Panasonic FP Serial (Gen1.3)

review the following information for setting up and configuring the panasonic fp serial (gen1 3) driver litmus edge compatible series compatibility parameter compatible items driver type serial validated devices/series fp2 https //na industrial panasonic com/products/industrial automation/plc hmi communication/lineup/programmable logic controllers interface terminal/series/245 fp7 https //na industrial panasonic com/products/industrial automation/plc hmi communication/lineup/programmable logic controllers interface terminal/series/227 fp x https //na industrial panasonic com/products/industrial automation/plc hmi communication/lineup/programmable logic controllers interface terminal/series/295 to set up and configure this device in litmus edge, you will need to do the following step 1 set up and configure the plc device step 2 set up the plc device in litmus edge devicehub step 3 configure the list of registers step 1 set up and configure the plc device record the serial communication parameters for the device otherwise, follow the steps below to configure your device note down the following information and refer to it as needed device panasonic fp2sh 60k communication i/f rs232 launch control fpwin pro7 v7 2 3 0 software and click online > communication parameters set up communication parameters click online mode step 2 set up the plc device in litmus edge devicehub configure the following parameters when you connect a device docid\ pal6abpzbrimdu9lvgj30 with this driver update default values to the specific setup of your device parameter value type panasonic driver panasonic fp serial (gen1 3) communication port local serial connection file path data bits 8 baud rate 19200 parity even, odd, none stop bits 1 station id 1 step 3 configure the list of registers when you add a tag docid\ tuy hh0gi8djvot70wroh to the connected device, refer to the following register table and tag parameters see the following additional resources if necessary organize device and tag data by using metadata docid\ mu 6j6zhi0cvchdad0w8n tag formula variables docid\ io7xgyrdvv vmpnfxoaci register table name value types address format min address max address description x bit dddddd 0 999915 input bit y bit dddddd 0 999915 output bit r bit dddddd 0 999915 internal relay l bit dddddd 0 9999 link relay l bit bit dddddd 0 999915 t bit dddd 0 9999 timer c bit dddd 0 9999 counter sv word dddd 0 9999 timer/counter set value ev word ddddd 0 65535 timer/counter elapsed value dt word ddddd 0 262143 data register ld word dddd 0 8447 link register wx word dddd 0 9999 input wy word dddd 0 9999 output wr word dddd 0 9999 internal relay wl word dddd 0 9999 link relay fl word ddddd 0 99999 file register tag parameters name select a register name from the drop down list the available options depend on the names in the register table value type select a data type from the drop down list the available options depend on the register name selected polling interval enter a value in seconds this determines how often the tag should poll the register for data tag name enter a name for the tag description (optional) enter a description for the tag address enter a tag address the value must in the decimal format, within the allowed min/max range omit the leading zeros the device might use the decimal (d), hexadecimal (h), or octal (o) address format see the register table at the bottom of the dialog box for bit tags, append the bit address without the bit separator the lowercase letters in the address format indicate how many digits you should enter in the bit address tag formula enter a formula for the tag to process the generated data two variables are permitted value (current tag value) and timestamp (current tag unix time in milliseconds) the following math functions are available sin cos sqrt tan power power( x ) performs the operation 10^x log log( x ) is the natural logarithm (the logarithm is in base e ) exp exp( x ) performs the operation e^x only publish on change of value select the checkbox to only publish nats messages when the value parameter changes to a new value change of value only applies to boolean, numeric (such as int or float), and simple string data types it does not apply to complex types, such as json or array poll once topics will not be affected by change of value settings these topics will still only see a single message meta data metadata summarizes basic information about data this feature allows you to define key value pair data for the device output payload later on metadata can then be used to find, use, and reuse particular instances of data note if you use special characters in meta data key names, the special characters are replaced with underscore characters in the payload this can cause two key names to be combined into one for example, configuring the key names a b and a&\&b will cause only one key name to be created (a b)