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TAC Xenta Server – Gateway, Technical Manual 11 Configuring Serial or Ethernet Communication
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11.3 The Device Templates
TAC Device Editor is used to configure the data that is to be exchanged
using the communication protocol selected for the port on the
Xenta 913.
The device editor is included in the XBuilder installation. A new folder
is installed together with the device editor, and is located at
C:\Program files\TAC\Device Library. The folder is for storing tem-
plate files created by the device editor for various devices.
You use the template files in XBuilder to add objects representing the
physical devices on the network that are connected to the communica-
tion port; they can be reused in projects that communicate with the same
kind of devices.
A device template is created for every type of device that the Xenta 913
communicates with on the serial port. A knowledge of the information
that is exchanged, such as boolean signals or registers, must be readily
available.
The device editor can be started in two ways:
• from the TAC Tools program group on the Start menu which
allows you to create device template files without starting
XBuilder
• from XBuilder after a serial communication interface is added.
For more information about creating a device template, see Section 4.2,
“Creating a Device Template”, on page 37.