Setting of External Device

Make communication settings of the External Device with the ladder soft (Wide Field2).

Please refer to the manual of the External Device for more details.

Procedure

1. Start the ladder soft.

2. Create a new project. Select the External Device to be used when creating the project.

3. Select [Open]-[CPU Properties] from the [File] menu and open the CPU property file for settings.

4. In the [LOAD] settings, select the settings to be loaded. Set 0 (not loaded) for the others except the following settings.

   • [LOAD] Settings

     Setup Items	Setup Description
     NETWORK	1
     ETHERNET	1
     HIGHER-LEVEL LINK SERVICE	1

5. Make communication settings with the [Setting] tree’s [NETWORK][ETHERNET][HIGHER-LEVEL LINK SERVICE].

   • [NETWORK] Settings

     Setup Items	Setup Description
     NETWORK_SELECT	1

   • [ETHERNET] Settings

     Setup Items	Setup Description
     ETHER_MY_IPADDRESS	IP Address of the External Device Ex: 192.168.0.3
     ETHER_SUBNET_MASK	Subnet Mask of the External Device Ex: 255.255.255.0

1. • [HIGHER-LEVEL LINK SERVICE] Settings
     The settings depend on the Port No. and data code.

     Setup Items	Port No.=12289		Port No.=12291
     	ASCII	Binary	ASCII	Binary
     HILINK_PROTOCOL_A	1	1	-	-
     HILINK_DATA_FORMAT_A	0	1	-	-
     HILINK_PROTOCOL_B	-	-	1	1
     HILINK_DATA_FORMAT_B	-	-	0	1

6. Select [Save as] from the [File] menu and save the CPU property file.

7. Select [Download]-[CPU Properties] from the [ONLINE] menu and download the set CPU property file to the External Device.