Owner's manual

To Our Customers 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Overview of This Manual 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Intended Audience 11
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Notational Conventions 11
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Some Tips on Using This Manual 12
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Typical
Applications 13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Getting Started With Y our ASCII Module 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PLC2 Family Processors 22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
What You Need to Get Started 22
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Reading Data from Your ASCII Device 210
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Writing
Data to Y our ASCII Device 214. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PLC3 Processors 218
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What You Need T
o Get Started 218. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reading Data from Your ASCII Device 228
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Writing
Data to Y our ASCII Device 232. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Choosing Module Features 31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter Objectives 31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Choosing
the Mode of Communication 31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Choosing the Mode of Module Operation, IW1(0204) 313
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Using BCD Delimiters (Report Generation Mode, Only), IW4(1016) 314
Justifying Margins, IW3(03) 315. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using the EndofString Delimiter, IW3(1016) 317
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Setting String Length, IW2(0013) 318
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Determining Block Transfer Length 320
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Removing the Fill Character (Data Mode, Only), IW4(1016) 321
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Removing Header and Trailing Characters, IW4(0003, 0407) 323
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Choosing
I/O Buf fer Size, IW3(0002) 324. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Choosing Transmission Mode, IW1(0507) 325
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Choosing
Single or Multiple T ransfers, IW2(17) 325. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Selecting Delay for Carriage Return, IW3(0607) 326
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Setting Remaining Bits in IW1(1017) 326
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Selecting
the Number of Initialization W ords, IW1(0001) 329. . . . . . . .
Recording
Bit Settings in Initialization W ords 330. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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