ModbusE Interface page

Since the startup file of the ModbusE interface is maintained automatically by the PI ICU, use the ModbusE page to configure the startup parameters and do not make changes in the file manually. The following is the description of interface configuration parameters used in the PI ICU Control and corresponding manual parameters.

ModbusE

The PI Interface for Modbus Ethernet PLC - ICU Control has one tab. A yellow text box indicates that an invalid value has been entered, or that a required value has not been entered.

Since the ModbusE interface supports multiple Ethernet nodes which have quite a number of possible parameters per node, the configuration is done through an external utility program called the Modbus Ethernet Interface Configurator. This utility is launched from this page using the interface configuration file specified.

• Interface configuration file

  This field is provided for the full path and name of the interface configuration file. This can be entered manually or by selecting the corresponding browse button to determine the path and name of the file (/ICF+<UNC PATH>).

• Launch configuration utility

  This button is provided to actually launch the configuration utility. It is disabled until the Interface Configuration File field has been set.

• Additional parameters

  This section is provided for any additional parameters that the current ICU Control does not support.

  

  Note: See the PI Universal Interface (UniInt) Framework User Guide for details about other command-line parameters.