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Setting up a Write_Var command to have a M340 PLC write data directly to a supported TCP/IP device.

Follow the below procedure :

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.project option
  4. 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.
  5. 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.

WRITE_VAR , example


Finally build, download, and run the program

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