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General Reference Guide IO Servers Configuration
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5.7.2.3 Gateway Configuration
The following parameters can be modified:
Figure 85: FINS IO server gateway configuration
5.7.3 Tag Name Convention
The Item Name can contain the PLC address where the value is polled, or not. If address is also specified at the topic level, the address specified
at the Tag level will be ignored.
5.7.3.1 Value Name
5.7.3.1.1 General Description
The format of value names for data from CS/CJ OMRON controllers is shown below. Its is based on the naming convention used by the CX
Programmer programming software. The format is shown below (The parts of the name shown in square brackets are optional).
General Value Name Format: X[bank number:][modifier]word address[#bit address]*
• X identifies the Memory area acronym.
• [bank number:] is only supported by the E memory area. Values 0 to max values for memory area.
• [modifier] allow you to interpret the data in a specific type (Word if omitted).
• [#bit address] is only supported by A, D, CIO, H and W memory areas. Values 0 to 15.
*items between brackets “[]” are optional (the brackets should not be used!)
FINS TCP Server Node
The eWON FINS server node address used during FINS TCP session
establishment (exchange of the FINS node address messages, and allocation of a
FINS TCP Client node if necessary).
Routing Entry 1..4
For each defined destination network, gives the matching relay destination node.
This is used to fill in the host link unit ID in the hostlink frame which encapsulates
the FINS message sent out on the serial interface.
Table 80: FINS IO server gateway configuration fields
IO Server configuration
IO Server Name FINS
Topic Name A
B
C
Item Name
ValueName, FINS Network, FINS Node, Hostlink or
Ip Address
If FINS Serial has been chosen at topic level,
Hostlink value has to be defined.
If FINS UDP or FINS TCP has been chosen at topic
level, IP address has to be defined.
ValueName Topic PLC Address is used.
Table 81: FINS IO server - Tag name convention table