: The Array's are of type INT if declared as variables.
Finally build, download, and run the program