Documentation
Controller properties
The PLC has properties divided into groups:
| Controller properties | |
|---|---|
| Name | Free definable controller name for easy user identification |
| Id | Identification string |
| Device identifier | MAC address of the device or other identifier |
| Assigned device type | Platform type on which the Runtime is operating - see attach PLC |
| History Runtime identification | String for unique identification of PLC as a data source for Idekit DB |
| Application version | Application version eg 1.2 |
| Stop on Excetion | Exception of prohibited program run - see exceptions from running the program |
| Ignore Points | Ignoring HW points see hw points |
| Note | User comment |
| • PLC connection parameters | |
| User name, Password | Credentials for SSCP connection |
| SSCP address | Controller address on protocol SSCP, user for both TCP and serial communication |
| Note | User comment |
| Connection type | Select here how the PLC is connected to the Idekit Studio |
| • • Connection parameters | Depend on Connection type; see data for TCP connection below |
| Server (TCP) | PLC IP address to connect to |
| TCP port (TCP) | Target TCP port number, default is 12346 |
| SSL Enabled (TCP) | SSL protocol configuration |
| Note | User comment |
| URL (Proxy) | address of proxy server |
| Proxy ID (Proxy) | ID for identification on the proxy server |
| Serial Port (Serial) | port number |
| Baud rate (Serial) | Baud rate |
| Parity (Serial) | Parity |
| Data bits (Serial) | Data bits |
| Stop bits (Serial) | Stop bits |
| Note | User comment |
| • Variable backup | |
| Enabled | Backup of variables to EEPROM enabled |
| Periodic save enabled | Periodic saving according to Period enabled |
| Period | How often are the variables saved periodically |
| Trigger variable | Save variables on raising edge of this variable |
| Note | User comment |
| • Configuration parameters | |
| Note | User comment |
| • • Date/Time settings | |
| Daylight offsets | Dates and times of daylight saving time transitions |
| UTC offset [h] | time difference of the current time zone against UTC |
| NTP server URL | server for time synchronisation |
| Note | User comment |
| • • Advanced Network Configuration | |
| Note | User comment |
| • • • Network Card | |
| Name | ethX2 |
| Enabled | Enable network card |
| IP Configuration | None - no configuration, Static - static IP address, DHCP - automatic IP address assignment |
| IP Address | IP address of the controller |
| Network mask | Submet mask of the PLC's network |
| • • Network settings | |
| Use DHCP | Use automatic IP address assignment |
| IP address | IP address of the controller |
| Network mask | Submet mask of the PLC's network |
| Gateway | Default gateway |
| DNS | DNS server address |
| Enable UDP configuration | Enable configuration service over UDP |
| Enable Web Server | Web server in the PLC is active |
| Web Server Port | TCP port where the web server is listening, default 80 |
| Note | User comment |
| • • • Idekit DB Parameters | |
| Enabled | History data will be stored to a Idekit database |
| URL | Database address / URL |
| Communication period [min] | How often the DB will be internal buffer sent to database |
| User Name, Password | Credentials to access the database |
| Note | User comment |
| • • • Proxy parameters | |
| Enabled | Communication to a Proxy server enabled |
| Proxy ID | ID to connect to Proxy |
| URL | Address of the proxy server |
| Keep-alive period | Interval of periodic life-check datagrams (reccommended 10s) |
| Note | User comment |
| • • • SSCP Parameters | |
| SSCP address | controller address on protocol SSCP, user for both TCP and serial communication |
| Number of registrable groups | Number of groups of variables in the SSCP communication |
| Number of variables in group | Maximum number of registrable variables in a group |
| Enable TCP | Enable TCP communication for SSCP |
| TCP Server Port | TCP port number, default 12346 |
| Enable Serial | Enable serial communication for SSCP |
| Serial Server Port | Number of COM port for SSCP communication |
| Serial Port Baudrate | Serial communication baudrate for SSCP |
| Enable SSL Server | Enable SSL |
| SSL Server Port | Port number for secured communication, default 12347 |
| Note | User comment |
| • • • • User definition | |
| Username (Engineering) | User with full control over the PLC |
| Password (Engineering) | Password |
| Username (Full control) | User with variable read/write access |
| Password (Full control) | Password |
| Username (Read only) | User with variable read access |
| Password (Read only) | Password |
| • • Storage | |
| Note | User comment |
| • • • SD Card | |
| Note | User comment |
| • • Common | |
| Note | User comment |
| • LCD Parameters - integrated HMI editor | |
| Backlight Off Time | LCD backlight off time delay |
| Definition path | Path to the LCD menu definition in the engineer's PC |
| Device template | LCD menu template |
| Scrolling speed [1-30] | How fast will the menu items scroll if buttons pressed permanently |
| Note | User comment |
| • OPC parameters | |
| Refresh timeout [ms] | update rate |
| Max data flow [kb/s] | max data flow from PLC to OPC |
| • Web Parameters | |
| Definition Directory | site directory path |
| Device Template | web site template |
Every property in the property grid has, apart from its value, also a symbol indicating if the property is bound to the configuration or not. If the symbol is missing, the property is not depending on the configuration in any respect.
A mark indicates that a property depends on the configuration directly, and
- has a default value (red mark with white square inside), or
- its value is defined in the parent configuration (pink mark), or
- its value is redefined in the current configuration (red mark).
A green mark indicates indirect dependency on a configuration - this means that the property does not influence any other settings or behaviour of the system, such as a Note (which is just a plain text).
