### Settings of External Device

Use the Web browser and ladder software (Logic Designer) for communication settings.

<Communication Settings for the Serial Port on CPU>

1. Set IP address of the External Device to "192.168.1.1".

   NOTE

   - For more details on how to set IP address of the External Device, refer to the online help of the dedicated tool for the FCN/FCJ basic settings (Resource Configurator).

2. Connect both the Ethernet ports between a PC and the External Device using the LAN cable. (Connect via HUB.)

3. Start up the Web browser.

4. Enter "http://192.168.1.1/mnt" in the address input box.

5. Enter [User Name] and [Password] in the displayed dialog box to login.

6. Click [Maintenance Menu] to display the [FCX Maintenance Menu] screen.

7. Click [Reboot] to display the [Reboot FCX] screen.

8. Check the [Reboot(Maintenance Mode)] option.

9. Click [OK] to display the [Reboot] screen.

10. Reboot the External Device. Confirm the reboot is complete.

11. Click [Maintenance Homepage] to display the [STARDOM FCX Maintenance Page] screen.

12. Click [OK] to display the [FCX Maintenance Menu] screen.

13. Click [Edit] to display the [Edit System Setting Files] screen.

14. Check the [COM1 Port Setting File] option and click [OK].

15. Set each item as follows:

    Setup Items | Setup Description
    --- | ---
    Baudrate | 19200
    DataBitLength | 8
    StopBitLength | 1
    Parity | EVEN

16. Click [OK] to display the [Edit System Setting Files(RESULT)] screen.

17. Click [Maintenance Menu] to display the [FCX Maintenance Menu] screen.

18. Click [Reboot] to display the [Reboot FCX] screen.

19. Check the [Reboot(Online Mode)] option and click [OK].

The External Device is rebooted.

<Control Logic Download Procedures>

1. Start up the ladder software.

2. Create the control logic in order to start the MODBUS communication (RTU mode) slave function. For the example of control logic, refer to "Control Logic Example".

   Control Logic Example

3. Double-click ['COM1'] next to [PORT] to display the [Variable Properties] dialog box.

4. Enter the connecting port name in [Name], and click [OK].

5. Double-click [UNIT#1] next to [STATION] to display the [Variable Properties] dialog box.

6. Enter the connecting station name in [Name], and click [OK].

7. Select [Rebuild Project] from the [Build] menu.

8. Double-click [Target Setting] in the project tree window to display the [Target] dialog box.

9. Enter "192.168.1.1" in [Host Name/IP Address].

10. Click [OK].

11. Download the communication settings to the External Device.

12. Reboot the External Device.

##### Control Logic Example

To connect the Display to the External Device, the control logic is required.

The control logic example is shown below.

NOTE

- Use an integer from 1 to 247 to enter the unit ID of the External Device.