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Automation Tab
3.6 Automation Tab
TheAutomationmenucontainsallaspectsofmanagingyourModbusandDNP3basedI/O.
Note:IfpromptedforanUnlockKey ,contactRedLionSupportat[e-mail] or1‐877‐432‐9908
ThisoptionisonlysupportediftheIndustrialProrouterhasbeenupgradedfromanSNprefixtoIndustrialProRAMandfor
theRAM9000series.TheIndustrialProRAMfirmwareMODBUSapplicationallowsittoactasaMODBUSMasteractingas
anI/OconcentratorforMODBUS/DNP3devices.I/Oforthesedevices
canbereadorwrittenusingMO DBUS/DNP3I/O
transferswiththeIndustrialProactingasaMODBUS/DNP3mast er.I/OdataisstoredinalocalI/Odatabase.
TheIndustrialProRAMandRAM9000serieswi llsupport:
• I/OtransfersusingMODBUS/DNP3
• SlaveStationStatus
• ForwardingofMODBUS/DNP3messages
• Developingofthirdparty
applicationsusingourSDKbasedonELDK4.2andtheSIXNETIODBAPI.
Additionally,theIndustrialProandRAM9000serieswillactasaMODBUSslave.ThisallowsMODBUSmasterstorequest
orupdateI/OpointsintheI/Odatabase.
Modb us Configuration:
Userinterfaceswillbeprovidedtoconfigure I/Otransfers,theMODBUSfor wardingtableandserialinterfaces.MODBUS
configurationdatawillbestoredinanXMLbasedfilenamedmodbus.xml.Thisfilewillcontainthefollowingsections:
•serials:xmlsectiontodefinetheparametersusedforserialportsforbothMODBUSand
DNP3.
•localStation:xmlsectiontodefinethelocalstationnumberandnameforbothMODBUSandDNP3.
• remoteStations:definesremotestationsandtheI/Otransfersassociatedwiththem.
• regAllocation:definesthenumberofregistersforeachI/Otype.
•forwards:definesthelistofremotestationstoforwardMODBUSrequests.
Therearetwo(2)
methodstoconfigurethesesections.