Technical Reference Manual - InduSoft

Communication with Other Devices
You can right-click on a driver subfolder to access the Settings option, which opens the Communications
Parameters dialog.
Use the parameters on this dialog, as follows:
Sample Communications Parameters dialog
• Serial Encapsulation field: Enables serial drivers to communicate with modem, TCP/IP or UDP connections.
This setting is supported only for serial drivers developed with the UNICOMM library, which includes most
of the serial drivers available in the product.
Caution: The Modem option is not supported for Pocket PC v3.00 or older.
Note: This section covers only the None option, which enables the driver to connect using
a normal serial channel. Please refer to "Using TCP/IP and UDP Encapsulation" and "Using
Modem Connections" below for more information about other encapsulation modes. "Serial
Encapsulation Tests" below lists the drivers that have been tested with modem, TCP/IP and UDP
modes.
• COM field: Click to select a serial communication port.
• Baud Rate, Data Bits, Stop Bits, and Parity fields: Click to select parameters for a serial port configuration.
• Long1, Long2, String1, and String2 fields: These fields are driver custom settings. In the example above, the
driver uses Long1 to set up the error detection method and String1 to define the PLC family type.
• Advanced button: Click to open the Advanced settings dialog. Use this dialog to change the default driver
parameters.
Advanced Settings dialog
Specify or change the default driver parameters as follows:
• Timeout (ms) area:
• Start message field: Specify the timeout for the message start.
• End message field: Specify the timeout for the message end.
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